Kau ana ʻo Piʻikea Lopes i ka hano hāweo.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 22 o ʻApelila, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
ʻO Piʻikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekauʻōnohi Lopes ka Miki Aloha Hula. He mea hula ʻo ia no Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, a ʻo kona mau mākua nā kumu hula, ʻo Tracie lāua ʻo Keawe Lopes. A ʻo ka ʻolu o ke kino i ka hula, he welo paha ia no ia ʻohana. ʻO ka makuahine, ʻo Tracie nō kekahi i lilo, ʻo ia ka Miki Aloha Hula o ka makahiki 1994. Ua lilo nō hoʻi ka Makana ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi iā Piʻikea, a ʻo ka nui o kāna mau ʻai he 50, ka palena nui o nā ʻai. Hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe, e Piʻikea. A ma ke kūlana ʻelua, ʻo Auliʻionāpualokekūonaona Jon-Marie Hisayo Faurot o ka Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela. A ma ke kūlana ʻekolu, ʻo Marina Laʻakea Choi o ka Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua. A ma ke kūlana ʻehā, ʻo Manaia Kawaipuamakanakauʻikawēkiumekanoe-uʻiokeolamaikalaniākea Dalire Moe o Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea. A ma ke kūlana ʻelima, ʻo Kyleigh Hōkūao Manuel-Sagon o ka Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi.
Hopu ʻia aku nei kekahi kanaka i ka pō Pōʻalua nei no ka hoʻohuoi ʻia, ua pepehi aku nei ʻo ia i kona makuahine a make ma ke Alaloa ʻo Farrington. ʻO Joshua N. McPeek ka inoa o ua kanaka lā. A he ʻumi kūmāiwa ona makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo aʻela ka Lukānela Deena Thoemmes o ke Keʻena Mākaʻi o Honolulu, e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana ka mea i hoʻohuoi ʻia a me ka luaahi ma mua o ka pepehi ʻana. A ʻōlelo ʻia nō hoʻi e ka mākaʻi, kohu mea lā, me ka lima nō i pepehi aku ai ʻo McPeek, ʻaʻohe wahi mea a hoʻohana ʻia o ka mea hōʻeha. I ka wā i hopu ʻia ai ʻo McPeek, haʻi akula ʻo ia i nā mākaʻi, ʻaʻohe ona hoʻomaopopo iki i ka limanui ʻana i kona makuahine.
Ma ka puni mua o ka Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho Pōpō Paʻipaʻi o ka ʻAhahui Komohana Nui, lanakila aku nei ʻo Irvine ma luna o Kāna Kieko ma loko o nā pāʻani ʻekolu wale nō. A no laila, e holomua ana ʻo Irvine i ka puni ʻelua, kahi e kūʻē aku ana iā Kekaha Loa. A ma hope o ka pāʻani hahana ʻana, e holomua ana ʻo Kāna Palapala i ka puni ʻelua, kahi e kūʻē mai ana iā Hawaiʻi. A ʻo nā lanakila ʻelua, e ʻāʻumeʻume ana ma ka puni inoa moho ma ka Pōʻaono.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
He ipu hoʻoilina mai nā kūpuna mai.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ka pūʻao.
Ke Aolama 