Tiki Stars Walk of Fame (or as close as I could get) - General Tiki

PR Phillip Roberts Tiki Socialite OAHU/Seattle Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 1703	PR Phillip Roberts Posted posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 8:47 PM Aloha, King's Village walk of Fame... There are also stars for Sportscaster Les "The General" Keiter, Doug Mossman, Frank Delima, and Dolly (I never quite figured that one out?) Parton. There are also stars where the names are undecipherable. Why? Because that inner courtyard is where the King's Guard performs their rifle drill nightly and it involves pounding the rifle on the pavement... On 2011-05-31 07:11, bigbrotiki wrote: ...And just because your repeated whining about Don Ho, I will repeat what I wrote in "The Sound of Tiki." "Don Ho is often mentioned in conjunction with Tiki style, a fact which calls for some differentiation. Although Hawaii and Hawaiian tourism were the inspiration for Tiki culture, it was the American mainland where Tiki was turned into an art form. I beg to differ slightly Sven. He certainly is not Exotica, but... Don Ho is TIKI. (Sorry, couldn't resist. :) ) His primary venue, Duke Kahanamoku's on the Beach (formally "Don The Beachcomber's" 2nd Hawaii locale in the makai/Diamondhead end of the International Market Place off Kalakaua.) was Tiki-laden. Beach had sold it to the Wilder-McVay family to further finance his expansion of the International Market Place. McVay was Don's Manager. Don Ho later moves performances to Kaiser's Hawaiian Village (also full of Tiki in the 1960.) The Hawaiian Village was also home to exotica greats Denny and Lyman during certain periods. ...his career did not take off until the second half of the 60s, after the Tiki trend had peaked." Not going to debate Ho's music. But while that time-frame is correct on the mainland, it's pretty clear that the Tiki-style was still going strong in HAWAII until the late 1970's. In the 1980's, all 3 of the BIG restaurant chains were still operating (Trader Vic's, Don the Beachcomber's, The Sheraton Kon-Tiki room) as well as the Tahitian Lanai and Canlis. Not until Donn's passing in 1989 did it all fall into the massive decline seen in the islands. John-O, did I show this to you during your last trip here? Don Ho has a star and you can see his handprints in it. It's just a bit far from Hollywood... Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs. Available now from Bess Press Hawaii. [ Edited by: Phillip Roberts 2011-05-31 20:49 ]

Aloha,

King's Village walk of Fame...

There are also stars for Sportscaster Les "The General" Keiter, Doug Mossman, Frank Delima, and Dolly (I never quite figured that one out?) Parton. There are also stars where the names are undecipherable. Why? Because that inner courtyard is where the King's Guard performs their rifle drill nightly and it involves pounding the rifle on the pavement...

On 2011-05-31 07:11, bigbrotiki wrote:
...And just because your repeated whining about Don Ho, I will repeat what I wrote in "The Sound of Tiki."

"Don Ho is often mentioned in conjunction with Tiki style, a fact which calls for some differentiation. Although Hawaii and Hawaiian tourism were the inspiration for Tiki culture, it was the American mainland where Tiki was turned into an art form.

I beg to differ slightly Sven. He certainly is not Exotica, but...

Don Ho is TIKI. (Sorry, couldn't resist. :) )

His primary venue, Duke Kahanamoku's on the Beach (formally "Don The Beachcomber's" 2nd Hawaii locale in the makai/Diamondhead end of the International Market Place off Kalakaua.) was Tiki-laden. Beach had sold it to the Wilder-McVay family to further finance his expansion of the International Market Place. McVay was Don's Manager. Don Ho later moves performances to Kaiser's Hawaiian Village (also full of Tiki in the 1960.) The Hawaiian Village was also home to exotica greats Denny and Lyman during certain periods.

...his career did not take off until the second half of the 60s, after the Tiki trend had peaked."

Not going to debate Ho's music. But while that time-frame is correct on the mainland, it's pretty clear that the Tiki-style was still going strong in HAWAII until the late 1970's.

In the 1980's, all 3 of the BIG restaurant chains were still operating (Trader Vic's, Don the Beachcomber's, The Sheraton Kon-Tiki room) as well as the Tahitian Lanai and Canlis. Not until Donn's passing in 1989 did it all fall into the massive decline seen in the islands.

John-O, did I show this to you during your last trip here? Don Ho has a star and you can see his handprints in it. It's just a bit far from Hollywood...

Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs.
Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.

[ Edited by: Phillip Roberts 2011-05-31 20:49 ]

Post #591634 by Phillip Roberts on Tue, May 31, 2011 8:47 PM