Social Media Club Vancouver

Yes, it’s a bad 70′s song but everybody likes it, so there!

A Brazilian, an American, and a Mexican walk into a bar...

and walk out two hours later as friends

That’s how it went, folks. Sure, it was nice having the government declare Tech Karaoke night a national holiday (fireworks? really? you shouldn’t have!) although it did leave attendees a little thin on the ground. It was great to see the usual suspects displaying some unusual aural talents, in particular Kemp Edmonds, who apparently knows the lyrics to every song ever written and CANNOT BE RESTRAINED in the presence of a karaoke machine. That alone makes it a cinch we’ll be doing this again.

Heather Watson sings the grand finale at Tech Karaoke YVR

We also have to give a shout-out to the lovely and talented Miss Heather Watson, who is known up and down the East Side as the queen of Vangroover’s most competitive karaoke-fests, and for good reason. Where Kemp got the party started, Heather sang our grand finale, leaving the crowd somewhat speechless in appreciation; nobody expected real pipes on karaoke night!

I think Dennis (Tuffy) said it best: that’s the thing about Canada. You see people from all different backgrounds, all different races getting together and just having fun. Dennis joined us from the toasty environs of Phoenix, Arizona, while I think the next farthest-traveller only came from Steveston, but all were welcome, and a good time was had by all, except maybe the few who had to read their lyrics in white six point Times New Roman against a purple and black background of a crowd at a disco. Yeah, maybe not so much fun for them.

Till the next time! Tech Karoke: be there, or be…bi-laterally congruently rectilinear!

STOP! in the name of love!

pix courtesy Guacira Naves of OnlineStrategy and Cathy Browne