Narrator: Pau Hana Years.

A new day for older Americans.

A time for living.

Your hostess, Charlotte Simmons.

Charlotte Simmons: Welcome to Pau Hana Years.

This week we continue the 16th annual Merrie Monarch Festival and its tribute to hula master and chanter Henry Moikehaokahiki Pa. We now present the first half of the hula ʻauana competition here at Hoʻolulu Tennis Stadium in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

(singing and chanting in Hawaiian as various hula hālau and individual dancers perform with occasional cheering and applause) ʻO Hanalei e kuʻu aloha Ka nani aʻo Hanalei Hoʻohihi ana ʻoe i kuʻu aloha lā E, e, e Hanalei no e ka ʻoi Hoʻohihi hoʻi koʻu manaʻo Ka nani aʻo Hanalei E pakika e paheʻe E, e, e, Ka limu o Manuʻakepa Hanohano Hanalei I ka ua nui ʻana la A me ka wailele aʻo Molokama E, e, e Ka makani ʻApaʻapaʻa Haʻina mai ka puana Ka nani aʻo Hanalei Hoʻohihi ana ʻoe i kuʻu aloha lā E, e, e Hanalei no e ka ʻoi Haʻina mai ka puana Ka nani aʻo Hanalei Hoʻohihi ana ʻoe i kuʻu aloha lā E, e, e Hanalei no e ka Hanalei no e ka Hanalei no e ka ʻoi Ka nani aʻo Hanalei Ka nani aʻo Hanalei Ku’u aloha o Hanalei E, e, e. Cheering and applause.

Charlotte Simmons: And that’s Pau Hana Years for today.

The first part of the 16th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula ʻauana competition at Hoʻolulu Tennis Stadium in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

Singing under credits: Hanalei Hoʻohihi ana ʻoe i kuʻu aloha la E, e, e Hanalei no e ka ʻoi Haʻina mai ka puana Ka nani aʻo Hanalei Hoʻohihi ana ʻoe i kuʻu aloha lā E, e, e