{"id":1263,"date":"2017-04-19T09:14:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2019-01-04T08:38:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:38:03","slug":"hukilau-mai-kai-history-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2017\/04\/19\/hukilau-mai-kai-history-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hukilau Mai-Kai History Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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June 9th, in support of my recently released book <\/a>on the history of the greatest Tiki bar on earth, the Mai-Kai<\/a>, I will once again be giving a presentation at the largest Tiki event outside of California, The Hukilau<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This year I am holding a sort of Mai-Kai reunion and doing a live panel discussion with many of the people I interviewed for the book.  Their first hand stories were the driving force behind the work. I had thousands of fantastic images and I knew a few stories, but getting the history straight from the people who were actually there was a truly rare experience. These folks are now in their 70s, 80s and even 90s, and it is harder and harder to get them together. This will be a once in a lifetime opportunity. Come get your book signed by those featured in it!<\/p>\n

First click here<\/a> get this amazing coffee table book<\/a>, that is also an interesting read about Don the Beachcomber, Tiki and the birth of the greatest Tiki bar in existence:<\/p>\n

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Book Jacket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then get your tickets for the event by clicking HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some of those who will be in attendance:<\/p>\n

ANGEL<\/h1>\n
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Angel followed her sister Dee down from Chicago. She was a Mystery Girl and married singer Pat Gallo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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DEE<\/h1>\n
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Dee came down from Chicago for Spring Break in 1959 and never went back!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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CAROL<\/h1>\n
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Carol was a Mystery Girl and Ford model who appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson twice in that role.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TOTI<\/h1>\n
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Toti at center with the Mai-Kai Islanders review. He was the founder of the show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RANDY<\/h1>\n
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Randy on far right with his mother Pualani Mossman Avon on TV. He worked for Rums of Puerto Rico and his family are legends of Hawaiian culture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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June 9th, in support of my recently released book on the history of the greatest Tiki bar on earth, the Mai-Kai, I will once again be giving a presentation at Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,643,547,11,539,541],"tags":[694,132,148,718,152,179,184,234,702,717],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-mai-kai-history","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-vintage-places","tag-book","tag-event","tag-florida","tag-florida-tiki","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-history","tag-hukilau","tag-mai-kai","tag-og-tiki-central","tag-presentation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/huki-logo.jpg?fit=851%2C315&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-kn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1040,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2014\/04\/11\/hukilau-2003-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":1263,"position":0},"title":"Hukilau 2003 Video","author":"Swanky","date":"April 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This goes back to when the Tiki scene was young. 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