Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival Part 2

The 15^th Annual Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival was held on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The first segment began at 11:00 AM and featured steel guitarists Steve Cheney, Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz from Maui, Greg Sardinha & Po‘okela, Johnny Crash from Santos (São Paulo) Brazil, Christo Ruppenthal from Madison, Wisconsin, and Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi from Tokyo, Japan. The second segment began at 4:00 PM and featured Masami Sato and Makana from Japan, Bobby Ingano, Mālie Lyman, and Alan Akaka. Emcee was Kimo Kahoano.

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• Makana: Kazuko Tanaka, Michiko Makiuchi, Toshiko Konno, Masami Sato, Ayumi Kato, and Kazuko Ishii.
• Masami Ssato and Ayumi Kato.
• Masami Sato, Ayumi Kato, and Kazuko Ishii.
• Makana steel guitarist Kazuko Tanaka.
• Ayumi Kato and Kazuko Ishii.
• Ayumi Kato.
• Michiko Makiuchi and Toshiko Konno.
• Michiko Makiuchi.
• Michiko Makiuchi.
• Emcee Kimo Kahoano.
• Featured steel guitarist Bobby Ingano with Bill Rhyne.
• David Woodward.
• Bobby Ingano with Helene Woodward, Kaipo Asing, Bill Rhyne, and David Woodward.
• Helene Woodward and Kaipo Asing.
• Bobby Ingano and David Woodward.
• Helene Woodward, Kaipo Asing, Bill Rhyne, Bobby Ingano, and David Woodward.
• Some of the festival guests.
• Featured steel guitarist Mālie Lyman with David Woodward.
• Mālie Lyman with Bill Rhyne and David Woodward.
• Kaipo Asing, Bill Rhyne, Mālie Lyman, and David Woodward.
• Helene Woodward, Kaipo Asing, Bill Rhyne, Mālie Lyman, and David Woodward.
• Featured steel guiitarist Alan Akaka with Helene Woodward, Kaipo Asing, Bill Rhyne, and David Woodward.
• Alan Akaka with Bill Rhyne.
• Kimo Kahoano interviews NextGEN steel guitarist Isaac Woodward.
• Kimo Kahoano shares a song.
• Helene Woodward.
• Kaipo Asing and Alan Akaka.
• Helene Woodwawrd, Kaipo Asing, Alan Akaka, Bill Rhyne, and David Woodward.
• Bill Rhyne and David Woodward.
• Bill Rhyne.
• NextGEN steel guitarist Isaac Woodward.
• Isaac Woodward with Helene Woodward, Kaipo Asing, Alan Akaka, Bill Rhyne, and David Woodward.
• Isaac Woodward.

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