[Tikievents] Tiki Oasis 8 symposium schedule

"The Sophisticated Misfit" DVD signing with director Mark Chervinsky & SHAG
HOTEL LOBBY
PRICE: FREE

Saturday - 12:30 - 1:30
Burlesque as it Was Tahitian Dance Class
GRAND PACIFIC ROOM
PRICE: $5

Saturday - 2pm - 3:45pm
1:45 - Pre-Seating for Deluxe Pass holders!!
The Undead Cocktail: Understanding the Zombie and Why Three Rums are Better Than One: Martin Cate
THE KONA COAST ROOM
PRICE: $25

Saturday - 4pm- 5:30pm
Look Like a Zombie Make-Up Class: Melissa Retro Diva
GRAND PACIFIC ROOM
PRICE: $25

Saturday - 4pm - 5:30pm (signing 4pm-4:45, Q & A 4:45 - 5:30pm)
Sven Kirsten "Tiki Modern" Book Signing
HOTEL LOBBY
PRICE: FREE

Sunday Afternoon: Symposiums & Uke Jam

Sunday - 10:00 - 11:00am
Tiki Trek: The Search for Tiki Modern Architecture in San Diego; Speaker Alex Bevil
GRAND PACIFIC ROOM
PRICE: FREE

Sunday - 11am - 12 noon
How to Become a Professional Tiki Artist: An Inside View of the Early Days of the Tiki Revival: Bosko
GRAND PACIFIC ROOM
PRICE: FREE

Sunday - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Iuka Grogg's Ukulele Fantasy Camp
Tiki Atrium West
PRICE: FREE

Jeff Chenault with Robert Drasnin
Sounds for Sophisticated Savages: A Survey of Exotica Music and a Q&A with Robert Drasnin

Exotica researcher Jeff Chenault has become a well-known figure in the Exotica world. His extensive research comes from a lifetime love affair with music and his consummate passion for unusual sounds. For the past two years he has presented his Exotica seminars to enthusiastic crowds at the Hukilau event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His ultimate goal is to share, educate and enlighten people with this extraordinary and fascinating form of music.

This year Jeff will present an ever-expanding version of his music seminar. The show will include an introductory overview of Exotica pioneers Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Arthur Lyman, and also chronicle more obscure artists such as Eden Ahbez and Jimmy Namaro. As an added bonus Jeff will highlight the career of Hollywood film composer Robert Drasnin. Bob's quintessential first album Voodoo is considered by many to be a masterpiece of the genre. Bob will also be making a special guest appearance.

Join us for an entertaining and educational journey into the world of Exotica.

Bosko
How to Become a Professional Tiki Artist: An Inside View of the Early Days of the Tiki Revival.

Show and tell with artist/sculptor/mug-maker/carver/Tiki historian Bosko whose trail-blazing career spans over two decades of Polynesian Pop's resurgence. This talk will have an emphasis on his own carvings as he chronicles the development of his unique style of Tiki sculpture, what his influences were, technical hurdles which had to be overcome and more. Bosko will "talk story" about growing up in the epicenter of America's Tiki movement that was 1960s Los Angeles ... to Tiki's dark days in the eighties when all had forgotten the movement, and Bosko became the first to bring back the lost art of Tiki carving and producing Tiki mugs, eventually designing the first new Tiki bar in the U.S. after Tiki's downfall, Taboo Cove in Las Vegas ... right up to the vibrant Polynesian Pop scene of today. Tiki Modern author Sven Kirsten calls Bosko "the pioneer of the Tiki revival."

Martin Cate
The Undead Cocktail: Understanding the Zombie and Why Three Rums are Better Than One.

Go deep inside the mind of Don The Beachcomber to discover why the Zombie is such a great drink, and learn the secrets to making exotic cocktails at home. Discover the balance of ingredients & techniques that will make your drinks stand out at your next Zombie party- your guests can't live on brains alone! And learn how to balance diverse rums to create exciting new taste profiles that will make your original creations the talk of the graveyard. Plus, tastings, hands-on fun, and lots of surprises. Don't miss it!