Maui Steel Guitar Festival: Queen Ka‘ahumau Center - October 16, 2022

The 2022 Maui Steel Guitar Festival was held in two locations: The Shops at Wailea in Wailea on Saturday, October 15, and the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center in Kahului on Sunday, October 16. Both festivals featured identical programs with O‘ahu steel guitarists Alan Akaka, Bobby Ingano, Greg Sardinha, Joseph Zayac, and Maui steel guitarists Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz, Konapiliahi Lau, and Joel Katz. NextGen keiki steel guitarists Mālie Lyman, Joey Misailidis and Tai Misailidis also performed. Backup musicians Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac and Helene Woodward assisted, and several hula dancers, including Kapuanani, Kathy Collins, Verdine Kong, and Maile Keawe Bryan, offered their hula to festival guests.

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• Emcee Kathy Collins.
• Sound engineer David Nakamura and Kathy Collins.
• Featured steel guitarist Greg Sardinha with Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac, and Helene Woodward.
• Greg Sardinha.
• Kathy Collins also danced the hula.
• HIMELE director Larry Holu administered guest surveys to the audience.
• Featured steel guitarist Joseph Zayac with Kaipo Asing, Alan Akaka, and Helene Woodward.
• Joseph Zayac.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Tai Misailidis with Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac, Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka, and Helene Woodward.
• Tai Misailidis.
• Taiʻs sister Joey Misailidis and mom SooJean.
• Featured steel guitarist Joel Katz with Preston Ako, Kalena Foster, and Koakane Mattos.
• Joel Katz.
• Dancers in the audience: Megan Held and Joseph Zayac along with an unidentified couple.
• Joseph Zayac, Bobby Ingano, Geri Valdriz, and Alan Akaka.
• Featured steel guitarist Konapiliahi Lau.
• Verdine Kong and Kathy Collins.
• Featured steel guitarist Konapiliahi Lau with Kema Kahawaii and Nalu Robinson.
• Verdine Kong shared a hula with festival guests.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Joey Misailidis.
• Joey Misailidis with Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac, Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka, and Helene Woodward.
• Festured steel guitarist Geronimo ʻʻGeriʻʻ Valdriz with Donn Mitsuyuki, Kawika Kamai, and Verdine Kong.
• Geri Valdriz.
• Verdine Kong on electric bass.
• Featured steel guitarist Bobby Ingano with Joseph Zayac, Kaipo Asing, and Helene Woodward.
• Bobby Ingano with Joseph Zayac.
• Malie Keawe Bryan shared a hula with festival guests.
• Featured NextGen steel guitarist Mālie Lyman.
• Alan Akaka sat in on Mālieʻs set.
• Kapuanani Kumiko Greene shared a hula with festival guests.
• Mālie Lyman with Kaipo Asing, Joseph Zayac, Alan Akaka, Helene Woodward, and Kapuanani.
• The festival experienced a modest audience. Storefronts and shoppers have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.
• Mālie with Pomaikaʻi Keawe, Joseph Zayac, Alan Akaka, Helene Woodward, and Maile Keawe Bryan.
• All in the family: Pomaikaʻi Keawe, Mālie Lyman, and Maile Keawe Bryan.

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Photography by Don Touchi Photos ©2022 by Don Touchi and HIMELE.