FromYears Past
1955 The lu- ‘au was sold out and a com- plete success. Proceeds helped send Junior crews to Kona.
1961 Nearly 500 people showed up at the new (current) Club site for the annual lu- ‘au, which raised money for the Catalina races. Looking in on the luau held at the New Club ule August 10th. A really good time was bad by the almou 500 who partook of good kaukau and entertainment. LUAU HAPPY SUCCESS The r e was lots of good food , plenty of music, people and good old Hawai - ian hospi tal i ty at the luau held at our Elks Cl ub site Augus t 10th to raise money for the Catal ina races. of many, many tickets. And we mus tn ' t forget the crew members wh o went to Catal ina. They helped to wai t on table . . . as par t of thei r t ra ining exer- cise, of course. And a wor thwhi l e pro- ject it was indeed for it net ted $666 . 83 for the cause.
Almos t 500 people turned out for the a f f a i r which was held in a real luau size tent , and guests in mul t i hued muumuus , holukus , sundresses, and aloha shirts added much color to the color ful evening. The music was grand and many will remember f o r a long t ime the pe r formance by Iolani Lua- hine and the luau type happy music and danc ing of Bill Cr awford and his trio, Lei Col l ins, Btll Lincoln and Flora Hayes. These talented enter tainers ap- peared for aloha but were richly repaid by the enthusiast ic response f r om the guests who would hardly let them have a momen t ' s rest. Toot s Minviel le and his commi t tee worked very hard to put this event over the top and their hard work paid o f f . Also p l ugg i ng for the luau f r om the Front Desk every chance they got were Eva, Mal ia, Florence and Jean- ette who were responsible for the sale
OUR TEAM IS RED HOT
Ou r team had a little t rouble get- t ing away because the or iginal airl ine they were booked on just wou l dn ' t get off the ground . So everyone changed to another pl ane and arrived at Manha t t an Beach wi th but a couple of hours to spare before race time. Th i s d i dn ' t seem to daunt our crew for they took first place in the Santa Moni ca-Manha t t an Beach race Satur- day, Augus t 18th, complet ing the dis- tance in 1:23.8. Balboa Cl ub was second and Santa Monica thi rd. In the Catal ina race held Sunday the 19th we placed second . . . and boy, was it a hard earned second. OCC crew was leading by a Vi of a mi le Cont'd on page 11 10
1987 Alice Guild danced hula.
1991
The Entertainment committee greeted guests with plumeria lei. Kualoa provided entertainment.
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