Feb. 22, 2024

Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi is excited to once again host our annual Kamehameha Band Festival, celebrating the musical talents of students throughout East Hawaiʻi. The event takes place on Friday, February 23, 2024 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the William Charles Lunalilo Center. 

The Parade of Bands will start at 5:00 p.m. with each school having 20 minutes for their performance.

Scheduled performances are:

• Hilo Intermediate School 
  Principal: Travis Toriano
  Director: Corey Maesaka

  Repertoire: 
  Down A Country Lane   By Aarron Copeland  arr. Merlin Patterson
  Into the Clouds  by Richard L. Saucedo

• Keaʻau High School 
  Principal: Dean Cevallos
  Director: Mrs. Lisa Wells

  Repetoire:
  Dragons Fly on the Winds of Time by Larry Neeck
  Arabian Dances by Roland Barrett

• Waiākea Intermediate School
  Principal: Mrs. Lisa Souza
  Director: Ms. Rhonda Harrison

  Repetoire:
  Fanfare and Jubilee - James Swearingen
  Dreamscape- Ed Huckeby

• Waiakea High School 
  Principal: Mr. Kelcy Koga
  Director: Mr. Grayson Mento

  Repertoire: 
  Mambo Perro Loco by Julie Giroux
  Eire by Melanie Donahue

• Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Beginning and Intermediate Kula Waena band
  Principal: Dr. Tehani Corcoran
  Director: Alan Kinoshita

  Repertoire: 
  Above the Clouds by Chris Bernotas
  Ammerland by Jacob de Hann

• Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Beginning High School band
  Principal: Dr. Lehua Veincent
  Director: William Harris

  Repertoire: 
  Shepherd’s Hey arranged by Patrick Roszell
  Dark Adventure by Ralph Ford

• Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Symphonic band
  Principal: Dr. Lehua Veincent
  Director: William Harris

  Repertoire: 
  Fu-mon by Hiroshi Hoshina
  El Camino Real by Alfred Reed
   

This year's performances are adjudicated by retired educator Dr. Terry Austin from Virginia Commonwealth University and Dr. Chad Kamei from Pearl City High School and the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu.

The Parade of Bands will be livestreamed for friends and ʻohana at home on the Kamehameha Schools YouTube channel. 

If there is any kind of stream error, please visit the Kamehameha Schools YouTube channel main page and look for a restarted stream.