NEWS
Okonkuluku, WAITIKI Fans!
Updated Monday 4/14/2008
Some big news from our fair little island. Thanks for visiting the website. We’re getting some new website artwork done by Sam Gambino … as you can see with MOAI MEL, below and to your right (no relation to Gargamel, Caramel, or Dudamel!) … By the way, check out the OKU-FM radio player in the right sidebar for live recordings from our recent shows.
All Aboard … the first-ever Tiki Train!
Mud Season Meets Polynesia: Music, gourmet food, train ride, and great exotic drinks!
When: April 19, 2008, boarding at 3:30 pm and return approximately 7:30 pm
Where: Departs from Bellows Falls Depot, 54 Depot Street, Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Food: Quality Vermont Made! Delicious food by the local Harvest Moon Catering including appetizer style: Sesame Chicken Satay with Hoisin Dip, Mini Coconut Crab Cakes with Curried Aioli Sauce, Veggie Spring Rolls, Shrimp Skewer, Fruit and Veggie Display, Macadamia Nut Hummus Served with Pitas, Sweet and Sour Meatballs.
Drinks: Classic Polynesian drinks with quality rums and juices. Cash Bar with first drink complimentary.
Ticket Information and Purchase at:
www.rails-vt.com/gmf/gmf_tiki.html. Additional local and overnight information available by calling the Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce at 802-463-4548.
WAITIKI is Going to Berlin!!!
That’s right … we’re traveling with our favorite tiki comrades from Honolulu — DON TIKI, and will be making a big exotica splash in Berlin, Germany at the first-ever WASSERMUSIK FESTIVAL. We’ll be playing as a septet, joined by our longtime friend (and killin’) Latin jazz pianist Zaccai Curtis.
Read more about the WAITIKI Septet!
Mahalo for Supporting The Sextet!
A belated thank you to all of you who came to see the debut of our sextet format at The Enormous Room a few weeks ago. To those who requested our hit Pan-XOTIK-Da, don’t worry … we’re not abandoning it! It’ll make a return at one of many upcoming shows
WAITIKI Hits Up “The Big Smoke”
In June, you can see us at the London Luau, hosted by CheekyTiki and presented at London’s own Trader Vic’s Restaurant. We’ll be in town June 6-9; hope to see you there!
Coming This Fall: We make a trip to the Midwest!
We’ve graciously been invited to perform for the Retro Cocktail Hour’s 500th broadcast, to be aired on Kansas Public Radio. That show will be a very special one indeed; it will feature the WAITIKI Sextet doing classic arrangements of Martin Denny, Les Baxter, & Arthur Lyman tunes, with an all-star band: “The Mayor of Exotica” - Tim Mayer, Mikey Connors (formerly of Combustible Edison), our resident violinist “Ms. Helenini“, WAITIKI co-founders Abe Lagrimas & Randy Wong, and Latin percussionist/birdcaller Lopaka Colon! We’ll also be debuting some of our new material, including stuff from our new (and so far, untitled) album in the works.
Save the date … November 1st, in Lawrence, KS … more details to come.
Other plans for this summer are in the works, so grab ahold of your straws and be ready to sssssslurp a Mai Tai … or Wai Tai! We’ll get back to you with more news, etc. “as the watermelon rolls.”