Awards & Trophies KEIKI HULA
KEIKI HULA Competition Emcees
Lacy Deniz
Lacy Deniz is an award-winning journalist from the island of Hawai‘i. From red carpets to red dirt roads, this local girl has had the privilege of covering a wide variety of stories while working at Hawai‘i News Now, the affiliate station of CBS and NBC. She’s earned some of journalism’s highest
honors including an Emmy® and Regional Edward R. Murrow Award. She’s also garnered recognition from The President’s Volunteer Service Award for her work in the community. The Kamehameha Schools-Kapālama graduate earned an associate degree from Hawaiʻi Community College and was later chosen as their Alumna of the Year. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in both journalism and communications from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She is a proud haumāna of Kumu Hula Etua Lopes and Hālau Hula Nā Pua U‘i ‘O Hawai‘i.
2024 Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition Awards
MISS KEIKI HULA MASTER KEIKI HULA 1st - 5th Places
Kaipo Leopoldino
KAIKAMĀHINE - HULA KAHIKO KAIKAMĀHINE - HULA ʻAUANA 1st - 5th Places KEIKIKĀNE - HULA KAHIKO KEIKIKĀNE - HULA ʻAUANA 1st - 5th Places HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AWARD Mary Kawena Pukui Hawaiian Language Perpetual Trophy KAIKAMĀHINE OVERALL WINNER Pat Namaka Bacon Overall Perpetual Trophy KEIKIKĀNE OVERALL WINNER Wendell Kalanikapuaenui Silva Overall Perpetual Trophy
Member, Board of Directors of KPCAS
Kaipo Leopoldino, in his words, is “an ordinary guy trying to do extraordinary things.”
He is an educator, emcee, Po’e Hula, public speaker, social media influencer, comedian, and actor. As the owner of Kon- akaipo Creative Productions, he creates content that focuses on education and entertainment. A proud graduate of the Kamehameha Schools – Kapālama Campus, he then went on to attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. He currently teaches ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi at Saint Louis School. Additionally, he is a haumāna of Kumu Hula Robert Uluwehi Cazimero and Hālau Nā Kamalei ʻO Līlīlehua.
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2024 QUEEN LILIʻUOKALANI KEIKI HULA COMPETITION
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