Alan Akaka and The Islanders

Photos of Thursday performance by Alan Akaka and The Islanders with hula by Kapuanani.

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• Alan Akaka.
• Emcee Kathy Collins.
• Alan Akaka and The Islanders. Alan is playing a steel guitar once owned by Jules Ah See.
• Shuji Tomita, Tetsuya Ishiyama, Noriko Tomita, and Gale Warshawsky.
• Hula dancer Yumiko Kapuanani Greene.
• Bass player Adam Asing.
• Steel guitarist Alan Akaka.
• Guitarist Kaipo Asing.
• Kathy Collins' mom celebrating her 94th birthday.
• NextGen steel guitarist Ethan Goore in the audience with his dad Natan Goore.
• Dr. Kris Oka.
• Hula by Kapuanani.
• Hula by Kapuanani.
• Guest vocals by Shirley Holu.
• Shirley Holu.
• Members of the Lion Lady Steel Guitar Ensemble in the audience.
• Guest steel guitarist Kiyoshi ''Lion'' Kobayashi.
• Lion Kobayashi.
• Alan Akaka and the Islanders with Lion Kobayashi.
• Audience view from the stage.
• Hukilau time! Audience members learn how to hula under the leadership of Kapuanani.
• Hula by Kathy Collins.
• Alan Akaka and the Islanders with Kathy Collins and Kapuanani. Also in picture: Peter Garellick and Larry Holu.
• A view of the concert audience.
• Alan Akaka and The Islanders with Lion Kobayashi.

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Photography by Don Touchi ©2019 by Don Touchi Photos and HIMELE.