Awards & Achievements
1999
Merrie Monarch Festival
Hilo, Hawai‘i
| Category | Award | |
|---|---|---|
| Wahine | Kahiko | 2nd Place |
| ‘Auana | 3rd Place | |
| Overall | 2nd Place | |
| Kāne | Kahiko | 1st Place |
| ‘Auana | 1st Place | |
| Overall | 1st Place |
Iā ‘Oe E Ka Lā
Pleasanton, California
| Category | Award | |
|---|---|---|
| Kaikamāhine | Kahiko | 2nd Place |
| ‘Auana | 2nd Place | |
| Kaikamāhine (Kuhia Arakaki) |
Soloist | 3rd Place |
| Wahine | Kahiko | 2nd Place |
| Gracious Ladies | ‘Auana | 2nd Place |
| Kupuna | 1st Place | |
| Kupuna | Soloist | 2nd Place |
| Hawaiian Language | Award | 1st Place |
Local Diva’s Concert
The Sheraton Waikīkī Hotel, Honolul, Hawai‘i
Loyal Garner, Melveen Leed, Carol Kai and Nohelani Cypriano with Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu. 1999–2001.
Hawai‘i International Choral Festival, Franz Joseph Haydn, THE CREATION
NBC Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Kumu Sonny Ching and Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Timothy Carney, Artistic Director. Hawai‘i International Choral Festival. Music Director, O‘ahu Choral Society, Zofia Kilanowicz, Soprano, Jonathan Mack, Tenor, Leslie Tennent, Baritone. Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera Alaka‘i, Choreography. Sponsored by O‘ahu Choral Society in cooperation with the University Of Hawai‘i At Mānoa Music Dept., and the Outreach College Hawai’i Chapter–American Choral Directors Association.
Hawaiian Heritage Cruises
S.S. INDEPENDENCE Voyage
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu. Sonny Ching Producer.
September–October 1999
Asa Miwa, Ka Pā Hula O Māhealani Hō‘ike
Grand New Otani Hotel, Tokyo Japan
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Nā Alaka‘i Lōpaka Igarta–De Vera and Michele Ching, with niece Kūhia Hānau Kama Arakaki perform. November 1999
Christmas Concert
U Port Gotanda, Tokyo Japan
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Also with Loyal Garner, Danny Kaleikini Show, Kanilau. U‘ilani Japan Inc., Yoshihiku Ariga, Promoter. December 12–13, 1999
