Beach Boys — minus Wilson — ring in 2003 at Hilton Hawaiian Village
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
The Beach Boys
- Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom
- Doors open at 9 p.m., pre-show entertainment 9-10:15 p.m., Beach Boys from 10:45 p.m.
- $85-$160, includes show, drink, collectible glass, party favors and tax
- 947-7877
OK, Brian Wilson won't be at the Coral Ballroom, but nonetheless The Beach Boys' fun-fun-fun caper boasts Mike Love and Bruce Johnson, who have history with the surf group. Although it probably won't be suggested, what the heck: Don surf togs, pretend it's a beach party, and sing along to "Surfer Girl," "I Get Around," "California Girls," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Rock 'n' Roll Music," "Kokomo" and "Good Vibrations." If you dare, bring your own sand to really get into the party mood. Added treat: Loretta Ables-Sayre joins the Steve Jones Band as the warm-up act.
 |
|
|
- Doors open 7 at p.m., dinner from 7:30 p.m., show from 8 p.m.
- Royal Hawaiian Hotel Monarch Room
- $225-$255, includes five-course dinner, wine, split of champagne, party favors; or $95 without dinner; children's prices available
- 923-7311
"Lei Na Hoku (Lei of Stars)," hosted by Brickwood Galuteria, has become the Hawaiian way to party hearty. Think May Day, but year-ender, where you can wear your lei and mu'umu'u and aloha shirt at the Royal Hawaiian's Monarch Room and not feel out of place. Trotting out the island sounds: Ku'uipo Kumukahi with the Hawaiian Sweethearts, Tony Conjugacion with Halau Na Wainohia, the Bobby King Band, and Danny Couch. You'll be in the pink — the Pink Palace, that is — and in the midst of a supper club with grand Hawaiian history.
 |
|
|
- Doors open at 6:30 p.m., dinner from 7 p.m., show from 8 p.m.
- Sheraton Waikiki Hawaii Ballroom
- $225 includes buffet, wine, midnight champagne toast and show; $85 for show only; children's prices available
- 922-4422
"Ho'omaka Hou (The New Beginning)," hosted by Bill Van Osdol and Randy Hudnall, will provide a panorama of the best of Hawai'i's contemporary and traditional performers. It's almost like a Na Hoku Hanohano Award evening, with such stellar troupers as Kapena with Tamali'i O Patitifa Dance Company, Brother Noland, The Makaha sons, Robi Kahakalau and Kanilau with Halau Na Mamo O Ka'ala.
The Society of Seven Las Vegas
- Buffet dinner seating from
- 7:45 p.m., cocktail seating from 9 p.m.
- Outrigger Waikiki Main Showroom
- $125, includes dinner, split of champagne, party favors, show, dancing; $95 cocktail package includes everything but the meal. For those 21 or older
- 922-6408, 923-7469
The Society of Seven Las Vegas, the "cloned" group of the original SOS, will celebrate New Year's Eve at the Outrigger Waikiki's Main Showroom; this is the favorite local destination for show revelry and dancing. While the group's a relatively new one, the formula's the same: two back-to-back shows with Broadway songs, impersonations and holiday cheer, leading up to the midnight countdown.
'Creation'
- Seating from 9 p.m., followed by dinner; show at 10:30 p.m.
- Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel 'Ainahau Showroom
- $150 includes buffet dinner, two drinks, party favors, champagne toast, souvenir champagne glass; children's prices available
- 931-4660
For its New Year's hoopla, "Creation," Tihati's multimedia Polynesian spectacle not only will look at the past, offering a high-energy trek to Hawai'i's roots, but will bring everyone back to the present — or future — with the Honolulu Dance Company, an agile ensemble with street-smart choreography. Play tourist for the night, join the lines, get a lei when you're greeted, and see Polynesian men and women — yes, Samoan fire-knife dancers, too, as well as shimmying Tahitian otea dancers — in all their glory.
