Awards & Achievements
2000
Merrie Monarch Festival
Hilo, Hawai‘i
| Category | Award | |
|---|---|---|
| Wahine | Kahiko | 1st Place |
| ‘Auana | 5th Place | |
| Overall | 2nd Place | |
| Kāne | Kahiko | 1st Place |
| ‘Auana | 1st Place | |
| Overall | 1st Place |
Sonny Ching’s CD Release
Ho‘oulu I Ka Na‘auao
Honolulu Hawai‘i
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching releases his first chant CD, Ho‘oulu I Ka Na‘auao. Sonny Ching and Tracy Terada of Four Strings Productions, Producer. April, 2000.
Ho‘oulu I Ka Na‘auao
Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and 70 plus members of Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie perform. Sonny Ching Producer, Haunani Ching Coordinator. June 3, 2000.
Drug Enforcement Agency
Washington DC
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu performs. June 7, 2000.
Concert
Maryland, Virginia
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu performs with Māhiehie with special guest fro Aotearoa, New Zealand. Sonny Ching Producer. June 10, 2000.
Lei Draping Annual Lū‘au for The Hawai‘i State Society of Washington DC Ceremony at King Kamehameha Statue
Statutory Hall, Capital-Washington DC
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Sonny Ching Producer. June 11, 2000.
Congratulatory Message
from Lieutenant Governor
Mazie K. Hirono
June 20, 2000.
Ho‘oulu I Ka Na‘auao
Congratulatory Message from Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano
NBM Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie perform. Sonny Ching Producer. September 9, 2000.
Nā Pua Lei O Liko Lehua, Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Kalama Heine,
Nā Lani ‘Ehā
Hawai‘i Theater and Mamiya Theater, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Nā Kāne O Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu. Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Kalama Heine, Producer. November 2000–2004.
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching
Aloha Spirit
WOWWOW Satellite TV Broadcast all over Japan
In conjunction with Japanese Beach Press, Aloha Street Magazine, and companion website (aloha-street.com, maple.com (Website for Mapple Magazine, INTER FM Live broadcast from Hyatt Regency Waikīkī). December 2000.
