Expats Fill Casa Karma Red Room

Happy first day of August; we are galloping toward the end of the rainy season, er, I mean summer. No hurricanes yet, and not much rain down here on flat land but loads up in the mountains, judging from a raging Rio Cuale last night carrying gigantic trees out to the fishies in the deep blue sea.

Every ex-pat on the south side of Vallarta filled the Casa Karma Red Room for the Greatest Show last night for one reason: to pay homage to Act2PV‘s number-one cheerleader, Sharon Gerber Scherer. All that was missing was pom-poms, but she glittered enough in silver from head to toe. She sang, danced a bit, told dreadful jokes, cast aspersions on my bingo-playing skills, and had super repartee with the audience and music director, David Maiocco; in other words, she was a perfect host.

It was a brilliant career move! I can hear her husband, Rob, groaning from here, but seriously – she is utterly perfect.

The rest of the talent last night was perfect, too. (There, three times with a word that shouldn’t even exist!)

Sargento kicked off the evening with a snippet of his upcoming Mexican musical at Casa Karma, Mentiras (Lies). He and his Musical Director, the amazing Salvatore Rodriguez at the piano, explained the premise of the play and had us laughing at his antics, and so intrigued to see more!

Yutzil and Gabe preceded Yoalli, who has a show tonight at Mary Ann’s Ovations Piano Bar with her Lovers’ bandmate Chabe.

Gabriela sang, gorgeous in clingy black satin, Alfredo came next with a great Italian Mambo, and Steven Retchless reprised a song from his show Ecstasy. By then, we were all in the mood for a little Sound of Music. Andrew Sands flew through a medley of his Favorite Things as the evening wound down to Cate and the Supreme girls ending the show.

It was a triumph, Sharon. You were, as you always are – perfect (dammit!).