29th Merrie Monarch Festival Hula Kahiko [1992]
The broadcast recording of the 29th annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula kahiko night. The 1992 contest mele is "Alohaʻia Hawaiʻi e Ke Aliʻi Nui" for the wahine division and "Mele No Kalakaua" for the kāne division. Hosted by Kimo Kahoano and Paula Akana, the 1992 program's lineup for the wahine division includes performances by: Nā ʻOpio ʻO Koʻolau Hula Hālau under the direction of Kumu Michael dela Cruz and Kumu James dela Cruz, Nā Huapala ʻO Hawaiʻi Hālau ʻO Haʻalelea under the direction of Kumu Raylene Haʻalelea Lancaster, Hula Hālau O Lilinoe under the direction of Kumu Sissy Kaio, Moana's Hula Hālau under the direction of Kumu Moana Dudoit, Hālau o Ka Ua Kani Lehua under the direction of Kumu Johnny Lum Ho, Hālau Hula ʻO Lanaʻi Hale under the direction of Kumu Lehua Matsuoka and Kumu Lika Moon, Hālau Hula ʻo Kahikilaulani under the direction of Kumu Ray Fonseca, Halau ʻO Ke Anuenue under the direction of Kumu Glenn Vasconcellos, Healani's Hula Hālau under the direction of Kumu Beverly Muraoka, Hālau Hula Olana under the direction of Kumu Olana Aʻi and Kumu Howard Aʻi, Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima under the direction of Kumu Māpuana de Silva, Nā Hula O Kaohikukapulani under the direction of Kumu Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza, Pukalani Hula Hale under the direction of Kumu Nina Maxwell and Kumu Hiʻilei Maxwell, Lehua Dance Co. under the direction of Kumu Kaulana Kasparovitch, Kealiʻikaʻapunihonua Keʻena Aʻo Hula under the direction of Kumu Leimomi Ho, Pukaʻikapuaokalani Hula Hālau under the direction of Kumu Ellen Castillo, and Keolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka under the direction of Kumu Aloha Dalire. The 1992 program's lineup for the kāne division includes performances by: Nā Hula O Kaohikukapulani under the direction of Kumu Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza, Kealiʻikaʻapunihonua Keʻena Aʻo Hula under the direction of Kumu Leimomi Ho, Nā Wai Ehā o Puna under the direction of Kumu Kihanuilulumoku Thaddius Wilson [Thaddeus Wilson] and Kumu O'Brian Eselu [O'Brien Eselu], Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela under the direction of Kumu Paleka Leina'ala Mattos and Kumu Edward Kunewa Mook, Hālau Hula ʻo Kahikilaulani under the direction of Kumu Ray Fonseca, Nā Pua Me Kealoha under the direction of Kumu Sissy Kaio, and Nā ʻOpio ʻO Koʻolau Hula Hālau under the direction of Kumu Michael dela Cruz and Kumu James dela Cruz, and Hālau Ka Ua Kilihune under the direction of Kumu Al Makahinu Barcarse.
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