The 20th Annual World Invitational Hula Festival Relocated to the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawai'i November 10th through the 12th 2011 Ticket Information HERE

Open letter to President Barack Obama

World Invitational Hula Festival Celebrates Its Twentieth Anniversary

    E Ho'i Mai I Ka Piko Hula has grown over the past years in its efforts to bring a stronger understanding of our unique culture through the art of HULA to the world. To this end we are well pleased with the fact that our efforts to educate as well as entertain have been successful in that we have had thousands of contacts from the world over asking for information, where they can get in contact with halau in their area and the fact that we include many items of interest about things Hawaiian that do not necessarily concentrate on HULA. We publish a program book that is sent to libraries here and abroad and hope to expand further on this unique publication.

   Our participants over the span of years have come from the following places.  Those from Hawai'i have come from Oahu, Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i, Kaua'i, and Hawai'i. One of our language judges is from Ni'ihau!

   Participants from afar have come from Canada, Mexico, Germany, New Zealand, American Samoa, Colombia, France, The Phillipines, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Guam, The Netherlands, Mariana Islands, India, Africa, Okinawa, Korea, Easter Islandd, Western Samoa, and Iran.

   Those representing the USA have come from California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Washington DC, Texas, New York, Alaska, Virginia, Rhode Island, Washington State, Nevada, and Colorado.

   We are grateful for their attendance and they are, in turn, grateful for their splendid experiences here in Hawai'i. We have many workshop offerings as well that include one hundred and sixteen topics on all things Hawaiian and we hope to expand this program in the future. Being the most isolated civilization on the planet, the Hawaiians have a great deal of knowledge regarding all things pertaining to nature and to survival and have proven themselves by creating a sustainable culture that stresses the living feeling of ALOHA!

Achievement awards are given in fourteen categories.

The 2010 results can be found here.

Workshops are available and a special Ho'olana Hula Workshop is conducted at the Kamehameha Schools the Sunday before the performances for all judges and participants. Together, the openning ceremonies are created in a spirit of comraderie, cooperation, and fun.