Miss Aloha Hula 2011 Farewell Performance

February 1, 2022 7:55 AM

Miss Aloha Hula 2011 Farewell Performance

(the original thread, now a deadlink)

posted by dhruva (9 comments total)

I missed this before and I appreciate the post. That was lovely and calm and happy all at the same time.
posted by agatha_magatha at 9:16 AM on February 1, 2022 [2 favorites]

Gorgeous!
posted by BlahLaLa at 9:26 AM on February 1, 2022

She pretty.
posted by Czjewel at 9:26 AM on February 1, 2022

Oh this is lovely!
posted by mochapickle at 10:34 AM on February 1, 2022

I dig the portraits of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani in the background
posted by thecjm at 11:21 AM on February 1, 2022

How relaxing to watch this was! Lovely dancers. Thanks for posting this, dhruva.
posted by lhauser at 1:00 PM on February 1, 2022

In a word...
posted by y2karl at 3:16 PM on February 1, 2022

I was there that night. I did not understand what I was seeing. Thanks for giving me another chance with a decade more in the bank.
posted by minedev at 7:57 PM on February 1, 2022 [2 favorites]

All three of them are from the same hālau, Hālau Ke‘alaokamaile . The wahine on the right was a previous Miss Aloha Hula, Cherissa Kane (2009) and the wahine on the left is Oralani Koa, third runner up Miss Aloha Hula (2010). Here is Cherissa Kane's hula kahiko from 2009, her winning year. You can see them all dancing together in a hula kahiko in the 2010 Merrie Monarch.
posted by divinitys.mortal.flesh at 10:05 PM on February 1, 2022 [2 favorites]