Leimomi Ho is a Kumu Hula of Kealiʻika’apunihonua Keʻena  Aʻo Hula established in March 1984 to perpetuate the legacy and traditions of her Kumu, Victoria Kealiʻikaʻapunihonua Iʻi Rodrigue. Her hālau has won numerous awards at Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, Hula ʻOni E, Kauaʻi Mokihana Festival, King Kamehameha Hula Competition, Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition and this, the Iā ʻOe E Ka Lā Hula Competition and Festival. Teaching Hawaiian chant and dance at Kapiʻolani Community College for 23 years, she continues to share her knowledge and manaʻo as a judge and also at numerous workshops throughout Hawaiʻi, the US Mainland and Japan. 

Ainsley K Halemanu is a Kumu Hula, Musician, ʻŌlelo Makuahine, Composer, and Mentor of Hawaiian Cultural & Arts. He serves as the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi judge this year.

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She is an accomplished dancer blessed to have been awarded the titles of Miss Hula Pākahi, Miss E Hoʻi Mai I Ka Piko Hula, and in 1994, Miss Aloha Hula at the Merrie Monarch Festival. She also received 1st place chant awards at the Kamehameha Day Competition. In 2005, Tracie and Keawe founded their hālau, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, continuing the traditions of kumu O’Brian Eselu, Thaddius Wilson, Kimo Alama Keaulana, Johnette Keawehawaiʻi, Mapuana Yasue and Flo Koanui.

Keawe Lopes has over 20 years of experience teaching hula, competing in hula competitions and performing in theaters. He is an educator and practitioner of the Hawaiian language and culture. Keawe has taught at the University of Hawai‘I at Mānoa for over 17 years and is presently an assistant professor at Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language. Together with his wife, Tracie Lopes, the duo works as co-kumu hula for their hālau, Hālau Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e.

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