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"Hulaween"
is the way we, at the Barefoot Hawaiian, celebrate
Halloween and we are ready to celebrate it with you,
Hawaiian Style.
 Up in the
air about a Halloween party or theme? Consider
having it Polynesian style. Everyone is to come
dressed to your party or event in a Hawaiian,
Polynesian, or other South Pacific island themed
costume.
Invite your
guests to come to the Barefoot Hawaiian store for what
they need to make up their very own and unique
costume. Our staff can help your with ideas to
pull off the island you wish to represent. Want
to be a savage New Zealand Warrior or a sexy Tahitian
Dancer? We can show you how. And instead
of something cheaply made from the costume isle of
the discount store, get something that will last and
can be worn year after year, and will look great on
you for the luau you plan to have or attend next
summer
 Plus, with a
performance purchase everyone attending your party
receives a discount in our store. Our Halloween
performances include hula lessons for everyone and our
expert performers will serve as the perfect impartial
judges for your costume contest. We can judge
for the best male, best female, most authentic, most
native-like, and so on. Moreover, for Halloween,
we will provide a free gift or gifts (depending on
size of the performance you order) to award to the
winner or winners. For children's parties, our
Hulaween entertainment can include the telling of an
age-appropriate authentic Hawaiian ghost story.
Our Hulaween
performance is also excellent choice entertainment for
October Festivals (Octoberfest) that you are running
in your town or at your establishment.
Call us now
to ask about all the ways we can help you run a great
Halloween party.
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Immediately after Halloween, we depart from scary
costumes into pure fun as we head into the Thanksgiving
and the Christmas seasons, with a children's favorite,
our Keiki Karnival, right here on location at the
Barefoot Hawaiian.
"Keiki Karnival"
Sunday, November 1, 2009
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Great fun for
children of all ages. Entry is FREE. Tickets to play games, only 25 cents each.
Get a personal portrait done by "Kapela," our resident artist, for only $10.
Games for Children with prizes
awarded:
- Ring Toss
-
Tiki Bowling
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Bozo Pumpkins
-
Bean Bag Game
-
Hula Hoops
-
Coconut Roll/Wheel of Fortune
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Spray Away Game
-
Clothespin Drop
Held at:
The Barefoot Hawaiian
1401 East Oakton Street
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018
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As you get
up early Thanksgiving morning to start cooking your
Thanksgiving feast, be sure to tune into WGN-TV, Channel 9,
from 9:00 - 11:00 AM to catch our performance in the McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade,
a.k.a, the Chicago State Street Thanksgiving Day
Parade. Enjoy watching our Professional Fire-Knife Performers,
Professional Dancers, Keiki Division Dancers, Drummers,
Banner Carriers, and more entertain you while you cook
or enjoy your morning coffee.
Better
still, come on down and catch the parade in person.
To read more
on our legacy of Thanksgiving Day performances for the
city of Chicago, be sure to read "Behind
the Scenes with The Barefoot Hawaiians,"
the complete two-page article/interview with photos
starting on page 8 in the May, 2009 edition of TurkeyTALK.
Visit our
Event Schedule page for more details on this article
and to download it yourself.
Thanksgiving
Holiday Store and Office Hours:
The Barefoot Hawaiian Office and Store will be
closed Thursday and Friday, November 26 & 27 in
honor of Thanksgiving. Normal business resume
Saturday, November 28.
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Mele Kalikimaka means Merry Christmas in
Hawaiian, and Santa is on his way.
You are listening to "Christmas in Hawaii" by Danny
Couch.
Used with permission by Danny Couch.
We carry this CD in our store
The Barefoot
Hawaiian has much to offer you this holiday season and
just about everything you need to provide you with a Christmas in
Hawaii.
In the
way of entertainment and performances we feature special
holiday season shows. These shows feature special
Christmas costumes, music, hulas, and more.
The Barefoot
Hawaiian gears up its store for gift and holiday shopping.
Get that unique gift for the hard-to-buy-for person in
your life. We have Christmas Aloha Shirts,
Christmas Stockings, Tree Ornaments, Holiday Music, and
more.
For your
holiday shopping convenience, we have
special holiday shopping evening hours at various times
throughout the season.
For our special web page with full details on the way we celebrate
Christmas, click the link below.
MELE KALIKIMAKA
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The Barefoot
Hawaiian sees the old year out and the new year in every
year with our annual New Year's show at the Tiki Terrace
restaurant. Details follow:
Thursday, December 31, 2009
New Year's Eve Luau Bash
The Barefoot
Hawaiian will be part of the New Year's Eve bash at the
Tiki Terrace Restaurant. Enjoy an entire night of
seeing 2009 out and bringing 2010 in. The entire
event runs from 7:00 PM to 3:00 AM. The evening
will be filled with entertainment and celebration.
The Barefoot Hawaiian performance will run from 8:30
- 9:30 PM.
Both dinner
and non-dinner packages are available.
Reservations are required. Drop by the restaurant
or visit their web site for full details.
The Tiki Terrace Restaurant
1591 Lee Street
Des Plaines, IL 60018
847-795-TIKI
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The Barefoot
Hawaiian wishes everyone a happy and prosperous year in
2010. We hope you enjoyed the holiday
season.
We are looking
forward to bringing Hawaii to you in 2010 just as the
Barefoot Hawaiian, Inc. has been bringing to you since
1983, and Barefoot Hawaiian owners and founders, under
the previous name, have been bringing to you since
1973. Thus, with 2010, we enter into our 37th year
of bringing Hawaii to you and the entire North American
mainland.
Happy New Year
from the Barefoot Hawaiian.
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Love is in the
air at this time of year, and the Barefoot Hawaiian is
ready to celebrate St. Valentine's Day and the season
with you.
For Valentine
performances, our shows focus beautifully around love
and the "Be My Valentine" theme.
Our performances will feature special love songs and
dances. You will hear the Hawaiian Wedding Song,
Blue Hawaii, and many others.
So whether you
need entertainment for your private party, a corporate
event, or for your restaurant or lounge, consider the
romance of Hawaii as a theme. And if you have a
special someone you need to impress or romance (perhaps
even propose to?), let us know, and we will include you
into the show as part of what you need to carry out for
that someone special. We can even teach you how to
say "I Love You" in Hawaiian
Then following
one week after St. Valentine's Day, the love continues,
comedy style with ...
Kelalani & Kaulele's Animal
Crackers Wedding
Sunday, February 21, 2010
5:00 - 10:00 PM
The Tiki Terrace Restaurant
1591 Lee Street
Des Plaines, IL 60018
A Fun & Fictional
Interactive Performance
To Benefit Animal Charities
Full Details on our Event Schedule
and News Room Web Pages
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Are you
considering having a luau or Hawaiian-theme party this
coming summer?
If so, then
our expert advice to you is that you should already be
well into planning it, especially if your luau will be
held on a weekend during the summer months from Mid-June
to Mid-September. If your weekend party will be or
extend into the evening — Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
evening — then your early planning is even more
crucial.
The most
important early planning issues:
DATE
— If you are planning on a weekend luau in summer,
deciding the date and approximate time is the most
important planning issue and you should have this already
determined by May to ensure a successful event.
ENTERTAINMENT
(DANCERS) — The next most important issue
after deciding the date, is acquiring your Polynesian
dance entertainment. Even with our huge troupe of
professional dancers (the largest in the Midwest) we can
still become fully booked with every performer assigned
to a show on a weekend day during the summer. To
avoid hearing, "Sorry, we are fully booked that
day." call us early. If you want more than
two dancers, you should be contacting us by May to
ensure getting what you want. FIRE
DANCERS — These performers require
special mention. There are only a handful of
professional fire knife performers in the Chicago
area. Most Hawaiian companies have none. The
Barefoot Hawaiian provides more than 90% of the fire
performances in the Chicago area. Moreover, we are
fully insured to perform fire; most other companies are
not. A fire performance in the evening on a summer
weekend is the most spectacular and most desired
performance. If you want a fire performance for
your luau, make these arrangements very early. MUSICIANS
— These performers also require special
mention. There are only a small number of Hawaiian
musicians in the Chicago area. Some Hawaiian
companies have none and offer only music on CD.
The Barefoot Hawaiian has two soloists, one full band,
and a couple of two-person ensembles. For live
Tahitian drumming, we have several trained and qualified
Tahitian drummers. If you want live music or
drumming or both for your Summer luau, these
arrangements also need to be made very early. CATERING
— Finally, if you are planning on having your luau
catered, you should also be making these arrangements
early as well. The Barefoot Hawaiian has a
cooperative with a Hawaiian catering company that we can
put you in touch with. Know the last year, they
were fully booked with events on some weekends, and we
saw customers scrambling to find just anyone and having
to go with a caterer that does not specialize in luau
cuisine. Plan
early and you can be sure of getting the dancers,
fire dancers, live music, and the Polynesian cuisine
that you want and need for a successful luau.
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Somehow most
people believe that a Hawaiian luau can only be held in
the summer months here in the Midwest.
While the
summer months are often most preferred, consider this
excellent advice: Have your luau in the
Spring. A luau in May and the first half of June,
has much to offer:
Hawaiian
Weather
— Hawaii is not 95 degree temperatures with the
high muggy humidity we see here in the Midwest.
Its temperature are in the 70's with a nice ocean
breeze. Holding your luau in late spring comes
closer to the Hawaiian outdoors than the summer months
do here in the Midwest. Plus, enjoy fewer bugs.
More
Available Bookings
— If you read the previous section on luau
planning you know that getting everything you need for a
Summer luau required early planning, and may require
more phone calls and more turndowns. Hold your
luau in the Spring and you will find it much easier to
get your entertainment, music, and more. For a
Spring luau we can often send out a dancer same
day. We often can provide musicians, several
dancers, fire, drummers, etc. with just a few days
notice. So have that last minute luau this coming
weekend and call us.
Spring
Public Shows
— The Barefoot Hawaiian performs many great
public shows in the Spring. Check out the Mowi
Wowi show in Chicago on May 1, our
Mother's Day shows on May 9 at the Tiki Terrace,
the Lilac Festival Parade performance in Lombard on May
16, Taste of Des Plaines
shows on June 5 & 6,
our concert on June 12, our
movie night with performance on June 13.
Visit our Event Schedule to see the complete list.
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The Klub Kane Revue is a sophisticated and totally dignified
all-male performance and revue, South Pacific style.
Previously, only available at certain times, by special arrangement, and only to
specific businesses such as restaurants, by popular demand, we have added as a permanent addition to our entertainment programs and have made it available to everyone.
 Klub Kane
Revue is excellent choice entertainment for
- Bachelorette Parties
- Engagement Parties
- Women's Clubs
- Single's Groups
- Restaurants
- Banquets
- Lounges & Bars
- Holiday Parties
Klub Kane
Revue is exclusive to the Barefoot Hawaiian and we are
the first (and currently the only) Hawaiian
performing arts company in the midwest to offer an
all-male show.
To learn more and get the
full details on this very unique and special
performance package click the link below.
KLUB KANE REVUE
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We will have
more special and exclusive entertainment packages
coming, so please check back.
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