Cultural & Folk Festival · North America & Caribbean
The Merrie Monarch hula competition of Hawaii: group Kahiko and Auana for wahine and kane, plus the Miss Aloha Hula solo.
Sets up a hula competition in the Hawaiian tradition: group Kahiko and group Auana for women and men, plus a women’s solo, with five placings and two special awards.
This template builds a hula competition in the style of the long-running Hawaiian contest held each spring on the island of Hawai’i. A coordinator opens an event that already holds the three competition items, the two divisions, the placings and the special awards, instead of starting from a blank catalogue. It suits any organiser staging a dance contest where old and modern styles are judged side by side.
The structure is a grid rather than a flat list. Hula Kahiko is the ancient style, danced to chant and traditional instruments, and Hula Auana is the modern style, danced to song and stringed instruments. Each is run as a group item for a Wahine (women) division and a Kane (men) division, so the same two items appear in both. Miss Aloha Hula is a separate solo competition for women. All three are on stage, performed in Hawaiian, with a ten-minute limit set as a working default.
The festival publishes no scoring rubric, point scale or age rules, so the template does not invent any. It gives each judge a single mark out of 10 per performance and applies no age limit. Placings run first to fifth, worth 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points, because the real results name five places in the women’s divisions and the Miss Aloha Hula solo (four in the men’s, varying with entries). Two real awards are included: a combined Overall award across Kahiko and Auana, and a Hawaiian Language Award in Miss Aloha Hula.
To run it, collect entries through the Registration Page, add your judges, and let the tabulation produce one ranked result per division. Because the Overall award spans two items, check how your own rules combine the Kahiko and Auana results before you announce it. The pageant side of the real event, such as parades and exhibitions, is not a competition here and is left out.
Where this event is run
Hawaii, where hula competition is a major cultural event, and any organiser running a dance festival, cultural society showcase or school heritage day that separates an ancient style from a modern one and runs men’s, women’s and solo divisions. It is a poor fit for a general multi-item arts festival, because it holds only three dance items.
- Hawaii, United States
- Pacific island and diaspora hula festivals
Key facts
- 3 items, all on stage: Hula Kahiko (Group), Hula Auana (Group) and Miss Aloha Hula (Solo)
- Two divisions, Wahine (women) and Kane (men), for the group items; the solo is women only
- Performed in Hawaiian with a ten-minute limit (a working default); no age limit is asserted
- Each judge gives one mark out of 10 per performance; no named criteria are published
- Five placings worth 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points
- Special awards: Overall (Kahiko and Auana combined) and Hawaiian Language Award in the solo
- Age groups
- 2
- Competition items
- 3
- Competitions
- 5
- Grade bands
- 0
- Rank awards
- 7
Age groups
Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.
Wahine (Women)
Candidates aged 1 to 99 compete in this group
Kane (Men)
Candidates aged 1 to 99 compete in this group
Competition items
The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.
Competitions by group
The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahine (Women) | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Hula Kahiko (Group) | Team | Female | Hawaiian | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Hula Auana (Group) | Team | Female | Hawaiian | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Miss Aloha Hula (Solo) | Individual | Female | Hawaiian | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Kane (Men) | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Hula Kahiko (Group) | Team | Male | Hawaiian | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Hula Auana (Group) | Team | Male | Hawaiian | 100 | 10m 10s |
Grades and ranks
How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.
| Rank | For | Points |
|---|---|---|
| First | 10 | |
| Second | 8 | |
| Third | 6 | |
| Fourth | 4 | |
| Fifth | 2 | |
| Overall (Kahiko and Auana combined) | 12 | |
| Hawaiian Language Award | 5 |
Frequently asked questions
Can I change this template after installing it?
Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.
Do I need technical knowledge to set this up?
No. Installing a template does the setup work for you; you only need to review the details (dates, unit or house names) and open registration.
Want the fuller picture first? See our guide to judge scoring and tabulation software.
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