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Awards & Achievements

1995

Merrie Monarch Festival

Hilo, Hawai‘i

Category Award
Wahine                              Kahiko   3rd Place
Kāne Kahiko 1st Place
‘Auana 2nd Place
Overall 2nd Place

Kamehameha Day
Hula Competition

Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Category Award
Wahine Kahiko 2nd Place
‘Auana 1st Place
Kāne Kahiko 2nd Place
‘Auana 2nd Place
Combined Kāne
& Wahine
Kahiko 2nd Place
‘Auana 1st Place
Hawaiian Language Kumu 1st Place

Kau I Kā Hano Hula Competition

Las Vegas, Nevada

Category Award
Kāne Kahiko 1st Place
‘Auana 1st Place
Soloist 1st Place
Kūpuna Wahine        Group 1st Place
Soloist 1st Place

Hula ‘Oni E Keiki
Hula Competition

Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel

Category Award
Kaikamāhine (girls) Kahiko 1st Place
‘Auana 1st Place
Soloist 1st Place
Hawaiian Language Group 1st Place
Highest Scoring
Performance
1st Place
Best Use of
Hawaiian implements
1st Place
Music Award Māhiehie 1st Place

’95 Hawaiian Concert

Lino Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Ku‘uipo Kumukahi, Kumu Hula Leimomi Ho, Kumu Hula O’Brien Eselu and Nā Wai Ehā O Puna, Marlene and Mahela Sai. U‘ilani Japan Inc., Yasuhiko Ariga Promoter.
November 1995.

Asa Miwa, Ka Pā Hula O Māhealani Hō‘ike

Grand New Otani Hotel Tokyo

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Alaka‘i Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera perform. October 6–7, 1995.

Iā ‘Oe E Ka Lā Hula Competition

Pleasanton, California

Category Award
Wahine Group Kahiko 1st Place
‘Auana 1st Place
Kāne Soloist 1st Place
Kāne Group Kahiko 2nd Place
‘Auana 2nd Place
Combined Wahine
& Kāne Group
‘Auana 1st Place
Overall 1st Place
Kūpuna Wahine Group 1st Place
Overall Award
Kaikamāhine (girls) Kahiko 1st Place
‘Auana 2nd Place
Hawaiian Language Kumu 1st Place
Music Award Māhiehie 1st Place