The luau or Hawaiian party theme is best held on the beach during a nice sunny day. If you live nowhere near a beach, you could also hold it in your back yard or at a local park. You should have a surf shack or beach bar as your centre piece.

The Hawaiian party theme is all about singing, dancing and eating lovely food.

The costume is extremely important for this theme. The ladies have it best with floral armbands, grass skirts, lei necklaces, coconut bra’s, sandals and flowers in their hair.

Guys get to dress in their favorite Hawaiian print shirt. Get some matching shorts, sandals, sunglasses and a flowery necklace and you’re all set. I’m afraid that the ladies have a much better costume for this theme though.

For the setting, consider some or all of the following; beach balls and net, sea shells and coconuts scattered around, hula hoops with a possible instructor and a limbo stick. The limbo is a great game to play when everybody is drunk later on.

For food, I would consider creating a tropical fruit centrepiece and allow your guests to skewer or tooth pick their own selection from grapes, cherries, mangos, pineapples, melon and peaches etc. I would also look into making some seafood delicacies (budget dependant).

For the drinks, I would consider hiring out a cocktail maker (budget dependant), this will provide great entertainment also. If not then you can provide instructions for your guests for favorites such as the Aloha and castaway. Provide little umbrellas to top off the drink.

Finally, for the music! Ska normally suits this party theme very well though it is not to everybodys taste. You could go for the usual selection of present hits. Though Hawaii does have a proud music scene that perhaps you should investigate.