Awards & Achievements
2003
Merrie Monarch Festival
Hilo, Hawai‘i
| Category | Award | |
|---|---|---|
| Wahine | Kahiko | 2nd Place |
| ‘Auana | 4th Place | |
| Overall | 2nd Place | |
| Kāne | Kahiko | 1st Place |
| ‘Auana | 2nd Place | |
| Overall | 2nd Place |
Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Winner
Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama
Kamehameha Day
Hula Competition
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
| Category | Award | |
|---|---|---|
| Wahine | Kahiko | 4th Place |
| ‘Auana | 2nd Place | |
| Kāne | Kahiko | 1st Place |
| ‘Auana | 1st Place | |
| Combined Kāna & Wahine |
Kahiko | 1st Place |
| ‘Auana | 1st Place | |
| Kūpuna Wahine | 3rd Place |
Queen Lili‘uokalani
Keiki Hula Competition
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
| Category | Award | |
|---|---|---|
| Kaikamāhine | Kahiko | 3rd Place |
| ‘Auana | 2nd Place |
Walt Disney Productions, Creation of NEW Disney Polynesian Production
Polynesian Hotel, Orlando Florida
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Lopaka Igarta-De Vera, Alaka‘i Producers. February 2003.
Lōkahi Concert
Persimon Hall, Meguro and Yukult Hall, Tokyo
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss Aloha Hula Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Yasuda International, Keisuke Yasuda, Promoter.
July 4–6, 2003.
Ho‘oulu i Ka Na‘auao
Shinjuku Bunka Hall Tokyo Japan
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, Hālau Nā Mamo o Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Sonny Ching Producer, Sankei Shinbun, Promoter. September 2003.
No Ka Nāhele,
Year of the Hawaiian Forest
Hawai‘i Theater, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu, Kumu Hula Vicky Holt-Takamine, and Pua Ali‘i ‘Ilima, Kumu Hula Michael Casupang and Veto Baker, Hālau I Ka Wēkiu, and Kumu Hula Pi‘ilani Smith and Ka Mālamalama Hawai‘i. Sonny Ching, Concert Director. November 8, 2003.
‘A‘ohe Pau Ka ‘Ike I Ka
Hālau Ho‘okahi
Maui Cultural & Arts Center, Kahului, Maui
Ho‘onanea series: Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Sonny Ching Producer. November 22, 2003.
