Awards & Achievements
2006
King Kalākaua Hula Competition
Hilo, Hawai‘i
Merrie Monarch Festival
Hilo, Hawai‘i
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching served as a judge for the 43rd Annual Merrie Monarch Hula Competition
AKATSUA, with KONISHIKI
Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu. March 5, 2006.
Diamond Head Crater Celebration
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching with Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu, Steve Miller Band, Linda Ronstadt, WAR, Honolulu Symphony, Nā Leo, Kenny Endo’s Taiko Center of the Pacific. GM Entertainment, Inc., Producer. April 1, 2006.
Sound Of Hawai‘i Tour
Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe
Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu with Miss Aloha Hula 1980, Ka‘ula Kamahele, Miss Aloha Hula 2002 Malia Peterson, Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, Miss Aloha Hula 2004 Natasha Māhealani Akau with Nā Kama. Sounds Of Hawai‘i, Keali‘i Shigeyuki Kubouchi, Promoter. July 2006.
Opening of Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu
Tokyo, Japan
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching opens HNMOP is Setagaya, Japan. Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera, instructor with Midori Arai and Chisato Mitsui, assistants. Nakatsu Company Lmt, Sponsors.
October 20, 2006.
Ho‘omana‘o I Ka Wā I Hala, Nānā I Kēia Mua Aku
Hawai‘i Theater, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Kumu Hula Sonny Ching, Miss Aloha Hula 2003 Jennifer Kēhaulani Oyama, Miss Aloha Hula 2004 Natasha Māhealani Akau, Miss Aloha Hula 2005 Maile Emily Francisco with Māhiehie. Celebrating Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu 20th Anniversary. Sonny Ching, Producer. November 4, 2006.
