Hawaiian Night in Union Square tomorrow
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davis_squareThe Somerville Arts Council presents Hawaiian Night tomorrow night (Friday) in Union Square, as part of the ArtsUnion series. From an e-mail I received:
"DJ Brother Cleve, Somerville's ubiquitous connoisseur of lounge and exotica, will launch the evening with a tropical soundtrack to a backdrop of vintage surf and Hawaiiana footage. The Mai Tai Serenaders, featuring Rick Russo on ukelele, will croon to the sounds of Hawaiian Pop. Paying tribute to more traditional art forms, Polynesian Dance Arts will perform Tahitian dance as well as the story driven Hulas of Hawaii. Headlining the evening is Waitiki, presenting lounge sounds in the vein of Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Arthur Lyman, along with original compositions, for a sonic Tiki cocktail.
The evening will finish with a pastiche of clips from films and documentaries about Hawaiian music, including Susan Friedman's "The Ki Ho'alu: That's Slack Key Guitar." As always, Todd Sargent (responsible for turning the space under McGrath Highway into a 70s dance rave up this summer) will create a magical landscape, festooning Union Square with palm trees and other tiki ephemera. "
"DJ Brother Cleve, Somerville's ubiquitous connoisseur of lounge and exotica, will launch the evening with a tropical soundtrack to a backdrop of vintage surf and Hawaiiana footage. The Mai Tai Serenaders, featuring Rick Russo on ukelele, will croon to the sounds of Hawaiian Pop. Paying tribute to more traditional art forms, Polynesian Dance Arts will perform Tahitian dance as well as the story driven Hulas of Hawaii. Headlining the evening is Waitiki, presenting lounge sounds in the vein of Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Arthur Lyman, along with original compositions, for a sonic Tiki cocktail.
The evening will finish with a pastiche of clips from films and documentaries about Hawaiian music, including Susan Friedman's "The Ki Ho'alu: That's Slack Key Guitar." As always, Todd Sargent (responsible for turning the space under McGrath Highway into a 70s dance rave up this summer) will create a magical landscape, festooning Union Square with palm trees and other tiki ephemera. "