2018 Festival 1

The festival featured Next Generation steel guitar players from Alan Akaka's Ke Kula Mele Hawaii School of Hawaiian Music and steel guitar masters Alan Akaka with The Islanders, Alexis Tolentino, Isaac Akuna, Bobby Ingano and the Bobby Ingano Trio, Steve Cheney, Greg Sardinha and Po'okela, and Paul Kim and the Waimanalo Sunset Band.

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• Ron and Andrea Tolentino.
• Larry and Shirley Holu with a guest.
• Andrea Tolentino.
• Bobby Ingano and Alexis Tolentino.
• Alexis Tolentino.
• Alexis Tolentino with Ron Tolentino, Bobby Ingano, and Alan Akaka.
• Ronald Tolentino and Bobby Ingano provided backup for Alexis.
• Photographer Arnie Warshawsky and others.
• Alan Akaka provided guitar backup for Steve Cheney.
• Featured steel guitarist Steve Cheney.
• Steve Cheney with Adam Asing, Kaipo Asing, and Alan Akaka.
• Bassist Adam Asing provided backup.
• Guitarist Kaipo Asing provided backup.
• A festival guest learns about the Hawaiian steel guitar from Bob Beard.
• Featured steel guitarist Alan Akaka.
• Alan Akaka and The Islanders (Adam and Kaipo Asing) with Bobby Ingano.
• Ron Tolentino with aunt Dee Hansen.
• Featured steel guitarist Bobby Ingano.
• The Bobby Ingano Trio (Adam and Kaipo Asing) with Alan Akaka.
• A couple dances as Bobby Ingano plays Sleepwalk.
• Next Generation steel guitarists and musicians. From left: Tai Misailidis, Pono Fernandez, Mālie Lyman, Joey Misailidis, Alexis Tolentino, and Alan Akaka.
• Featured Next Generation steel guitarist Pono Fernandez.
• Featured Next Generation U-bass player Tai Misailidis.
• Featured Next Generation steel guitarist Joey Misailidis.
• Featured Next Generation steel guitarist Mālie Lyman.

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