Monday, January 22, 2007
KARAOKE CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!
Last Thursday night was a big night here on station. The McMurdo Karaoke Championships took place. Most karaoke nights are lucky to see 30 people, except the night the Coasties were in town (the Coast Guard)... the bar was packed that night! The night of the big event saw quite a few new faces in the crowd. That being said, almost everyone who sang in the competition had participated in karaokes of the past. I would know... I've been to all of them since the beginning of October. Some people had talent, others had gusto, and the rest of them had amazing costumes!! It was a really fun evening, and I even convinced my 61-year-old co-worker Dorothy to come watch since her husband was out of town. Make sure to read the caption to the last photo in this entry!!"Dancing Queen" - ABBA sung by Erin and Jane
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - Wham! sung by Lizzy
"Desperado" sung by Tony
"Disease" - Matchbox Twenty and "All Fired Up" - Pat Benetar sung by Stephanie
"Redneck Woman" - Gretchen Wilson sung by Susan
"Dancing In the Dark" - The Boss (aka Bruce Springsteen) sung by Dale
"What's Up" - 4 Non Blondes sung by Sandwich
"Living On a Prayer" - Bon Jovi sung by Galena (left) with back-up dancing by Michelle
"Something to Talk About" - Bonnie Raitt and "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" - Barbara Mandrell sung by yours truly
And Ralph and I sung "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee to win the duet category!! We had only sung it once before maybe a month and a half ago, but we listened to the recording earlier in the evening. During the performance, we sang to each other, forgetting about the crowd. It was magical. And I don't want to brag, but we did receive the only 10 of the evening!! I was pretty happy winning half of the $50 cash prize, but then Ralph gave me his half too. He was happy just getting the note that said "Winner" on it.
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I'll take you to KTV in Urumqi. :)