Hula events take place all week during Merrie Monarch in Hilo. The hotels turn their lobbies into performance spaces and invite local hula schools to perform. The unukupukupu or chanting hula is my favorite. This site has pictures and videos of hula in the Hilo hotels during the week of the 2008 Merrie Monarch.
Naniloa Volcanoes Resort and Hilo Hawaiian Hotel on April 1,2008
Hula at Naniloa Volcanoes Resort
Students from the Hawaii Community College in Hilo presented unukupukupu (chanting) hula. Their kumu is Taupori Tangaro.
Hula at Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
The Halau Kou Lima Nani E presented hula and song. Their kumu is Iwalani Kalima.
A Halau from California also presented their hula.