VIDEO: Merrie Monarch Hoike – Halau O Hokulani finale
April 10, 2010 | Hilo
172 dancers take the stage, honoring future of Merrie Monarch
Hilo, Hawaii – Video by David Corrigan
The final performance of the free Hoike night at the 2010 Merrie Monarch Festival was by Halau O Hokulani, under the direction of Larry De Rego and his wife, Hokulani.
172 dancers took the stage as a part of the performance, a good portion of whom were from Japan.
The Makaha Sons and Melveen Leed lent their musical talents to the hula, which was dedicated to Luana Kawelu, daughter of Merrie Monarch co-founder Dottie Thompson, and the future of the festival.
You will be able to see more on local Na Leo o Hawaii Television, courtesy videographer Wendell Ka’ehu’ae’a.
The hoike is not a part of the competition. For that, tune to KFVE, also on the internet at K5thehometeam.com.
The competition ends tonight, at which point the awards will be given to the best halau performances in the kahiko and auana styles.
Thank you for your beautiful coverage of the event. Is there a way we can purchase the entire performance of Halau ‘O Hokulani? If so, there would be MANY in the halau who would be interested. Please let me know.
Mahalo,
Tanya Ventar
awww , they didnt show our whole performancee ):
Awesome job “Halau Hula o Hokulani”!! Alot of people aren’t aware of the hoike unless they are in Hilo for the festivities. Maybe in the future the hoike will be televised. Its so wonderful to see alot of different cultures Hawaiians, Fijians, Japanese, Mexicans etc. share thier love of song and dance with each other and the people of Hawaii. Is there anyway of purchasing a video of the hoike?
I loved it, it was nice I hope that I can make it to the next Merrie Monarch next year I always wanted to watch the Merrie Monarch but I can’t remeber when is it. Well I seen it on the Web site and it was nice good job guy’s you guys are wounderful keep up the good work look forward to seeing you guy’s next year.