Hale Pai
Pacific American-News Journal
Nowemapa/Kekemapa - November/December 1996
Volume 2 Issue 11
NA HANU `O KAPUAKU`ULEIALOHA
A new school of Polynesian dance has opened serving the
Seattle/Puget Sound area. Na Hanu `O Kapuaku`uleialoha has
experienced teachers who will be teaching classes in Hawaiian,
Tahitian, and Maori dance as well as pa`i. They meet on Monday,
Thursday, and Saturdays at the Highline Senior Center.
The teachers of this school all have years of learning,
performing, and teaching experience. Most recently they have been
associated with Halau Hula `O Napualani. Kathy Leimomi Templeton,
who has her Kumu Hula, has studied with Lorraine Asquith, Ku`ulei
Ariyoshi, Emma Bishop, and Gloria Fujii. Along with competing in
the King Kalakaua Invitational Kupuna Festival in Kona three
times (including winning second place with her hula sisters in
both the lokomaika`i kahiko and `auana in 1992), she won
"Tutu Wahine 1995" in the 1995 Hawaiian Senior Services
Tutu Competition in Kona. She works primarily with the kapuna and
keikis. Ku`ulei Gumapac studied with Bella Richards (part of the
Kalama family), Leialoha Kamakawe`o`ole (Na Lei `O Ka Holo Ku),
and Gloria Fujii. She competed several times in the Merrie
Monarch during the 1980’s and also competed in the King
Kalakaua Festival (another member of the second place winning
group). Ku`ulei teaches the advance keikis and adults. Alice
Leialoha Mezias is the new school’s Tahitian teacher. She
has studied with Van Francisco and Gloria Fujii and has placed in
several Ori Tahiti competitions. She was also a member of the
second place winning group at the King Kalakaua Festival. As a
teacher, she has had several students do well in competitions
including seven-year-old Kristin Kuniyoshi who this last summer
won the children’s Ori Tahiti competition at Tahiti Fete in
San Jose.
All these teachers are excited about their school and welcome
inquiries. For more information call Ku`ulei Gumapac at
206-631-4048.
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