Behind the Scenes 1

A variety of pictures of festival personnel and guests.

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• Next Generation steel guitarists Pono, Joey, and Mālie
• Noriko and Shuji Tomita from Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
• Greg Sardinha and Alan Akaka with Charles Michael Brotman, leader of the music group Kohala and featured artist in the hotelʻs Canoe House restaurant.
• Millie Akaka.
• Anna Akaka.
• Millie Akaka and Anna Akaka with Next Generation steel guitarists and musicians.
• Millie Akaka with sons Daniel Jr., and Alan Akaka.
• The festival banner.
• Lobby practice-turned-kanikapila by the Bobby Ingano Trio.
• Los Hawaiianos (Hiroshi Uchida, Hideki Hattori, and Hiroshi Kaneko) with Bobby Ingano.
• Sandy Sardinha customizing her festival T-shirt.
• Shirley Holu and Andrea Tolentino.
• Les Lactaoen is the omelette bar chef at the Bay Terrace restaurant breakfast buffet.
• Sandy Sardinha modeling her customized festival T-shirt.
• Shuji Tomita, Alan Akaka, and Noriko Tomita.
• The festival T-shirt.
• Kahua Campang, Addison Ching, Kaleo Perry, and Kaleo Kam.
• Kekahuaonaleo with Addison Chng.
• Judiciary Represent: Larry Holu (State of Hawaiʻi Attorney Generalʻs oiffice), Geri Valdriz (retired judge) and and newly appointed Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge Derrick Chan.
• An exhausted Bobby Ingao takes a break.
• Elizabeth ''Eliza" Demmi helped photograph festival events.
• Dave Kolars's video recording setup.
• Bobby Ingano's performance as seen through Dave Kolars' viewfinder.
• Impromptu lobby kanikapila before the trip back to the airport.
• Lobby kanikapila.
• A quick nap before the trip back to O'ahu.

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Photography by Don Touchi ©2018 by Don Touchi Photos and HIMELE.