The place was packed. Not that it started that way - as per usual, lately, it was dead when I got there. I started at about 8:40 with maybe 10 people in the bar. And the first rotation was itself around 10 people long.
The second extended to about 35. And despite all that, and without the crowd really evaporating, I was able to shoehorn in almost 6 rounds into the night before I closed off at 1:55. Impressive, when you only have room for about 74 songs.
'Twas kind of a diva night, which amused me to no end.
I suicided
When he got to it,
A girl named Shawnee came in and did a quite decent rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream". In fact, the only problem was that, like many karaoke singers, she was too quiet, and I could only raise her mic so much without feedback. Still she has a very sweet voice.
But that was Lucinda's song, dammit, so she insisted the same be her next song. And was very disappointed when Shawnee left before she could get up.
Fortunately most of the crowd wasn't that competitive - and I (thank goodness!) don't have too many people who are insanely serious about their rep. So it was amusing, instead of irritating.
As is kind of inevitable in a show with Lucinda,
Alex brought me one of his and
Never quite managed to lure
And I would have used it on
For those who are wondering, yes,
Both
It took me until 2:30 to close down and pack up, then