Hula Kahiko ft. Nā Kumu Hula Kaʻea Lyons & Lily Kahelelani Lyons Dudiot with Hālau Ka’eaikahelelani

Hula Kahiko ft. Nā Kumu Hula Kaʻea Lyons & Lily Kahelelani Lyons Dudiot with Hālau Ka’eaikahelelani

Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 10:30am

Featuring Nā Kumu Hula Ka’ea Lyons & Lily Kahelelani Lyons with Hālau Kaʻeaikahelelani

This presentation is part of a year-round series sponsored by VAC at the Pa Hula (hula platform) near the Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.  This month features Hālau Kaʻeaikahelelani under the direction of Nā Kumu Hula Kaʻea Lyons and Lily Lyons.

Founded in November 2015, Hālau Ka’eaikahelelani is a school of Hawaiian Culture, based on the Kona side of Hawaiʻi island.  Rooted in the foundation of ALOHA, students learn the fundamental cultural teachings through the lifestyle of hula, language, music and arts, by connecting to the land, the people, the place and the community. By bringing families together through their desire to learn and live with a cultural foundation, hula blesses all – the dancers, the families, the communities.  

Both Ka’ea Lyons and Lily Kahelelani Lyons are native residents of Kalaoa, Kona.  Kaʻea and Lily come from a family of hula dancers and musicians and are proud to have the opportunity to carry on this legacy that was gifted to them by their mother Sally Alohikea-Toko.  As students of Hālau Nā Lei ‘O Kaholokū, under the direction of Kumu Hula Nani Lim Yap and Leialoha Amina, they participated in the annual Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, traveled to Japan, New Zealand, Tahiti, Taiwan and all across the U.S.

This presentation will be presented authentically in an outdoor setting, rain or shine without electronic amplification. Audience members are encouraged to bring sun/rain gear and sitting mats.

These free events are supported in part by a grant from the County of Hawaiʻi Department of Research and Development and the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority and individual funding from members of the Volcano Art Center’s ʻohana.