HILO, Hawaii – The results are in after three nights of hula competition at the 51st Merrie Monarch Festival, where the big winner was Honolulu’s Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā under the direction of Kaleo Trinidad, scoring 1,194 points overall.
Results
Kāne Kahiko
4th
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang
Pauoa, Oʻahu
3rd
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Oʻahu
2nd
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu
1st
Kawailiʻulā
Chinky Māhoe
Kailua, Oʻahu
Wahine Kahiko
5th
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang
Pauoa, Oʻahu
4th
Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima
Māpuana de Silva
Kaʻōhao, Hawaiʻi
3rd
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi
2nd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig
Kula, Maui
1st
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
Kāne ʻAunana
4th
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
ʻIliahi and Haunani Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
3rd
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Oʻahu
2nd
Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani
Nāhōkū Gaspang
Hilo, Hawaiʻi
1st
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu
Wahine ʻAuana
5th
Hālau Hula Olana
Olana and Howard Ai
Puʻuloa, Oʻahu
4th
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leināʻala
Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi
3rd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig
Kula, Maui
2nd
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
1st
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi
Kāne Overall
3rd
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang
Pauoa, Oʻahu
2nd
Kawailiʻulā
Chinky Māhoe
Kailua, Oʻahu
1st
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu
Wahine Overall
3rd
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi
2nd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig
Kula, Maui
1st
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
Overall
3rd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig
2nd
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
Kula, Maui
1st
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu
