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and live out their rock 'n' roll
dreams as karaoke takes College
Station's nightlife center stage
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exhibit their vocal talents be
nd the shower and radio sing-
longs, but there are some places
rerc musical dreams can come
te, if only for one night.
On Wednesday and Saturday
ghts, Bryan-College Station res
ents have the opportunity to
ke center stage at local night-
ubs by performing karaoke.
Karaoke, #hich was developed
Japan, involves taking popular
songs and recording them without
lelead vocals. The tracks are then
istributed to nightclubs and
bars acrqs^ TJw country,
patrons have the chance to
belt out their favorite songs in
front of the ehtire club.
Needless to say, karaoke is not
for the faint of heart.
Andrea Spence, a junior mar
keting major, said the karaoke
nights at Bullwinkles and Shadow
Canyon are a great way to have a
few laughs.
“I think it’s hilarious,” Spence
said. “I think that everyone has a~“
lot of confidence to get up there
[on stage]. Especially the ones
who think that they can sing well,
but their friends haven’t told them
the truth.”
Spence, a self-proclaimed
“regular” at Bullwinkles’ karaoke
nights, said she has sung there
several times.
"Once 1 sang ‘I Will Survive’
and anotMWllne Fsorig T-lard to
Handle’ by the Black Crowes,"
Spence said. “That was interest
ing because I had to change all
the ‘hers’ [in the song) to ‘hims.’
It was great.”
Scott Cavendish, a senior me
chanical engineering major, said
the crowd at Shadow Canyon was
enthusiastic about karaoke,
“It was very happy and fun,” he
said. “ There were a lot of intoxicat
ed people who wanted to get out of
the crowd and into the spotlight.”
Cavendish also commented
about some of the singers at
karaoke night.
“There were a few talented peo
ple,” he said. “But there were quite
a few shower singers who weren’t
in the shower anymore.”
Jessica Brenner, an incoming
biomedical science major, said
Tfmcrowds at karaoke perfor
mances encourage the singers.
“Everyone is singing along trying
to encourage them,” she said. “My
favorite is when people would get
up there and sing crazy songs and
not try to sound good. People are
not embarrassed to get up there.”
Allhough Brenner has sang at
karaoke nights in Beaumont, she
was unable to sing at Bullwinkles’
karaoke night.
“We thought about singing, but
the line was too long,” she said. “I
would have loved to sing because
it is so much fun to get up Ihere
and get crazy. I Ve sang ‘Elvira’ and
‘Strawberry Wine.’ It was just a
whole lot of goofy stuff.”
The popularity of karaoke
nights can mean big crowds for lo
cal establishments.
Cavendish also was unable to
sing at Shadow Canyon’s karaoke
night because there were a lot of
people ahead of him.
"I wanted (o sing ‘Black Water’
by the Doobie Brothers because
it’s a song that I would not mind
subjecting people to,” he said.
Though both businesses offer
karaoke nights, each one gives the
evenings a unique spin.
Spence said there is a differ
ence between the atmospheres at
Bullwinkles and Shadow Canyon
“Shadow Canyon has a coun
try/western atmosphere, even
with karaoke. But it’s a lot less
crowded because it’s so much
bigger,” she said. “I like Bullwin
kles because there is a lot more
group participation and sing-a-
longs. There are a lot more peo
ple paying attention to you, and
they are very supportive.” *
Charlie Cain, general manager
and part owner of Bullwinkles,
said the patrons have been very
enthusiastic about karaoke.
“We started karaoke in 1991
just to offer the town something
more to do%than just go out at
night,” Cain said. "A lot of people
just come for karaoke night, and
we have a lot of regulars.”
Cain said Bullwinkles has a list
of over 800 songs for patrons to
choose from on the Wednesday
and Saturday karaoke nights.
Shadow Canyon features karaoke
on Wednesday night.
But Spence said two nights of
karaoke a week are not enough to
showcase her talent.
“I’m amazing,” she said.
‘Tm going to get discovered at
Bullwinkles. That’s why I go
every week.”
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