The Hawaiian word for the Magic Show Dinner (white glove service) Theater we saw tonight in our hotel. It starred (I'm quoting the brochure here) World Class Illusionists Jody and Kathleen Baran. Jody is the "magician" and no, it's not a gay act, Jody is like the boy named Sue.
Those who know me will understand the temptation of the combo deal - two shows for $99. Tomorrow's is in a proper theatre in Lahaina and looks like a Hawaiian version of Cirque. Should be good. As was tonight's. Been 35 years since I saw Franquin the Magnificent hypnotise sister Rose and entrance us all with his tricks. Tonight was more traditional illusion but very clever none the less.
We sat at a table of 10. I introduced ourselves and received not a single reply. Conversation did flow like hardening lava (blood from stone is an appropriate analogy) enough to discover our companions for the evening were from chilly states like Nebraska and the one from Grumpy old Men. Pity the act if getting a reaction was so difficult!
Jody had the interesting idea of celebrating those performers who had passed thru before and some of the tricks they made famous - sawing woman in half, levitation, various disappearances, etc.
The usual victims were plucked from the audience including a very tall Canadian called Mike (you needed to be there to get the jokes he made at Canada's expense). He had just smashed someone's watch and made it reappear in a tin of beans when he needed a woman to lace up his straitjacket for a Houdini style escape and guess who he selected?
Tess suffered the double entendres abut Macademia nuts in good spirits and acquitted herself admirably. Thank God it wasn't me. No footage of her moment on stage unfortunately but at least we got a snap afterwards. And this was on just one glass of wine as the Mai Tai was not to her taste.
We didn't do much else during the day except relax, draw (Tess) and play on the Net (24 hour pass) so it was good to experience something very different from back home. Which makes the holiday worth the bill.
Tomorrow I hope to drag the star of stage to Molokini to look at some coral and fish.
Then it's Ulalena in the evening.
Aloha
2 comments:
Did you discover the Mai Tai Bar in Waikiki? I had several great mai tais there one year on my way to Australia. Struck up a conversation with a family from one of those Nebraskan style states and we decided to have dinner together. So they're not all silent.
Did not drink a decent Mai Tai on the trip. Tess won't touch them anyway. Helicopter trip was also quiet although when questioned, Mike from ??? Was very friendly.
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