Post #797589 by Nakoa on Wed, Sep 25, 2019 1:36 AM

On 2016-04-21 07:11, bigbrotiki wrote:
Very nice. A real labor of love. Proves my saying that there must be tons of photos in the attics of ex-dance troupe members. Unfortunately, they begin to look the same after a while, and the decor is mere background.

I had hoped to find out a little more about IHILANI, wife of Kalani, the "guy from Hawaii"...

...and perhaps the "Tiki Records" label...

...but that must have been before the time of the video maker.

The last shots of the place from 1980 are sobering. Where did all the tropical foliage go?

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2016-04-21 07:18 ]

What do you want to know about her and her husband Terry? She was a wonderful lady and good friends of my mother and father. We used to go over her house in Carol City for lunch and dinner. She was a wonderful cook by the way. She had a studio in her house so I believe Tiki records was from her home. My father was Chief Nakoa he was the knife dancer at the South Pacific, Tiki Room, Samoa, Luau, Hawaiian Village, Tiki Lounge, Outrigger Inn, etc..

The South Pacific was a beautiful place it was more intimate and cleaner than the Mai Kai which eventually became too commercialize. I am in the process of restoring many family photos from those clubs that were damage from Hurricanes but will do my best to get it done. Here are few pics of Ihilani that she autographed for my mother Judy..