Post #462334 by Dr. Strangerum on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 4:49 PM

On 2009-06-16 14:12, Pahoehoe Ule wrote:
Thanks to Tiki Kiliki and all the folks who helped make another successful Hukilau. Is it time for Hukilau 2010 yet?

PS: No thanks to all the arseholes who felt entitled to crowd the stage to the detriment of everyone else trying to enjoy the show. Do that next year, be prepared to take a dip in the pool. Fair warning.

Now now, to be fair I don't think every one of those in front of the stage were there just to hang out and ignore the band playing.

Bum #1: Man, screw the hotel room, I feel like hanging by the pool for the evening.
Bum #2: Yeeeah!
Bum #3: Sooo there!
...
Bum #56: Hey, lets all cram ourselves between the pool and that tiki hut thing with the colored lights. BTW, what's that loud noise and dorks in the masks all about??

I have a hunch - just a hunch - that there was just a metric *@!#ton of people jazzed to see LS play and with the pool and deck chairs in the way and all there wasn't much solid ground to accommodate. One of those deck chairs consumes about 15 sqft of real-estate, with one, maybe two people occupying it. And it's not like the pool could have been moved off to the side.

Maybe a better place in terms of capacity would have been the bar/dock area in back with most of the tables and chairs moved aside, but who knows what the logistics and cost of that would have been.

Anyway, I had a great time. The sound system was way more than I expected - well-ran and clean.

/dale

[ Edited by: Dr. Strangerum 2009-06-16 16:50 ]