Presentations

Aloha Mai Lānaʻi – Hula ʻAuana

Collette Leimomi Akana

6/20/18, Session 5, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

Kumu Momi composed this mele while on the island of Lānaʻi o Kaululāʻau. The gentle calmness and serenity of the island welcomed her and her companions on a huakaʻi filled with fun and adventure. They visited cultural sites and met kamaʻāina who shared fascinating stories of their homeland. The hula and moʻolelo behind each verse will be explained. This mele was recorded by Kūpaoa on the award-winning CD called “Bumbye.”

Hula Workshop

He Mau Malihini Mākou – Hula ʻAuana

Collette Leimomi Akana

6/20/18, Session 6, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

Kumu Momi composed this mele while on the island of Hawaiʻi o Keawe. It tells of the special people she met and the wahi pana she visited. The hula and moʻolelo behind each verse will be explained. She hopes this mele will inspire participants to haku, compose, their own mele for their various adventures and experiences. Perhaps a new mele for Hālauaola?

Hula Workshop

Pā Ka Makani – Hula Kahiko

Collette Leimomi Akana

6/20/18, Session 8, UH Hilo – Old Gym

This ancient mele is dedicated to the supernatural rooster named Kaʻauhelemoa. Moʻolelo about the legendary Kaʻauhelemoa will be shared. Kumu Momi learned this hula from Adeline Maunupau Lee who learned it from Mary Kawena Pukui. Mrs. Pukui noted that the gracefulness and beauty of this hula was in the ʻaihaʻa step. Participants will learn the hula as well as the hoʻopaʻa beats.

Hula Workshop

*Participants Bring An Ipu

E Kani Ka Pila Kākou! – Let’s Play Music!

Kawika Alfiche

Kiaʻi Maurille

6/22/18, Session 10, UH Hilo – UCB 127

Bring your instrument of choice (`ukulele, guitar, bass, ipu, spoons, voice…) leave your music sheets at home and let’s have a good ole fashion Hawaiian Jam session. Goal for this class is to play music, sing from memory, sing with harmony and enjoy! All are welcome.

Mele/Hula – Musician and the Dancer

Kawika Alfiche

6/20/18, Session 6, UH Hilo – Old Gym

I le’a ka hula i ka ho’opa’a. The hula is pleasing because of the drummer. A musician that understands hula and a dancer that understands music creates a better synergy. I invite both dancers and musicians to come take part of this presentation. We will explore this relationship and become both the musician and the dancer.

Bring Ipu or ipu heke, `ukulele or guitar, your voice

Hula: Ka Moʻo ʻŌlelo, Ka Mele (Hula: Historical Mele Hula Research for Hula Practitioners)

Leialoha Lim Amina

Kananimaeʻole Amina

6/18/18, Session 1, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

6/18/18, Session 3, UH Hilo – UCB 114

Join this insightful seminar on ways to access hula research to put a formal hula presentation together on any Hawaiian cultural subject you choose, whether for a Hōʻike (Concert) or Hula Competition. In addition to accessing online resources to conduct hula research, Leialoha will cover: Why and how to select topics that are exciting to present; How to research the subject with the intent to find something that is unusual or not commonly known; The importance of selecting mele for a hula kaʻi and hula hoʻi that befits the mele hula; Oli selection that compliments the hula; How to select costume and lei adornments befitting to the mele. Leialoha will also share one of Nā Lei Kaholokūʻs Merrie Monarch Award Winning Fact Sheets and how the information was researched prior to the mele being put into Hula.

Kalani Nui Mehameha & He Koʻihonua

Manu Boyd

6/20/18, Session 6, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

6/22/18, Session 9, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

Kalani Nui Mehameha is a mele inoa for Kamehameha composed by Ululani, celebrated poet and royal wife of Keawe-a-heulu, urging the young warrior chief to call to the ʻiwa bird, a kūpua deity with supernatural powers to him, in his campaign to unite the islands under one rule. Ululani bid Kamehameha to enter, bathe in the sacred pool of Pōnahakeone, partake of ʻawa planted by Kāne, elements of chiefly hospitality and respect. He Koʻihonua no Keʻelikōlani traces the aliʻi lineage from Kamehameha’s great-grandparents Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and Kalanikauleleʻīaiwi to his great-granddaughter Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Keʻelikōlani.

Oli Workshop

He Maʻi no Te Ariʻi Lohiʻauipo o Hāʻena – Hula Maʻi

Lopaka Kaluawaiapele Nakaahikikane Kealiikanakaoleaipoalani Bukoski

6/22/18, Session 10, UH Hilo – Old Gym

Come and learn the Hula Maʻi that draws from Hiʻiaka’s huakaʻi up the pae ʻāina and return, hoʻi, to Hawaiʻi Island. It is the epic cycle of Pelehonuamea, Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, and Lohiʻauipo, catalytic for this ʻaha. This Mele Maʻi is found in “Pele and Hiʻiaka, a Hawaiian Myth”. This Hula Maʻi follows the same path and course. Upon her return to Hawai‘i Island, Hiʻiaka is again faced with many challenges, mentally, spiritually, and physically. The maʻi or procreation chant speaks to the esoteric language of ancient Hawaiian poetry. The mele maʻi invigorates and generates new life. As one cycle has ended a new one begins, all with the intent of strengthening and continuing the line.

Hula Workshop

Mele Hānau no Kauikeaouli

Pua Case

6/20/18, Session 7, UH Hilo – Old Gym

6/22/18, Session 9, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

Hālau Hula Keaʻalaonamaupua and Mauna Kea ʻOhana share the experience of a collective hui of chanters and dancers from Waimea, Hawaiʻi with the birth chant for Kamehameha II in its entirety to honor our sacred mountain, Mauna a Wākea. An overview of the verses are presented and one verse is taught to all participants.

Hula Workshop
Attendees are requested to wear pāʻū
Skill Level: Must be able to execute basic hula steps

Hawaiian and Other Polynesian Tattooing…emphasis on Hawaiʻi

Kaimiloa Chrisman

6/20/18, Session 5, UH Hilo – UCB 114

This session highlights Hawaiian tattoo, its relationship to Hula, techniques, design, protocols. Tattoo designs of Polynesian societies and old Hawaiian tattoo is based on historic descriptions are visually shared with attendees. The history, culture, protocols, tools, inks and designs are featured and a Q & A segment will allow audience inquiries.

Traditional Pahu Hula, Pūniu, Ipu Heke and Lapaiki

Kaimiloa Chrisman

6/18/18, Session 4, UH Hilo – UCB 114

This is a presentation on the history of Pahu Hula, Pahu Heiau, Pūniu, and Ipu Heke instruments including the use of original and modern materials, and their unique aspects compared to other cultures. This presentation includes the association between Pahu Hula and Pūniu, their cordage materials, and the reasons for the sharkskin and Kala skin used for their tops, how these skins were obtained and prepared for use and modern substitute rawhide materials. Selection of gourds, coconuts and proper woods and shapes will be discussed. Q & A will follow at the end of the presentation.

Aia Lā ʻO Pele – Hula ʻAuana

Kahoʻokele Crabbe

Kamaolipua Grace

6/20/18, Session 6, UH Hilo – UCB 127

This workshop is focused primarily on keiki – ʻōpio, 7-15 years of age, with intermediate or advanced hula skills. These include knowledge of hula steps, hand placement and body movement. Kumu or “alakaʻi” who may want to add another mele to their Keiki curriculum, are most welcome. He mai!

Hula Workshop
Keiki Class (Ages 7-15)
Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced

Kaulana Ke Anu I Waimea

Frank E. Kaʻiuokalani Damas

6/18/18, Session 3, Hale ʻŌlelo – Pāhiehie

6/20/18, Session 7, UH Hilo – UCB 127

ʻO ka mua kēia o kekahi huina mele i haku ʻia no Liliʻuokalani inā makahiki 1880, i kona wā e noho Kamāliʻi wahine ana, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻoilina mōʻī o Hawaiʻi. ʻO nā wahi ma loko o kēia mele, aia ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi.

This is the first chant in a set of five that were composed for Liliʻuokalani in 1880 when she was the crown princess and designated heiress to the throne. The places in this chant are on the island of Hawaiʻi.

Hula Workshop
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Presented in Hawaiian Language)

E hoʻomaikaʻi iho ā ola i ka hula: Check yoʻ self

Tatiana Tseu Fox

6/18/18, Session 1, UH Hilo – UCB 114

6/18/18, Session 3, Hale ʻŌlelo 202

This workshop explores haʻahaʻa, haʻaheo, hoʻokano and hōʻoio in relationship to hula. Kumu Hula Tatiana Tseu Fox will share her growing up in a hula family and lessons of respect and appreciation for all styles of hula. Conversation and sharing allows the haumana to focus on self-reflection, intention and respect as critical aspects of hula. E hoʻomaikaʻi iho ā ola i ka hula.

First offering conducted in English & second offering conducted in Hawaiian Language

A Ka Laʻi Au I Hanakahi – He Hula ʻŌlapa No Keʻelikōlani

Pelehonuamea & Kekoa Harman

6/20/18, Session 7, Hale ʻŌlelo – Pāhiehie

He papa hula kēia e aʻo ana i ka hula ʻo “A Ka Laʻi Au I Hanakahi,” me ka wehewehe pūʻana no ka mōʻaukala o kēia mele i paʻi mua ʻia ma ka nūpepa ʻo Ke Au ʻOkoʻa I Hui ʻla 16 Iune 1883.

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Presented in Hawaiian Language)

Hula ʻAuana: ʻĀina O Miloliʻi

Niuliʻi Kalama Heine

Maile Shiraishi-Nagao

6/18/18, Session 1, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

Stories and Hula stylings of the Late Kumu Hula Leināʻala Kalama Heine, taught by her eldest daughter, Kumu Hula Niuliʻi Kalama Heine

Hula Workshop

Hula Kahiko: Kau a Hiʻiaka i Panaʻewa

Niuliʻi Kalama Heine

Maile Shiraishi-Nagao

6/18/18, Session 3, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

Stories and Hula stylings of the Late Kumu Hula Leināʻala Kalama Heine, taught by her eldest daughter, Kumu Hula Niuliʻi Kalama Heine.

Stories of the ʻĀina: Aloha Kaimu

Leialoha Ilae-Kaleimamahu

Kealaokahalaopuna Martins Keliihoomalu, Chloe Martins Keliihoomalu, Princess Keliihoomalu-Kuahiwinui, Keani Kaleimamahu

6/18/18, Session 4, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

6/20/18, Session 8, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

Stories are our data and contribution to a Hawaii of the past and now. This workshop will look at a perspective of a kamaʻāina of Mokuhulu and Kaimū, Puna in reflection of Pele and the stories people tell thru oli and Mele of the antiquities and of today

Ka iho o Pele i Maui

Noelani Iokepa-Guerrero

Kapono Iokepa-Guerrero, Maui Iokepa-Guerrero

6/18/18, Session 2, Hale ʻŌlelo 202

He mele kēia ʻo Ka Iho O Pele I Maui no Pele a me kāna ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka mokupuni ʻo Maui. Ma ke mele e mālama ai i nā wahi pana, puʻu a pōhaku o ka ʻāina na Pele i hana. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ia mele me ka ʻike i paʻi ʻia ma ka nūpepa Hawaiʻi kahiko ʻo Ka Loea Kālaiʻāina ma ka makahiki 1899. Ma kēia papa e nānā ai i ia mele.

Ka Iho o Pele I Maui is an original mele telling of Peleʻs influence on the eastern side of the island of Maui. The mele presents some of the famous places, flows, hills, and stones formed by the goddess. The text was composed with information gathered from the Hawaiian newspaper, Ka Loea Kālaiʻāina, 1899. This workshop examines this mele.

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Presented in Hawaiian Language)

Nā Kupaianaha o Moanalua

Noelani Iokepa-Guerrero

Kapono Iokepa-Guerrero, Maui Iokepa-Guerrero

6/18/18, Session 1, Hale ʻŌlelo 202

Me nā moʻolelo o ka wā kahiko e ʻike ai i nā kupua Hawaiʻi i pili i ka ʻāina ʻo Moanalua ma ka mokupuni ʻo Oʻahu. Ua haku ʻia no kēia mele ʻo Nā Kuapaianaha o Moanalua no ka mālama ʻana i ia mau moʻolelo o ia mau kupua a e hōʻike hoʻi i ka nani kamahaʻo o Moanalua. Ma kēia papa e nānā ai i ia mele a me nā moʻolelo kupua.

Moʻolelo and legend has tied Moanalua on the island of Oʻahu to many wondrous supernatural beings of Hawaiʻi. This original text and mele, Nā Kupaianaha o Moanalua, was written to capture some of these kupua that touched Moanalua. This presentation will examine the mele and present the stories of these kupua that inspired the composition.

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Presented in Hawaiian Language)

Hula ʻŌlapa: Auhea Wale ʻOe E Ka ʻŌʻo

Leilani Kahoʻāno

6/20/18, Session 8, UH Hilo – UCB 127

Haumāna will be introduced to chant through a brief slide presentation of Queen Emma’s profound life and legacy. Each paukū experiences her journey of grief in our ancient Hawaiian ways to her trip to Kauaʻi which inspired “mana”. Her transformation as Kaleleonālani impacts the remainder of living to serve our Hawaiians. Raised in a home learning to be a nurse to her hānai father, Dr. Rooke, would eventually turn grief into legacies befitting many today. Aunty Pat Bacon and Aunty Mae Klein honor our Mōʻī Wahine with this choreography in the Joseph Ilalaʻole style. As a nurse and Kumu Hula, this hula honors all Kumu Hula as medical practitioners, too.

Hula Workshop
Participants should bring the following: pā’ū, notebook, pen or pencil, water bottle, and one word describing yourself.
Hula Level: ʻŌlapa to Kumu

Hula Noho Pūʻili

Leilani Kahoʻāno

Kanoekakahiaka Inger Hojfeldt

6/20/18, Session 5, UH Hilo – UCB 127

This hula noho as taught by Aunty Puna Kalama and Kumu Edward Kalāhiki, will be shared with pūʻili and option to use with pūlumi nīʻau. Haumāna will learn chant and hula to honor Aunty Nana Kalama and her reverence for the beauty of traveling through the Pali and Nuʻuanu. She is in awe of “waipuhia wailele” and the Koʻolau range of Oʻahu. Aunty Kekauʻilani “Nana” Kalama also expresses her gratitude to her Creator and chanted this over the phone to Lōkalia Montgomery when she was a Huliheʻe Palace in 1968.

Hula Workshop
Participants should bring the following: pā’ū, notebook, pen or pencil, water bottle, pulimi nīʻau and/or pūʻili, and one word describing yourself.
Hula Level: ʻŌlapa to Kumu

Nā Kau a Hiʻiaka, he hana keaka hiwahiwa o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele

Puakahiki Kauʻi Kaina

Keliʻi Ruth, Frank Kaʻiu Damas

6/18/18, Session 2, Hale ʻŌlelo – Pāhiehie

“E lei ana aʻe kākou i ko kākou mau lei hala…” Mai ka waha o nā kūpuna a i ka waha o kēia hanauna a hanauna aku, ua lei ʻia kākou me nā moʻolelo, nā mele, nā hula, a me nā loina Hawaiʻi. I ka makahiki 2017 i puka mai ai ka hana keaka ʻo Nā Kau a Hiʻiaka. He moʻolelo ia e kālele ana ma luna o ke aloha ʻohana, ka hoʻokō kuleana, a me ke kāmau ʻana i loko nō o nā ʻīnea o ke ola. He pāhana kūikawā ia e kō ai ka palapala laeoʻo (Master of Fine Arts) ma lalo o ke kulanui ʻo Mānoa, māhele hana keaka.

ʻO ke kahua ma mua, ma hope ke kūkulu. Haku ʻia ka hana keaka ʻo Nā Kau a Hiʻiaka mai ke kahua ʻike kuʻuna Hawaiʻi. E nānā ʻia ana ke ala i huakaʻi ʻia e hoʻomōhala aku i nei moʻolelo ma o ka ʻōlelo makuahine, e lohe ʻia aku ka leo o nā kau i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia, a e ʻike ʻia akula ka uʻi o nā hula i pūlama ʻia. Mai ke kahua o nā waiwai i waiho pono ʻia i mua o kākou i kūkulu pū ʻia ai nā ʻano lawelawe hana keaka hakuhia e kū ai ka hoʻi o kēia au. Ua lei ʻia kēia hanauna me ka ʻike kuʻuna a na kākou e lei aku i ko kākou mau lei hala i ka hoa hānau o nā hanauna hou e hiki mai ana.

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Presented in Hawaiian Language)

Hula ʻAihaʻa – A Glimpse into Unukupukupu, Hawaiʻi Community Collegeʻs Hula Program

Pele Kaio

6/20/18, Session 7-8, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

6/22/18, Session 9-10, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

This hula workshop introduces the learner to Hula I – Hula ʻAihaʻa; introductory course of Hawaiʻi Community College’s Hula Program. Learners are introduced to ʻaihaʻa traditions of Unukupukupu through Haki Kino, Hula Pele, methodology to understand hula as a holistic transformative process to impact and shape perspectives for leadership.

Hula Workshop
Presentation is 3 Hours Long

Hilo Hula – Hula ʻAuana

Iwalani Kalima

6/20/18, Session 6, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

6/22/18, Session 9, UH Hilo – UCB 127

This mele was written by my grandfather, Joseph Kalima. It speaks to and tells of the wahipana of Hilo; its welcoming people and the beauty of Hilo.

Hula Workshop

Wahinenohomauna – The Hula Poliʻahu

Micah Kamohoaliʻi

6/22/18, Session 10, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

Nā wāhine kapu noho i Mauna a Wākea. The sacred women that dwell on Mauna Kea. The deities of Mauna Kea are often overlooked, but not to the families who have been stewards of these lands for generations. Taught by Kumu Hula Micah Kamohoaliʻi and Hālau Nā Kīpuʻupuʻu this class will discuss the practices of the Waimea people and their relationship with their Mountain home, the priestly order of Poliʻahu and share insight to historical chants, dances and stories of Mauna Kea and the Snow Clan. Advanced hula will be taught in this course.

Hula Workshop
Skill Level: Advanced

Haku Kaʻao: Living Myths in Modern Times

Kuʻulei Kanahele

6/22/18, Session 10, UH Hilo – UCB 114

The elements of Hawaiʻi are alive and embodied in our akua, gods. We see them in the skies, in the waters, and in our current lava flows. In this presentation, we will look at the accounts of our ancestors in myth and how they manifest in today’s modern world. The focus will be on the current eruption of Kilauea and how it compares with the myth of Pele and Waka. Learn how the Kanaka view gods, myths and mele as a part of our lives today.

Mele Au Hou

Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole

6/18/18, Session 3-4, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

Hula ʻauana and new compositions by Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole

Hula Workshop
Presentation is 3 Hours Long

Laka Hiʻiaka: Pāʻū Dynamics

Nālani Kanakaole

6/20/18, Session 5-6, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

This workshop examines mele/oli as it relates to Pāʻū, its ritual, social and environmental function by posing the following questions: What is Lakaʻs role? What is Hiiakaʻs role? What kinolau is used and what is its purpose and meaning? What is the literature and its function? How do Laka and Hiiaka, as goddesses of Hula, function in Hula in the 21st century? What are five styles that embrace the elements of the Pāʻū mele/oli in the mele style? How is the feminine power of the forest, so critical to the water cycle, defined and expressed? The three hour workshop allows attendees to engage in a lively, spirited and humbling Hula learning experience – Pāʻū.

Presentation is 3 Hours Long

Articulating Environmental Kinship Through the Kuahu

Kekuhi Kealiikanakaole

6/18/18, Session 1-2, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

In 2015, I gladly and confidently accepted the challenge to teach Hawaiʻi life ways to the natural resources & conservation community. It is a blessing to be able to teach folks who spend 20-30 years of their professional lives on the ʻāina, caring for the ʻāina, and researching the ways in which we can all be better stewards of Hawaiʻi. How do we do that? Recent Hawaiʻi history demonstrated the negative intersection of natural sciences and Hawaiʻi life (hula and ritual). Arguments over “correct” and “authentic” practices – which was more loving to the island – ensued. Critical areas of species extinction, rise of invasives and the alarming phenomenon: rapid decline of ʻōhia on Hawaiʻi Island (ROD).

Hālau ʻŌhiʻa was born out of the love for the ʻāina. It is a professional & personal development Hawaiʻi Stewardship Training Program created for two purposes: 1) to strengthen the conservation community/family, and, 2) to intimately connect Hawaiʻi island stewards to the more than physical aspects of the island-scape. Hālau ʻŌhiʻa is a hālau created to learn how to access the “mysteries” of Hawaiʻi life ways in order to gain skills in which to do the awesome task of preserving our mauli Hawaiʻi of forests, oceans, mountains, and kanaka. Investigations of the mysteries is through the practice of the kuahu hula. Come to our workshop, meet members of Hālau ʻŌhiʻa and learn the simple skills of articulating your own environmental kinship to the kuahu.

Presentation is 3 Hours Long

Halemaʻumaʻu – Hula ʻAuana

Kehau Kekua

6/18/18, Session 1, UH Hilo – UCB 127

Composed by songwriters, Maddy Lam ad Bill Aliʻiloa Lincoln, this classical mele celebrates the magnificence of Pelehonuamea, goddess of fire and volcanoes. Attendees will learn to dance the lovely tribute to the awesome beauty and sights that are still experienced today when visiting Halemaʻumaʻu.

Skill Level: Intermediate and Advanced

ʻO Kauaʻi Kaʻu I ʻIke: A Land Where the Winds Assemble

Kehau Kekua

6/20/18, Session 7, UH Hilo – UCB 114

From the writings of indigenous Hawaiian historians, J.W. Naihe and D.K. Wai`ale`ale, a full and impressive account of Pele’s chant of Kaua`i’s winds take us on an intellectual journey back in time. Beginning at Nihoa, Pele touches upon the winds of Ka`ula, Lehua, and Ni`ihau before crossing over the Ka`ulakahi channel to Kaua`i. The chant marks a pivotal segment of the mo`olelo when Pele’s kino wailua or spirit was drawn to Kē`ē by the pulsating sounds of Lohi`au’s pahu drum. We will traverse through the text of the chant to discover Kaua`i’s significant places, phenomena, deities, chiefs, and more.

Hā – Pranayama – Breath: A Hula Dancer as Yoga Practitioner

Makanaalohamaikalani Kāne Kuahiwinui

Maka Valdez

6/18/18, Session 1, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

6/18/18, Session 4, Hale ʻŌlelo – Pāhiehie

This active workshop connects hā to neʻena (breath to movement, pranayama to asana). Participants will engage in this sequence to prepare the kino for intense hula movements and begin in the control of oneʻs breath. The yoga grounds itself through moving meditation to be mindful of self, others and the honua. Makana and Maka facilitate a yoga and hula journey through a clinic engaging participants in postures for safety, alignment and function. A few sanskrit postures are interpreted in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. The workshop demystifies, re-centers, and connects yoga to an internal honua and its connection to the honua o waho.

Participants should be dressed appropriately for yoga exercises

Tradition and Creative License in Mele and Hula

Aaron David Mahi

6/20/18, Session 5, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

6/22/18, Session 10, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

This workshop explores the mele and hula in the realm of tradition and creative license. Participants will engage in song, hula and discussion and broadening awareness of how tradition, time, creative license are all part of the Hula life. An example is both the mele and hula of “Kaulana Nā Pua”. Be prepared to sing, dance and contribute to the discussion through inquiry.

Hula Kahiko, Mele: Maunakea

Hiʻilei Maxwell-Juan

6/18/18, Session 2, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

Written for Queen Emma for her fifth travel mele in a poetic travelogue encompassed by Maunakea. Participants will experience nature surrounding Mauna, and what the queen viewed as she visited Puna to Kona. She sees Maunakea in the distance as a focal point of her journey.

Hula Workshop

Bringing Stories to Life Through the Hula Kiʻi

Auliʻi Mitchell

Mauliola Cook, Maile Loo

6/18/18, Session 4, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

6/20/18, Session 8, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

Join Hula Preservation Society (HPS), Kumu Auliʻi Mitchell, and Auntie Mauliola Cook to learn more about the ancient rare form of Hula Kiʻi. In this rich and challenging type of hula, dancers form the kiʻi (image) with their own bodies, or dance with or manipulate puppets. HPS will share archival photos and videos of our late great masters skilled in this genre. Come experience Hula Kiʻi first-hand with two skilled practitioners, as they talk-story, perform, and take your questions. Kumu Auliʻiʻs ʻohana tradition uses a carved block of wood that is transformed into a character that is then danced with from a seated position. Auntie Mauli was trained in kiʻi by the late Kumu Nona Beamer, and her tradition uses a coconut head-based character manipulated on one hand from a standing/moving position. Hula Kiʻi holds great depth and strength in its many nuanced forms, and it is a beautiful and moving means of preserving and telling the stories of Hawaiʻi, both then and now.

Project Kuleana

Kīhei Nahale-A, Sean Nāleimaile, Kamakoa Lindsey-Asing

6/18/18, Session 3-4, UH Hilo – UCB 127

6/20/18, Session 5-6, Hale ʻŌlelo – Pāhiehie

Join an interactive workshop with Project Kuleana staff and haumāna to produce a Project Kuleana video utilizing hula as the focus. You will be an integral part of the Project Kuleana purpose and process: role of performer, role of the composition, role of the subject matter.

Hula implements (including ʻukulele) and attire (i.e., paʻu) are welcomed and may be a part of this production.
Be prepared to dance kahiko and/or ʻauana.
Presentation is 3 Hours Long
First Presentation in English, Second Presentation in Hawaiian Language

Restoring a Cultural Treasure: The Past, Present and Future of Kahoʻolawe

Michael Nāhoʻipiʻi

6/18/18, Session 3, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

The island of Kahoʻolawe was environmentally devastated by the introduction of goats in the late 1700ʻs and taken over for fifty years by the military as a bombing range. The island was returned to the people of Hawaiʻi in 1994 and is still very relevant today as a living classroom for restoration, sustainability and the revitalization of Hawaiian culture. Learn how cultural practices, including hula, are integrated into the restoration and sustainable practices to heal and restore a sacred island.

Teacher of Teachers – Kumu Loea Lokalia Montgomery

Tumu Naleialoha Napaepae-Kunewa

6/20/18, Session 6, UH Hilo – UCB 114

6/22/18, Session 9, UH Hilo – UCB 114

Naleialoha Napaepae-Kunewa will recount ten years 1960-1970, her time spent with the Teacher of Teachers, Lokalia Montgomery. She will describe learning on the Pā of Huliheʻe Palace in Kailua, Kona, Hawaiʻi. Naleialoha will present live and audio visual stories, chants, and dances that confirm the process of how she becomes the “Kumu Hula” she is today. A process with no beginning and no end. A continuation of the footprints that were followed by the teacher of teachers, leaving an imprint that Naleialoha continues in our time.

Resources for the Cultural Practitioner

Dr. Katrina-Ann R. Kapāanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira

6/18/18, Session 2, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

This workshop reveals 25 must-have references and resources for hula/Hawaiian cultural practitioners. These references and resources give a blueprint for successful learning and teaching.

Loina Hula, Leadership and Lāhui

Mahina Paishon-Duarte

Dr. Aukahi Austin, Dr. Kaiwipuna Anthony Lipe, Dr Mehana Vauhgn, Dr. Eōmailani Kukahiko

6/20/18, Session 7, UH Hilo – Wentworth Hall

6/22/18, Session 10, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

This workshops engages presenters and attendees in a form to discuss the relationship between loina hula, leadership and the role of ʻōlapa within the lāhui. Presenters will set a context for conversation by drawing upon insight and examples from moʻolelo, mele and life experience. They will articulate themes of hula-influenced leadership across a variety of situations, spanning from environmental work to well-being, entrepreneurship and education. The workshop concludes with a lively discussion which will explore contemporary and future roles of poʻe hula within the lāhui.

No Ka Lāhui: The Aliʻi Trusts

Dr. Diane Paloma

6/18/18, Session 2, UH Hilo – UCB 114

The Ali‘i of Hawai‘i formulate a vast amount of repertoire for hula and oli. From honorific chants to kanikau to mele ma‘i, our Hawaiian ali‘i were documented well. To contribute to their legacies, this session will introduce the reasoning behind their reverence. By having the vision and foresight for their nation and people, their names live on. As a beneficiary of Pauahi, I will be introducing Kaiona as the one who guides individuals to safety. Through the mele He Inoa No Pauahi, we will highlight her contributions. As a former employee of the Queen’s Health Systems, Queen Emma and King Kamehameha will be discussed of their efforts in Health and Healthcare. The documentation of A Maunakea o Kalani will discuss her visit to Lake Waiau and the resilience of her personal journeys that gave hope to her people. Kalākaua and Liliʻuokalani as stewards of hula and mele will be reconfirmed. And, as the current CEO of the King Lunalilo Trust & Home, I will share the lessons learned by the sale of his lands. In particular, his land of Hā‘ena: the birthplace of Hula. Their legacies live on in the form of modern day institutions. Discussion about the Ali‘i Trusts: both the criticisms and accolades will be explored.

No Luna E Ka Hale Kai No Ka Maʻalewa

Holoaumoku Ralar

Hailama Farden

6/20/18, Session 8, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

This workshop teaches the chant and hula noho with ipu. The presenters (cousins) learned this hula from Kumu Aunty Emma Sharpe. It is believed she learned it from her first Kumu, Rebecca Kauhai Likua Opunui. There are very few hālau that use this chant as a noho ipu hula.

Hula Workshop

*Participants Bring An Ipu

This hula workshop is reserved for Kumu Hula and their Alakaʻi.

The Farden Sisters Hula

Holoaumoku Ralar

Hailama Farden

6/20/18, Session 7, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

Aunty Emma Farden Sharpe wrote this mele. To call upon each one of her sisters to dance a verse of where they lived. This hula was danced at many family gatherings and, until today, it is still shared by replacing the sisters with their daughters or granddaughters. This is a family legacy hula. The workshop presenters have danced Aunty Emma’s verse since her passing. This hula is very appropriate for pre-intermediate and above hula students.

Hula Workshop
Skill Level: Pre-Intermediate and Up

Hakukole: Sayings, Songs & Chants of Ridicule

Kealiʻi Reichel

6/20/18, Session 7, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

A powerpoint presentation that explores an often overlooked genre of Hawaiian poetry and slang – Hakukole. Issues of infidelity, sexual/physical inadequacy, stupidity, bad manners, irritation, sarcasm, race, dark humor and revenge are revealed through chants, songs, proverbs and gestures. No one was immune to being the object of a Hakukole saying or mele. All were fair game in the battle of wits or expression of negative emotions.

Participants must have an open mind and not be easily offended

Hula Kahiko: Helumoa

Jory Scoville

Judy Scoville-Layfield, , ,

6/18/18, Session 4, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

This mele celebrates the area of Helumoa, a traditional land division within the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī. Kumu Jory and Judy are haumana of Kumu Hula Leinaʻala Kalama Heine and her hālau, Nā Pualei o Likolehua. This mele was inspired by a performance with Leinaʻala at the Helumoa grove at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center.

Hula Workshop

He Mele Pule lā Laka

Kalena Silva

6/20/18, Session 8, Hale ʻŌlelo – Pāhiehie

E aʻo ana au i kekahi o nā mele pule kahiko iā Laka, iā “Noho Ana ʻO Laka I Ka Uluwehiwehi”. E hōʻike ana i ka mea nui o ia ʻano mele no ka poʻe hula, i ka manaʻo o ka ʻōlelo, a me ke oli ʻana. He mele oli kēia mai ka Hālau Hula o Māiki Aiu Lake.

Hula Workshop
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Presented in Hawaiian Language)

I Leʻa Ka Hula I Ka Hoʻopaʻa

Noah Haʻalilio Solomon

6/18/18, Session 4, Hale ʻŌlelo 202

He hōʻikeʻike kēia e kāleleana ma nā mele o ʻelima wā nui o nā mele Hawaiʻi, i leʻa ai nō ka poʻehula. ʻIke ʻia nō, ʻo ke mele ka mea e hoʻokele ana i ke ʻano o ka hula e hula ʻia ana e ka ʻolapa. ʻO ke ʻano o ka ʻōlelo o ke mele ka mea nui. E hōʻike ʻia ma loko o kēia papa nā mele Hawaiʻi e kū hōʻailona ana no ke ʻano o ka hula o ia wā. Aia ma lalo nei nā wā o nā mele e kilo ʻia ana: Wā I: 1872-1900; Wā II: 1895-1915; Wā III: 1915-1960; Wā IV: 1960-1970; Wā V: 1970- i kēia wā.

He Huakaʻi Pāʻū, A Journey to the Corded-Skirt

Taupouri Tangarō

6/18/18, Session 3, Hoʻolulu Complex – Aunty Sally’s Lūʻau Hale

Little is known of the pāʻū kaula Hawaiʻi. Only one is on display at the Bishop Museum. Oral and written histories inform us that they were reserved for rituals related to hula, lua and heiau culture. Pāʻū kaula has largely existed in the private domain of Hawaiian homes and hālau. Participants will engage in a multi-sensory learning of visual, chant, storytelling, hula, walaʻau and Q&A. Dr. Taupouri Tangarō will share his personal journey of pāʻū kaula and aʻahu.

Stills and video are welcome

Kaulana A Ka Holo A Ka Malulani

Taupouri Tangarō

Kahealani Wilcox

6/20/18, Session 5, Hoʻolulu Complex – Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium

“Kaulana A Ka Holo A Ka Malulani” speaks of the description of the 1881 lava flow that nearly took Hilo Town, the very lava flow stopped by Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani. The description of the dramatic and fiery flow is from the deck of the Malulani, an interisland steamer, anchored at night in Waiākea Bay. You are warmly welcome to learn the hula or the nīpolo (drumming & chanting) piece.

Hula Workshop
Although audio recording of the chant is allowed, video recording is not allowed

Mālama Lihikai and Pahu

Keone Turalde

6/20/18, Session 5, UH Hilo – Old Gym

6/22/18, Session 9, UH Hilo – Old Gym

This active workshop engages the participant in the art of pahu drumming techniques and the steps of making a pahu drum. Attendees will learn the “I Hone Huna Ta Pahu” oli and the drumming technique associated with it.

Oli and Pahu Workshop
Participants should bring a pahu or Lapaiki

Puʻuhonua Nani – Beautiful Refuge

Māhealani Uchiyama

6/18/18, Session 2, UH Hilo – UCB 127

Queen Liliʻuokalani is honored by this beautiful mele composed by Val Kepilino and Malia Craver. The mele describes the Queenʻs trust for orphaned Hawaiian children and the Muʻolaulani district in Kapālama. The hula was shared by Kumu Hula Joseph Kamohaʻi Kahāʻulelio and will be taught as a hula ʻauana.

Hula Workshop

Waikīkī: Past, Present and Future

Janice Uemori

Leinaʻala Medeiros

6/18/18, Session 2, UH Hilo – Campus Center 301

When we think of Waikīkī today, our references are based on what we see, where we go, what we know: the streets, hotels and community gathering places. But Waikīkī was the place of residence for many aliʻi. Waterways ran from ma uka to ma kai; healing waters and abundant in vegetation. We share some of these places of Waikīkī of a time past. It is hoped that the original names and the significances of these places will become commonplace in our everyday usage one day. This mele is taught as a co-ed hula; a wahine version and kāne version that can be performed together or separately.

Hula Workshop