Tune In To Tiki Oasis TV, The Virtual Weekender

Speaker 1: 00:00 Tiki Oasis can't hold its in person event. So it's hosting a full virtual weekend or instead KPBS arts reporter, Beth Huck Amando phones out how you can escape quarantine this weekend. By speaking with the event creators and coordinators, Otto and baby dove on stroke, Speaker 2: 00:17 Geo ASIS celebrates being together and having cocktails and being outdoors. So what is it like trying to create a virtual version of this? You know, there's something fun about bringing people together and of course that's great to do in person. And that's a big part of what TQA SIS is. But as we're exploring this virtual world, we realize that you still can come back together in a variety of different ways. And so, you know, as we were thinking about them virtual event, we thought of it almost like how we plan our in person event, which is a variety of different ways for people to connect. So there's everything from education. You can learn something new, try something new and there's opportunities just to kind of be silly and hang out, wearing your like Aloha, where and caftan wear and running around and just having like your own fashion strolls in your own living room to really just, you know, being entertained. So, you know, we're presenting some of our favorite bands and some of our favorite performers and just, you know, kind of creating an experience like an immersive experience virtually is a unique, but it can be done. I think Speaker 1: 01:29 A lot of people, more people can come, like a lot of people can come from around the world. So people that might not have been able to make it can tune in. And so, you know, you could have more people there then than we ever had before, even. So it's interesting. Speaker 2: 01:41 How do you define what Tiki Oasis is and the kind of things people can find at the virtual Tiki Oasis? Speaker 1: 01:49 I mean, it still is what has always been, even though it's online, it's a meeting place for people who are into mid century Polynesian pop. So if you appreciate architecture and you appreciate ramen cocktails, tropical cocktails and mixology, uh, you appreciate Hawaiian shirts and Aloha aware TQS this is the place to be. And that's where you're going to find your tribe. And you know, we've had a location and met at a location, but we can also meet online. So it's still the Tiki gathering place for the tribe. And when people come and they attend these meetings and they're online and they're on a zoom, they can interact with people, you know, and they can meet new people and they can chat with people and, and uh, you know, make new friends still online. Speaker 2: 02:34 One of the things about Tiki Oasis is people really get decked out for this, the clothes, the hair. So in the virtual online version of this are people, do you think people are going to be dressing up and getting their hair done? Are we going to be able to see each other at these events and enjoy that aspect of it? Yeah. Tiki wastes is definitely has a little bit of a C see people watch people and be seen. Um, so that's a big part of it is that, um, a lot of folks will just, uh, start collecting Aloha wear all year long with, uh, the idea in mind, like, what hat am I going to wear? What dress am I going to wear? What earrings am I going to wear at TQ Oasis? And so we thought that was actually a big part of, um, this event as we went and virtual. Speaker 2: 03:21 So we have a couple of different ways that we're doing now. We have some meetups that are happening where people can see each other. Um, and we're also doing even like our, we're doing a late night room party. Um, that's a dance party kind of idea. And the concept with that is that people are all going to be in the zoom and they'll get to see each other and see what other people are wearing, what they're drinking, how they may be decorated their living room. Um, so we're bringing a little bit of that to life, but maybe an even a, a broader way because people get to share not just what they're wearing and what they look like, but, um, maybe even like their home and how they decorate, um, and, and how they express themselves in other ways beyond just the, Speaker 1: 04:01 And, but the, the meetup, like the fashion, the biggest fashion meetup, there's going to be a outdoor parade with the a LA caftans. Speaker 2: 04:09 Yeah. So that's actually a virtual parade. So the idea with our Aloha caftan society is a group of men and women, um, who actually wear these like, uh, a caftan outfits, which would kind of like a, um, almost like a square dress in a way, same, same as always, we're going to have our caftan parade, but instead of stressing around, uh, together, um, we'll be doing it, um, through a zoom call. Um, and people can also watch that on other channels that we have streaming content like Twitch or Facebook, so, or YouTube. So we'll have a few different ways that people can connect and, and watch if they're not participating. But if they choose to be part of it, they can zoom in and, uh, we'll, uh, spotlight their different outfits and everybody construct their stuff. So what kind of symposiums or panels or virtual things can people sign up for? Speaker 2: 05:00 What's the diversity or the, you know, kind of the breadth of things that are going to be available on Tiki basis.com? We have listed all of our virtual events. So we are spotlighting a couple of different seminars. Um, we have, uh, uh, David, dr. Skipper Marley, who is going to do a seminar on Disney, goes TKI. Um, he used to be a skipper for the jungle cruise and, uh, Disneyland. So he has some really great stories and some insight into like what that, um, what it's like there. Um, we're also doing a virtual marketplace. Yeah. So our virtual marketplace has over 50 vendors. So it's going to be opportunity to shop, shop, shop, and support small businesses, support, um, artists and keeping Tiki spirit alive. Speaker 1: 05:49 Yeah. So in our vendor marketplace, you get to talk to these people. So just, just the way you would add actual, real in-person show, uh, you can walk up to them and talk to them on the zoom. Well, I want to thank you very much for talking about virtual Tiki Oasis. Thanks so much. Thanks Beth. Speaker 3: 06:07 That was Beth Huck. Amando speaking with Otto and baby dove on stro Hein. The virtual Tiki Oasis TV kicks off on Friday. You can go to [inaudible] dot com for more information.