Post #592674 by TikiTomD on Tue, Jun 7, 2011 10:08 AM

Thanks, Sven. I could not find anything that discussed Lewis Van Dercar’s contributions to the Luau. The best biopic on the man was the 2007 Miami Memories blog by Dave that you previously posted (http://miamimemories.blogspot.com/2007/07/lewis-vandercar-miamis-andy-warhol.html).

Here are a few articles that shine some additional light on this eccentric artist, perhaps already quoted in part elsewhere on TC...

Florida Today September 28, 1968

Florida Today March 2, 1972

Florida Today September 30, 1973

Sarasota Herald-Tribune February 15, 1974

The Miami News August 7, 1974

As observed by TC’s fatuhiva and some others here, Van Dercar built a widely loved-and-loathed Space Coast icon, Annie the Dragon, which succumbed to the elements in July 2002. Here is a 1994 video of Annie, followed by related articles...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8X3qwL3EoQ

• Florida Today* June 23, 1971
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Florida Today* June 24, 1971
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Florida Today* December 1, 1978
  

While looking around one more time for Luau information, I came across another article about, you guessed it, food...

The Miami News March 21, 1968

-Tom