hukilau was fantastic. - Other Events

F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Fri, Oct 14, 2005 2:34 PM Now I understand why this year was so, um, tame, Humu2!! Hope you're on the mend, go-go partner! Where to start with the thanks and the applause? I already went on and on on the Thanks Home Bar Tour thread, so I'll leave that there. But I'll say, if you EVER get offered one of these, folks, DO it. The chance to hang out in a relaxed atmosphere is the BEST. My favorite part of my first Chicago Exotica had been the bar tour by bus, so I knew this too would be killer. And it was. Loved sitting next to Casey, who also was FI-nally able to just relax and enjoy himself - yay! Loved meeting Nicole (Tikigimp?) and husband Ken (Crazy Al's twin) - y'all were the cutest couple! Wish I could've hung out with the super cool/super cute Slip more (you guys ROCKED!). Anyway, FAB magical mystical tour. I could listen to Charles Phoenex and King Kuke all night! HUUUGE thanks to Christie and to James T for having gotten me for the Drasnin gig. I'll name my first-born children after you for that one. Or my next dogs. For me to have sung that music - with Yma Sumac in the audience - well, what's left!?!! The whole show - all the entertainment - was just top-notch. I already raved on the Haole Cats, and I'll add my name to pile of new Waitiki devotees. I plan to set up my hut in the village of Okonkuluku and take many husbands there.... The merch, as usual, top notch. I love the official Hukimerch and my bags were STUFFED with offerings from many lands. You know the new 50 lb limit on your big bag in the airport check-in? Mine was 47.5 lbs!! I'm damned proud of that one. And it didn't include the VERY heavy carry-on, laden with the bulk of the mugs and glasses (and huge chunks of cheapo coral I found on the beach Monday with Pearly Shell and Mean Gene). Thank gawd for bubble-wrap and my remembering to pack LOADS of it, and to pack half-empty bags! My new Chisel Slinger Witco-ish mask with the zazzy background fabric is itching to be mounted. The Mai Kai? What can I say that hasn't been said 100X. Nothing, except I WILL be there for next year's celebration!! Those people just do it SO RIGHT. Even when they have us in their homes!! And hearing the Martin Denny set in there...ohhhhhhhhhhhh. I said to Gary, the marimba player who'd done the Drasnin gig (and is now a devotee of exotica!), and who came to the Mai Kai for the set, where else is it considered GOOD form to make monkey cries and bird calls DURING a band's performance?? And to throw a sock monkey onstage while they're on?? (Go Inky!!) It was just magical. I was too wired during the Drasnin thing to let myself drift away then, but I got to with the Waitiki boys' Denny set, and it was the BEST. I'll have to edit in a list of all the it-was-great-to-see-you's and other stuff I'm leaving out now later, but I wanted the organizers to know now HOW MUCH I ENJOYED HUKILAU. THANK YOU!!!!! alice b

Now I understand why this year was so, um, tame, Humu2!! Hope you're on the mend, go-go partner!

Where to start with the thanks and the applause? I already went on and on on the Thanks Home Bar Tour thread, so I'll leave that there. But I'll say, if you EVER get offered one of these, folks, DO it. The chance to hang out in a relaxed atmosphere is the BEST. My favorite part of my first Chicago Exotica had been the bar tour by bus, so I knew this too would be killer. And it was. Loved sitting next to Casey, who also was FI-nally able to just relax and enjoy himself - yay! Loved meeting Nicole (Tikigimp?) and husband Ken (Crazy Al's twin) - y'all were the cutest couple! Wish I could've hung out with the super cool/super cute Slip more (you guys ROCKED!). Anyway, FAB magical mystical tour. I could listen to Charles Phoenex and King Kuke all night!

HUUUGE thanks to Christie and to James T for having gotten me for the Drasnin gig. I'll name my first-born children after you for that one. Or my next dogs. For me to have sung that music - with Yma Sumac in the audience - well, what's left!?!! The whole show - all the entertainment - was just top-notch. I already raved on the Haole Cats, and I'll add my name to pile of new Waitiki devotees. I plan to set up my hut in the village of Okonkuluku and take many husbands there....

The merch, as usual, top notch. I love the official Hukimerch and my bags were STUFFED with offerings from many lands. You know the new 50 lb limit on your big bag in the airport check-in? Mine was 47.5 lbs!! I'm damned proud of that one. And it didn't include the VERY heavy carry-on, laden with the bulk of the mugs and glasses (and huge chunks of cheapo coral I found on the beach Monday with Pearly Shell and Mean Gene). Thank gawd for bubble-wrap and my remembering to pack LOADS of it, and to pack half-empty bags! My new Chisel Slinger Witco-ish mask with the zazzy background fabric is itching to be mounted.

The Mai Kai? What can I say that hasn't been said 100X. Nothing, except I WILL be there for next year's celebration!! Those people just do it SO RIGHT. Even when they have us in their homes!! And hearing the Martin Denny set in there...ohhhhhhhhhhhh. I said to Gary, the marimba player who'd done the Drasnin gig (and is now a devotee of exotica!), and who came to the Mai Kai for the set, where else is it considered GOOD form to make monkey cries and bird calls DURING a band's performance?? And to throw a sock monkey onstage while they're on?? (Go Inky!!) It was just magical. I was too wired during the Drasnin thing to let myself drift away then, but I got to with the Waitiki boys' Denny set, and it was the BEST.

I'll have to edit in a list of all the it-was-great-to-see-you's and other stuff I'm leaving out now later, but I wanted the organizers to know now HOW MUCH I ENJOYED HUKILAU. THANK YOU!!!!!
alice b

Post #192702 by Formikahini on Fri, Oct 14, 2005 2:34 PM