Get my book about the history of the Mai-Kai
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Inside Cover Image - Sandra who was married to long time Maitre D' Eddie Tatton.
January 1966 - Ann Campbell - More on her here and in the Fall 2011 issue of Tiki Magazine.
February 1966 - Lorie - Word is that Lorie was the first blond "light red" Mai-Kai girl.
March 1966 - Angela
April 1966 - Emalee
May 1966 - Jean
June 1966 - Mireille - Became wife of original owner Bob Thornton in 1974. She became the choreographer in 1962, and still serves that role today.
July 1966 - Joan
August 1966 - Ellen who started in 1958 after all the waitresses were fired for coming in drunk.
September 1966 - Karen
October 1966 - Kawana
November 1966- Dee - Came to Fort Lauderdale with her sister Angel in1959 and met fellow Chicagoans the brothers Thornton. They were offered a job and went home and packed and came back to become Mai-Kai girls!
December 1966 - Andree - Mai-Kai Islander dancer who was married to Heitapu, another performer there. Sister to Leila and cousin to Liva. Her aunt Anna Chevalier was a movie star in Tahiti and was in Tabu, The Hurricane and The Black Pearl.
Back page - Sandra.
