Behind the Scenes 2
Photos of festival guests, staff, and other non-performance moments.
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Steel guitarist Heu'i Bandmann gets last minute attention from Andrea Tolentino while Eric Keawe and Alexis Tolentino look on.
Celebrity emcee Mele Apana.
The audience gathers in anticipation for the festival's start.
The festival has begun and the audience applauds.
Enosa Lyman with his cousin.
U-bass player Iosepa Lyman with his cousins.
Some of the acoustic steel guitars on display in Helumoa Hale.
More vintage steel guitars on display at Helumoa Hale. From left: Asher Electro Hawaiian, Canopus 8-string, a Jerry Byrd Sho-Bud Frypan, a Rickenbacher Frypan, a Richenbacher Bakelite body, and a Gibson EH-100 lap steel.
A Canopus triple-neck 8-string steel guitar on display
Another view of the display.
Ke Kula Mele steel guitarists Heu'i Bandmann and Alexis Tolentino with a newlywed couple.
Featured steel guitarist Isaac Akuna with Nate Stillman, Alan Akaka, and Henry Makua.
Alan Akaka watches as a keiki spectator plays.
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