HILO, Hawaii – The results are in after three nights of hula competition at the 51st Merrie Monarch Festival, where the big winner was Honolulu’s Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā under the direction of Kaleo Trinidad, scoring 1,194 points overall.

Results

Kāne Kahiko

4th
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang
Pauoa, Oʻahu

3rd
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Oʻahu

2nd
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu

1st
Kawailiʻulā
Chinky Māhoe
Kailua, Oʻahu

Wahine Kahiko

5th
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang
Pauoa, Oʻahu

4th
Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima
Māpuana de Silva
Kaʻōhao, Hawaiʻi

3rd
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi

2nd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig
Kula, Maui

1st
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu

Kāne ʻAunana

4th
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
ʻIliahi and Haunani Paredes
Wailuku, Maui

3rd
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Oʻahu

2nd
Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani
Nāhōkū Gaspang
Hilo, Hawaiʻi

1st
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu

Wahine ʻAuana

5th
Hālau Hula Olana
Olana and Howard Ai
Puʻuloa, Oʻahu

4th
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leināʻala
Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi

3rd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig
Kula, Maui

2nd
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu

1st
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi

Kāne Overall

3rd
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang
Pauoa, Oʻahu

2nd
Kawailiʻulā
Chinky Māhoe
Kailua, Oʻahu

1st
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu

Wahine Overall

3rd
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Kauʻionalani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi & Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi

2nd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig
Kula, Maui

1st
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu

Overall

3rd
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Nāpua Greig

2nd
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Tracie and Keawe Lopes
Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
Kula, Maui

1st
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kaleo Trinidad
Honolulu, Oʻahu