Merrie Monarch 2013 halau, kumu hula

The week-long Merrie Monarch Festival runs from March 31 – April 6, 2013.

Here are the competing halau and kumu hula:

Oʻahu Island

1. Hālau Hula Olana (Wahine)

Olana and Howard Ai

Puʻuloa, Oʻahu

2. Hālau I Ka Wēkiu (Kāne & Wahine)

Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang

Pauoa, Oʻahu

3. Ka Pā Hula O Ka Lei Lehua (Kāne)

Snowbird Bento

Honolulu, Oʻahu

4. Ka Pā Hula ʻO Kauanoe ʻO Waʻahila (Wahine)

Maelia Loebenstein Carter

Kaimukī, Oʻahu

5. Hālau O Nā Pua Kukui (Kāne)

Ed Collier

Kalihi, Oʻahu

6. Keolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka (Kāne & Wahine)

Aloha Dalire

Heʻeia, Oʻahu and Hilo, Hawaiʻi

7. Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima (Wahine)

Māpuana de Silva

Kaʻōhao, Hawaiʻi

8. Hālau Ke Kia‘i A O Hula (Wahine)

Kapiʻolani Haʻo

Kalihi and Kapālama, Oʻahu

9. Keali‘ika‘apunihonua Ke‘ena A‘o Hula (Wahine)

Leimomi Ho

Honolulu, Oʻahu

10. Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela (Wahine)

Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook

Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi

11. Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe (Wahine)

Tracie and Keawe Lopes

Kahauiki, Oʻahu

12. Kawailiʻula (Kāne)

Chinky Māhoe

Kailua, Oʻahu

13. Ke Kai O Kahiki (Kāne)

Laʻakea Perry

Wailuku, Maui

14. Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā (Kāne & Wahine)

Kaleo Trinidad

Honolulu, Oʻahu

15. Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine (Wahine)

Kaʻilihiwa Vaughn-Darval

Mānoa, Oʻahu

Hawaiʻi Island

16. Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani (Kāne & Wahine)

Nāhōkū Gaspang

Hilo, Hawaiʻi

17. Hālau Hula Nā Pua Uʻi O Hawaiʻi (Wahine)

Etua Lopes

Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi

18. Hālau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua (Wahine)

Johnny Lum Ho

Hilo, Hawaiʻi

19. Hālau O Ke Ānuenue (Wahine)

Glenn Kelena Vasconcellos

Hilo, Hawaiʻi

Maui Island

20. Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka (Wahine)

Nāpua Makua and Kahulu Maluo

Wailuku, Maui

21. Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻaʻiliahi (Kāne)

ʻIliahi and Haunani Paredes

Kula, Maui

Kauaʻi Island

22. Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leināʻala (Wahine)

Leināʻala Pavao Jardin

Kalāheo, Kauaʻi

23. Healani’s Hula Hālau (Wahine)

Beverly Apana Muraoka

Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi

California

24. Hālau Kealiʻi O Nālani (Wahine)

Kealiʻi Ceballos

Los Angeles, Caifornia

25. Academy of Hawaiian Arts (Kāne)

Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu

Oakland, California

26. Hālau ʻO Lilinoe (Wahine)

Sissy and Lilinoe Kaio

Carson, California

Judges

Cy Bridges

Nālani Kanakaʻole

Mae Kamāmalu Klein

Joan S. Lindsey

Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis

Kealiʻi Reichel

Kalena Silva

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