The Perpetuation of Hula 
and the Hawaiian Culture
and the Hawaiian Culture2026 Participants
2026 Participants
Judges
- Maelia Loebenstein Carter
Vicky Hanakaʻulaniokamāmalu Holt Takamine
Iwalani Kalima
Noenoe Zuttermeister Lewis
Nani Lim Yap
Etua Lopes - Wallis Punua
- Hālau I Ka WēkiuNā Kumu HulaKarl Veto Baker & Michael Lanakila Casupang
- Ka Pā Hula O Ka Lei LehuaKumu HulaSnowbird Puananiopaoakalani Bento
- Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahuluNā Kumu HulaWilliam Kahakuleilehua Haunu‘u “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
- Keolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka Kumu HulaKeolalaulani Dalire
- Hālau Ka Liko Pua O KalaniākeaKumu HulaKapua Dalire-Moe
- Hālau Mōhala ʻIlimaKumu HulaMāpuana de Silva
- Nā Pualei o LikolehuaKumu HulaNiuliʻi Heine
- Academy of Hawaiian ArtsKumu HulaMark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu
- Hālau ʻO Lilinoe & Nā Pua Me Ke Aloha (Kāne)Nā Kumu HulaLilinoe & Pele Kaio
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- Hula Hālau ʻO KamuelaNā Kumu HulaKunewa Mook & Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo
- Hālau HiʻiakaināmakalehuaKumu HulaRobert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV
- Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O HaʻehaʻeNā Kumu HulaTracie & Keawe Lopes
- Hālau KekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahiNā Kumu HulaHaunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes
- Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o LeināʻalaKumu HulaBreeze Ann Kalehuaonālani Vidinha Pavao
- Ke Kai O KahikiKumu HulaLaʻakea Perry
- KawaiʻulaokalāKumu HulaKeliʻihoʻomalu Puchalski
- Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O UkaKumu HulaNāpua Silva
- Ka Pā Hula HawaiʻiKumu HulaJohn Renken Kahaʻialiʻiokaiwiʻulaokamehameha Topolinski
- Hālau Kalaʻakeakauikawēkiu Kumu HulaKenneth Dean Alohapumehanaokalā Victor