Hawai‘i Island Steel GuitarFestival

Evening Kanikapila

Public kanikapila sessions were held on Friday and Saturday nights after the main ho'olaule'a programs. Festival musicians were accompanied by festival guests on a variety of instruments.

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  • Pualilia Hernandez. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Tai Misailidis. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Tai plays an upright bass in her school orchestra. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Alan Akaka. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Bass Player Natan Goore, Alan, and Ethan Goore. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Steel Guitarist Greg Sardinha on the upright bass. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Greg, Alan, and Ethan. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Playing technique of Hideki Hattori from Japan. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Next Generation steel guitarist Mālie Lyman. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Mālie Lyman. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Playing technique of Dave ʻʻDKʻʻ Kolars from DeKalb, Illinois. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Date ʻʻDKʻʻ Kolars. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Alan Akaka. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • EthanGoore. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • U-bass player Natan Goore. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Alan Akaka. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Vickie Van Fechtmann. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Mālie Lyman. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Alan, Ethan, and Hideki. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Taiʻs U-bass technique. Photo by Eliza Demmi.
  • Alan Akaka, Danny Akaka, Jr., and Hideki Hattori. Photo by Eliza Demmi.

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