To you, our guests – ʻohana and friends – for your support and for spending your time with us today

Kumu Keith, Kumu Pōmaikaʻi, and Aunty Cathy for an amzing year and for continuously sharing your knowledge, aloha, and manaʻo with us, teaching us, traveling to us, and spending your time with us. We are so thankful to have you in our lives and love you very much!

Our amazing hālau staff – alakaʻi, ukulele instructors, and administration

Our wonderful and talented hālau musicians who provide us with beautiful, harmonious music; joining us today for our 2023 Hoʻolauleʻa are Jim Mihori (Lead Musician), Wendell Yee, Glen Hirabayashi, and Irv Queja

David “Kawika” Fiely for sharing his kī hoʻalu artistry and talents by providing music in the lobby

Lyle Spain, our Sound Director

The Lighting technicians

Our photographers, Annie Nguyen and Mark Anthony

Nicholas Kaupili Waltrip (“Junior”) for managing the video camera

Heather Hong-Fong, Hawaiʻi State Society of Washington D.C. 2023 Cherry Blossom Princess, for joining us and volunteering her time with us today

Toni Essex of Arlington County through the Arlington Cultural Affairs division of Arlington Economic Development

The Arlington Commission for the Arts

Arlington County staff

All of our hard-working volunteers and ʻohana who helped us make our 2023 Hoʻolauleʻa possible

All of our donors for their generous contributions to our Silent Auction

Gunston Theater One & Gunston Middle School for allowing us to use the space