Karaoke

May 29th

Stephanie and Ariel found a karaoke place and suggested we go. Stephanie, Ariel, Ashley, Allison, Aaron, Amanda, and I went on a Tuesday night. You pick your songs out of a book and you rotate every 3^rd song with the other groups. We discovered one of the groups had a great singer and the employee also could belt it out. On the other hand, we also had to endure depressing Spanish songs sung by a dying cat. Uh...I mean enthusiastic woman. A for effort? We sang several songs, one being Bohemian Rhapsody which Aaron owned! He did a really good job. He entertained the whole place. Our other songs included “Barbie Girl”, “Baby”, “I Gotta Feeling”, “I’m Yours”, “Beat It” and “Limon y Sal”. Allison and I learned our lesson the hard way…we should not attempt to Karaoke Spanish songs (especially Juanes). I can’t remember the rest but we did a lot of singing. This sadly was Allison’s first and last karaoke while Ashley was here. Aaron and Ashley also did their duet together of “Breaking Free” from High School Musical. Right before their song set came up, Aaron’s throat was really itching. He decided that he needed something for it, so he took off running to the closest store that was open, two blocks away. He bought his Halls and came running up the stairs to sing “Breaking Free.” Later on in the evening when we went to pay, Ashley noticed that there was a rack of Halls right there at the Karaoke place. He ran around the block for nothing. How Ironic!!

June 15^th 

Fernanda <3 Bon Jovi

MIO!

We went again to karaoke. This time we went with Aaron, Aaron’s friend Ben, Amanda, Damaris, Marcelo, Brittany, Megan, John, Kevin, Fernanda, Paola, Chad, Michelle, Jeff, and Jenny.  We went back to the same place, but this time on a Friday night, so it was a lot more crowded. I picked out a song but I was not feeling well that night so when it got to my turn I gave the song to someone else. Bad me, I know. Kevin, who is seriously shy, actually sang a Nickelback song. I was very impressed. Ashley's favorite song of the night was sung by Paola. "MIO! MIO! Este hombre es mio...." She really killed it. Since it was so crowded, we didn’t get to sing many songs, and the Spanish songs the other groups sang were slow and depressing. So we headed home early.

June 20^th 

Another karaoke night. This time it was Ariel, Ashley, Stephanie, Aaron, Amanda, Ben, and I. First we met up for dinner at a new restaurant, La Esquina. It is similar to Tiesto's, but the service is much worse. First of all, the waiter tried to pressure us into ordering far more food than we needed. Amanda had been there before and told us there would be more food than we could eat. To make ordering really entertaining, we decided that Kaitlyn and Ben should do it. So she asked for “una coca-cola por favor” and Ben ordered the food. It was plenty. 

After dinner we went to a new place to get different hot chocolate drinks. They were really good. 

Finally we went and found a new karaoke place that charges $.25/song. This was Ashley’s last Karaoke before she left. So we had to go all out! Fortunately the place was pretty empty. Overall, we sang more than 20 songs as a group. And the Spanish group that was there was actually supportive and sang some upbeat Spanish songs instead of the normal, boring, slow songs.

 

Enter Sandman

Ashley rocked out to “Enter Sandman” with Ben and Aaron.

Single Ladies

A highlight for me was singing “Single Ladies” with Amanda and Ariel with Ashley providing the Beyonce dance moves. About halfway through the song, Aaron joined her to let out his inner single lady.

"Bette Davis Eyes"

"Just the Way You Are"

Aventura FAIL!

"Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, Hey Jude"

 

 

Amanda, Ariel, and Stephanie sang “Lovefool.” Ben and Stephanie did “Total Eclipse of The Heart.” Ariel did not learn our lesson from the previous Karaoke night, and tried to sing a song by Aventura in Spanish...FAIL. Thankfully, the mics had malfunctioned during the song anyway, and no one had to hear the horribleness, or at least most of the horribleness. For some unknown reason, the employee came and fixed them about halfway through. BOO on him! We ended the night with everyone singing “Hey Jude” by The Beatles.

Though the curtain has now come down on Ashley's karaoke days, the rest of us can't wait to hit the stage again. LIGHTS, CAMERAS, VOICES!!!