Behind the Scenes 3

Photos of festival guests, staff, and other non-performance moments.

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• The event banner. Photo by Alan Akaka.
• Larry and Shirley Holu waiting to unload the steel guitar exhibit instruments.
• Setting up the steel guitar exhibit in Helumoa Hale.
• Andrea Tolentino unloading steel guitars for the exhibit.
• Console steel guitars are set up. From left: Canopus triple neck, Canopus sunburst double neck, Canopus sunburst double neck, Canopus blonde single neck, Magnatone double neck once owned by Jules Ah See.
• Setting up the sound and equipment on the stage.
• The Keawe 'Ohana; From left: Enosa (with camera) and Iosepa Lyman, Eric and Marlene Keawe, Ziona, Pomaika'i and Shane Lyman.
• Mele Apana and Alan Akaka.
• Emcee Mele Apana. Photo by Alan Akaka.
• Gale Warshawsky, Amanda and Sean Tetarenko, Yukio Katagiri, Hans Nordberg-Noble.
• Pono Fernandez waits while Alan Akaka adjusts the microphone stand.
• Getting ready to begin the festival. Pono is first up!
• Mālie (steel guitar) reviews her performance, Iosepa (U-bass) enlists dad Shane for assistance and mom Pomailaʻi checks her messages.
• Mele Apana getting ready to emcee the festival.
• A mother-daughter moment with Mālie and Pomaikaʻi Lyman.
• U-bass player Iosepa Lyman.
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser columnist John Berger and Chinese erhu virtuoso Tsun-Hui Hung.
• Steel guitarist Alexis Tolentino in a photogenic moment.
• Photographer Don Touchi asks Alexis to pose for the camera. ''Do I have to?''
• ''Well, letʻs make the most of this.''
• ''Iʻm still grinning.''
• Now, a Shaka for the other photographer.
• ''Let me see what's inside that lens!''
• Overwhelmed by Alexis, photographer Don Touchi takes drastic action.
• On the other hand, photographer Don Rostow is calm and collected.
• Photographer Enosa Lyman is doing his own thing.
• The festival is kicking off with the Ke Kula Mele Hawaii student musicians.
• Photographer Edie Bandmann snapping a picture of daughter Heuʻi Bandmannʻs performance.
• Author and historian Dr. John Troutman discusses the acoustic steel guitar with an exhibit guest.
• Dinner break for the festival staff. From left: Shirley and Larry Holu, photographer Don Touchi, and Alan Akaka.
• Featured steel guitarists Alan Akaka and Eddie Palama. Photo by Alan Akaka.
• Featured steel guitarists Alan Akaka, Greg Sardinha, Jeff Au Hoy, and Bobby Ingano. Photo by Alan Akaka.

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Photography by Addison Ching unless otherwise noted. All photos ©2016 by HIMELE.