Comments on: Interview with Mai Kai Owner Mireille Thornton http://blog.humuhumu.com/2005/09/06/interview-with-mai-kai-owner-mireille-thornton Reports from your intrepid tiki explorer, Humuhumu Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Swanky http://blog.humuhumu.com/2005/09/06/interview-with-mai-kai-owner-mireille-thornton/comment-page-1#comment-26 Swanky Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:03:04 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2005/09/06/interview-with-mai-kai-owner-mireille-thornton#comment-26 Mrs. Thornton is very serious about her dancing. Each year when she creates the new show for the Mai Kai, she does research. She seeks out traditional dance wherever it takes her. If she decides to use a native dance from Tangaroa, she goes to the hula master of Tangaroa and they ask permission of the “gods” (probably an inappropriate word here. spirits, whatever, it’s not at all correct) for her to learn the dance and they ask permission for her to perform the dance in public. Only if they get the proper okay will it become part of the Mai Kai show. Dave, co-owner of the Mai Kai, complains about the cost of these researchs, but would not deny them. He recounts the story of one woman who performed a dance in public without permission at a big gathering in Hawaii, and died that night! Mireille also has her hand in the music and costume design for the show.

She is the “artist” of the family run restaurant. Dave is the gormand and general overseer of the business and Kulani handles the books and “business” of the business.

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