2023 Festival 1

The festival featured steel guitar masters Alan Akaka, Steve Cheney, Kapono Lopes, Mālie Lyman, Paul Kim, and Greg Sardinha. Also featured were NextGen steel guitarists Hi‘ipoi Lindsay, Enosa Lyman, Tai Misailidis, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Isabella Bertelmann, Pono Fernandez, and Joey Misailidis.

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• Emcee Addison Ching.
• Featured steel guitarist Steve Cheney.
• Backup musician Helene Woodward on upright bass.
• Steve Cheney with Helene Woodward, Alan Akaka, and Kaipo Asing.
• Livestream engineer Chris Febo from Hawaii Tech Services LLC.
• Sound engineer Joe Dollinger.
• The steel guitar hands-on experience was conducted by Claude Kutaka.
• Steve Cheney.
• Backup musician Kaipo Asing on guitar.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Makamae Lyu-Napoleon with Alan Akaka.
• Makamae Luy-Napoleon.
• NextGen steel guitarists Makamae Lyu-Napoleon and Isabella Bertelmann.
• Makamae and Isabella performing a steel guitar duet.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Isabella Bertelmann.
• Featured steel guitarist Kapono Lopes.
• Kapono Lopes with Alan Akaka.
• Kapono Lopes.
• Makamae danced a hula during Kapono's set.
• Kapono with Alan Akaka and Kaipo Asing.
• Featured steel guitarist Greg Sardinha with Kata Maduli on bass.
• Kata Maduli.
• Greg Sardinha.
• Greg with his group Poʻokela - Darrell Aquino on guitar and Kata Maduli on bass.
• Darrell Aquino.
• Greg Sardinha with Kata Maduli.
• Darrell, Greg, and Kata.
• Kata Maduli.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Tai Misailidis.
• Tai Misailidis.
• Tai with Alan Akaka.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Joey Misailidis.
• Joey with Tai on U-bass and Alan on ʻukulele.
• Helene Woodward, Tai Misailidis, Alan Akaka, Joey Misailidis, and Kaipo Asing.

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Photography by Don Rostow ©2023 by Don Rostow and HIMELE.