Get your huli chicken groove on

Heard back from Jimmy this afternoon (Thursday). He sent this text.

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Sorry, I don't know why it's taking so long to print the tickets. I just talked to Hoku's and they said it will be ready tomorrow at 9am. I will p/u tickets and have them for you at rainbows at 10am at logo store. Sorry for the delay. I hope you have enough time to distribute.

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We'll have the huli chicken tickets Friday morning. Please line up all (and I do mean ALL) of your hungry huli chicken customers and get them the tickets ASAP since the pickup date is really close (Sunday, July 5).

The big boost in selling tickets is that we get the funds in our hands before the pickup date. If you don't sell tickets and just rely on pickup purchases on the day of sale, then anything can mess it up from bad weather to change of plans. So please get the tickets out and money collected. That's our insurance.

I've made a group-rate request with Hawaiian Airlines and they'll reply back within 72 hours. W/o group rate, cost is not too bad at $84 for the cheapest ticket from HNL to Maui. Finding a cheap condo is a different story. I've been hunting online for the past couple of hours and it's tough. Maui is bigger destination spot than Kona, so prices are higher and, more than anything, just finding an open vacancy is rough. Still hunting.

REMINDER: We will do the fish net fundraiser on Sunday, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Mot likely, the site will be Kam Shopping Center or Pearlridge area, but we might try Sand Island Road/Nimitz Highway to ctch the folks going in and out of New Hope church. PLAYERS please wear your jerseys/uniforms and meet at the site by 10:00 am. I will have fish scoop nets but if you have your own, please bring those.

ARTISTIC THUNDER - We need a really good sign that reads "SUPPORT H1 THUNDER BASKETBALL TRIP TO MAUI". A big sign, not too huge, but large enough for drivers at the red light to read from a distance. Please make one for this weekend. Mahalo :)

Update Thur 6/25, 3:15 pm
Marcus Rogers of Maui Summer Classic texted back this afternoon and said our Inter/JV games will begin no earlier than 3:00 pm on Tue July 21. That gives us time to fly over and check in without rushing. It also saves us on one night of hotel/condo and van rental.

I asked when the final day's games (Sat July 25) will end, and he said it's hard to say this early. So we're going to prepare for Sat night games, hoping the games actually end earlier for the guys who plan to fly home earlier (Jance/family, Colin?).