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13 unusual facts about Waikīkī


Anne Stevens

Stevens was appointed in January 2006 to replace Galen Fox as the representative for the State's 23rd district, which includes Waikiki and Ala Moana on the island of Oahu.

Beverly Willis

Upon graduation from the University of Hawaii, Willis founded the Willis Atelier in Waikiki, where she continued the mural and fresco work begun in college under the training of Jean Charlot.

Ewa Villages, Hawaii

Its opposite is "Diamond Head" (located at the east end of Waikīkī) or "Koko Head" (located still further east of downtown Honolulu).

Freshwater, New South Wales

In 2012, Warringah Council in partnership with Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club signed a Goodwill Beach City Agreement with the coastal community of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii.

International Structural Engineering and Construction Society

ISEC was founded in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 24, 2001, with its first conference in Waikiki hosted by the University of Hawaii.

J1 – Summer in the Sun

They find an apartment directly on the waterfront with views of Waikiki beach, but fail to read the small print and discover that they have arrived in an alcohol-free zone.

Jeremy Harris

He built the Marine Education Center at the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, continued the Waikiki Revitalization project started by Mayor Fasi that changed the look of Waikiki's main thoroughfares, Queen's Surf Beach, Kuhio Beach, Kapiolani Park Bandstand, established torchlighting ceremonies and hula performances every night at Waikiki and started Brunch on the Beach.

Kings of the Beach

In the latter, you progress through five beaches (San Diego, Chicago, Waikiki, Rio de Janeiro, and Australia) filled with increasingly challenging opponents as you attempt to win it all.

Legends In Concert

Legends In Concert is a live tribute artist production with shows primarily located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Branson, Missouri, Mashantucket, Connecticut, Waikiki, Hawaii and Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Lucius E. Pinkham

While President of the Board of Health, he developed the idea of dredging the marshlands of Waikīkī via a two-mile long drainage canal.

Massie Trial

On September 12, 1931 the couple attended a Navy event at the Ala Wai Inn, a Waikiki nightclub.

The Toyes

Mawg (Jean-Christophe Kay) and his brother Sky (Michael Kay) were living together in Waikiki.

Tom Brower

As a young child, Brower lived in Waikiki but he eventually moved with his family to Belmar and Spring Lake, New Jersey where he attended grammar school and high school.


Annual Ukulele Festival

In 1970, Roy Sakuma was working as a groundskeeper for the Waikiki Department of Parks.

Gordon Haller

On Oahu, Hawaii in 1978, Haller competed in Navy Commander John Collins’ race which combined the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, the Around-Oahu Bike Race, and the Honolulu Marathon.

KHVH

KHVH stands for Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki (of Henry J. Kaiser ) which today is the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel.

KUMU-FM

The station, which signed on the air on September 1, 1967, was originally part of an AM-FM combo and had a successful easy listening format, which they broadcast from the Hilton Hawaiian Village on the beach at Waikiki during the 1970s and 1980s.

Lakota West High School

The Marching Firebirds have traveled to many parts of the country to perform including the Hollywood Christmas Parade, Waikiki Holiday Parade in Hawaii, the 2003 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, and the 2008 Parade of Roses in Pasadena, California, will perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the fall of 2013, and again in the 2015 Parade of Roses in Pasadena, California.

Leanna Creel

Following her stint on Saved by the Bell, Creel had guest roles on One West Waikiki and Ned & Stacey.

Michael W. Perry

Other shows that Perry has been on include One West Waikiki, Jake and the Fatman, Baywatch Hawaii and the mini-series Blood and Orchids.

Rabbit Kekai

The Rabbit Kekai Keiki Surf Contest is held every year at Waikiki Beach to promote surfing for Hawaii's children (keiki means "child" or "little kid" in the Hawaiian language).

The Helmetcam Show

The remote segments featured Helmetcam exploring such events and locales as Hedonism Resorts in Jamaica, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, interviewing drunks in SoHo, exploring Waikiki with a pack of local strippers, flirting in Kona with the Vivid Girls,

The Waikikis

Composers such as Jo van Wetter, Willy Albimoor, Hans Blum and Michael Thomas (Martin Böttcher) created songs like "Hawaii Tattoo", "Carnival of Venice", "Mein Hut der hat drei Ecken", "Aloha Parade", "Honolulu Parade" and "Waikiki Welcome".