Finding Frida, Kevin Anthony, and Open Mic Night
A big shout-out to Georgia Darehshori. Happy Birthday, girlfriend, – may you enjoy many, many more! The world needs your radiance.
With Pride fast approaching, Frida’s Bar needed a new representative to ride in the big parade and be the face of Tom Finley’s namesake bar for the next year. And the winner of Finding Frida is? John Car, (applause, applause) a karaoke enthusiast, who will be gorgeous in her new gown to be unveiled on parade day. Congratulations, John, and to Tricia Lyman, fellow judge, it was a squeaker but unanimous! Many thanks for the hospitality to Bar Frida, Tom Finley, Mike Laking, Jerry Jones, and Michael Fluck from Out & About Puerto Vallarta magazine for the coverage. See you all on Parade Day, May 22!
When Kevin Anthony steps onto a stage, the audience takes a collective deep breath and exhales into whatever direction this master entertainer wants to take us. After 50 years of singing for a living, all over the world, part of that with Tammy Faye Bakker and a lot of it on Broadway in Miss Saigon, Grease and more, Kevin has changed course and dove into real estate sales. Once a month, however, he still gathers friends and the Roxsand Band together and reminds us – and himself – how magic is the music. Last Sunday night, very close to a sold-out house at Nacho Daddy (at this odd time of year) also reminds us of the magic of Kevin Anthony. He is so deeply loved, admired, and appreciated in Vallarta for all the talents that he brings to the fore. He makes us all the better for simply being in his company for 80 or 90 minutes.
Still at Nacho Daddy for Open Mic; a last-minute response to the people who didn’t get the memo that Gouda Gabor had left the building and took Open Mic back to Canada. On the contrary, Gouda had heartily assigned Selena Luna to the task of filling her gigantic shoes to host Open Mic until further notice. So, now you can pencil in every Tuesday at 7:30 pm for the foreseeable future.
Jason Darion Mathis sang alone and with Patriz Fomitchev, who also had a couple of solos. Gloria Fiona, whose private wedding to the gorgeous Irene is on the horizon, sang a huge favorite of mine – White Rabbit – accompanied by Kim Archer on guitar. This duo will resurface May 15th, after Gloria’s wedding, for their first show together, at Nacho Daddy. Stay tuned for details.
Angeloo, the 12-year-old darling voice of Vallarta, sang twice while his papa, Oscar, videoed him. Angeloo was delighted when Kimberly Grandi sang “When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You).” He told me it was one of his favorite songs. No Mozart this week from the Wunderkind; Angeloo chose a little Metallica (Black Sabbath??) instead. Dashs Robles on guitar becomes more polished each time I see/hear him.
It is Humpday, so Scrabble at 12:30; next week is our Tournament, so today will just be fun.