Hula ʻOni E Festival
2026 Competition Results
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2026 Awards
Soloist Awards
Master Keiki Hula ʻOni E
Keiki Kāne Solo ʻAuana
1st Place
SoloistKahiau Jamanitog Wilson
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleLōkahi No Mauna Kea
2nd Place
SoloistEvan Alexander Kamanui Apana
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MeleHōnaunau Pāka
3rd Place
SoloistLiam Centeio
HālauHalau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
KumuKumu Hula Darcey Moniz
MeleMokokaikala
4th Place
SoloistKonane Estrada-Arreola
HālauHālau Nā Maka O Ka Laua‘e
KumuKumu Hula Laua‘e Yamasaki
MeleNā Hoa He'e Nalu
Miss Keiki Hula ʻOni E
Kaikamahine Solo ʻAuana
1st Place
SoloistJulia Borja
HālauHālau Nā Mamo o Kahalelehua
KumuKumu Hula Lahilahi Gina Jingao
Mele‘Āinahau
2nd Place
SoloistHi‘ilei‘ikawēkiu Solidum
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleKulamanu
3rd Place
SoloistKoyuki Jou
HālauHula Hālau ʻO Leilani
KumuMihoko Leilani Ogawa, Sensei
MeleOʻahu Ka ʻŌnohi O Na Kai
4th Place
SoloistKaʻananiau Kawaiona Naone
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MeleHe Lei Aloha No Hilo
5th Place
SoloistPaisley Keira Cabico
HālauPukalani Hula Hale
KumuKumu Hula Hiʻilei Maxwell-Juan
MeleMele O Lanaʻi
Master Hula ʻOni E
Kāne Solo Kahiko
1st Place
SoloistChevy Peters
HālauKeolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka
KumuKumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
MeleKohala Unu Pa’a
2nd Place
SoloistLoeka Aaron Mana Mundon
HālauHalau Keolakapuokalani
KumuKumu Hula Drake Keolakapu Dudoit Delaforce
MeleWaip'o Pakaalana
3rd Place
SoloistMason Kaleiokaha`aheo Pulgados
HālauHālau Hula ʻO Nāpunaheleonāpua
KumuNā Kumu Hula Rich Pedrina & Blaine Nohara
MeleHe Mele No Olomana
Miss Hula ʻOni E
Wāhine Solo Kahiko
1st Place
SoloistKelia Wailana Aquino
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleAia I Kaʻena Kō Wehi
2nd Place
SoloistKela Pereira
HālauHālau o ka Hanu Lehua
KumuKumu Hula Carlson Kamaka Kukona, III
MeleI Waikapū Ke Aloha
3rd Place
SoloistUlumahiehie Beazley
HālauKeolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka
KumuKumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
MeleE Hoʻi Ka Nani I Nuʻuanu
4th Place
SoloistRobyn Kealohapumehana "Kealoha" Moku
HālauHālau Nā Mamo O Ka Liko Maile O Kohala
KumuKumu Hula Francis Kapuaoiokepamemaile Francisco
MeleHe Mele, He Aloha
5th Place
SoloistNāmaka'ālohilohi Racadio
HālauHālau Nā Maka O Ka Laua‘e
KumuKumu Hula Laua‘e Yamasaki
MeleAia Ka ʻŌpua Ko Lei Nani
Master Aloha Hula ʻOni E
Kupunakāne Solo ʻAuana
1st Place
SoloistTom Haia
HālauHalau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
KumuKumu Hula Darcey Moniz
MeleNoho Paipai
Mrs. Aloha Hula ʻOni E
Kupunahine Solo ʻAuana
1st Place
SoloistMakanani Catugal
HālauHālau o ka Hanu Lehua
KumuKumu Hula Carlson Kamaka Kukona, III
MeleRose Hoʻonipo
2nd Place
SoloistMarnie Tilton
HālauHalau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
KumuKumu Hula Darcey Moniz
MeleImi Au Ia 'Oe
3rd Place
SoloistJoanna Kameleoʻokalani Alcosiba
HālauHalau Keolakapuokalani
KumuKumu Hula Drake Keolakapu Dudoit Delaforce
MeleNani Kauai
4th Place
SoloistAlice Andrus
HālauHo'omaika'i Hula Studio
KumuKumu Hula Shona Lam Ho
MeleE Kuʻu Sweet Lei Poinaʻole
5th Place
SoloistLouanna Pualani Kaʻio-Almony
HālauAloha ‘O Pu‘uwailani
KumuNā Kumu Hula Amber Melelani Wills & U‘ilani Ortino
MeleKaulana ʻo Waimānalo
2026 Awards
Group Kahiko
Keikikāne Group Kahiko
1st Place
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleHe Inoa No Ka Haku O Hawaii
2nd Place
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MelePua `Oi Ma Ka Hikina
3rd Place
HālauHalau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
KumuKumu Hula Darcey Moniz
MeleA Hilo Au
Kaikamahine Group Kahiko
1st Place
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleKahiko Hawaii I Ka Onohi Ula
2nd Place
HālauKawai ‘ulaokalā
KumuKumu Hula Keliʻiho‘omalu Puchalski
MeleHe Inoa Nou E Kaleleonālani
3rd Place
HālauHālau Nā Maka O Ka Laua‘e
KumuKumu Hula Laua‘e Yamasaki
MeleE Ho'i I Ka Nani i Nu'uanu
4th Place
HālauHālau I Ka Wēkiu
KumuNā Kumu Hula Kawehionāpua Romias & Hōkūlani Chong
MelePua Nani
5th Place
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MeleAia I Hanalei Ko Wehi Nani
Kāne Group Kahiko
1st Place
HālauNā Pualei O Likolehua
KumuKumu Hula Niuli‘i Heine
MeleNa Kia'I O Moanalua
2nd Place
HālauKeolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka
KumuKumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
MeleA Kaʻuku
3rd Place
HālauHālau Hula ʻO Nāpunaheleonāpua
KumuNā Kumu Hula Rich Pedrina & Blaine Nohara
MeleMakalapua
Wāhine Group Kahiko
1st Place
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleHe Aloha Nihoa
2nd Place
HālauHālau Nā Maka O Ka Laua‘e
KumuKumu Hula Laua‘e Yamasaki
MeleKāhiko Kapālama
3rd Place
HālauHālau o ka Hanu Lehua
KumuKumu Hula Carlson Kamaka Kukona, III
MeleNani Mau Loa
4th Place
HālauKeolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka
KumuKumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
MeleAia I Molokaʻi Ko Lei Aliʻi
5th Place
HālauHālau Hula ʻO Nāpunaheleonāpua Iāpana
KumuNā Kumu Hula Rich Pedrina & Blaine Nohara
MeleNā Uwē O Nā Manu
2026 Awards
Group ʻAuana
Keikikāne Group ʻAuana
1st Place
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleOnipaa I Ka Iuiu
2nd Place
HālauHalau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
KumuKumu Hula Darcey Moniz
MeleKu`u papale Lauhala
3rd Place
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MeleKaimana Hila
Kaikamahine Group ʻAuana
1st Place
HālauHula Hālau ʻO Leilani
KumuMihoko Leilani Ogawa, Sensei
MeleAloha Nuʻuanu
2nd Place
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleKuu Lei Onohi Lei Hoku
3rd Place
HālauHālau ‘o Kealaroselani
KumuKeiko Miyagawa, Sensei
MelePua Melie
4th Place
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MeleKau Ka Peʻa
5th Place
HālauHālau Hula Helele‘i Pua ‘O Waipi ‘o
KumuKumu Hula Haleakalā Sakata
MeleKanaka Waiolina
Kāne Group ʻAuana
1st Place
HālauKeolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka
KumuKumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
MeleNa Kuahiwi Kaulana
2nd Place
HālauNā Pualei O Likolehua
KumuKumu Hula Niuli‘i Heine
MeleKa Hui Kinai Ahi
3rd Place
HālauHālau o ka Hanu Lehua
KumuKumu Hula Carlson Kamaka Kukona, III
MeleAloha Ia O Waianae
Wāhine Group ʻAuana
1st Place
HālauKa Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
KumuNā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
MeleHiehie Niihau
2nd Place
HālauHālau Nā Mamo o Kahalelehua
KumuKumu Hula Lahilahi Gina Jingao
MeleKalākaua he Inoa
3rd Place
HālauHula Hālau ʻO Leilani
KumuMihoko Leilani Ogawa, Sensei
MeleNuku O Nuʻuanu
4th Place
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MeleHe Aloha Waiau
5th Place
HālauKeolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka
KumuKumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
MeleNani Mokapu Medley
Kupunakāne Group ʻAuana
1st Place
HālauHālau Kaulakahi
KumuKumu Hula Nālani Keale
MeleHe Aloha No O Waiʻanae
2nd Place
HālauHalau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
KumuKumu Hula Darcey Moniz
MeleMaunaloa
3rd Place
HālauHula Hui o Kapunahala
KumuNā Kumu Hula Carolee Nishi & Robyn Kuraoka
MeleHonomuni
Kupuna Wāhine Group ʻAuana
1st Place
HālauHula `Ohana Laule`a
KumuIkuko Fujioka, Sensei
MeleQueen's Jubilee
2nd Place
HālauHalau Keolakapuokalani
KumuKumu Hula Drake Keolakapu Dudoit Delaforce
MeleOahu
3rd Place
HālauHālau o ka Hanu Lehua
KumuKumu Hula Carlson Kamaka Kukona, III
MeleLei Ko'ele
4th Place
HālauHālau Lilia Makanoe
KumuKumu Hula Shelsea Lilia Ai
MelePua Mēlie
5th Place
HālauHoʻōla Wai ʻŌlena
KumuNā Kumu Hula Kapualani Lono & Leimomi Kiyono
MeleMahina O Hoku
Combined Group Results
Overall Awards
Overall awards combine qualifying group Grand Totals by Hālau. Total ʻŌlelo is the tiebreaker.
Keiki Overall Division
Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
Mākua Overall Division
Keolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka
Kumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
Kupuna Overall Division
Halau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
Kumu Hula Darcey Moniz
Hālau Competition
Hula ʻOni E Division
Four placements, presented from 1st place through 4th place.
2026 Hula ʻOni E Division
1st Place
HālauHālau ‘O Nāpuala‘i Kauika‘iu
KumuKumu Hula Sallie Lehuamakamae Yoza
2nd Place
HālauHālau Nā Maka O Ka Laua‘e
KumuKumu Hula Laua‘e Yamasaki
3rd Place
HālauHula Hui o Kapunahala
KumuNā Kumu Hula Carolee Nishi & Robyn Kuraoka
4th Place
HālauHālau Hula O Nā Momi Makamae
KumuNā Kumu Hula Momi Akana & Kiele Gonzalez
2026 Special & Perpetual Awards
Perpetual Awards
Special recognitions honoring excellence across the 32nd Annual Hula ʻOni E Festival.
Perpetual Trophy
The Kaipo Cup
Donated by Larry and Hokulani De Rego
Presented to the winner of the Hula ʻOni E Hālau Division.
Hālau ‘O Nāpuala‘i Kauika‘iu
Kumu Hula Sallie Lehuamakamae Yoza
Special Award
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Award
Presented for the highest ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi score in any Hula Kahiko performance.
Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
Special Award
Musicians’ Award
Presented for the highest ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi score in any Hula ʻAuana performance.
Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
Perpetual Trophy
Emma DeFries Perpetual Trophy
Donated by Kapua Dalire Moe
Presented to the Wāhine Group with the highest combined points in Hula Kahiko and Hula ʻAuana.
Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai ‘O Ha‘eha‘e
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
Perpetual Trophy
The Hilton Hawaiian Village Award
Donated and presented by the management and employees of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort and Spa
Presented to a single Hālau with the highest combined points in all divisions, including Keiki Kāne, Kaikamahine, Kāne, Wāhine, Kupuna Kāne and Kupuna Wāhine.
Halau Hula ‘O Puka‘ikapuaokalani
Kumu Hula Darcey Moniz