Saturday Ho'olaule'a

The Saturday Evening Ho'olaulea featured steel guitarists Owana Salazar, Hilo's Dwight Tokumoto, Bobby Ingano, Patti Maxine, Greg Sardinha, Tokyo's Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi, and a finale jam session with all the evening's featured steel guitar players.

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• Owana Salazar.
• Owana Salazar.
• Leilani Kahoano.
• Leilani Kahoano doing hula.
• Leilani Kahoano doing hula.
• Leilani Kahoano doing hula.
• Leilani Kahoano doing hula.
• Owana Salazar with members of her Hawaiian Style Singing workshop.
• Owana Salazar.
• Hilo's Dwight Tokumoto with Danny Kapoi, Jr., Alan Akaka, and Kaniloa Kamaunu.
• Dwight Tokumoto with Alan Akaka.
• Bobby Ingano with Danny Kapoi, Jr., Alan Akaka, and Kaniloa Kamaunu.
• Bobby Ingano.
• Guest vocalist Eric Keawe during Bobby Ingano's performance.
• Bobby Ingano with Danny Kapoi, Jr., and Alan Akaka.
• Emcee Kathy Collins doing hula.
• Shirley Holu doing hula.
• Shirley Holu.
• Kumikoi Kakiuchi and festival guest.
• Shirley Holu doing hula.
• Kathy Collins.
• Festival guest Kumiko Kakiuchi.
• Kimo Kahoano doing hula as Eric Keawe sings.
• Sound engineer David Nakamura.
• Patti Maxine.
• Patti Maxine with Alan Akaka.
• Co-emcees Kimo Kahoano and Kathy Collins cutting the rug to Patti Maxine.
• Patti Maxine through the video camera.
• Greg Sardinha.
• Greg Sardinha.
• More hula by Leilani Kahoano.
• More hula by Leilani Kahoano.
• Emcee Kimo Kahoano.
• Kiyoshi ''Lion'' Kobayashi from Tokyo, Japan.
• Kiyoshi ''Lion'' Kobayashi.
• Finale with steel guitarists Dwight Okumoto, Bobby Ingano, and Alan Akaka with Danny Kapoi, Jr., and Alexis Tolentino and Mālie Lyman doing hula.
• Finale with hula by Alexis Tolentino, Kimo Kahoano, and Mālie Lyman.
• Hula by Alexis, Kimo and Mālie.
• Hula by Alexis, Kimo and Mālie.
• Owana Salazar at finale jam session.
• Kathy Collins cutting the rug during the finale jam session.
• Patti Maxine at the finale jam session.

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Photography by Don Touchi ©2016 by Don Touchi Photos and HIMELE.