#Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka

Multiple award-winning Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka o Uka, under the direction of Kumu Hula Nāpua Silva, brings this year to a close with an inspirational performance “Hanau Ke Ali’i, A King Is Born.”

The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation, Inc. (Takitani Foundation) has named 10 high school students from Maui County as scholarship recipients of its annual Legacy Scholarship Program.

Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus hosted a free community concert Friday night at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. The concert, He Leo Aloha No Maui, drew nearly a thousand people to “share the gift of mele to bring healing and hope to the people of Maui,” according to the organizers. Children from the Children’s Chorus sang “O Lahaina, E Hoi Ka Nani” during the event.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center again celebrates the musical tradition of Hawai’i’s famous four-string instrument at the 16th annual Maui ‘Ukulele Festival, a free Maui community music event on Sunday, Oct. 8, in the A&B Amphitheater and Yokouchi Pavilion. Gates open at 2:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 3 p.m.

The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua hosts the 31st annual Celebration of the Arts taking place at the resort from April 7-8, 2023.  Celebration of the Arts is Hawai‘i’s top arts and cultural festival celebrating authentic Hawaiian culture and traditions with more than 60 of the state’s top artisans, educators, cultural practitioners, speakers, and entertainers.  

Many of the more than 50 people who testified during a budget committee meeting on Friday voiced support for funding of Hālau of ʻŌiwi Art, a center dedicated to the study, practice, celebration and perpetuation of hula and various ‘ōiwi arts connected to hula.

A falsetto singing contest and a “Celebration of Island Tastes” are part of the events occurring on April 16 at the newly renovated, open-air Aloha Garden Pavilion at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua.

Ho‘omau 2022, a benefit concert to support Hawaiian language immersion preschool students at Pūnana Leo o Maui in Wailuku, will be held at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului from 9 a.m. to sunset on Saturday, March 26.

The MACC’s Live @ the MACC series continues this weekend, Nov. 20-22, with three free outdoor, drive-in concerts in the A&B Amphitheater. Each concert will also be livestreamed. The first event takes place on Friday, Nov 20 and features NĀ HŌKŪ HOU with Jeff Peterson, Amy Hānaialiʻi & Josh Tatofi.

Nāpua Greig performed alongside her Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka.  She explained her role as kumu and the cultural perspective behind the tradition.  

Tickets are now on sale for Mōhala Maui 2018 with Kumu Hula Nāpua Greig and Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka.

Family and friends greeted Maui’s award-winning Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka with an oli (chant) and lei as the arrived at Kahului Airport on Sunday. 

Maui’s Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka under the direction of Kumu Nāpua Greig won the overall title in the 2018 Merrie Monarch hula competition held in Hilo Hawaiʻi

Shalia Kamakaokalani of Maui’s Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka took the title of Miss Aloha Hula 2018 at the 55th Merrie Monarch Hula Festival in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

The competition portion of the 55th Annual Merrie Monarch Hula Festival kicks off Thursday night at the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

Nāpua Greig will showcase her music and hula from her newest release “Makawalu” with over 100 dancers from Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka

Complete results from the 2017 Merrie Monarch Hula competition in Hilo, Hawaii: Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e, under the direction of Nā Kumu Tracie & Keawe Lopes

The title of Miss Aloha Hula 2017 goes to Kelina Kiyoko Ke‘ano‘ilehua Tiffany Eldredge of Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua, a student of Lono Padilla & Ke‘ano Ka‘upu.

The 54th Annual Merrie Monarch Hula Festival kicks off tonight with solo performances in the 2017 Miss Aloha Hula competition. Three Maui dancers will take…

The Shops at Wailea welcomes kumu hula, Nāpua Greig and 30 dancers from Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka, for a special holiday performance for Concerts at The Shops on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 at 5:30 p.m.