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Awards & Achievements

2004

Merrie Monarch Festival

Hilo, Hawai‘i

Category Award
Wahine Kahiko 4th Place
                                       Overall 3rd Place
Kāne Kahiko 2nd Place
‘Auana 2nd Place
Overall 1st Place

Miss Aloha Hula 2004 Winner

Natasha Māhealani Akau

Queen Lili‘uokalani
Keiki Hula Competition

Category Award
Kaikamāhine Kahiko 3rd Place
‘Auana 3rd Place
Miss Keiki Hula
(Taryn Loo)
Soloist 3rd Place
‘Auana 2nd Place
Hawaiian Language Keiki 1st Place

‘A‘ohe Pau Ka ‘Ike I Ka
Hālau Ho‘okahi

Hawai‘i Theater, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu, with Māhiehie. Sonny Ching Producer. February 7, 2004

Ho‘oulu I Ka Na‘auao

Tokyo Koseinenkin-kaikan Big Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, 2004 Miss Aloha Hula Natasha Māhealani Akau, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Sonny Ching Producer, Sankei Shinbun, Promoter.
June 16, 2004

Concert

Westin Tokyo in Ebisu, Tokyo Japan

Tihati Productions. Cha Thompson, Promoter.
September 3–4, 2004

Retirement Ceremony of Musahimaru, Kokugikan Sumo Hall with Reception

Le Meridian Grand Pacific, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Nā Kāne O Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Hawai‘i Tourism Japan. Yumi Ozaki, Promoter.
October 2, 2004

Sound of Hawai‘i 8 City Japan Tour

Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Chiba City Hall, Tokyo, Nagoya City Hall, Nagoya, Kamakura Cultural Hall, Maebashi, Fukuoka Mielparque Hall, Fukuoka, Kyoto Performing Hall, Kyoto, Japan

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, Miss Aloha Hula 2004 Natasha Māhealani Akau and Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Nā Palapala. Sound Of Hawai‘i, Kealii Shigeyuki Kubouchi, Promoter.
October 12–November 30, 2004

Mele Kalikimaka

Curian Hall and Nakano Zero Hall, Tokyo Japan

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Oyama, Miss Aloha Hula 2004 Natasha Māhealani Akau, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Yasuda International. Keisuke Yasuda, Promoter.
December 4–5, 2004

Immersed in the Bowl Of Light

Hawai‘i Theater, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, Miss Aloha Hula 2004, Natasha Māhealani Akau, Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Māhiehie. Sonny Ching Producer. December 18–19, 2004