Michigan meetup

Yo, I'd be interested in that. I live in Auburn Hils.

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I live in Michigan. That might be doable.

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Went to Royal Kubo a few times back when it was in Oak Park. Other than that, it's kind of a hit-or-miss thing in various bars and bowling alleys. I don't get to do it very often cause I can't find people to go with!

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Well you know that I myself, am all for this!

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Woot! Let me know when and where it's going to be :) Thanks wonkim00 for the enabler!

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I'm about 2 hrs east of Detroit. If I can get time off work...yeah..might be able to.

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i live by port huron and i have a friend who runs karokee we can evan do soething like this at my house ......have an outside bomb fire and karokee .......we would have to come up with 150 dollars to pay for this !!!!! let me know !!!!!

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I'm north of Detroit by about an hour and a half. Sounds like fun to me, let me know. Hope this snowballs into a fun event with lots of people!!!!!
Frankie

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wow that is cool im in michigan ,,, sounds like fun

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YEAH IM IN LINCOLN PARK ITS SOUNDS COOL HEY YA G-ROCK I SEE YOU THERE AMANDA

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I am in Monroe......sounds like fun

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Well, these days, I'm exclusive to private parties. So, if you'd like to do it that way, a private party that is, I am available for hosting! But I should warn you that I am not cheap! LOL

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Well note Mandi, I STILL work for JAM'N Karaoke. So, therefore, the price is up to them, not me!

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However, I do have a buddy that can hook us up. But he too, is not cheap.

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That's a good idea!

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No problem Mandi!

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sounds like fun to me, i'm in saginaw, so as soon as you all come up with a place and time, let me know!!!!!!!!!

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I live right by the airport and if I can get a babysitter it sounds like fun! Just need to know where and when :)

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I would be interested, but I have no way of getting out there! :(

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Now as for me, lately, I've been performing at The Stray Cat in Riverview.

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Awesome! A crowd of extremely nice people, cheap drinks and very,very,very,very rarely, does a fight breakout. As for the music, it doesn't matter, you could be the worst singer in the house, or the best singer in the house. As long as you're having fun, that's what really matters. They have karaoke every Friday and Saturday. And they don't even cancel or delay the show for ANY sporting event!

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sounds fun let me know i live in fenton mi

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Now where is that at?

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lily04 wrote:I'm about 2 hrs east of Detroit. If I can get time off work...yeah..might be able to.

Exactly where are you?

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2 hrs east of Detroit would be somewhere in Canada, I believe. lol

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Fenton is like a suburb of Flint, practically.

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Oh ok. Thanks!

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if i was not so far away I would be there and bring my equipment and there would be no charge.. that is the way we do ours here at the one we are doing in Portage i am bring some and so is Janey and Kirk we only charge so we can pay for the hall

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forgot to say have we did at the one in calgary and sure looking forward to the one in Portage we have sunshine coming in all the way from Florida

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Like Mandi (kateyes27) just said, the place we're going to this Saturday, Sept 1, is Royal Kubo in Clawson, Michigan. We're meeting there about 8:30pm. Karaoke runs from 9pm to 1am. Come join us if you can.

If you can't, well, I say we start planning our big Michigan shindig now. Maybe late September or early October? How would that be for everyone?

Trina's (ttrina1968) offered to host and hook us up with a KJ for $150. She's out in Port Huron on the eastern edge of the state. Or someone else could host and we could hire G-Rock. Or we could meet up at someplace like The Stray Cat or Royal Kubo. A private party sounds kind of cool though.

What does everyone think? And sound off as to what city you live in so we can try to figure out what location would be as central as possible.

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Norm, your big karaoke events in Calgary and Portage sound pretty awesome. How many people do you usually have attending/participating? Next Calgary event is June 2008, right?

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we had 25 singers in Calgary and it looks like about the same for Portage and yes June 7 in calgary at that on we are hoping to go live on the net
you can check out Janey's site and brendamw ,they have pictures on there of the event in calgary,,

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A Saturday's good, right? October 6 or 13? Which works better for everyone?

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I am available for hosting that night. Just send me a private message and I'll give ya the number to JAM'N Karaoke so you can set everything up.

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That you would have to check with them. I believe they charge based upon what type of party it is. I'm not certain.

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Hey all, Royal Kubo was freaking weird. But Mandi is awesome, so it all worked out.
We met up about 9pm which is when they're supposed to break out the karaoke. They didn't get started til 10:30.
Song selection is not great. I'd estimate they had maybe 1000-1500 songs.
Mandi and I were like, "let's wait and see how some people are and the crowd is before we go up." Nope. No one wanted to sing. Finally, we were sick of waiting, turned in our slips and were the first ones up. I did "Jack & Diane", Mandi did "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". We rocked the house of course. :)
The KJ spins a regular tune in between each karaoke number, so it slows things waaaaay down.
We got back up for our 2nd songs a while later (Mandi with "In Your Room", me with "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"), then waited forever for our 3rd and final song, a duet ("Always" by Atlantic Starr).
The crowd was pretty supportive, but it definitely seemed like they were looking for more upbeat, crowd-pleaser type tunes, like Friends in Low Places and Sweet Home Alabama and Jessie's Girl, all of which people did at some point.
We were seriously underwhelmed by the place. They are supposed to be THE place to go for karaoke, that's what the Freep and Metro Times say anyway. I think not.

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