Hawaii's Wedding Professionals Episode #26 on OC16 - Kuhina Hawaiian Weddings and Blessings and Dellables

The Pu (conch shell) calls us to the opening of the show and now Kahu Alalani Hill does an oli komo or welcoming chant as the cameras pan the skyline of Iao Valley.  What a magnificent location for such an opening!  Thus, we open the second of our shows featuring Maui’s Wedding Professionals.

At Host, Kahu Kalehua Featheran’s request, Kahu Alalani explains the significance and purpose for the welcoming chant.  Basically, it is to call on the highest power, whatever that name may be to bestow a blessing on all present.  Kahu Kalehua also adds his perspective of how as Polynesians, they believed they had dominion over the land but they didn’t own it, they were caretakers.

Kahu Alalani Hill of Kuhina Hawaiian Weddings and Blessings

For viewers, particularly those who may not be familiar with Hawaiian culture, Kahu Alalani explains the cloth that she wears, called a kihei, as well as the lei Kukui and their symbolism.  She also shows how intricately woven are the ti leaves or Kupe’e around her wrist and the lei po’o or head lei.

Kahu Alalani offers different types of wedding ceremonies and regardless of the couple’s beliefs, she is able to put together a traditional or ancient Hawaiian ceremony for them that respects the cultures of all involved.  She will also involve the ohana into some aspect of the ceremony.  Kuhina Hawaiian Weddings and Blessings is able to help couples and their families with wedding ceremonies, receptions, full service coordination, entertainment and documentation (photography).

Kahu Kalehua’s second guest is Della Peacock of Dellables.  In 1996, Della shares with Kahu Kalehua that she was painting children’s furniture and she loved working with their colors and textures.  She began working with a friend in the floral business, and soon found that she had a passion for working with flowers. #

Della has great business concepts:

· If you do what you love , the money will follow

· She does everything she can to fulfill the bride’s request, but if it can’t be done, she will get creative

· The blooms in her shop are always given great care => so are her customers

· She is inspired by her brides and enjoys meeting with them and getting to know them before creating their unique floral arrangements and bouquets

Della Peacock of Dellables

In keeping with the local traditions, Della will often have the moms, sisters, cousins, aunties all working with her to create the centerpieces and other floral designs for the bride.  How great is that?  And, throughout the interview, viewers will see colorful and unique arrangements that will give them ideas for their own weddings and receptions.

Show times are as follows:
Premier – Friday at 6:30pm (pre-empted by Christmas Mele)
Repeats:
Saturday at 12:30am and 1:30pm (pre-empted by Christmas Mele)
Monday at 5pm
Tuesday at 6am and 2pm
Friday at 9am                           

Hawaii's Wedding Professionals Episode #25 on OC16 - Hawaiian Island Wedding Planners and Ghiselani Designer Wedding Cakes (Maui Edition)

Kalehua and “Hawaii’s Wedding Professionals” TV show, is proud to partner with Masako Formals and Island Wedding Gallery and it’s Vendors with an exciting strategic plan to promote and increase business activity for both local and destination weddings through television, radio, and print both locally and the mainland (west coast) for 2011 with a reach of 450,000 homes on OC16 to start and 2.4 million homes on the mainland, plus a lot more!! This will be huge!! Contact Kalehua for more information!! (808) 554-9215 Mahalo to all who made this TV show a success. Now more and more viewers are watching!!

Maui’s Wedding Pros start airing on our show over the next several weeks!  Plus, our new reality show called “Down the Aisle on an Isle” scheduled to air on OC16 starting March 2011. One of our reality couples was able to save over 57% of their entire wedding package, valued at over $17,000, a savings of over $9,500, while the vendors participating get a huge promotional package on OC16, 3-4 weeks in a row, 5-7 times a week and no repeats!!

Wedding couples – save up to 60% off your Entire wedding expenses.  Wedding vendors and wedding planners – save up to 80%   off costs for television, live streaming and 24/7 viewing access via OC16.  Join us! .  If any of your clients would like to participate or perhaps you know of any wedding couples who would like to be on the reality show, let me know!!

With this show, host Kahu Kalehua Featheran and crew introduce wedding professionals from the island of Maui.  Over the next few months, viewers will get to meet wedding pros from the Valley Isle and see some of the scenic sights on Maui.

Tori Rogers of Hawaiian Island Wedding Planners

The first Maui wedding professional is wedding planner Tori Rogers, owner of Hawaiian Island Wedding Planners.  Tori has been visiting the Hawaiian Islands since 1978 and has been in wedding planning since 1998 when she planned her own wedding in 1999.  With a history in event planning, Tori was a natural in this field and she was encouraged by many of the wedding vendors to do this as a profession.  Although she thought it was a crazy idea to do Hawaiian weddings from the mainland, the experience and knowledge of both geographic locations enabled her to have a unique outlook, which has resulted in a successful business for her.

When she works with a wedding couple, Tori begins by asking them for their vision of how they would like their wedding to be.  She then personalizes this vision and incorporates family and friends into it.  One of her questions to the wedding couple is, what are the 5 most important words that describe your wedding and the 3 most important elements (within the budget).  In her experience, she usually finds that family and friends are first, then food and beverage and finally fun (entertainment).  Tori will ensure that the venue will be able to accommodate everyone who is being invited to the wedding and reception and then finds the best vendors who will fit the couple’s personality.  The result – a truly enjoyable and memorable day for the bride and groom!

Marie Audant of Maui Cake Store

Kahu Kalehua’s second guest is Marie Audant of Ghiselani Designer Wedding Cakes (also known as Maui Cake Store).  Marie has a charming French accent, and is originally from Haiti in the Caribbean.  She has lived in Maui for over 20 years as well as lived on Oahu for a short time.

Marie’s cakes are made from scratch, following old family recipes.  She can bake cakes for clients who have special dietary requests such as vegan cakes or cakes with no sugar for diabetics.  Her signature cake is a Chocolate Decadence cake made from 3 types of chocolate and 3 different types of filling.  Marie also arranges for cake tasting with her couples and offers 36 different flavors.  Just hearing her describe the cake makes you hungry for a slice.  And speaking of slice, Marie’s cakes are so moist that a slice of cake will stand on it’s own and not crumble as other cakes may.

Marie’s most beautiful wedding memory is the marriage of Jaret Wright, pitcher for the Atlanta Braves.  And for a local couple, Junior and Rona’s 600 guests enjoyed a satellite layout of 12 cakes with a castle on the top of a cake.  When you visit Marie’s website, you can see photos of the many and varied type of cake designs – all original and beautifully done!

Show times are as follows:
Premier – Friday at 6:30pm
Repeats:
Saturday at 12:30am and 1:30pm
Monday at 5pm
Tuesday at 6am and 2pm
Friday at 9am

Hawaii's Wedding Professionals Episode #24 on OC16 - Patrick Ching Arts Naturally Hawaiian (Kauai) and Wellnessbridge (Oahu)

Want to be on the show, let me know

Aloha wedding couples, wedding planners and other interested vendors.

Kaua’i and Maui’s Wedding Pros will be airing on our show over the next several weeks!  Plus, our brand new reality show called “Down the Aisle on an Isle” scheduled to air on OC16 starting March 2011 with bigger surprises to follow One of our reality couples was able to save over 57% of their entire wedding package, valued at over $17,000, a savings of over $9,500, while the vendors participating get a huge promotional package on OC16, 3 weeks in a row, 5 time a week and no repeats!!

Wedding couples – save up to 60% off your entire wedding expenses.  Wedding vendors and wedding planners – save up to 80%   off costs for television, live streaming and 24/7 viewing access via OC16.  Join us! .  If any of your clients would like to participate or perhaps you know of any wedding couples who would like to be on the reality show, let me know!!

This show combines the last of the Kauai guests with a guest from Oahu.  Host Kahu Kalehua Featheran first greets old friend and alumni of Hawaii’s Wedding Professionals, Patrick Ching.  

Patrick Ching - Naturally Hawaiian

With his Naturally Hawaiian Gallery in Waimanalo, Oahu and Patrick Ching Arts Naturally Hawaiian in Princeville on Kauai (between Lapperts and Foodland), Patrick finds himself frequently traveling between the islands.  In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Patrick was a ranger at the Kilauea Lighthouse on Kauai and observed how much the people of Kauai appreciated their wildlife.  As an artist with that same appreciation for wildlife, he creates wonderful paintings of birds, sea animals, livestock and also scenes of familiar and favorite places that are commissioned by his clients.

Patrick also teaches art classes throughout the Hawaiian Islands and around the world.  His ideas are sent in a flash from God and sometimes the inspiration may be stored in his mind for years until it’s ready to be put onto canvas.  In Hanalei Revisited, Patrick’s premonition actually came true.  This painting is about the Hawaiian Nene Goose.  Once found on all the islands, this bird became nearly extinct, with only a few survivors on the Big lsland.  In the 1980-90’s, the Nene was re-introduced to Kauai and because there are no mongooses on this island, the birds did well and are now thriving.

Waimanalo Promise is a painting that is a favorite of Kahu Kalehua.  It was commissioned by a client to commemorate the location where he proposed to his girlfriend.  Na Pali Sunset was painted for a couple who spent their honeymoon in this scenic area.  For brides and grooms who are looking for a unique way to remember a proposal, marriage or honeymoon site, why not gift your significant other with an original painting from Patrick Ching?

Brandy Sinoto of Wellnessbridge

Brandy Sinoto is Kahu Kalehua’s second guest.  She owns a business called Wellnessbridge, with offices in Kukui Plaza.  A student of holistic health, Brandy helps people to lose weight quickly, easily and holistically.  While the usual recommendation for losing weight involves dieting, exercising, and other methods, Brandy puts everything together to bring about a change in lifestyle.

Briefly summarized, people have an automatic and manual way to remove calories from the body.  Exercise is the manual way.  Metabolism is the automatic way but in many people, this way has “fallen asleep”.  Brandy’s method wakes up the metabolism from day one.  Her clients lose 1 to 2 pounds per day with a client losing as much as 90 pounds in 9 months.  When her clients drop their weight, she then works with them on toning.  Brandy receives calls from brides and grooms who are looking to lose some weight for their special day and she is happy to help them.

There are several ways to contact Brandy.  You can go to her website and watch a video of her and then call the phone number listed or you can click on the “Free Consult”  button to receive a free consultation after answering a few questions online.  You can also find her on Facebook as well as visit her in the Kukui Plaza building.

Show times are as follows:   
          Premier – Friday at 6:30pm
          Repeats:
                   Saturday at 12:30am and 1:30pm
                   Monday at 5pm
                   Tuesday at 6am and 2pm
                   Friday at 9am

Hawaii's Wedding Professionals Episode #23 on OC16 - Orchid Alley and Plantation Gardens Restaurant

Want to be on the show, let me know

Aloha wedding couples, wedding planners and other interested vendors.

Kaua’i and Maui’s Wedding Pros will be airing on our show over the next several weeks!  Plus, our brand new reality show called “Down the Aisle on an Isle” scheduled to air on OC16 starting March 2011 with bigger surprises to follow One of our reality couples was able to save over 57% of their entire wedding package, valued at over $17,000, a savings of over $9,500, while the vendors participating get a huge promotional package on OC16, 3 weeks in a row, 5 time a week and no repeats!!

Wedding couples – save up to 60% off your entire wedding expenses.  Wedding vendors and wedding planners – save up to 80%   off costs for television, live streaming and 24/7 viewing access via OC16.  Join us! .  If any of your clients would like to participate or perhaps you know of any wedding couples who would like to be on the reality show, let me know!!

Continuing with the Kauai wedding professionals interviews, host Kahu Kalehua Featheran talks stories with Brad Zacek of Orchid Alley and Mona Gonzaludo of Plantation Gardens Restaurant.

One of the many beautiful orchids at Orchid Alley

Located in Kapaa, customers actually walk down a narrow walkway or Alley to get to Orchid Alley and once they get there, orchids of many different varieties and colors greet them.  Owners, Fely and Neill Sams bought the business 17 years ago from a retiring orchid vendor and today, their orchids are prize winners at the Farm Fair on Kauai.  Viewers enjoy photos of some of the many orchid plants that are available at Orchid Alley during the interview.

Brad, who came to a friend’s wedding in the year 2000 met the Sams when he came in to purchase some orchid plants to take home to New York.  He realized how much in demand these plants were when he sold out the 20 that he shipped home in just 30 minutes.  Fast forward and the present time finds Brad on staff at Orchid Alley as the designer for this thriving business.  With a degree in horticulture and landscape design, Brad takes his 20 years of experience in the business to create masterpieces with orchids as well as other flowers.

Since the business is also a state and federally certified nursery, Orchid Alley can ship the plants or blooms to the mainland and other destinations as well.  Whether the orchid plants become centerpieces, gifts to family and friends, or if the orchid flowers are used for the bride’s bouquet, corsages or other floral pieces, she is in good hands with the good people at Orchid Alley.

Mona Gonzaludo of Plantation Gardens Restaurant

Kahu Kalehua moves to the town of Poipu for his second interview with Mona Gonzaludo of Plantation Gardens Restaurant.  Located on the old Koloa Sugar Mill’s manager’s residence, this venue retains the olu or comfortable feel of the old plantation days.  This venue can hold up to 50 guests seated for the ceremony and 130 to 300 guests for the reception, depending on whether the guests are seated or standing.

Mona will work with a couple with as little as 3 months notice.  She will also recommend wedding professionals if the couple would like some assistance, or she will work with whoever the wedding couple has retained.  Knowing that each couple has their own vision of their dream wedding, Mona is flexible and accommodating in working with the brides and grooms.

If the couple would also like accommodations for themselves or their guests, they can also call the Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation.  The Plantation Gardens Restaurant is located within this resort property.

Show times are as follows:   
          Premier – Friday at 6:30pm
          Repeats:
                   Saturday at 12:30am and 1:30pm
                   Monday at 5pm
                   Tuesday at 6am and 2pm
                   Friday at 9am