KAHĀ 2026: Full Schedule

2:00pm PDT

Session 1: Hula Kahiko "He Mele Hulu No Kapiʻolani" ("Aia i Waimānalo Ko Nuʻa Hulu") (2 hrs)

Friday June 26, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Workshop Session 1 (Friday, 2:00pm-4:00pm)

"He Mele Hulu no Kapiʻolani"("Aia i Waimānalo") is from a set of three feather chants composed to commemorate Queen Kapiʻolani’s visit to Mauna Loke (Rose Mount), the residence and sugar plantation owned by John Adams Cummins at Waimānalo, (son of Englishman Thomas Cummins and Chiefess Kaumakaokane Papaliʻaiʻaina.) It is believed that these chants were composed in 1883, the year King Kalākaua and Queen Kapiʻolani had their coronation. Cummins was a good friend of King Kalākaua and was appointed his minister of foreign affairs. Kalākaua and his wife Kapiʻolani visited Mauna Loke many times. Queen Kapʻiolani spent her birthday, December 31st, 1885, at Mauna Loke. On this occasion, a number of people went to Mauna Loke aboard the steamer. Waimānalo and others took the overland route over the Nuʻuanu pali. Read story from Mary Kawena Pukuʻi’s: The Echo of Our Song (159-161)

Presenters

Pōhaikealoha Souza

Kumu Hula, Hālau Hula Kamamolikolehua

Kumu Hula Pōhaikealoha Souza has been dancing hula since she was 3 years old. Her hula
lineage traces back to influential hula masters like George Holokai (her first teacher), then her
aunt Maiki Aiu Lake, and then Mae Kamāmalu Klein under whose mentorship she graduated
with... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Hula, Kahiko

2:00pm PDT

Sessions 1 & 2: Hula Kahiko "ʻAʻohe Ka Heluna No Waiʻanae" (4 hrs)

LIMITED

Friday June 26, 2026 2:00pm - 6:15pm PDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Workshop Sessions 1 & 2 (Friday, 2:00pm-6:15pm)

Explore and experience the beauty and history of Waiʻanae through a standing hula ʻōlapa using the ʻulīʻulī, entitled “Waiʻanae.” This intermediate to advanced workshop is designed for dancers with a strong foundation in hula technique. Participants will learn one of six mele composed in honor of Queen Liliʻuokalani by her courtier, Eleanor Kekoaohiwailani Wright Prendergast, commemorating the Queen’s train journey and highlighting wahi pana of the Waiʻanae district. Participants must bring their own ʻulīʻulī.

Presenters

Kalani "Boboy" Kaawa Flores-Hatt, Jr.

Kumu Hula, University of Hawaiʻi - Honolulu Community College, Hālau Nā Pua A Kapiʻolani

Paul Kalani “Boboy” Kaawa Flores-Hatt, Jr. is a proud kupa (native) of the ahupuaʻa of Nānākuli in the moku of Waiʻanae, Oʻahu. He serves as a College Professor of ʻIke Hawaiʻi and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Culture and Place-Based Campus Coordinator, Division Chair for Kūlana... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 2:00pm - 6:15pm PDT

Hula, Kahiko

9:00am PDT

Session 7: Hula Kahiko "Kākuhihewa" (2 hrs)

LIMITED

Sunday June 28, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Workshop Session 7 (Sunday, 9:00am-11:00am)

Kākuhihewa was born at Kūkaniloko, in the sleeping-place consecrated by the kapu of Liloe. He was the son of Kaihikapu-a-Manuia, 14th Alii Aimoku of O‘ahu, and of his wife Kaunui-a-Kanehoalani, the daughter of Kanehoalani, who was the grandson of Lo-Lale. Kaunui's mother was Kualoakalailai, whose parentage is lost to the ages, but was of the Kalehenui branch of the Maweke line. From thence, he was taken to Ho‘olonopahu by his maternal grandfather, Kanehoalani. Forty-eight chiefs of the highest rank, conspicuous among whom were Makokau, Ihukolo, Ka‘aumakua, Pakapakauana, were present at the ceremony of cutting the navel-string of the newborn chief. The two sacred drums, named "Opuku" and "Hawea," announced the august event to the multitude. Several kahu (attendants) were duly appointed to watch over and bring up the heir-apparent, whose childhood was principally passed between Waipio, Waiawa, and Manana in the Ewa district.

Presenters

Rolanda Mohala Reese

Kumu Hula, Hālau Hula Nā Meakanu O Laka O Hawaiʻi

Kumu Hula Rolanda established Hālau Hula Nā Meakanu o Laka o Hawaiʻi, a traditional hula school, in 1985. Originally founded in Hawaiʻi, the hālau is now based in Los Alamitos, California. In 1997, Kumu also founded Ke Poʻokela Cultural Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organi... Read More →

Sunday June 28, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

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Pōhaikealoha Souza

2:00pm PDT

Kalani "Boboy" Kaawa Flores-Hatt, Jr.

9:00am PDT

Rolanda Mohala Reese

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