Behind the Scenes 1

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

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• The festival information tent is going up.
• Friday Open Stage guests.
• Friday Open Stage guests.
• Friday festival ho'olaulea guests.
• Friday festival ho'olaulea guests.
• Friday festival ho'olaulea guests at Jeff Au Hoy's performance.
• Friday festival ho'olaulea guests.
• Hotel restaurant guests include hotel Food and Beverage Director Tom Fairbanks, Senator Daniel Akaka, hula dancer Maile Keawe Bryan, and Mrs. Akaka.
• Tom Fairbanks, Senator Daniel Akaka, hula dancer Maile Keawe Bryan, and Mrs. Akaka.
• Saturday festival ho'olaulea guests included Wainani Kealoha with haku lei.
• Saturday festival ho'olaulea guests at Greg Sardinha's performance.
• Kumiko and Shinichi Kakiuchi, Dave Kolars (hidden), Kumiko's mother, Dr. Kris Oka, and Pūloku Hayes.
• Shinichi Kakiiuchi, Dave Kolars, Shinichi's mother-in-law, Pūloku Hayes, and Kriis Oka.
• Emcee Kathy Collins chats with Tom Fairbanks with steelradio.com's Michael Scott and Lana Rosselli in the background.
• Steelradio.com's Michael Scott and Lana Rosselli at their festival broadcast position.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaii staff volunteer Andrea Tolentino with steel guitarist Alexis Tolentino.
• Andrea and Alexis Tolentino.
• Featured performers Jeff Au Hoy and Geri Valdriz at the steel guitar exhibit booth.
• Featured steel guitarists Geri Valdriz and Bobby Ingano at the vintage steel guitar exhibit booth. Photo courtesy of Julie Hendriks.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaii staff volunteers and students Larry and Shirley Holu.
• Featured steel guitarist Eddie Palama and Kaipo Asing.
• Breakfast with the Keawe 'Ohana: Dad Eric Keawe, granddaughter Mālie Lyman, and daughter Pomaima'i Lyman.
• Eric Keawe and Mālie and Pomaikaʻi Lyman.
• Festival photographer Julie Hendriks.
• Julie Hendriks.
• Ke Kula Mele Hawaii getting ready for their performance. From left: Alexis Tolentino, Andrea Tolentino, Noriko Tomita, and Pūloku Hayes.
• Black lei kukui is a uniform requirement! From left: Alexis Tolentino, Noriko Tomita, Andrea Tolentino, Pūloku Hayes, and Eriko Ukita.

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Photography by Addison Ching unless otherwise noted. All photos ©2015 by HIMELE.