Official Hukilau 2010 Room Crawl Thread - Other Events

HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1867	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Fri, Nov 27, 2009 1:11 PM Aloha and welcome to the official source of information and discussion about the 2010 Hukilau room crawl. If you're looking for general information about the ninth annual Hukilau - coming June 10-13 to Fort Lauderdale - go to http://www.thehukilau.com or the Hukilau Facebook page. Be sure to sign up for the email newsletter. That's the best way to keep up with all the latest news. Look for the official event thread coming soon to Tiki Central. The room crawl is scheduled for Thursday, June 10, at the Bahia Cabana Beach Resort during that evening's opening night party. There will be many more announcements forthcoming with all the details you'll need to be a room host or crawl participant. This is just an introduction to get the discussion rolling. So without further ado ... * INTRODUCING YOUR ROOM CRAWL HOSTS FOR 2010 Jim "Hurricane" Hayward and Mike "Jetsetter" Jones will be overseeing this year's crawl. Jim was one of the entertainment coordinators at last year's Hukilau and served up tasty cocktails in the room crawl kickoff party in the penthouse during the art show premiere. Mike needs no introduction: Former owner/operator of the late, great Jetsetter Lounge (Lake Worth, Fla.), he was one of the hosts of last year's kickoff party. We'll both be posting to this thread frequently and also can be reached via personal message or email at [email protected] ... Don't hesitate to give us a shout. * SO WHAT'S THE ROOM CRAWL? For the uninitiated, it's simply a very festive, very (hopefully) organized series of Tiki-themed room parties hosted by Hukilau participants during scheduled times during the event. It gives hosts an opportunity to show off their mixology skills and imagination in decorating their rooms in their favorite Tiki-inspired decor. For a little background, take a look back at last year's thread: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30904&forum=4 * WHAT'S NEW FOR 2010? We're pleased to announce that Hukilau 2010 will have a rum sponsor who will provide limited amounts of their product. The Hukilau will also provide an ample supply of limes and lemons to ensure fresh juices for your concoctions. Prizes will be awarded in several categories: $100 gift certificate to the Mai-Kai for the best decorated room! $100 gift certificate to the Mai-Kai for the best cocktail creation (using sponsor rum)! Special grand prize to be announced! This year's crawl will also have an exciting new theme as well as an opportunity for those without a room to participate (more on that below). We'll announce more details on all of the above when we know more. * HOW DO I PARTICIPATE AS A ROOM HOST? The official room crawl will happen entirely during the evening of Thursday, June 10, at the Bahia Cabana Beach Resort. Of course you're free to have unofficial room parties anywhere at any time, but they won't be promoted as part of the opening night festivities. For the first time ever in Hukilau history, the Cabana is already sold out for Thursday night before event tickets even go on sale. It's entirely filled with Hukilau revelers! FYI, the adjacent Bahia Mar is hosting all other Hukilau activities and is now taking reservations. Go to TheHukilau.com and click on the hotel name to reserve online. If you already have a room reserved at the Cabana, you're all set for now. If you've decided to host a room, just let us know by posting below, on the Facebook discussion or by email at [email protected] so we have some idea how many rooms to schedule. We won't be posting a schedule until after Hukilau tickets go on sale in January so you have time to figure out a game plan. If you don't have a room reserved, you have several options: If you would like to be placed on a waiting list for availability at the Cabana you can email [email protected] and she'll let you know if rooms become available. We'd like to encourage those who have rooms and would like to host but perhaps are not expert mixologists or don't have the resources to decorate to become co-hosts with friends or fellow Hukilau 'ohana. If you have a room and would like to become a co-host or "loaner" or if you're a prospective co-host looking for a room, please use this forum (or the Facebook group) to get the word out. We'll try to hook you up as best we can. We will also be opening up the Cabana penthouse suite that hosted the art show last year to special guest mixologists and anyone without a room who wants to participate. With the art show moving to the Bahia Mar, we'll have plenty of space to make this room the ultimate crawl destination on Thursday night. Participants will be asked to help decorate. We're considering the penthouse for other special mixology/cocktail events so stay tuned. Let us know in advance if you want to become part of the penthouse crew. There will be a limited number of time slots but we'd like everyone who wants to become involved an opportunity. Of course, to participate in any of the above scenarios you must get your event ticket(s) when they go on sale in January. * WHEN/HOW WILL THE TIME SLOTS BE DECIDED? We'll be announcing the time slots shortly before event tickets go on sale along with a process for everyone to request their preferred time(s). * HOW DO I PARTICIPATE AS A ROOM CRAWLER? Just buy your event ticket for Thursday night and you're in. Just remember to tip at each room as if you were attending your favorite Tiki establishment. Actually, you should tip better than that. These folks bust their behinds and don't always benefit from wholesale prices for their supplies. Please try to make it worth their effort. *** SO WHAT ELSE CAN I DO NOW? Give us your feedback below or on Facebook. This event is your event and we'd like to hear what you think. Mahalo! Your Hukilau 2010 room crawl hosts, Jim "Hurricane" Hayward Mike "Jetsetter" Jones Wow, that's a lot of text. Here are a few photos from 2009 to whet your appetite: And check out the musical slideshow here: http://www.slammie.com/hukilau/slideshow/ Plus lots of photos and video here: http://www.slammie.com/hukilau/ [ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2009-12-01 07:32 ] [ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2009-12-01 08:10 ]

Aloha and welcome to the official source of information and discussion about the 2010 Hukilau room crawl. If you're looking for general information about the ninth annual Hukilau - coming June 10-13 to Fort Lauderdale - go to http://www.thehukilau.com or the Hukilau Facebook page. Be sure to sign up for the email newsletter. That's the best way to keep up with all the latest news. Look for the official event thread coming soon to Tiki Central.

The room crawl is scheduled for Thursday, June 10, at the Bahia Cabana Beach Resort during that evening's opening night party. There will be many more announcements forthcoming with all the details you'll need to be a room host or crawl participant. This is just an introduction to get the discussion rolling. So without further ado ...

*** INTRODUCING YOUR ROOM CRAWL HOSTS FOR 2010

Jim "Hurricane" Hayward and Mike "Jetsetter" Jones will be overseeing this year's crawl. Jim was one of the entertainment coordinators at last year's Hukilau and served up tasty cocktails in the room crawl kickoff party in the penthouse during the art show premiere. Mike needs no introduction: Former owner/operator of the late, great Jetsetter Lounge (Lake Worth, Fla.), he was one of the hosts of last year's kickoff party. We'll both be posting to this thread frequently and also can be reached via personal message or email at [email protected] ... Don't hesitate to give us a shout.

*** SO WHAT'S THE ROOM CRAWL?

For the uninitiated, it's simply a very festive, very (hopefully) organized series of Tiki-themed room parties hosted by Hukilau participants during scheduled times during the event. It gives hosts an opportunity to show off their mixology skills and imagination in decorating their rooms in their favorite Tiki-inspired decor. For a little background, take a look back at last year's thread:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30904&forum=4

*** WHAT'S NEW FOR 2010?

We're pleased to announce that Hukilau 2010 will have a rum sponsor who will provide limited amounts of their product. The Hukilau will also provide an ample supply of limes and lemons to ensure fresh juices for your concoctions.

Prizes will be awarded in several categories:

$100 gift certificate to the Mai-Kai for the best decorated room!
$100 gift certificate to the Mai-Kai for the best cocktail creation (using sponsor rum)!
Special grand prize to be announced!

This year's crawl will also have an exciting new theme as well as an opportunity for those without a room to participate (more on that below).

We'll announce more details on all of the above when we know more.

*** HOW DO I PARTICIPATE AS A ROOM HOST?

The official room crawl will happen entirely during the evening of Thursday, June 10, at the Bahia Cabana Beach Resort. Of course you're free to have unofficial room parties anywhere at any time, but they won't be promoted as part of the opening night festivities. For the first time ever in Hukilau history, the Cabana is already sold out for Thursday night before event tickets even go on sale. It's entirely filled with Hukilau revelers! FYI, the adjacent Bahia Mar is hosting all other Hukilau activities and is now taking reservations. Go to TheHukilau.com and click on the hotel name to reserve online.

If you already have a room reserved at the Cabana, you're all set for now. If you've decided to host a room, just let us know by posting below, on the Facebook discussion or by email at [email protected] so we have some idea how many rooms to schedule. We won't be posting a schedule until after Hukilau tickets go on sale in January so you have time to figure out a game plan.

If you don't have a room reserved, you have several options:

If you would like to be placed on a waiting list for availability at the Cabana you can email [email protected] and she'll let you know if rooms become available.

We'd like to encourage those who have rooms and would like to host but perhaps are not expert mixologists or don't have the resources to decorate to become co-hosts with friends or fellow Hukilau 'ohana. If you have a room and would like to become a co-host or "loaner" or if you're a prospective co-host looking for a room, please use this forum (or the Facebook group) to get the word out. We'll try to hook you up as best we can.

We will also be opening up the Cabana penthouse suite that hosted the art show last year to special guest mixologists and anyone without a room who wants to participate. With the art show moving to the Bahia Mar, we'll have plenty of space to make this room the ultimate crawl destination on Thursday night. Participants will be asked to help decorate. We're considering the penthouse for other special mixology/cocktail events so stay tuned. Let us know in advance if you want to become part of the penthouse crew. There will be a limited number of time slots but we'd like everyone who wants to become involved an opportunity.

Of course, to participate in any of the above scenarios you must get your event ticket(s) when they go on sale in January.

*** WHEN/HOW WILL THE TIME SLOTS BE DECIDED?

We'll be announcing the time slots shortly before event tickets go on sale along with a process for everyone to request their preferred time(s).

*** HOW DO I PARTICIPATE AS A ROOM CRAWLER?

Just buy your event ticket for Thursday night and you're in. Just remember to tip at each room as if you were attending your favorite Tiki establishment. Actually, you should tip better than that. These folks bust their behinds and don't always benefit from wholesale prices for their supplies. Please try to make it worth their effort.

*** SO WHAT ELSE CAN I DO NOW?

Give us your feedback below or on Facebook. This event is your event and we'd like to hear what you think. Mahalo!

Your Hukilau 2010 room crawl hosts,

Jim "Hurricane" Hayward
Mike "Jetsetter" Jones

Wow, that's a lot of text. Here are a few photos from 2009 to whet your appetite:

And check out the musical slideshow here:
http://www.slammie.com/hukilau/slideshow/

Plus lots of photos and video here:
http://www.slammie.com/hukilau/

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2009-12-01 07:32 ]

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2009-12-01 08:10 ]

Post #495982 by Hurricane Hayward on Fri, Nov 27, 2009 1:11 PM