Post #2614 by floratina on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 9:50 PM

Post your impressions here, kiddies!

This event was even nuttier than last year. I especially remember that moment when things really kicked into gear during the Dive-In movie, an episode of "Hawaiian Eye". During what would be the first commercial break in the show, there was a movie trailer promoting a film starring one of the show's stars. The film had a horror theme and the effects were so cheesy (superimposed "skeletons" that looked like plastic toys on fishing line) that the place just erupted with laughter and hoots. From then on, it was like a "Rocky Horror" audience with people hollering out wisecracks and just busting out laughing.

When the show ended, every inflatable item in the pool was launched airborne for like a half an hour, with people batting around beach balls, rafts etc. and shouts of "Hawaiian Eye!". It was pretty funny. Then management closed the pool at midnight.

About 25 - 30 of us were still feeling rambunctious so we gathered in Alnshely's room. A party with these consumate hosts would have been fun enough, but luckily Iuka Grogg and Mateo brought along their ukes; a drunken sing-along ensued that was quite memorable indeed. We sang many a hapa haole classic.

King Kukulele soon joined us and the and eventually the repertoire extended beyond tiki, meandering into the ridiculous. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. As one participant put it, "Songs about diahrrea are great, but when you start singing "Mandy", THATS where I draw the line!"

Apparently the front office was very unhappy about an spontaneous, after-hours, bathing suit-optional, unauthorized swim session that some of our rowdy number enjoyed. As a result, I was told by Management that Caliente may not hold the event next year because they could have gotten in trouble (he said there's some kind of ordinance that requires a lifeguard after 11 P.M.) Who knew!

Naughty, BAD tiki people!

[ Edited by: floratina on 2002-06-24 08:49 ]