ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
ON THIS DAY, I GOT TO VISIT MY AWESOME COACH ANGELA!!!
I JUST LOVE HER BECAUSE SHE'S AN AMAZING WOMAN WHO KEEPS FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT, A "GASTROPARESIS" FIGHTER!!!
I'M GLAD SHE'S FEELING MUCH BETTER AND I GOT A "V.I.P." TREATMENT TOO... LOL!!! I GOT TO A PEEK AT HER NEW PIYO EXERCISE ROUTINE CALLED "FLOW" AND ITS PRETTY COOL... AND SHE GOT "KILLER ABS" TOO!!!
MY VISIT WAS SHORT AS I HAD OTHER ERRANDS TO DO!!!
ALOHA A HUI HOU, COACH... SEE YOU IN 6 WEEKS WHEN I RETURN!!!
AFTER FINISHING UP MY ERRANDS, IT WAS TIME TO EAT!!!
THIS WAS MY PICK... "GRILLED ONO" WITH SPICY CRAB SALAD AND POKE ON THE SIDE!!!
AFTER LUNCH... I HEADED BACK TO HILO FOR ANOTHER "MERRIE MONARCH" EVENT... "MISS ALOHA HULA" COMPETITION!!!
MY EYES WAS ON,
KAYSHLYN KEAULI'IMAILANI VICTORIA DE SA
HALAU: HALAU O KA UA KANILEHUA
KUMU HULA: JOHNNY LUM HO
SHE CAME IN 5TH PLACE AND THAT WAS OKAY WITH ME!!!
WE HAD THE LIBERTY TO WATCH IT AT THE HILO HAWAIIAN "WAI'OLI LOUNGE" WITH YUMMY DRINKS AND FOODS!!!
CLOCKWISE: LI HINH TAI, SADDLE ROAD SUNSET, BAKED FRIES, DEEP FRIED POKE BALLS
EVERYTHING WAS SUPER ONOLICIOUS!!!
WE ALSO GOT TO CHECK OUT THE NEWLY RENOVATED "NANILOA HOTEL".
LOKELANI & INI
THEY ARE STILL RENOVATING AND IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR!!!
NEXT STOP...
"E KOMO MAI LOUNGE"
LOCAL PEOPLE, LOCAL FOODS, LOCAL DRINKS, KARAOKE...
AND I GOT TO HANG OUT WITH MY UNCLE MEL!!!
AND THAT SUMS UP MY "ALOHA THURSDAY!!!"
ITS "ALOHA FRIDAY" AND NOW ITS TIME FOR SOME SERIOUS HULA COMPETITION AND TONIGHT IS THE "KAHIKO" DIVISION WHICH IS "ANCIENT HULA".
I'M SO READY FOR THIS!!!
THE STADIUM IS FILLING UP FAST!!!
THE MERRIE MONARCH ROYAL COURT HAS ARRIVED!!!
AND NOW THE COMPETITION BEGINS!!!
THE NEXT FEW PICS BELOW IS MY FAVORITE HULA HALAU:
HALAU: HALAU O KA UA KANILEHUA
KUMU HULA: JOHNNY LUM HO
CLICK ON THE LINK FOR THE FULL VIDEO, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED:
HERE I AM... SO EMOTIONALLY MOVED AND I WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE THEY ARE THAT GOOD AND THEY STOLE THE NIGHT AWAY AND IT RAINED OUTSIDE WHICH ONLY UNCLE JOHHNY LUM HO CAN DO!!!
IT WAS A FULL STANDING OVATION!!!
MORE PICTURES TAKEN BY PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS!!!
ENJOY!!!
I AM SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS AMAZING EVENT AND ITS NOT VERY EASY TO GET IN TO THE MERRIE MONARCH BECAUSE OF LIMITED TICKETS THAT SELLS OUT IN MINUTES AFTER IT OPENS UP FOR APPLICATION SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER.
A HUGE "MAHALO" FROM ME TO ALL OF THE HULA COMPETITORS AND TO THOSE WHO CONTINUES TO MAKE THE MERRIE MONARCH POSSIBLE... 53 YEARS AND STILL GOING!!!
NEXT STOP...
E KOMO MAI LOUNGE... HANA HOU!!!
I LOVE MY GUINESS STOUT BEERS!!!
AND THE FREE GRINDS THAT COMES WITH IT!!!
INI, CHRIS, LOKELANI
EMCEE AND STORY TELLER, CHRIS FOR KUMU LUM HO'S HULA PERFORMANCE!!!
THIS GUY IS AWESOME AND SUPER FUN TO HANG OUT WITH!!!
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY ALOHA FRIDAY AND HULA KAHIKO COMPETITION NIGHT!!!
OH AND ONE MORE THING... KUMU LUM HO'S HALAU TOOK 1ST PLACE IN THE WAHINE KAHIKO HULA DIVISION!!!
CHEEE... HUUU!!!
MORE TO COME... STAY TUNED!!!
AWWWRITE!!!
WAIPA
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