Saturday Ho‘olaule‘a Part 1

Saturday's Ho‘olaule‘a concert featured O‘ahu steel guitarists Alan Akaka, Devin Nakahara, Mālie Lymnan, Maui steel guitarists Joel Katz, Konapiliahi Lau, and Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz, and NextGEN steel guitarists Hiipoi Lindsey and Isaac Woodward. Backup musicians included David Woodward, Alan Akaka, Kaipo Lindsey, and Dylan Nakahara.

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• Backup musician David Woodward.
• Emcee Monte McComber with Alan Akaka, David Woodward, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Featured steel guitarist Alan Akaka with David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Backup musician Dylan Nakahara.
• Backup musician Kaipo Lindsey.
• Alan Akaka and David Woodward.
• Other festival performers await their turn. From left: Hiʻipoi Lindsey, Mālie Lyman, Devin Nakahara, and Isaac Woodward.
• Monte McComber with David Woodward, Alan Akaka, Kaipo Lindsey, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Featured steel guitarist Joel Katz from Maui with David Woodward. Monte McComber, and Alan Akaka are in the background.
• Joel Katz with David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Joel Katz.
• Joel Katz with Kaipo Lindsey.
• Joel Katz with David Woodward.
• David Woodward, Joel Katz, Kaipo Lindsey, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Hiʻipoi Lindsey with Kaipo Lindsey and Alan Akaka
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey with David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, Alan Akaka, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey with dad Kaipo Lindsey.
• Monte McComber.
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey.
• David Woodward, Hiʻipoi Lindsey, Kaipo Lindsey, Alan Akaka, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Featured steel guitarist Mālie Lyman.
• Mālie Lyman with David Woodward.
• Mālie and David.
• Mālie Lyman with David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Mālie Lyman.
• Mālie Lyman with David Woodward.
• Monte McComber with David Woodward, Mālie Lyman, Kaipo Lindsey, and Dylan Nakahara.
• Featured Maui steel guitarist Konapiliahi Lau with Kema Kahawaiʻi, Lance Tokushima, and John Kahaialiʻi.
• Bass guitarist John Kahaialiʻi.
• ʻUkulele player Lance Tokushima.
• Guitarist Kema Kahawaiʻi.
• Lance Tokushima and John Kahaialiʻi.
• Konapiliahi Lau.
• Kona Lau with Kema Kahawai’i, Lance Tokushima, and John Kahaialiʻi.
• Kema Kahawai’i and Kona Lau.
• Kema Kahawai’i.
• Lance Tokushima.
• Kema Kahawai’i, Konapiliahi Lau, Lance Tokushima, and John Kahaialiʻi.

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