Tony,
Welcome back to the mainland.
Though I'm disappointed that we couldn't meet during your brief stop in the SF Bay Area,
it's great to hear you had a wonderful time in Hawaii.
I too visited all the must see places you went to including that breath taking helicopter over the active volcano flow,
and agree that Hawaii's one special destination paradise and because it's a convienient direct ocean flight from SF, I try to go back to the Hawaiian islands every few years. I'm now long overdue.

On a related musical note, I recently learned a fun schlager style party song entitled "Blue Hawaii" (not the Elvis one)
but by Vikingarna (a Swedish band) that I've translated from their German (Vikinger) version lyrics into english, and of which I now include performing at parties. I use the Yamaha Tyros 4 style: ScandBugg @ 154 bpm for this song.



Here's my english translation with chords:

[C:]I wanna [:/]be a- [/:]lone with [:/]you
[/:]On a [:/]beautiful [G]strand
[/:]We'll be [:/]doin' the [/:]hu- [:/]-la every
[/:]Evening [:/]on the [C]sand

[C:]We'll pack [:/]lightly [/:]just a few [:/]things, a
[/:]Tropical [:/]shirt and a [F]dress
[/:]Close your [:/]eyes and [C:]dream with [:/]me this is
[G:]Paradise [:/]at its [C.]best[./]come with[:/]me now

< CHORUS >:
[C:] [:/]Blue Ha- [/]-why
[/:]Beach [:/]romance and [:G]sun [:/]shine
[/:] [:/]Blue Ha- [/:]-why [:/] an
[/:]Island [:/]just for [C]two
[/:] [:/]Hand in [/]hand
[/:]Barefoot [:/]thru the [F]sand
[F:]Honey - [:/]moon in [C:]para-[:/]dise
[G:]You & me in [:/]Blue Ha- [C]-why
to: VERSE 3 (next page)
[C:]Gui-tars [:/]play as [/:]we sip [:/]wine the
[/:]Stars shine [:/]bright a- [G]bove
[/:]They light [:/]up the [/:]nite till [:/]day but the
[/:]Brightest [:/]star is our [C]love

[/:]This dream [:/]it will [/:]never [:/]end I'm
[/:]So in [:/]love with [F]you
[/:]I just [:/]want to [C:]thank-you [:/] cuz you're
[G:]Much more [:/]more than a [C]friend, come with me now

< CHORUS >:
[C:] [:/]Blue Ha- [/]-why
[/:]Beach [:/]romance and [G:]sun [:/]shine
[/:] [:/]Blue Ha- [/:]-why [:/] an
[/:]Island [:/]just for [C]two
[/:] [:/]Hand in [/]hand
[/:]Barefoot [:/]thru the [F]sand
[F:]Honey - [:/]moon in [C:]para-[:/]dise
[G:]You & me in [:/]Blue Ha- [C]-why