George Naʻope, American singer and dancer (born 1928)

George Naʻope

Hula master and Merrie Monarch Festival organizer

George Lanakilakeikiahialiʻi Naʻope, born in Kalihi, Hawaiʻi and raised in Hilo, was a celebrated kumu hula, master Hawaiian chanter, and leading advocate and preservationist of native Hawaiian culture worldwide. He taught hula dancing for over sixty years in Hawaiʻi, Japan,…