Coco Cabaret Mixer and Open Mic Night
When all the plans are smooth as silk, a gremlin pops up and seemingly messes with your day. I have learned to observe the changes as an opportunity I hadn’t considered before the interruption or disruption. My long day of shopping with Sharon was disrupted half an hour before it could begin by circumstances beyond her control, so instead of the entire morning of shopping, I hit Costco and La Comer and was finished within an hour, which left me energy to spend at Open Mic that hadn’t been on the calendar at all. AND, it turned out to be one of the best Open Mics I have had the pleasure to sit through! More on that in a second.
The moral of the story is to make plans but do them with the anticipation that they will go awry and create an entirely different adventure!
I was late getting to Coco Cabaret last evening for the Gay Mixer. It was packed by the time I arrived, with Hedda Lettuce lovingly haranguing the audience – that was SRO, with all the chairs removed to contain the crowd. Coco had put together some entertainment snippets, including a taste of Waleska’s fabulous Madonna Tribute, Steven Retchless’s Britney Spears, and the very sexy Boys on Fire that I had to miss so that I would not be late for the start of Open Mic, a couple of blocks over at Nacho Daddy.
I chatted for a while with co-owner Tammy, who was uncharacteristically sitting at her bar with Sargento Dan, who has two shows at Nacho Daddy that nobody should miss next week. The first is his farewell performance of Mentiras, which will go down in Vallarta’s history as one of the most inventive, clever shows ever to be produced in the city. The second is a one-night-only performance with Amy Armstrong. They will sing duets and solos of only happy songs. Now, that is like a breath of fresh air! Check Vallarta Calendar for show details.
Tuesday’s Open Mic might continue into June IF those left in Vallarta can peel themselves away from home and get to Nacho Daddy to boost the audience numbers. The entire upstairs of ND was full of entertainers, a handful of whom I had not heard before: Holy cow and OMG. Everybody was on their best game – full moon charm, perhaps? Two, nope, ALL the singers were incredible. I have never heard Will Walker nor Kimberly Grandi sound better, and Gloria Fiona, with her brand new wife of two days! was simply spectacular twice. The first was a sultry song nobody had heard before, and then the challenging “Time to Say Goodbye” in Italian, Gloria’s native tongue, left us breathless.
The downside of the night was that nobody made any money. Entertainers support other entertainers with their love and applause, but paying the bills in the summertime has to take precedence.
So, Vallarta, you have had your rest! Get out and participate on Tuesday, May 27, upstairs at Nacho Daddy, where Selena Luna will host the next Open Mic & Cheese.
Look for an article in Vallarta Mirror today on Angeloo, who gave us some “Don’t Cry” by Guns ‘N Roses last night.