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Hula Tunes
These songs will get your hips rolling and arms swaying to the hula beat:
- Hawaii Five-O The Ventures
- The Hukilau Song Don Ho
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow Facing Future
- Can't Help Falling in Love With You Elvis Presley
- Surfin' Luau Annette Funicello
- Luau Lei The Surfers
- Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley
- Aloha Hula Hits Unlimited
- To You, Sweetheart, Aloha The Waikikis
- Beach in Hawaii Ziggy Marley
Also, download some surf sounds so when you've exhausted your tropical tunes, guests can close their eyes and imagine that the beach is just around the corner. That's right--it's time to retire the surfboards and chilax. (Try 3D Ambient Sleep Atmospheres or Sleep: Ambient Sleep Therapy 1)
Wish You Were Here
Yes, we would all prefer to be in Hawaii, but until then, feel free to live vicariously through these movies set in tropical paradise:
- Blue Crush
- Blue Hawaii
- 50 First Dates
- Gidget Goes Hawaiian
- Big Bounce
Hawaiian, We Said
Sound like an island native by inserting some Hawaiian words into the evening's conversations:
Ae: yes
`A`ala: smell good
`Aka`aka: laugh
Hoapili: close friend
Ho`olaule`a: celebration
ho`okipa: hospitality
Honi: kiss
inu: drink
kahakai: beach
Ku`uipo: sweetheart
lama pa'ipa'i: cocktail
lolo: crazy
Mai e `ai: come and eat
napo'o 'ana o ka la: sunset
nohea: handsome, loveliness
`ono: delicious
And some of these phrases may come in handy, depending on what you’re going for:
- Hele mei hoohiwahiwa: Come celebrate.
- `O wai kou inoa?: What is your name?
- Eia Au, Eia 'Oe: Here I am, here you are.
- E Kipa Mai: Come to me.
- Aloha Au Ia 'Oe: I love you.
- A hui hou kakou: Until we meet again.
- Pomaika`i: Good luck.
- Mahalo: Thank you.
- Mahalo nui loa na ho'olaule'a me la kaua: Thank you for celebrating with us.