2016 Gallery | Waikiki Steel Guitar Week

Behind the Scenes 1

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

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Some of thee Hawaiian landscape at the Royal Grove.
Lily pond at the Royal Grove.
Some of the acoustic steel guitars at the vintage steel guitar exhibit in Helumoa Hale
More steel guitars on display at Helumoa Hale.
Heu'i Bandmann and Kaipo Asing.
Yukio Katagiri from Japan, a Skype steel guitar student of Alan Akaka.
Kaipo Asing and Adam Asing.
Members of the Keawe 'Ohana: Jonah and Nicole Poole with son Denahi, Marlene Keawe, Shane and Pomaika'i Lyman.
Eric Keawe.
Pomaika'i Lyman.
Andrea Tolentino doing double duty, videographing and snapping pictures.
Front: Alan Akaka, Mālie Lyman, Iosepa Lyman. Rear: Eric Keawe, Pomaika'i Lyman.
Star-Advertiser columnish John Berger.
Alan Akaka and Ke Kula Mele Hawaii alumnus Earl Ng.
Author Dr. John Troutman and Heu'i Bandmann.
Dr. John Troutman.
Heu'i Bandmann and Alexis Tolentino with a couple who were recently married.
Sylvia Aiu and Sandy Sardinha.
Festival featured artists' CDs on sale.
John Berger with Chinese erhu artist Tsun-Hui Hung and emcee Mele Apana.
Sandy Sardinha.
Kata Madali, Sandy and Greg Sardinha, and Alan Akaka.
Sandy Sardinha.
Zach Castro, Mele Apana, Greg Sardinha, and Kata Maduli.
Dr. Kris Oka from San Francisco with newlyweds Amanda and Sean Tetarenko from Calgary, Alberta.
Emcee Kimo Kahoano.
Leilani Kahoano.
Kimo Kahoano and Jeff Au Hoy.
Mapuana Ewing from Kona, Hawaii.
Even keiki enjoy the festival.
Eddie Palama and Kimo Kahoano.
Alexis Tolentino, Sharon and Addison Ching, Eddie Palama, and Andrea Tolentino.
Dr. Kris Oka and Alan Akaka.
Dinner break for festival staff. From left: Don Rostow, Shirley Holu, Larry Holu.
Dinner break for festival staff: Sharon and Addison Ching.
Dinner break for festival staff: Larry Holu and Alan Akaka.
Videographer Ron Tolentino.

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