Hoʻokūkū Hīmeni
Class Coed Men Women
Seniors Class of 1987
105*/128
Hoʻoheno I Ka Puʻuwai
111*/128
Lahainaluna
86*/128
Lei Gardenia
Juniors Class of 1988
77*/128
Nani Kaʻala
74*/128
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa
78*/128
Kuʻu Pua Lehua
Sophomores Class of 1989
67*/128
Lei No Pauahi
92*/128
ʻŪlili Ē
83*/128
Pua Malihini
Freshmen Class of 1990
91*/128
Aia I Nā Kiʻekiʻena
Freshmen do not compete. Freshmen do not compete.
About the Contest
  • March 20, 1987
  • 67th* Annual Song Contest
  • Contest Theme
    E Ola Mau ʻO Kamehameha (Nā Mele ʻO Pauahi A Me Kamehameha)
  • Hōʻike Theme
    Tribute to Kamehameha the Great and Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Awards
Award Winner
Coed Senior Coed
Men Senior Men
Women Senior Women
Director Tie
Wesley Lum (Freshman Coed)
ʻIolani Kamauʻu (Senior Coed)
Notes

The 4 co-ed songs were the winners of a songwriting competition for original compositions, sponsored by Kamehameha. The winning compositions were announced live at the 1986 Song Contest and performed in 1987.

The 1987 Song Contest resurrected the prize song category, which was previously eliminated in 1965, as a special one-time feature for the centennial year of Kamehameha Schools. Each class' score was based on the performance of both the prize and choice songs.

The prize songs were:
Men – Kani ʻUʻina (arranged by Laura E. Brown)
Women – Waiʻalae (composed by Mekia Kealakai, arranged by Martha Poepoe Hōhū)

* From at least the 1960s to 2006, Song Contest numbering was off by 2 years. The 1987 Contest was billed as the "65th Annual", but because the first Song Contest was held in 1921, it should have been the 67th. The numbering was eventually corrected in 2007, and we have retroactively applied these corrections to past contests.

Judges

All past judges →

Competition Order

The men's competition was held first, followed by the women's, and then the coed.

Order Men Women Coed
1st Juniors Sophomores Seniors
2nd Sophomores Juniors Juniors
3rd Seniors Seniors Freshmen
4th – – Sophomores