Behind the Scenes 3

Photographs of musicians, staff, other personnel, places and things connected with the festival production.

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• First things first! Alan and Michiko Akaka at Krispy Kreme.
• Kaipo Asing and Brian Rise.
• Michiko and Alan on the plane.
• Keen Ching and Jack Aldrich on the plane. The Tolentino 'Ohana is in the next row back.
• Gale Warshawsky and others singing Hawaii Aloha at the festival's close.
• Dave ''DK'' Kolars and others singing Hawaii Aloha at the festival's close.
• Michiko Nakamura, Noriko Tomita (at rear), Gale Warshawsky (hat), Sharon Ching (lei) and other guests at the festival close.
• Joel Katz provided lobby entertainment to hotel guests.
• Mele Fong and Richard Tom.
• Sound engineer David Nakamura with Greg Sardinha.
• It's beginning to shower! Addison assists David with plastic coverings.
• Maile and David Bryan
• Festival guests applaud at the festival's closing.
• Vivian and Anthony Locke.
• Patti Maxine and Shuji Tomita.
• Nanilei Lee and Pua Morrison.
• Festival guests jockey for position to videograph Mālie Lyman.
• Spectator Patti Maxine.
• Victor Punua with Pūloklu Hayes and Julie Hendriks displaying their Limited Edition festival posters autographed by all featured steel guitarists.
• Kaipo Asing.
• Victor Punua, Vanessa Punua, and Gale Warshawsky.
• Group photo of festival musicians and emcee Kathy Collins.
• Patti Maxine, Alan Akaka, Kiyoshi ''Lion'' Kobayashi, and Greg Sardinha.

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Photography by Colleen Ricci ©2014 by Colleen Ricci and HIMELE.