Lola and Polynesian Fusion

Update/In response to the comment below:
Before this turns into a "he said/she said" debacle, I want to make sure you understand that my intention was not to offend you; it was to provide constructive guidance on what you could do differently next time, based on our experience. Secondly, I truly apologize for the mishap in the basement with you walking in on my father in law getting dressed. That must have been traumatizing, and I sincerely apologize for that. Now, I have to say, your version of the story is awfully different from mine so let's start from the beginning. 1. You did not tell me until 5:30pm the night before (I have an email trail as evidence) that you needed a room to get ready (shouldn't you come dressed to an event?). I had a house full of out of town guests for the weekend, and my in-laws had the basement then. I actually read your email the morning of the event, and forgot to mention to them this tiny detail of how you would be using their room (the basement) to get ready... and that is why you walked into my father in law getting dressed. Sorry, I had a lot of things on my mind that morning, and that certainly did not take priority. Lesson learned here: tell your customer well ahead of time that you need a room to get ready so they can make the proper arrangements. 2. Next, regarding your setup: I advised you to take the front of the lawn but YOU requested to be next to the water slide (I remember this like it was yesterday as I thought it was a strange place to want to perform) so I granted your wish, and even shut off the power to the inflatables as you requested. I should also mention that when you unplugged your equipment, you shorted out the power to the inflatables and to our sound system so you should probably be a little more careful next time. 3. Regarding the basement, we offered the alternative entrance to the basement through the inside of the house but you complained about the amount of stairs and then decided to use the bulk head entrance instead. We never use that entryway so yeah, it's covered in spiders. Again, if you gave us enough warning, we could have figured out a different room for you to get ready, maybe. Although we're not millionaires, and therefore do not have designated "dressing rooms" for our guests. Also, the basement itself is not full of spiders, let's make sure that's clear. Our daughter uses that as a playroom at times, and so no, I would never let a spider enter that room. The bulk head stairway/entry, however, is another story. I found out that afternoon, at the same time you did, that it was infested with spiders. Gross. 4. You probably should have added in the travel time when you accepted my request for a quote. That's not on the customer if you knew where the event was located; and yet, you still accepted my request regardless. 5. The total cost of this gig was $300 ($260 for 30 mins of dancing and 30 mins of lessons and putting on tattoos; $20 to gigsalad; $20 tip = $300) - and yeah, that's enough money to have certain expectations). 6. I deducted two points off my review for the cost of the show and the non-aloha spirited attitude, which you had from the very start; I mentioned my high expectations for the quality of the dance routines but that did not factor into my rating as I'm well aware that you were performing at a birthday party for a 2yr old. Anyway, this was our experience alone, and maybe if gigsalad didn't bombard me with email requests every single day to review your gig, I would never have taken this much time out of my day to do so. BUT now I feel justified as your very defensive response and displaced blame speaks for itself (although I want to lower it, our guests liked you so it will stand). Good luck on future endeavors. Hopefully, you will use this as a learning experience.

I have had the pleaseure of workgin with this group directly. They are easy ot work with, get back to you with detials and are great on site. My clients love them. Very Talented and dependable.

Lola and Polynesian Fusion provided us with such a wonderful dancer. Danielle was fantastic! She was wonderful with the kids, an amazing dancer, and taught so many different types of dances from so many of the islands that the kids had done their projects on. Her costumes were perfect for our Catholic school, and the parents loved everything about the interactive performance as well!
I will definitely spread the word about Polynesian Fusion!

Thanks again, we enjoyed it so much!
Sheila Deitsch, Middle School Social Studies Teacher

Lola and Polynesian Fusion have worked at many of the same events as me, and each and every time they have not only performed beautifully, but displayed a very high degree of professionalism. The troupe works together wonderfully, and their costuming is very impressive. They are always prompt, and the crowd always loves them. Typically we end up at college and university diversity events together, where they represent traditional Hawaiian dance admirably.

Had Lola and her crew come for a special surprise event at our Hawaiian Backyard Birthday Bash! ALL my guest loved them! So nice and professional! Got the crowd up and dancing,,,, a wonderful night~ I hired two dancers and a fire dancer! It was BOSS!!! <3