August 4, 2012

Karaoke Mama!

Last night was Karaoke night here at the Park.  What a hoot!  My friend Anna and I joined in all the fun - and listened to some great singers!  There is one lady in our park who should be singing on stage every night she was that good.

Anna and I got a hold of the song list - there must have been thousands to choose from.  And of course, you want to pick a song that you a)know the words and b)can somewhat carry the tune of.  So we hemmed and hawed over some great and not so great choices.  I liked the 70's type songs as these are like second nature to me.  Anna, (and maybe because she is 3 years younger)however, wasn't overly familiar with my selections - who doesn't know Knock 3 Times by Tony Orlando and Dawn?  Come on!  Well, she didn't, so back to the list.  Anna wanted to perform Paradise City by G n'R - I wasn't into that - I know the words alright, but that is a tough act to follow - plus who can sing in that high voice like Axle??  LOL!

So we settled on Raise Your Glass by Pink.  And had a great time up there singing.  Our friend Christine joined in too - but she kept singing into her beer glass and trying to drink from the mic! LOL!  Hilarious!

You know - I love to sing.  I loved it as a kid - I remember singing at the cottage all the time.  I come from a very musically talented family if I do say so.  And yes, I do say so.  We even sang harmonies - how great is that?

And this brings me round to my dad - who would have turned 69 today - so happy birthday dad.  He kept us all singing along with his guitar playing and piano hands.  Love you and miss you.  And here's a weird coincidence (auntie Jul this is for you).  We were in Lakefield yesterday - and two of the shops we were in were playing John Denver...hmmmmm.

Get out there and sing today!

Keep smiling!

2 comments:

Carrie said...

Oh man "knock 3 times" was one of my all time favs as a kid! I'm not surprised your friend didn't know who Tony O and Dawn were...lol That was a long time ago but somehow feels like yesterday to me ;)Same with all the sing alongs we had at the cottage. I close my eyes and I can hear the harmony and sweet guitars playing...man those were the days!

Lori Toal said...

Loved the kareoke night! Such fun and looking forward to the next one! I too like songs from the 70's lol oh and nothing too high!!! I don't have much of a range lol or a voice for that matter! But that's the fun in kareoke you can get up sing a song, have fun and pretend to be the rockstar you probably aren't lol and in the end... Everyone cheers like you are just that!!!
~Lori