
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
