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16 Sunday, March 27, 2016 Hawaii Tribune-2016 MERRIE MONARCH HERE’S JOHNNY! Story by JOHN BURNETT ◆ Hawaii For more than four decades, kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho “Everybody tells me they are has created excitement at the Merrie Monarch Festival. can hardly wait to do what His Halau O Ka Ua Kani Lehua is always a fan favorite — win, place or show. The buzz is palpable whenever the Hilo halau competes Lum Ho is a seemingly inexhaustible every single Crowd favorite Lum Ho and in hula’s premier competition, creative force as a choreographer, even though it’s been only three haku mele (writer of songs writes,years since the halau last took the and chants), ho‘opa‘a (chanter), Kayshlyn halau return to competition competition stage during the 50th singer, musician and bandleader. “Auli‘i”anniversary festival in 2013. “There’s so much passion in the


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