On many visits to Honolulu, we stopped at the restaurant for a great lunch and lots of Mai Tais ..... and they always gave away a set of "Suck'em Up" cocktail glasses!!
| Karen Foglesong | Don Ho's Restaurant | September 15, 2016 |
| J.J. Hall | For the Old Beachboys of Waikiki | September 15, 2016 |
I'd like to speak for the old beachboys, the Kings of Waikiki Beach - the one that are gone now... they were all dear friends of Don Ho, before he became the consumate intertainer. Steamboat, Chick Daniels, Panama Dave, Blue Makua, Mudd Werner,
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Watanabe, Richard Taylor, Bobby Krewson, just to name a few - they're all out there, resting in peace outside Canoes at Waikiki. Those were the days of the Royal, the Moana and the Surfrider. Don was a great surfer-we all surfed Waikiki when it was first break and drank beer at the MerryGoRound Bar next to the old Waikiki Sands - those were the days at Hale Au Au - the Golden Days.....We'll miss you dearly and soon we will all surf first break again.....Aloha dear, dear friend.
Don and Teri Stroud/Ann McCormack
Hawaii Kai
To the wonderful Ho 'ohana my heart goes out to you. Days on Lanikai beach are fondest of memories; we drank, swam, watched the keiki play and ate Hawaiian food. Da bess. Don helped many get started and incouraged others to keep at it. Don Ho,you'll be missed. God bless you. aloha a hui hou.
J.J. Hall
Redway, California
| Jess Foglesong | Don got me a date! | September 15, 2016 |
| Mike Smart | Hanging out! | September 15, 2016 |
| Pastor J foglesong | Spirit of Hawaii | September 15, 2016 |
Don Ho brought the Spirit of Hawaii to people all over the world. His music, performed in such a way that all could relate; in such a style and manner that drew people to him and the Hawaiian Islands.
His audiences were literally part of his show! Don invariably would have people (Kane’s, Wahine’s and especially Keiki’s -- men, ladies and especially children) come up to the stage and “talk story” with him, then sing and dance and just have a memorable time with uncle Don …. Memories that stayed with them forever. He would sing about the islands of Hawaii; of the love of the land; of the love of the people; and speak of the goodness, the history of such paradise in the middle of the pacific