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 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 ‘Ōlapa O Laka Kumu HulaKeolalaulani Dalire
- Hālau Ka Liko Pua O KalaniākeaKumu HulaKapua Dalire-Moe
- Hālau Mōhala ʻIlimaKumu HulaMapuana de Silva
- Nā Pualei o LikolehuaKumu HulaNiuliʻi Heine
- Academy of Hawaiian ArtsKumu HulaMark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu
- Hālau ‘O Lilinoe & Nā Pua Me Ke Aloha (Kāne)Nā Kumu HulaLilinoe & Pele Kaio
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- Hula Hālau ‘O KamuelaNā Kumu HulaKunewa Mook & Kau‘ionālani Kamana‘o
- Hālau Hi‘iakaināmakalehuaKumu HulaRobert Ke‘ano Ka‘upu IV
- Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘eNā Kumu HulaTracie & Keawe Lopes
- Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahiNā Kumu HulaHaunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes
- Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā‘alaKumu HulaBreeze Ann Kalehuaonālani Vidinha Pavao
- Ke Kai O KahikiKumu HulaLa‘akea Perry
- Kawai‘ulaokalāKumu HulaKeli‘iho‘omalu Puchalski
- Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O UkaKumu HulaNāpua Silva
- Ka Pā Hula HawaiʻiKumu HulaJohn Renken Kahaʻialiʻiokaiwiʻulaokamehameha Topolinski
- Hālau Kala‘akeakauikawēkiu Kumu HulaKenneth Dean Alohapumehanaokalā Victor