Welcome to Kaulana Ka Hale Kula ‘O Na Pua ‘O Ka Āina!

Kumu Hula Legacy

Kumu Hula / President

Joshua Kamuelaonakupanihianamekamahele Chang is the son of Randy Chang and Kahealani Kamahele and himself an accomplished Hawaiian musician, hula dancer, filmmaker, and Kumu Hula. Born and raised in Redondo Beach, CA, Josh grew up immersed in the Hawaiian language and culture for the majority of his life. He credits his family for fostering his lifelong passion for the Polynesian arts. He currently runs his own music business and film production studio. He became our Kumu Hula during his father's health complications as well as the president of our hālau's non-profit organization for the last six years.

Josh released two Hawaiian falsetto albums and graduated from the Los Angeles Film School with his Bachelor of Science degree and double honors and now owns a film production company since 2020. He released a single entitled "Kiss Me Love" on all streaming services and became engaged to his beautiful Fiancée Miyuu Hashimoto in 2021.

Currently, Josh is creating films for major Fortune 500 companies and his first directorial short documentary film for Pacific Islanders in Communications or Hawaiʻi, which will be released in 2024. Josh currently teaches hula to the UCLA Hawaiʻi club for their annual Luau Hōʻike every year for the last fourteen years as well.

Despite his busy schedule, he still dedicates his time to church, family, and friends by ensuring that he can support them in any way shape, or form. However, teaching hula to the hālau has always been a priority for him. Continuing to preserve his Hawaiian culture and knowledge with all those that aspire to learn motivates him to share his ʻike from the many sources he has learned under. Kaulana Ka Hale Kula ʻO Nā Pua ʻO Ka ʻĀina legacy is important to him because it represents who he is, where he comes from, and where he wants to go after 25 years.

Kumu Hula

Uncle Randy Kaulana Chang has been teaching and sharing his knowledge of the Hawaiian culture for over 35 years. In 1996, he decided to formally establish his Hālau in Southern California. Starting in a small garage on Kornblum Avenue to the slopes of Alondra Park, and later renting a Karate Dojo space...the hālau eventually found a home in the Yukon Square Plaza for 21 years. The hālau would see many faces and iterations along the way that helped shape, guide, and propel this hālau into many years of success.

The hālau was created to perpetuate Native Hawaiian culture through crafts, dance, music, and history on the continent as well as other Polynesian history and music. Uncle Randy has taken the hālau to showcase their talents in competitions such as Merrie Monarch, E Hula Mau, and Kumukahi throughout the years. We have participated multiple times in Kūlia I Ka Punawai (Kumu Hula Association of Southern California) projects, pacific islander festivals as well as educational community ventures.

Uncle Randy is the son of Frank and Moana Chang, former residents of Carson, California. Along with all of his siblings, Randy received his training in the Hawaiian culture from his mother, Moana. In his mother's hula school, his job was to train the young kāne in hula and other Polynesian dances. However, he began teaching women in 1999 and continues to share his unending manaʻo with haumāna far and wide. We hope you will join our hālau to become a part of his lifelong work to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture.

WHAT WE DO

Here at Kaulana Ka Hale Kula O Na Pua O Ka 'Aina, we see the value in everyone. We want to be a catalyst for positive change, and since our beginnings in 2000, we’ve been driven by the same ideas we initially founded our Non-Profit Organization upon: support, empowerment and progress.

Mission Statement

Kaulana Ka Hale Kula ‘O Na Pua ‘O Ka Aina is also the center for the rich cultural heritage and knowledge of the Hawaiian people. It is the mission of the Halau to promote, perpetuate, and maintain the teachings, values, beliefs, practices, wisdom, traditional understanding and philosophies of the Hawaiian People.

Non-Discrimination Policy

Kaulana Ka Hale Kula ‘O Na Pua ‘O Ka Aina admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the Halau. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, and admissions policies.

Challenges

Dealing with the challenges of today requires problem-solvers who bring different perspectives and are willing to take risks. Kaulana Ka Hale Kula O Na Pua O Ka 'Aina emerged out of a pursuit to inspire and support the community, and a desire for actions to speak louder than words.

Testimonials

Mitchell Waiolama Kekauoha

After 25 years of perpetuating the Hawaiian culture. As a past treasurer and president of this organization in its earlier years, I know the sacrifice necessary to keep going forward. I congratulate all board members, hālau members, parents, and all others who have sacrificed to help reach this milestone. This evening, enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada

Ho’imaikaʻi ana e Kaulana Ka Hale Kula ʻO Nā Pua ʻO Ka ʻĀina on twenty-five wonderful years of perpetuating the culture of our kupuna. To be a continent born and raised kānaka can be an isolating one, and one devoid of the values and ways that we come from, so to have a home in this hula halau where we can connect, grow, and learn, has been a privilege. Over the years we have expanded our hālau into a woven group of individuals who love hula, our islands, and each other, and I am forever grateful for being a part of this ʻohana.
Over the next twenty-five years, I look forward to seeing the new faces who will continue the lineage of our halau and our culture and how they connect with that haumāna who have come before. Kūlia i ka nu’u!
Marita Sangco

Many of my fondest memories in my early adulthood include Uncle Randy and the Chang family. I will forever cherish these moments! May our Heavenly Father continue to shine his light on you and this Halau for many years to come!
Aloha Nō!
Honey Maltin-Wisot

When I found Uncle Randy and Kaulana Ka Hale Kula O Nā Pua O Ka ʻĀina, I found ʻohana. Hālau brought home within reach. The tough love, the sister and brotherhood, the laughing ʻtil we cried and crying ʻtil we laughed moments created bonds that remain all these years later.
Hoʻomaikaʻi on 25 years of hula and aloha and memories to last forever. I am proud and privileged to have been there for part of this incredible journey and hula legacy. Ke aloha nui!