Snapshot of Don the Beachcomber Sign In Hawaii 1940s - General Tiki

D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on 07/23/2008 On 2008-07-18 09:57, bigbrotiki wrote: Thank you. As a point of caution though: These DO look like they are not your average Don's Luau, but professionally shot, perhaps for promotional purposes. Like Don called all his friends and said: Everybody dress in island gear and come on over for a photo shoot... But then again, I seem to remember from invites I have seen that Aloha garb was mandatory at the Waikiki Beachcomber Luaus, so these could not have been that far off. OK, I am just catching up with this thread after vacation and I see that it has morphed into Tiki mug history, which, by the way, is fascinating. I wanted to post a couple of pics from an early Don the Beachcomber brochure I have from Hawaii. The first is a picture of the Luau party which shows the guests decked out in island garb. You can also see that they are using a bamboo styled mug rather than the coconut mugs that were in Sabu pictures. The second is the text from the brochure which describes the thrills of dining Polynesian style. You will note at the end of the text it states that "Appropriate South Pacific Garb Mandatory". Thus the photos from Sabu may not have been staged. The text from the brochure certainly echos Bigbro's description of the Pre-Tiki Polynesian experience that was Don's.

On 2008-07-18 09:57, bigbrotiki wrote:
Thank you. As a point of caution though: These DO look like they are not your average Don's Luau, but professionally shot, perhaps for promotional purposes. Like Don called all his friends and said: Everybody dress in island gear and come on over for a photo shoot...

But then again, I seem to remember from invites I have seen that Aloha garb was mandatory at the Waikiki Beachcomber Luaus, so these could not have been that far off.

OK, I am just catching up with this thread after vacation and I see that it has morphed into Tiki mug history, which, by the way, is fascinating.

I wanted to post a couple of pics from an early Don the Beachcomber brochure I have from Hawaii. The first is a picture of the Luau party which shows the guests decked out in island garb. You can also see that they are using a bamboo styled mug rather than the coconut mugs that were in Sabu pictures.

The second is the text from the brochure which describes the thrills of dining Polynesian style. You will note at the end of the text it states that "Appropriate South Pacific Garb Mandatory". Thus the photos from Sabu may not have been staged.

The text from the brochure certainly echos Bigbro's description of the Pre-Tiki Polynesian experience that was Don's.

Post #395878 by Dustycajun on 07/23/2008