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SOLD OUT! 2009 Seattle Area Home Bar Tour, August 21st & 22nd |
DJ Terence Gunn
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Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 |  Posted: 2009-04-06 1:34 pm Permalink
Aloha, Folks! This year's Seattle Area Home Bar Tour will be taking place on the weekend of August 21st & 22nd, a Friday and Saturday. Lots of ideas and possibilities are swirling round, being discussed and considered, but I have no details to yet release. However, for those of you who have attended any of the previous year's festivities, the scheduling and general outline of the event will be basically the same: Day One -- Luau & backyard BBQ with live & DJed entertainment, exotic cocktails, and giveaways; Day Two: a 6 hour Tour, starting out with cocktails, Indonesian appetisers, and live music at Island Life's Monkey Bar, followed by stops to 2 or 3 Seattle Area Home Bars. One of the stops (homes) is so impressive (and with a heated pool) that I may extend the stop time, bringing the stops (not including Island Life) to 2.
Ticket reservations are $50/person, payable via Paypal to balihai66@gmail.com. These tickets are not refundable, so please make sure you will be able to attend before making reservations.
More to come!
Okole Maluna!
[ This Message was edited by: DJ Terence Gunn 2009-08-18 23:41 ]
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Dancin' Lizard
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Joined: Jan 27, 2005
Posts: 136
From: Manchester, WA
| Posted: 2009-04-07 1:52 pm Permalink
Of course we'll be there! It's the most fun you can have on a big yellow bus!
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DJ Terence Gunn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 | Posted: 2009-04-20 1:36 pm Permalink
Update: Live music this year will be provided by 'Mai Tai Conspiracy' (last year's 'The Band From Uncle'). So expect some familiar surf, Exotica, and Spy themes, up, close, and personal! Mai Tai Conspiracy will also be playing an event in Seattle sometime in July or early August.
T.B.F.U. (Mai Tai Conspiracy), performing 'Quiet Village', last year at The Monkeyskull Voodoo Lounge (sound and audio captured from a video phone, so don't expect great clarity!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SraRqTFhyU
Things are warming up, in more ways than one! More to come soon.
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DJ Terence Gunn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 | Posted: 2009-06-02 03:52 am Permalink
Looks like Seattle ukulele band The Ukadelics will be performing on the second day of the Seattle Area Home Bar Tour! This is really going to be a fun weekend!
If you haven't seen this Japanese TV segment on the Ukadelics (and it is quite hilarious) here it is:
http://seattletwist.com/2009/04/04/ukadelic-documentary-from-japanese-tv/
It's up to you to take the documentary as seriously as you wish. (I've noticed that people in Southern California take everything seriously except Tiki.)
Jokes aside, I will say one thing: Seattle's Ukadelics put on a very fun show, and will have you singing and smiling in the Ol' but new Aloha way.
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palapala
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 15, 2006
Posts: 240
From: Hale'a'Kenmore, Wash
| Posted: 2009-06-02 09:15 am Permalink
Very funny syntho-Doc!
any Japanese speakers out there know what the narrator was really saying?
How many folks are signed on for the bar tour so far?
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DJ Terence Gunn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 | Posted: 2009-06-04 12:22 am Permalink
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On 2009-06-02 09:15, palapala wrote:
Very funny syntho-Doc!
any Japanese speakers out there know what the narrator was really saying?
How many folks are signed on for the bar tour so far?
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What makes you think the Japanese speakers aren't saying what is put in subtitles, Palapala? ;o)
Update: As far as folks on board for the SAHBT so far -- and we've still nearly two and a half months to go! -- over half the capacity has been filled, with still a whole slew of folks sitting on the bamboo fence (which can hardly be comfortable, but heck, it's their bottoms not mine).
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Tiki Kupcake
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 07, 2008
Posts: 362
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2009-06-05 01:02 am Permalink
I would love to go to this, but we will have to see. We will just be returning from our 2 week tiki road trip on the 19th. May be a bit much to head right up to Seattle. Especially, since we will be in Seattle on the Sept 4th and 5th.
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Tiki Kupcake
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Joined: May 07, 2008
Posts: 362
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2009-06-12 5:15 pm Permalink
Screw it! I'm going to try and make this happen!
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DJ Terence Gunn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 | Posted: 2009-06-15 01:14 am Permalink
I am very pleased to announce that one of Seattle's most impressive homes and outside Tiki bars -- The Hollywood House of Tiki -- is now a stop on this year's Tour. Fabulous!
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DJ Terence Gunn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 | Posted: 2009-07-10 11:38 am Permalink
Update! As of July 10th, the capacity for the SAHBT is getting close to filled. Don't wait 'til August to make your reservations!
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beadtiki
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Joined: Aug 24, 2007
Posts: 929
From: Bothell, Washington
| Posted: 2009-07-23 4:19 pm Permalink
I had SOOOO much fun last year. I'm extremely bummed I can't do it this time around. Don't forget me for next year though - I hope to be financialy able then  Sounds like it's gonna be AWESOME! Don't forget to take pics people!
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DJ Terence Gunn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 | Posted: 2009-08-08 9:25 pm Permalink
I've been informed that the August issue of Seattle Magazine has a little article (page 21) mentioning the Seattle Area Home Bar Tour. Nothing really substantial or informative; more a brief, but positive blurb. (Little do they know the SAHBT is so much more!) I haven't seen the physical article myself (as all the stores I've been to only have the July issue available) but hear there's a couple images of the Hollywood House Of Tiki, which is featured on this year's Tour. Still, worth a look-see for some of you locals.
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phynix
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 12, 2004
Posts: 35
From: Sandy Eggo/currently Portland OR
| Posted: 2009-08-10 1:32 pm Permalink
Yay! Just bought my ticket!
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KeithH
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Joined: Feb 15, 2009
Posts: 103
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2009-08-10 2:51 pm Permalink
I had so much fun at Tiki Kon here in Portland. I am seriously considering making the drive up to Seattle.
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DJ Terence Gunn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 250 | Posted: 2009-08-16 10:35 pm Permalink
Update: As of Sunday, August 16th, only four spots left open for the SAHBT this upcoming weekend. Interested in attending? The cost is $50/person payable to balihai66@gmail.com. Please contact me first for availability. Deadline for available reservations is August 19th. No reservations (even if spots are available) will be accepted after this date.
We've had some dodgy weather here in Seattle lately: extreme heat followed by unseasonably overcast and almost chilly weather (mainly in the evening); but the weather has been returning to 'normal' and the forecast for this weekend looks very good.
As per usual, not many TC'ers are attending. But for those who are -- and who read this post -- I look forward to seeing you; and more importantly, hope you have a stellar time.
Best and Aloha.
-T.G.
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