Jan.4th. "In Search of Tiki" with curator Doug Nason 3 pm and dinner at Damon's 5.30pm {official}

I have been in touch with Douglas Nason reg. January 4th. It's the last day of the beautiful exhibit at the Forest Lawn Semetary.

Please come to the closing party on the 4th at 3 pm and join Doug for a walk through the exhibit.
Doug is a truly amazing and interesting person and if you havn't met him I highly recommend to join him.

Doug asked me to get in touch with Damon's restaurant. We are hoping to reserve the backroom for drinks and dinner.

Please let me know if you would like to join for dinner so I can make arrangements with Damon's.

Here is the e-mail invitation that I received from Doug to pass on to all Tiki central friends:

"The In Search of Tiki exhibition will close on Sunday January 4th. This
exhibition will close with an informal walk-through presentation with
curators Douglas Nason and Jeff Fox at 3 PM. Participating artists and other
tiki aficionados' are encouraged to attend and share their thoughts on
their
work and the tiki art movement. When the museum doors close at 5 PM, we will
move on to the famous Polynesian themed Damon’s Steakhouse and celebrate
with further discussion and fun! Dinner and drinks are on your own"

I hope to see you all on the 4th.
Please bring your friends and family.

[ Edited by: maid Marion 2008-12-27 09:49 ]

I'm Joe Banks, and I approve of this message.

Joe Banks and Maid Marion, thanks for the new info! To get a walk through with the curators sounds like a great opportunity. And then dinner at Damon's! Count me in - and probably my daughter, too.

Awesome! Count me in!

I'll be there - looking forward to it!

Sorry, posted to the wrong thread, but my wife and I are down for the Damon's dinner (and the Forest Lawn event)

Aloha,
What a great way to start the new year!
Count me and my fiance in for both exhibit and dinner.
Mahalo!

http://www.fluffshop.com

Aloha,

I reserved the backroom at Damon's for Sunday at 5.30.

Damon's would like to know how many people approx. will be there.

Please let me know if you would like to attend.

And Please spread the word.

I'm really just posting this event for Douglas Nason and I'm just helping out.

Lets all get together on Sunday and enjoy the last day of the wonderful exhibit
and the beginning of a Happy New Year!!

lots of hugs
Marion

Thanks for hooking this up Marion!

i wouldn't be caught dead anywhere else!

see y'all sunday!!!

t

I'm in for dinner.
after art show.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

My husband and I will be there. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

Dang...so we are going to tour the show with curator Doug Nason!??!

what a great oportunity!!!!!

see y'all there.

oh, and Ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou, u sexy SOBs!! (happy new year)

alohas,

t

I am trying to get some friends to go out there again for the closing also as well as dinner.

It will be interesting hearing background info on the diverse collection they have there.

Biff

Yay! Happy New Year everybody!!!! :)

Really looking forward to this last run through of a fantastic show!

I was so honored to be included in the line up, and I am really looking forward to the walk through with Doug Nason.
His collection and photographs are just astounding.

A big Mahalo to Mr. Nason, Jeff Fox and Forest Lawn for welcoming and sharing with the Tiki Ohana!

So. . . 3pm walk through for sure. . . .

The only thing I am confused about is that there seems to be one group organizing a brunch at Damon's before the walk through, and another group organizing dinner/drinks AFTER the walk through. . .

Can we get some consensus here?

Don't get me wrong, I love Damon's, but twice in one day and I won't fit into any of my vintage tiki dresses! :wink:

What say you all? . . . .

FYI. . .

Here is my idea of a perfect Sunday. . . .

• Hula Girls @ The Redwood (They go on @ 1:45 and play about a 45-50 min. set)
• In Search of Tiki walk through with Doug Nason @ 3pm
• Cocktail hour(s) and Dinner @ Damon's

YAY! We can do it all!!!

YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!

Aloha and Happy New Year!!!!

yes Suzy it might be a little confusing with the Damon's plan.

The original plan was to meet for Brunch and than go to the Exhibit.

Douglas Nason suggested to meet at Damon's after the closing of the Exhibit. {approx. 5.30pm}.

He is going to be there and I reserved the backroom.

It's going to be a great chance to meet him and get to know him
and to have a yummy mai tai. The food is great as well.

You could still have Brunch at Damon's. They actually have a Mai Tai brunch. Only Douglas Nason is not going to be there for Brunch.

The exhibit is also open all day, so you can get there much earlier and really spend a lot of time. {exhibit is FREE and there is lots of free parking}.

The view from the Museum is also amazing. I live on the backside of the semetary and enjoy the view every day. It has been so great to have this awsome exhibit in my backyard. I went to the exhibit several times and enjoyd all the amazing art work, like yours Suzy, and of course all the other artists.

So please spread the word about this closing party and I'll

see you all latest at 3 pm at the Museum and at Damon's at 5.30.

Danke
Marion

On 2009-01-01 15:57, atomikitty wrote:
FYI. . .

Here is my idea of a perfect Sunday. . . .

• Hula Girls @ The Redwood (They go on @ 1:45 and play about a 45-50 min. set)
• In Search of Tiki walk through with Doug Nason @ 3pm
• Cocktail hour(s) and Dinner @ Damon's

YAY! We can do it all!!!

YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!

I'm all for doing it that way.
sounds good to me.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Waiting a day for my meds to kick in and then I am in for the exhibit @ 3 and Damon's after. I will be bringing my teenage daughter, too. Not going to Redwood, can't take the girl to a bar can I? C-ya up there!

Thanks for the heads up Marion, we are going to try and make it to the exhibit.

On 2009-01-01 15:57, atomikitty wrote:
FYI. . .

Here is my idea of a perfect Sunday. . . .

• Hula Girls @ The Redwood (They go on @ 1:45 and play about a 45-50 min. set)
• In Search of Tiki walk through with Doug Nason @ 3pm
• Cocktail hour(s) and Dinner @ Damon's

YAY! We can do it all!!!

YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!

Sounds good lets do it, count me in thanks :)

Aloha and thanks for all the positive responses for the closing party on Sunday.

It's going to be a fun day.

PLEASE kindly let me know if you would like to attend drinks or dinner at Damon's. {RSVP}.

I have reserved the backroom at Damon's,

But I do have to confirm later on with an approx. number of people who will attend.{Saturday afternoon}.
So if you know for sure please let me know. If you are not sure thats cool as well. There is always room for one more, no problem.
I'm just trying to organize this as best as I can and any help is appretiated.

There is no RSVP needed for the Museum and the museum exhibit is free.

The walk through the exhibit with the curators is planned to start at 3 pm.

Drinks and Dinner reservation at Damon's are at 5.30 pm.

looking forward to an awsome day.

thank you very much
Marion

Damon's post-art show roll call!

Atomikitty + 2

Raise your hand people!

I will be there with a friend or two. Rather new to the group, although I've been on this forum for a little while and have met a few people. Tryin' real hard to get more involved with tiki and exotica. Diggin' the vibe! I was at the Forest Lawn exhibit a couple months back, and can't wait to see it again with the walk-through. Haven't been to Damons in many moons, so that will be a treat as well.

Rivcat (soon to be changed to a more appropriate username, once I get it set up).

See you there!

One for the show and dinner at Damon's.

count me in for dinner cocktails , Kids are sick I wanted to take them to the show too but just got back from Kasier with them . See Everyone tomorrow .

Cindy and I are starting with the Hula Girls , then to the exhibit , then to Damons . Sweeeet ! Should I bring the gorilla suit ? hahaha

Dont forget The Hula Girls at The Redwood bar & Grill at 1:45!

I wish I could join you all in the rest of your adventures but being that I am part of the brunch at The Redwood I have to stay there the entire time. But I wish you all tons of fun!

On 2009-01-03 18:24, TIKI-RAY wrote:
Cindy and I are starting with the Hula Girls , then to the exhibit , then to Damons . Sweeeet ! Should I bring the gorilla suit ? hahaha

We'll bring the bananas :) WooHoo!!

Kiki v. + Miss Thing, exhibit and dinner after

On 2009-01-03 12:37, atomikitty wrote:
Damon's post-art show roll call!

Atomikitty + 2

Raise your hand people!

Yay Atomikitty!

Count Manuel and me in!
So two more hands up!

IM in for all 3 events.
gonna try to bring some others but I can't seem to get them to commit.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Damn, the double post thing finally happened to me.
guess I'm a big dummy now, or my computer is dying.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2009-01-04 02:35 ]

Methinks
the TOE
and I
shall GO!
museum and din-din!

can hardly wait to see everyone.................

I RSVPed on a different thread a couple of weeks ago, but just to be sure

Congawa + 1 (2 total) for dinner at Damons

Here's a couple photo's I took

Maid Marion - Mahalo for putting everything together yesterday. It was a
Tiki-rrific Way to End the Weekend along with the Holiday Season :)

Coco Joe...I see you have the limited edition "Shrunken Head of Joe Banks" attached to your shoulder. Very nice.

Nice pics CoCo Joe

Mahalos Maid Marion!
for rallying the Tiki Troops for the final day!
and a BIG Thank you to Doug Nason
for filling our brains with deeper understanding of the movement
He said that it was one of Forest Lawn's best received Art Shows!
YAY!
Very Informative and Fun!
Thanks for all the Insight!

i wouldn't do any of it over
except I'd tape jeffBigTikiDude's mouth shut
so he wouldn't ask so many dumb questions....
:lol:

great seeing y'all!
Nice way to end a Holiday vacation

Nice photos! Almost makes me miss Southern California. Almost.

Sorry we missed you guys! Hassan "Headhunter" Patterson, Ernie Keen and did it in the reverse position. Okay... that sounded rude. What I MEANT was, we went to Damon's first, then (after tanking up on a giant slab of Damon's chocolate cake) we went up to the show. We hoped we'd see a few of you as we left, though. Wasn't that show great? More, please! I loved "Henry" the well-worn stone Moai head. Ernie says he belongs to Forest Lawn's collection, and says he was used on someone's ship as ballast! Wow! No wonder Henry's smiling now! Spending your existence as ballast is a hellish life.

adding my MAhalos to Miss Marion for kicking all of us in the ass to get this show sent off with a proper irish wake.

thanks too to Doug Nason and Jeff for the fun tour.

and to Coco joe for the groovy photos.

i would say the event was 37% tangible enjoyment.

bT

[ Edited by: BigToe 2009-01-05 09:34 ]

On 2009-01-05 08:44, little lost tiki wrote:
i wouldn't do any of it over
except I'd tape jeffBigTikiDude's mouth shut
so he wouldn't ask so many dumb questions....
:lol:

Hey,
Doug came up to me at Damon's and said he really liked my questions.
so there.
Jeff(bigtikidude)

Thanks Coco Joe for posting the pics. I'm pretty bummed I missed this exhibit.