2019 Festival

The 2019 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Ka Makana Ali‘i featured steel guitarists Alan Akaka, Jeff Au Hoy, Bobby Ingano, Greg Sardinha, Kapono Lopes, and the Ke Kula Mele Hawaii NextGen steel guitarists and musicians.

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• One of the steel guitar festival banners.
• Alan Akaka.
• Guitarist Kaipo Asing.
• Hands-on Steel Guitar demonstrator Daniel Trenblay with the other festival banner.
• HIMELE director Larry Holu and Shirley Holu.
• Alan Akaka and The Islanders Adam and Kaipo Asing.
• Featured steel guitarist Alan Akaka.
• Bassist Adam Asing.
• Larry and Shirley Holu with a costumed guest.
• Festival guests Bill and Kevan Thomson.
• Gale Warshawsly.
• Featured steel guitarist Kapono Lopes.
• Alan Akaka and steel guitarist Oscar Usman.
• Kapono Lopes with Adam and Kaipo Asing.
• Alan Akaka with steel guitarist Casey Olsen.
• Hula dancer Maile Garrett danced for Kapono Lopes.
• Maile Garrett
• Featured steel guitarist Bobby Ingano.
• Bobby Ingano.
• The Bobby Ingano Trio.
• Hands-on steel guitar demonstrations were conducted by Daniel Tremblay, shown assisting a festival guest.
• Vocalist Pomaika'i Lyman experiences the steel guitar.
• The 2019 Festival Poster on exhibit at the center.
• 10-year old NextGen steel guitarist Enosa Lyman.
• Featured steel guitarist Jeff Au Hoy.
• NextGen steel guitarist Mālie Lyman with parents Pomaikaʻi and Shane Lyman.
• Kapono Lopes sat in on Jeff Au Hoyʻs session, playing backup guitar.
• More hands-on: Daniel Tremblay shows a festival guest how to hold the bar.
• Ke Kula Mele NextGen musicians from left: Iosepa Lyman (upright bass), Tai Misailidis (U-bass), Hoʻailona Mahuka (steel guitar), Pono Fernandez (steel guitar), Ikaika Orlando (ʻukulele), Mālie Lyman (steel guitar), Enosa Lyman (ʻukulele), and Kumu Alan Akaka (guitar).
• Performance view from the audience.
• Front row steel guitarists Hoʻailona Mahuka, Pono Fernandez, and Mālie Lyman. Back Row ʻukulele players Ikaika Orlando and Enosa Lyman.
• Pono Fernandez and Mālie Lyman.
• Daniel Tremblay explains the steel guitar to a festival guest.
• NextGen Steel Guitarists and Musicians. Front: Enosa Lyman, Hoʻailona Mahuka, Tai Misailidis, Ikaika Orlando. Rear: Kiumu Alan Akaka, Bobby Ingano. Mālie Lyman, Iosepa Lyman, Pono Fernandez.
• Greg Sardinha and Poʻoleka (Zach Castro and Kata Maduli).
• Featured steel guitarist Greg Sardinha.
• Stage view of the audience.
• Bobby Ingano shows a festival guest how to play the steel guitar.
• A keiki guest enjoying the festivalʻs music.

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Photography by Don Touchi ©2019 by Don Touchi Photos and HIMELE.