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Awards Won:

1st Place:	Eileen Gelpi	Ori Tahiti (Ages 4- 6 yrs)
3rd Place:	Cheyenne Romanillos	Ori Tahiti (Ages 7-9 yrs)
3rd Place:	Erihka Emil	Ori Tahiti (Ages 18-21 yrs)
1st Place :	Charlene Oloa	Ori Tahiti (Ages 22-25 yrs)
2nd Place:	Sheila Sta. Maria	Ori Tahiti (Ages 26-29 yrs)
1st Place:	Ote`a	Lucille, Brenda, Evelyn, Charlene, Sheila, Renee, Malaya, Erihka, Enerihka, Brittany
1st Place:	Aparima	Lucille, Brenda, Evelyn, Sheila, Renee, Laarni, Malaya, Erihka, Enerihka, Brittany
2nd Place:	Ahupurotu	Lucille, Brenda, Evelyn, Sheila, Renee, Laarni, Malaya, Erihka, Enerihka, Brittany
1st Place:	Drumming	Isitolo, Hansen, Mikaele, Charlene, Sofeni, Dayne
1st Place:	Fire Knife	Mikaele Oloa
1st Place:	Best Ote`a Costume
1st Place:	Best Aparima Costume
1st Place:	Overall Tahitian Group (Mayor's Award)

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Special Thanks:

to our parents and grandparent who supported us
to all of the students for their dedication...you all have improved
so much and have come such a long way
Carlos Tuia and Family for creating the lyrics of our Aparima and Ahupurotu
Hansen Paialii for everything from choreography to musical composition
Salamasina Oloa (PolyRasta.com) for the creation of the costumes in solo categories
Jesse Jesse for your gifts of toeres and vivoes
Sofeni and Dayne for being a part of our drumming
Aaron for all the help in costume making
Kapu Kinimaka and organization for giving us this opportunity and helping us
with lodging during the Kaua`i Polynesian Festival
and
the Saguibo, Ikemura and Matsumoto Family during our stay in O`ahu