Announcing Friendship Party Participants! || Honolulu Festival

We are proud to announce the groups of participants who will join the Friendship Party held on the first day of Honolulu Festival.

Raiatea Helm
Young female Hawaiian artist who was nominated to Grammy Awards twice.

Jody Kamisato & the Ukulele Super Kids
Cute and very talented Ukulele group who won numbers of junior Ukulele competitions in Hawaii.

University of Hawaii Marching Band
Legendary Marching Band from University of Hawaii. They did overwhelming performance to cheer for their teams at various sports events.

Ryukyu Koten Afuso Ryu Ongaku Kenkyu Hawaii Choichi Kai
Ryukyu KotenAfusoRyuOngakuKenkyu Hawaii Choichi Kai was first established outside of Okinawa prefecture. This is 30th anniversary for Okinawa prefecture and state of Hawaii, 20th anniversary for Ishigaki island and Kauai as well as 50th anniversary for Miyako island and Maui since they became sister cities of each other.

Sonoda Gakuen High School
This will be the 10th time for us to join the Honolulu Festival. The Junior students will dance with beaming smiles and full of energy.

Un Bijou
Special unit of choreographers who performed at “Japan Dance Competition 2014” and received award at “Legend Tokyo”.

EAGLES Sophia University Cheerleading Team EAGLE
They will show their splendid skills and dance to cheer for the sports events in Honolulu.

NHK Mito Komaki Kei Hula Halau
They have participated in Honolulu Festival for 15 years. They will dance hula with gratitude to all the warm care and encouragement they received when suffered a significant damage from the earthquake.