I still serve as the musical director when guest come to visit the resort, even in the sad state of disrepair that the resort sits in today, as I talk about the resort in its days of glory you get a glimpse of the ways things were during the filming of Elvis Presley’s Blue Hawaii in fact, I have exclusive rights to host Blue Hawaii Weddings at Coco Palms Lagoon.
I am a minister but you can bring your own and I will always sing during the ceremony. It is important to avoid routine and to make each wedding unique and special. I treat the bride like she is my own daughter. I make sure everything is perfect.
At one point in the ceremony, I sing “Beautiful Rainbow.” At the same time I direct the bride and groom to look away from the group and toward the northern sky in a private meditation.
The concern today is that people think the hotel is destroyed and can’t have a wedding there anymore. That concern grew with the recent redevelopment plans and more people think the tours and weddings have stopped. They have not.
You can have a DVD and Pictures if you want of your Wedding or your Renewal.
The ruins of a hotel frozen in time make it possible for a tour company to showcase a proud history witha living memory. As a new project prepares to move forward, I'm ready to move the wedding operation across the Wailua River to the Smiths Tropical Gardens. In the Japanese Gardens section of the Smiths Garden. I can still do the Elvis style weddings by bringing the Canoe over to that property
and do the same as I do at Coco Palms currently, or you can do your wedding on a secluded beach on Beautiful Kauai.
