56th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival
Hula Competition
Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium
April 25-27, 2019
Hilo, Hawaii
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2019 Hula Competition Results

Congratulations to 2019 Miss Aloha Hula Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani of Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua and Overall Winner Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela (Wahine)!

Overall

  • Lokalia Montgomery Perpetual Trophy
  • Sponsored trip to hula festival in Ikaho, Japan
1st Place
Highest Combined Points

1,190 points
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela (Wahine)
Nā Kumu Hula Kauʻionālani “Kauʻi” Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu
2nd Place
Highest Combined Points

1,174 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu (Wahine)
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
Highest Combined Points

1,172 points
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi (Wahine)
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui

Overall - Wahine

1st Place
1,190 points
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Nā Kumu Hula Kauʻionālani “Kauʻi” Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu
2nd Place
1,174 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
1,172 points
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui

Overall - Kāne

1st Place
1,163 points
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka La
Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad
Kapālama Uka, Honolulu, Oʻahu
2nd Place
1,160 points
Hālau Hula ʻO Kawailiʻulā
Kumu Hula Howell Kaliʻulā “Chinky” Māhoe Jr
Kailua, Oʻahu
3rd Place
1,157 points
Halau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani
Kumu Hula Nahokuokalani “Nahoku” Gaspang
Hilo, Hawaiʻi

Miss Aloha Hula

1st Place
1,130 points
Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Nā Kumu Hula Robert Keʻanokealakahikikapoleikamakaʻopua “Keʻano” Kaʻupu IV and Kauhilonohonua “Lono” Padilla
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu
2nd Place
1,119 points
Lindsey Kahiehielaunaʻole Miwa Ching
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu and Kapolei, Oʻahu
3rd Place
1,114 points
Kaʻimilani Marie Corpuz
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
4th Place
1,088 points
Shirell Kuʻupuamakamae Holokai Paro
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
5th Place
1,075 points
Alyssa Ayumi Kaʻimilani Dolbeare
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Nā Kumu Hula Kauʻionālani “Kauʻi” Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu
Hawaiian
Language
Award

(tiebreaker winner)
Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Nā Kumu Hula Robert Keʻanokealakahikikapoleikamakaʻopua “Keʻano” Kaʻupu IV and Kauhilonohonua “Lono” Padilla
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu

Hula Kahiko - Wahine

1st Place
602 points
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela (Miss Aloha Hula, Wahine)
Nā Kumu Hula Kauʻionālani “Kauʻi” Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu
2nd Place
597 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
594 points
Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima
Kumu Hula Leslie Māpuana “Māpu” Howell de Silva
Kaʻōhao, Kailua, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
4th Place
583 points
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
5th Place
574 points
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu and Kapolei, Oʻahu

Hula Kahiko - Kāne

1st Place
594 points
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka La
Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad
Kapālama Uka, Honolulu, Oʻahu
2nd Place
590 points
Hālau Hula ʻO Kawailiʻulā
Kumu Hula Howell Kaliʻulā “Chinky” Māhoe Jr
Kailua, Oʻahu
3rd Place
573 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
4th Place
570 points
Hālau Kawaiʻulaokalā
Kumu Hula Keliʻihoʻomalu “Keliʻi” Puchalski
Kalaepōhaku, Kaimukī, Honolulu, Oʻahu

Hula ʻAuana - Wahine

1st Place
589 points
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
2nd Place
588 points
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Nā Kumu Hula Kauʻionālani “Kauʻi” Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu
3rd Place
587 points
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Nā Kumu Hula Robert Keʻanokealakahikikapoleikamakaʻopua “Keʻano” Kaʻupu IV and Kauhilonohonua “Lono” Padilla
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu
4th Place
583 points
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Nā Kumu Hula Karl Kamaluikauakokoha'aheoinapali “Veto” Baker and Michael Nalanakila'ekolu “Lanakila” Casupang
Pauoa, Honolulu, Oʻahu
5th Place
581 points
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu Hula Jonelle Marie “Leināʻala” Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi

Hula ʻAuana - Kāne

1st Place
598 points
Halau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani
Kumu Hula Nahokuokalani “Nahoku” Gaspang
Hilo, Hawaiʻi
2nd Place
574 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
571 points
Hālau Kawaiʻulaokalā
Kumu Hula Keliʻihoʻomalu “Keliʻi” Puchalski
Kalaepōhaku, Kaimukī, Honolulu, Oʻahu
4th Place
570 points
Hālau Hula ʻO Kawailiʻulā
Kumu Hula Howell Kaliʻulā “Chinky” Māhoe Jr
Kailua, Oʻahu