2019 Festival 1

The festival featured NextGen steel guitar players from Alan Akaka's Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music and steel guitar masters Alan Akaka with The Islanders, 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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• Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival banner #1.
• Shirley Holu with Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival banner #2.
• Paul Kim and the Waimanalo Sunset Band.
• Alan Akaka was the festival emcee.
• Manuwai Mejia, Lanakila Makua, Keao Kamalani, and Paul Kim.
• Manuwai Mejia.
• Lanakila Makua.
• Featured steel guitarist Paul Kim.
• Keao Kamalani.
• Kathleen and James Mattern from Oregon.
• The festival poster at Windward Mall.
• Featured steel guitarist Steve Cheney with Adam Asing and Kaipo Asing.
• Bass player Adam Asing.
• Steve Cheney.
• Guitarist Kaipo Asing.
• A view of the audience.
• Scotty Wong's live stream control panel.
• Live stream remote camera #1.
• Live stream remote camera #2.
• The live stream camera setup.
• Featured steel guitarist Alan Akaka.
• Alan Akaka and The Islanders.
• Guest fiddle player Mark Gaponoff.

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