12/29/23
We welcomed the Nā Koa Aliʻi Hawaiʻi All State Band at Bandfest 2023! This is a Tournament of Roses event showcasing all of the marching bands that will be participating in the Rose Parade. This was a special performance as this year is Nā Koa Aliʻi’s first time back to Pasadena since their COVID-19 hiatus as well as having Lahāina residents as band members. As the fires are still fresh in their minds, our small welcome performance spoke of hope, home and an honoring of Maui and all her splendor. Maui strong!
10/28/23
What an incredible, moving and memorable week. Kumu Nani and Poʻo Puaʻa Kainani were invited to participate in the welcome ceremony to bring in the waʻa Hōkūleʻa into port in Marina Del Rey for this leg of her Moananuiākea journey. Sailing her way down the West Coast all the way from Alaska, this is the first time she has been to California for 28 years. After this welcome, we brought the hālau to tour the waʻa and get to know, in a small way, one of the most iconic pieces of Hawaiian history revival. We closed out the week with a performance at the mini-festival celebrating her presence in Southern California. In addition to our papa hula, our Papa ʻUkulele was entertaining the tour lines waiting to board the waʻa and was given an impromptu hana hou on stage. These were the experiences of a lifetime – who knows the next time Hōkūleʻa will come into port in California again.
08/01/23
Mahalo to everyone that has decided to join our hula ʻohana this year! Open enrollment is now closed and this waʻa is going to take off from shore until we welcome our new Papa Liko & Papa Lehua back home at their Hoʻopuka, graduation ceremony.
06/24/23
We are happy to announce that Open Enrollment will be occurring on June 24, 2023 at 10 AM! The session will be held live at the hālau and last 30-45 minutes. Please head over to our “Interested in Joining?” questionnaire under “Contact Us” so that we can get to know a little bit more about you and we can reach out with more information. For keiki (children), our standard starting age is minimum of 4 years old. However, if your keiki is a touch younger but as a good attention span, Kumu will determine if he/she can join that year. There is no upper limit for our adults! As long as you can move and have a love of the Hawaiian culture, we would love to have you. Hope to see you there!
New classes begin on Saturday, July 8th!!
06/10/23
Whew! Hōʻike 2023 is in the books! Mahalo to all of you who came out to support us on a beautiful day! It was incredibly heart-warming to see the joy and laughter on everyone’s faces. Mahalo to Congresswoman Judy Chu, Assemblymember Mike Fong, Monterey Park Mayor Jose Sanchez, Monterey Park City Councilmembers Henry Lo and Thomas Wong, and Alhambra City Councilmember Katherine Lee for your attendance at our event. It was an honor to be able to share our Hawaiian culture with you. Our music was beautiful, led by the gorgeous vocals and ʻukulele of ʻAolani, guitar and vocals by Uncle Bobby Naluai and bass by Carrie Abe.
05/13/23
Hoʻomaikaʻi to our brand new graduating class of 2023! This was a fun-filled day of hula, ʻohana and aloha. We welcomed 6 new Papa Liko keiki, 9 Papa Lehua Makanoe ʻŌpio & 12 Papa Lehua Adults. Your waʻa came home with a flourish and into welcome arms. From here we imua!
07/21/22
The 6th annual Hula Hiehie O Nā Kūpuna Festival is coming up on 08/27! We love spoiling our kupuna with their day of pampering for this festival. Save the date to watch these beautiful ladies perform in the showcase portion of this event. For more information, head to https://www.kahulaoaulani.com/events
07/18/22
Hoʻolauleʻa was a blast! It was wonderful getting together with the Hawaiian community once again. One of the biggest events in Southern California, we were blessed to be a part of it with so many other wonderful hālau and Hawaiian performers. We can’t wait for next year!
06/25/22
Mahalo to everyone who attended our Open Enrollment session. It was wonderful meeting all of you! Enrollment will be open through the month of July so please fill out a questionnaire here at www.hulamoani.com/join-us and come check us out if you are at all interested! Beginning keiki classes (Papa Liko) will be on Saturdays, 9:00 – 9:45 AM, beginning ʻōpio classes (Papa Lehua Makanoe, ages ~9-12) on Tuesdays, 5:30 – 6:30 PM, and beginning adult classes (ages 13+, Papa Lehua) on Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7:30 PM. And don’t forget about ʻukulele! Beginning keiki ʻukulele will be on Saturdays, 9:30 – 10:00 AM and beginning adult ʻukulele on Saturdays, 12:15 – 1:00 PM. Papa Liko began on Saturday 07/09, Papa Lehua Makanoe and Papa Lehua will begin on Tuesday 07/12 and beginning ʻukulele on Saturday 07/16. Don’t be shy and come on by!
06/14/22
We are happy to announce that Open Enrollment will be occurring on June 25, 2022 at 10 AM! The session will be held live at the hālau and last 30-45 minutes. Please head over to our “Interested in Joining?” questionnaire under “Contact Us” so that we can get to know a little bit more about you and we can reach out with more information. For keiki (children), our standard starting age is minimum of 4 years old. However, if your keiki is a touch younger but as a good attention span, Kumu will determine if he/she can join that year. There is no upper limit for our adults! As long as you can move and have a love of the Hawaiian culture, we would love to have you. Hope to see you there!!
06/12/22
Hōʻike 2022 is in the books! After a two year hiatus, it was wonderful being able to gather as a hālau on the stage and present our gift of hula to our ʻohana and friends. We had three years’ worth of new classes that had never experienced a full blown Hōʻike! Seeing them experience it all for the first time was truly a joy and we had a blast both backstage and performing. Mahalo to everyone that came out to support – we couldn’t do any of this without you. Already looking forward to E Hula Kākou 2023!
05/20/22
Hōʻike is coming up on June 11th 2022!! We will finally be back with our annual recital to showcase what we have accomplished over the past two years. Going through a majority of 2020 and 2021 via Zoom and missing both Hōʻike, we are antsy to get back on the stage. For our graduating classes for both years, this will be their first public performance! For those of you interested in joining, this is a wonderful way to see how our productions come to fruition. Please head over to the event page for additional information and ticket requests!