Mele Pakolu 1

Ke Kula Mele School of Hawaiian Music steel guitarists and musicians were featured in Mele Pakolu, an ongoing musical program presented by the Royal Hawaiian Center on December 4, 2018. The 6-7 P.M. performance featured eight youth musicians ranging in age from 9 to 14 led by Kumu Alan Akaka.

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• Steel guitarist Joey Misailidis.
• Steel guitarist Mālie Lyman.
• Kumu Alan Akaka.
• Upright bass player Iosepa Lyman.
• Steel guitarist Hoʻailona Mahuka.
• ʻUkulele player Enosa Lyman.
• U-bass player Tai Misailidis.
• ʻUkulele player Ikaika Orlando.
• Steel guitarist Hoʻailona Mahuka.
• Kumu Alan Akaka on guitar.
• Loyal followers Dennis and Daphne Rice.
• John and SooJean Misailidis and her mother from San Diego.
• The performers from a second-story view of the stage.
• Some of the eventʻs audience.
• Another view of the performance.
• Aaron Benolkin from Anchorage, Alaska.
• Steel guitarist Pono Fernandez.
• Ponoʻs playing technique.
• Iosepa Lyman doing the hula.
• Iosepa Lyman.

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Photography by Don Touchi ©2018 by Don Touchi Photos and by Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i.