The karaoke party at Madame's was a blast!
We all had a good time!
Madame and her hubby Aengus were gracious hosts and
the menagerie of animals was wonderful!!!!
Everyone went home happy!
She even mentioned to me that she plans on having another party 2 weeks from now - Sat. March 26th - so hopefully she'll post an official invite here soon!

Maybe the weather will be good enough for a swim in the moat - erm - I mean POOL!

btw - I'd be happy to be the barbecue chef - I do this every weekend anyway! - or at least help out.

Gabriel- sorry you didnt make it. :(

Which reminds me - everyone - a while back, Gabriel took an intereset in visiting the KARAOKE STUDIOS that are down here in the south bay. There's 5 of them that I know of - all in Gardena.

Theyre fun, casual, simple. You rent a room - small, medium or large, yu and your friends all pile in, have a seat on the couch, have a soft drink (from the lobby), select your songs from the book and punch them into the remote-control. Start, stop, repeat, change pitch, add echo, some even have a cassette deck to record yourself.

Price averages $20 per hour, so we can all split it amongst us. They dont charge by person, it's per room. More or less depending on size of the room and which studio yu go to - some charge more.

So - no date set yet, but I figure we can get in all 5 in one day, start, say on a saturday afternoon, go to a few places and have dinner, then go do a couple more - and for those absolute karaoke addicts - Im sure we can find a live place that has it, too! :D (a bar?) Anyone interested?

so - mucho stuff for us singers to discuss!

Spike