Behind the Scenes 2

A variety of pictures of festival personnel, staff, and festival support activities.

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• Shirley Holu, Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka, and Larry Holu wait in the Hawaiian Airlines lounge. Behind Alan: Napua and Kaipo Asing. PC-Addison Ching
• In the Hawaiian Airlines lounge: Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac, Don Touchi, Addison Ching, Sharon Ching, and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• In the Hawaiian Airlines lounge: Bobby Ingano, Napua and Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac, and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• At the gate, clockwise: Alan Akaka, Shirley Holu, Sharon Ching, Don Touchi, Addison Ching, Ed Punua, and Larry Holu. PC-Alan Akaka
• Onboard: Alan Akaka, Enosa Lyman, and Shane Lyman. PC-Alan Akaka
• Sonny Lim and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• Sonny Lim, Alan Akaka, and Pomai Brown with Reginald Davis. PC-Alan Akaka
• Steel guitarists Sonny Lim, Alan Akaka, and Pomai Brown. PC-Alan Akaka
• Steel guitarists Geronimo ʻʻGeriʻʻ Valdriz, Dwight Tokumoto, Pomai Brown, and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• Sonny Lim and NextGen Steel Guitarist Enosa Lyman. PC-Alan Akaka
• Steel guitarists Bobby Ingano, Sonny Lim, and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• Bobby Ingano, Sonny Lim, Dwight Tokumoto, and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• HaʻLani Restaurant staff help Greg Sardinha celebrate his birthday. PC-Alan Akaka
• The restaurant gave Greg a birthdayt treat complete with candle and singing. PC-Don Touchi.
• Asia Lim Yap, Ed Yap, Al Greene, Jr., Bobby Ingano, and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• Joseph Zayac gives NextGen Enosa Lyman some tips as dad Shane Lyman and Megan Held look on. PC-Alan Akaka
• Bobby Ingano, Addison and Sharon Ching, Larry Holu and Don Touchi await the caravan to the airport. PC-Alan Akaka
• Dan Tremblay shares some final thoughts with Addison Ching as Sharon Ching and Shirley Holu look on. PC-Alan Akaka
• Linda Mentzer assisted with and helped organize the festival sales and information table. PC-Alan Akaka
• Napua Asing, Tai Misailidis, Greg Sardinha, Ethan Goore, Natan Goore, Helene Woodward, and Kaipo Asing. PC-Alan Akaka
• Tai Misailidis, Greg Sardinha, Ethan Goore, SooJean Misailidis, Helene Woodward, and Sandy Sardinha. PC-Alan Akaka
• Kaipo Asing and Alan Akaka. Alan, thatʻs a banana. PC-Alan Akaka
• Keola Grace, Alan Akaka, Danny Akaka Jr., Sonny Lim, and Enosa Lyman. PC-Alan Akaka
• Ka’ai McAfee-Torco and Alan Akaka. PC-Alan Akaka
• Waiting in the Hawaiian Airlines lounge: Sharon Ching, Shirley Holu, Bobby Ingano, Napua Asing, Kaipo Asing, Larry Holu, Joseph Zayac, and Addison Ching. PC-Don Touchi
• Sharon Ching, Bobby Ingano, Shirley Holu, Napua Asing, Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac, Larry Holu, and Addison Ching. PC-Don Touchi
• Addison Ching, Alan Akaka, and Shirley Holu. PC-Don Touchi
• At the Kona Airport: Bobby Ingano, Enosa Lyman, Shane Lyman, Sharon Ching, Addison Ching, Shirley Holu. Standing: Ed Punua, Kaipo Asing, and Napua Asing. PC-Don Touchi

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