2025 Keiki Kine Part 1

The 2025 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - Keiki Kine at Kahala Mall featured NextGEN steel guitar players from Alan Akaka's Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music in a two-hour performance. NextGEN steel guitarists Thang Nguyen Hi‘ipoi Lindsay, Isaac Woodward, Ever Ta‘ala, and Isabella Bertelmann were accompanied by Alan Akaka and Ke Kula Mele parents David Woodward and Kaipo Lindsey. Steel Guitarist Bobby Ingano made a special guest appearance at the festival. Emcee was Jake Kuliaikanu‘u Fernandez.

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• Emcee Jake Kuliaikanu‘u Fernandez.
• NextGEN steel guitarist Thang Nguyen with Alan Akaka on bass.
• Tnang Nguyen.
• Thang Nguyen with David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, and Alan Akaka.
• Alan Akaka.
• NextGEN steel guitarist Isabella Bertelmann.
• Isabella Bertelmann with David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, and Alan Akaka.
• David Kekoa Woodward amd Kaipo Lindsey.
• Isabella Bertelmann.
• Kaipo Lindsey.
• Isabella Bertelmann.
• ISabella Bertelmann with David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, and Alan Akaka.
• Jake Kuliaikanu‘u Fernandez.
• NExtGEN steel guitarist Hiʻipoi Lindsey with dad Kaipo Lindsey.
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey.
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey.
• David Woodward.
• Festival guests at Kahala Mall.
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey.
• David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, Hiʻipoi Lindsey, and Alan Akaka.
• Claude Kutaka observes Thang Nguyen at the Hands-on Opportunities station.
• Alan Akaka on U-bass.
• Claude Kutaka demonstrating the steel guitar to a festival guest.
• Festival guest performer Bobby Ingano with Kaipo Lindsey.
• Claude Kutaka shows a youngster how to manage the picks and bar.

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Photography by Don Rostow ©2025 by Don Rostow and HIMELE.