Come Blow Your Horn

Gouda Gabor kicked off her Come Blow Your Horn Edition Two, Open Mic at Nacho Daddy last night. A near-capacity room from the get-go, empty seats were filled as soon as other shows in the vicinity emptied, including their stars. Mr. Lady Zen closed the night with a Billie Holiday number from her new show; other luminaries included Nicolas King and Seth Sikes. Robert Ryan, accompanied by Derek Carkner had us looking for tissues by the end of his song. Robert just finished the Fiesta de Cabaret, and the changes he has made in his delivery are massive: he has taken down that fourth wall.

Kimberly G, Sargento, and Enel Ram, all members of the So You Think You Can RISE talent competition club that either launched or boosted their careers immensely, sang accompanied by Bing Young on piano. All, except for Enel, who performed La Llorona to a track. Her show by the same name is tonight at La Catrina Cantina at 6:30. Besides her sister dancing, Enel has a Cirque du Soleil contortionist to further add to the mysticism of the evening.

Amy Armstrong, finally cancer-free, rejoiced with fabulous guitarist Al “Mimi” Ramirez; their next show is tonight at 7:30 at Nacho Daddy.

Miana Melendez kicked off the show with Janathan on sound and lights, Lydia Damato scheduling all the singers, and Gouda glided about carefully wearing three meters of fabric encrusted with roughly one million sequins—a dazzling affair.