Photo submitted by Michael Mann
A Barefoot Hawaiian dancer will perform at the Birches
The following appeared in the Trib-Local – in print, edition TL09, covering Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Oak Brook, Western Springs, La Grange, and La Grange Park; August 27, 2009, page 3, Local News section.
Photo submitted by Michael Mann A Barefoot Hawaiian dancer will perform at the Birches |
On Saturday, Aug, 29, residents of The Birches Assisted Living will be out of their chairs, hips in motion as they learn the hula.
Residents, families and friends of The Birches are invited to a tropical luau titled, “HULA!” at The Birches Assisted Living, 215 55th St., Clarendon Hills.
A Tiki bar is featured, and the menu includes tropical main courses served buffet style at two seatings at 11 to 11:45 a.m. or 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
The event will include performances by a member of Barefoot Hawaiian dance troupe who will also teach the hula.
Guests should dress in their best Hawaiian-inspired clothes for a chance to win a prize in the best-dressed islander contest.
Barefoot Hawaiian is a professional touring dance troop of more than 60 entertainers, some of which are world champions who have won awards in competitions as the World Fire-Knife Competition held annually in Oahu, Hawaii and in the World Tahitian Competition held annually in San Jose, Calif.
The public is invited to this event, space permitting. Tickets are $7 each and include the buffet and entertainment.
Reservations are required. For more information call Carol Weigel at 630-789-1135 or visit http://www.birches.net.
- This story was submitted by Andy
Richardson of GR-PR, a Hinsdale-based
public relations firm.