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Awards & Achievements

2002

Queen Lili‘uokalani Keiki Hula Competition

Category Award
Kaikamāhine (girls) Kahiko 3rd Place
‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i 1st Place
‘Auana 3rd Place
Miss Keiki Hula
(Leimomi Kalama)
Soloist 4th Place

Walt Disney Auditions

Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu Hawai‘i

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching with Disney executives auditions Polynesian dancers for Disney’s Polynesian show in Orlando, Florida. 2002.

K-JAPAN (KJPN) Radio Station Japan Television Special

O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Island

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, and Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with, Tetsuya Besho - Japanese Actor/Movie Producer, Dale Hope-Aloha Shirt Designer, Vaihi–Hawaiian Music Group. Mike Hayashi, K-JAPAN (KJPN) Radio Station, Producer. February 9–10, 2002.

Fall Concert

Lilio Hall, Kameari Japan, and U-Port Gotanda, Tokyo Japan

United Caravan Committee, Masami Miyato, Promoter. November 2002.

Christmas Concert

Tokyo, Japan

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māheihie. United Caravan Committee, Masami Miyato Promoter.
December 8–9, 2002.