From The Palm to Coco Cabaret: Opening Notes of a Musical October
What a jam-packed October this will be with the opening of The Palm and Coco Cabarets, mid-month, Halloween, of course, just after my baby sister arrives for six or seven weeks.
Today is our monthly Scrabble Tournament. I will have a chance to wear that crown once again as the current Scrabble Quine is on a boat off the coast of New Brunswick. I will play today in her honor – I miss you, Sharon!
A bingo fundraiser for Colina Spay and Neuter Clinic follows at Nacho Daddy, and later this evening, the return to La Catrina Cantina of State Champion of La Voz de Zapopan, Angel Covarrubias, better known around Vallarta as Angeloo. It will be wonderful to congratulate him and his dad in person.
Three months ago, on July 01, Patriz kicked off the Second Annual Summer Concert Series at Casa Karma. The brainchild of Georgia Darehshori, which started last year to keep live music, well, alive during our off-season, known as summer in other parts of the world.
It wound down last night at Georgia’s apartment at Avida with Kim Archer performing her first concert of this Season and the finale of the Series that was produced this year by Will Walker.
”Milestones and Melodies” had Ms Archer doling out bits and pieces of her life, happily growing up in a tiny town in Indiana. She revealed the day, in church, when she understood she wasn’t ‘from there’ or biologically from her white parents. Her mom explained about adoption, and Kim remained the only person of color in the entire town until the fourth grade.
She has since found and embraced her Mexican American birth mom and family. Her biological father is Ernest Evans, better known as Chubby Checker; music is in her blood.
Maestro Bing Young accompanied Kim and complemented her guitar on the piano that was left to Georgia to use on such occasions by the dearly departed Dennis Crow. (We have sadly lost some tremendous talent lately.)
Bing hit some milestone tunes, as did Kim, and the two could be a seriously interesting duo. Let’s see if anything happens with that.
One of Kim’s favorite groups of all time is the Irish rock band U2. She has seen them in concert more than 20 times; her rendition of ‘With or Without You’ last night would have had Bono on his feet screaming accolades had he been in the room with us.
Guest appearances by Alison Lo, Jason Mathis, and Will Walker ended a three-hour-long concert. The night was topped off by Katherine Hepburn brownies that I would eat every day if I had Casa Karma staff to make them for me! Delicious as were the always beautifully presented hors d’oeuvres.
It was great to see and hug Sunny and Rob Rossi, as well as Wendy Johnson. She and I walked home together and parted ways on Miramar, with me walking downhill to my kitty, Bogie, and her up to her house and wife, Patti Gallardo.
Wish me luck at Scrabble today!