How do you plan a hawaiian luau? Help me??

Answer 1

There are many little details that will help you to create the feeling of a traditional Luau. Or, if you prefer, you can turn it into a campy party with lots of fun and tacky lights, plastic hula girls and more. When you consider the party music, you have a choice. You can stick with the traditional, or you can choose beach party sounds. Whichever style suits your group, everyone should arrive ready for fun.

Whenever you plan a party, you should read the recipes in advance of the dinner to help plan the timing of the meal. Be especially careful with this meal as several recipes will need advance preparation. For example, if you plan to build the traditional pit for roasting kalua pig, you'll need lots of time to prepare.

Let yourself have fun when decorating for your Luau. You can create the mood for your party with minimal expense if budget is a consideration. In fact, you can even plan on eating your decorations when the Luau is over if you use pineapples and coconuts as elements in your design! As you can see in the simple centerpiece above, I have used a pineapple, coconut, two silk leis, paper parasols and tropical fish picks to create a simple, colorful design.

You can go two ways with your decorations; create a natural Hawaiian mood or make it a campy beach party.

For the natural look you'll want some of these decorations:

bamboo placemats real tropical flower arrangements with orchids, hibiscus, bird of paradise and any other tropical flowers you can find.
sea shells scattered around your tables
napkin rings made from sea shells glued to raffia rings
coconuts
pineapples
a real parrot (only if you or a friend owns one, of course)
palm trees
palm leaves
tiki torches
tiki masks and other supplies
real flower leis
tropical design fabric tablecloths and napkins
For a campy beach party, you can include all of the above, but also add any or all of the following Hawaiian icons:

plastic hula dancers
surf boards
plastic leis
little paper parasols for your drinks
plastic picks for your drinks and hors d'oeuvres
string lots of fun party lights above and around your buffet table
colorful tropical tablecloths, napkins and party goods in paper or vinyl materials
tropical design confetti
At either party you can ask your guests to dress in colorful Hawaiian Aloha shirts and straw hats.

Welcome all guests to your Luau with a kiss and a flower lei.

I prefer the silk or real flower leis to the plastic ones you can find in most party stores.

If you're setting a campy beach party mood as in the Elvis movie Blue Hawaii, have raffia grass skirts available for anyone who'd like to try hula dancing.

Finally, organize a limbo contest for fun.

Make sure you include several offerings in your Dinner Club menu.

Start the evening with a Polynesian Pupu platter accompanied by a selection of Hawaiian cocktails. As you might expect, fruit juices and rum play a big part in these cocktails. I suggest you take it slowly because they can sneak up on you if you're drinking too fast on a sultry evening! I've selected a few of my favorites for this menu but you can find many more in the Tiki feature from About Cocktails Guide, Kathy Hamlin.

Considering the location of Hawaii it makes sense that seafood plays a large part in the Luau menu.

Coconuts and pineapples must be considered mandatory ingredients for your Luau. It just wouldn't be a Hawaiian Luau without them. One other indigenous Hawaiian food you must try is Poi. Made from the taro root, Poi may at first seem distasteful to a non-Hawaiian but it's a very nutritious staple food in Hawaii. The Poi Company ships products worldwide made with this Hawaiian specialty.

The music you choose for your Hawaiian Luau can be either traditional Hawaiian music or fun beach party music. They both will work great. Just make sure you're consistent and design the other details of your party to mesh with the mood set by the music. For example, if you select traditional Hawaiian music I would choose low-key, natural decorations when Setting the Stage. But if you feel like hosting a fun, beach party type Luau, I'd go with beach party music and pull out all the campy decorations such as the plastic hula dolls and cardboard palm trees.

Here are some Hawaiian Recipes
http://gohawaii.about.com/od/recipes/Hawaiian_Recipes_and_Recipe_Collections.htm

Good luck!

Answer 2

Check out Aloha Joe's lu'au recipes, and his 24/7 internet Hawaiian radio station will provide the perfect music!!
http://www.alohajoe.com/

Answer 3

sand,fire,roasted pig,aloha flower necklaces and drums.
for about 150 dollars you can get the whole roasted pig from lee lee's supermarket in phoenix az. 1602697-0894 ITS GREAT!!!!!!!

Answer 4

tropical drinks out of pineapple and cocojuice. try a coctail of lychee, cocomeat and vodka or gin. fruits, prawns, crabs, grilled fish, barbq, roasts. and a lot of smiles