Behind the Scenes

Various pictures of festival activities throughout the week.

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• Next Generation musicians Mālie, Joey, Tai, and Pono and Iosepa help clean and polish the steel guitars for the festival exhibit.
• Mālie prepares to polish a Rickenbacher bakelite steel guitar. Joey is working on a frypan and Tai is working on the Asher Electro-Hawaiian. Also in picture: Larry Holu, Pono and Iosepa.
• Tai works diligently as she cleans the Asherʻs pickup.
• Mālie puts the finishing touches on the Bakelite.
• The Ke Kula Mele Next Gen performers with Alan Akaka and Addison Ching. Photo by Sharon Ching.
• Adam Asing attacking his shave ice.
• Larry Holu, Alan Akaka and Kaipo Asing in Helumoa Hale.
• Larry Holu in the steel guitar exhibit.
• Alan Akaka and Adam Asing and the shave ice.
• The steel guitar display including the floor console models.The Mayoral Proclamation is on the table easel on the left.
• Larry Holu demonstrates the steel guitar to festival guests.
• Larry Holu shows Alya-Joy Kanehailua how to position the bar.
• Ayla tries her hand at the steel guitar.
• Remotely-controlled live-steaming cameras.
• Larry Holu shows a guest the use of finger picks as Adam Asing looks on.
• Harry B. Soria, Jr., tries out the steel. Also shown: Camille Miske (Harry B.ʻs sister), Don Touchi, Alan Akaka, Dr. Michiko Akaka, and Tadashi Arakawa.
• Greg Sardinha and Poʻokela (Kata Maduli and Zach Castro).
• Some of the audience at Tuesdayʻs evening presentation with Scott Furushima.
• The steel guitar exhibit and hands-on demonstrations in Helumoa Hale.
• Alexis and Andrea Tolentino.
• Alexis assists with the hands-on demos.
• A festival guest tries out the steel guitar as Alexis observes.
• Alexis is pleased with the guests' adaptation to the instrument.
• Vickie Van Fechtmann makes a point while another guest engages Greg Sardinha as Greg sets up for his performance.
• Greg Sardinha preparing for his performance.
• One of Greg's bars is made from a used CO2 cartridge. Greg claims this bar has no sustatin at all.
• Scotty Wong of Huana Productions LLC at the live-streaming control position.

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Photography by Addison Ching unless otherwise noted. All photos ©2018 by HIMELE.