Tributes, Open Mic and Upcoming RISE Finale

The Beach Boys Tribute Tuesday out at Rancho Santiago last evening filled everyone with nostalgia for the old days when the most important thing in a young guy’s life was his hot car and the women wistfully recalling bikini days on hot summer weekends by some body of water. I got there early enough to hear a bit of Kurt Sinner’s band, Perros del Rio, and I was shocked by how many Beach Boy lyrics I remembered. The dancing horses visited to show off again and gave the crowd more photo ops. City bus #04 was full heading back into town, and amazingly, I made it to Nacho Daddy for Open Mic with about 5 minutes to spare.

Richard Lucas hosted, leaving Gouda Gabor and her big hair at home for a change, and kicked off the night with Sargento Dan singing a song from their show Glee. One more of them only, it’s a blast – I was at their Opening Night – this coming Monday, the 24th, at Nacho Daddy.

The night progressed with lots of new people, many testing the entertainment waters for possible gigs post-vacation. It was a great mix with Mark Hartman on piano, who is evidently immune to jet lag and was boots on the ground in NYC yesterday at 6 am.

Guitarist Aldo Parra Jaime was busy accompanying Gabe Arciniega, among others. We had a poet who grabbed our attention with the title of his first poem, “Eating Eyelashes.” Never let it be said that Open Mic is boring!

Gloria Fiona is still playing to full houses with her Adele Tribute at various venues around town. Stephanie Wright Watts sang with David Maiocco as did Cate Elizabeth Valcic, all of them promoting their shows at Act2PV.

Funnyman, standup comic Jordan Parker got his name in early enough this week to make us laugh.

Open Mic is a brand new show every week, unpredictable and always entertaining; see you at Nacho Daddy next Tuesday at 7:30. Oh, which reminds me, next week at Rancho Santiago is one of the best tribute shows ever to be heard in Vallarta: Megan Schroeder and Ian Hebert team up to reprise an unforgettable Fleetwood Mac extravaganza. This show will sell out.

This coming Sunday is the RISE Finale at Teatro Vallarta. In its fourth edition, the biggest fundraiser for the RISE Children’s Shelter is essential to support these kids day to day and to introduce up and coming new talent to Vallarta. Again, see VC for more info. And, I will see you at Teatro Vallarta on Sunday.