Winter Concert 1

Ke Kula Mele haumana presented their annual Winter concert at the Windward Mall on December 21. 2013. The one-hour concert featured the haumana singing and playing Na Mele o Hawaii, the songs of the Island of Hawai‘i. Some holiday favorites were also included. Highlights of the program included a four-part arrangement of Nani Waimea and an ensemble of the school's steel guitar students all playing Kaulana o Hilo Hanakahi at the same time.

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• Addison Ching.
• Mālie Lyman.
• Mālie and Addison.
• Mālie and Addison with Bob Beard, Luana Macariola, and Gale Warshawsky in the background.
• Setting up for the performance.
• Keen Ching.
• Andrea Tolentino helps style Mālieʻsʻ hair.
• Jake Fernandez and Michiko Akaka.
• Sid Pang directs Quincy Makaʻawaʻawa and Keen Ching.
• Bass players Zach Pang, Kuapapa, and Phil Sammer.
• Steel guitarists Sid Pang, Quincy Makaʻawaʻawa, and Keen Ching setting up.
• Steel guitarists Keen Ching and Alexis Tolentino. Ronald Tolentino, Addison Ching, Earl Ng, Kumu Alan Akaka, and Sharon Sawdey are in the background.
• Henry Wassman III. Christina is getting her hair styled by Andrea Tolentino.
• Addison and Mālie.
• Brandy and Makaʻala Perry.
• Alexis Tolentino.
• Concert guests Shirley and Larry.
• Sen. Daniel K. Akaka and Addison Ching.
• Malie Lyman with Sid Pang's steel guitar.
• Earl Ng, Sharon Sawdey, Gale Warshawsky, Alan Akaka, and Alexis Tolentino.
• Fred Santos snapping a photo.
• Andrea Tolentino styles Riko's hair.
• Quincy Maka'awa'awa mentally preparing for the concert.
• Some of the concert audience.
• Bass players Zach Pang, Kuapapa, and Ronald Tolentino.
• Alexis Tolentino.
• Almost ready to start! Positions, everyone!
• The haumana enter the stage.
• Kumu Alan Akaka gives last-minute instructions.
• The concert is almost underway.

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Photography by Sharon Ching ©2013 by Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i.