The WASABI Oldies 50's & 60's Band was headlining at the Dole Cannery Ballroom this past Wednesday. Dance Hawaii Prez Maurice and wife Gilda were gonna be there and we also got an e-mail from Doreen (da leeda of da band) that it waS GONNA BE A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for a band member (Milton). Heading for the Dole was another evening of bumper to bumper traffic on the H1 at 7PM and equally just as heavy going to East Honolulu. So dat's double AUWE.
The dance floor at the Dole was filled with midweek dancers and the WASABI Band was playing their special brand of 50's & 60's tunes at high volume. Maurice met us as my main squeeze Lani and I entered the night club atmosphere ballroom. But first gotta pay the flat cover charge of $5 per person which gets your parking stub rubber stamped with "pay $3.00 for parking". Chocolate birthday cake was served and the drinks are priced about the same as the no host bar at the Pacific Beach Hotel.
Got to brush cheeks with Doreen as she said "thank you for coming" and then it was time to Dance our A** Off. No doubt, the hot music renditions played by the WASABI can do that. And having a main squeeze like Lani whose dancing feet never gives up when the music is hot, we stayed on the dance floor and danced the next 5 songs and then more before calling it a night of fun dancing. Now if you got the heartbeat at midweek for the Waltz, East Coast Swing, Rumba, Cha Cha, Salsa, West Coast Swing, Rock & Roll, and a bit of Nightclub 2 Step, then this is the place to be on Wednesday nights.
There are other bands that provide entertainment and danceable music each Wednesday at the Dole. You can check the schedule of events at KI's "Dance Fever Oahu" website for more info.
Got dancing feet and will travel? Dance Hawaii hosting a Furlough Friday Social Dance at the Radford tonight (11/26) from 7 to 10 PM. Surf over to Jimbo Blogging at "Moanalua Corridor" for added info.
Still got dancing feet and will travel? Then swing over to the Palladium for Hawaii Gardenia Circle Christmas Dance this Saturday (11/27). For more info go to "That's Dancing" and scroll down till you see an earlier blog on it or go to KI's "Dance Fever Oahu"
