He mau ʻahamele hoʻoulu kālā ke hiki mai ana.
ʻO aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 16 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Ua kāpae ʻia akula nā hoʻokūkū pōpō pekupeku mua o ke kikina o nā kula kiʻekiʻe ma Maui i ka hopena pule nei. Wahi a ke kumu pōpō peku Dean Rickard, ua mākaukau nā haumāna e hoʻi hou i ka pāʻani, a pīhoihoi nō hoʻi nā mākua, a ke kali iho nei nā kumu pōpō pekupeku ʻo ka haʻi ʻia mai e holo mua. Ua nui nā pōʻino e ʻike ʻia nei. Wahi a Kaulana Tihada, kekahi mea pāʻani pōpō peku o Lāhaināluna, ʻo ka hapanui o nā mea pāʻani, noho ma ka huli o Wahikuli, a he 60 a ke 70 pākeneka o lākou, ua pau ko lākou mau hale i ke ahi, a pēlā nō hoʻi ka hapalua like o nā kumu pōpō peku. A ke hoʻomanawanui nei lākou i kēlā me kēia lā. I ka makahiki 2016, lilo aku nei ka inoa moho kinipōpō pekupeku iā Lāhaināluna ma ka Māhele II, a pēlā nō hoʻi me nā makahiki ʻekolu ma ia hope mai. A i ka makahiki 2021, ma ka Māhele I, ua eo ihola iā ʻIolani ma ka hoʻokūkū inoa moho.
He mau ʻahamele hoʻoulu kālā ke mālama ʻia aku ana no ka pono o nā kānaka o Maui i loʻohia ma muli o ke ahi. I kēia Pōʻaono, e mālama ʻia ana ka ʻAhamele ʻo Wiwoʻole Maui ma ke kahua o ka Grand Wailea Maui. E hoʻomaka ana i ka hapalua hola ʻumi kumamālua o ke awakea a e pau ana i ka hapalua hola ʻekolu. A e hoʻolele ʻia ana nō ma ka pūnaewele, ma kaainamomona.org ma ia mau hola like a puni ka honua.ʻO nā puʻukani, ʻo Kalani Peʻa, ʻo Amy Hānaialiʻi, ʻo Kamaka Kūkona, ʻo Raiatea Helm, ʻo Cody, Pueo Pata, ʻo Hoaka, ʻo Kānekoa, ʻo Kimie Miner, ʻo Kūikawā, ʻo Piʻilani Arias a me Waiolohia. A he mau hālau hula kekahi, ʻo ia ʻo Hālau o Ka Hanu Lehua, Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi, a me ka Halau Nā Lei Kaumaka o Uka.
A ma ka lā ʻewalu me ʻeiwa o Kepakemapa, e mālama ʻia ana nā ʻahamele o Jake Shimabukuro, ka Hana Hou Music Festival, ma ka Hale Hana Keaka ʻo Hawaiʻi. E hoʻomaka ana i ka hapalua hola ʻehiku ma ia mau pō ʻelua, a e hoʻolele ʻia nō ma ka pūnaewele ma ia wā like ma hanahoufest.com a me hawaiitheatre.com. A e hāʻawi ʻia ana nā pōmaikaʻi e loaʻa ana i ka Waihona Maui Strong o ke Kahua Kaiāulu Hawaiʻi. I ka lā 8, e komo pū ana ʻo Mick Fleetwood, ʻo Nā Jets, ʻo Pure Heart, ʻo Raiatea Helm, ʻo Kawika Kahiapo a me Jeff Peterson. A i kā lā 9, ʻo Fleetwood, ʻo Keiko Matsui, ʻo Girl Named Tom, ʻo Connor Johnson, ʻo Kimie Miner, ʻo Brother Noland a me Mark Yamanaka.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Ka ipukukui pio ʻole i ke Kauaʻula.
He ʻōlelo hoʻoheno no ke Kula ʻo Lāhaināluna.
Ke Aolama 