Our first Night Owl Social Club Quarterly Mixer was held at Skillman Street Pub in Dallas, Tuesday, March 21st.  The show was hosted by Stagg Everhart of Little Sister Productions.  Attending members were: Stagg Everhart, Jennifer Tatsch, Chris Davis, Lisa Canterberry of Little Sister productions; Jan & Danny Hernandez of Jan & Danny Entertainment; Alex Dubler of Funtime Karaoke; Mike & Denise Slay of Michael Dean Entertainment; Susan Werth of Karaoke PitStop; Marlaine Juett of .   Densie Slay was the winner of the Alliance attendance drawing, sporting a gift certificate for late night munchies after a show.  Special thank you's to: Skillman Street Pub for having us and providing discounted food & beverages, Stagg Everhart of Little Sister Productions for making this evening a high priority and entertaining all of us, and all those who came out to enjoy the evening and meet the KJs!

The DFW KJ Alliance setup a table at the prestigious Singers Choice Awards hosted by Karaoke PitStop Internet magazine allowing all members to display their company information and also promote Alliance membership.  The Singers Choice Awards were held at Yucatan Beach Club, Sunday, February 26th at 2PM followed by a Mardi Gras After Party.

This is the 2^nd year for this now annual event benefiting the Children’s Cancer Fund, underwritten by Scott Henkin of Karaoke King and his team of volunteers.  Last year, KaraokeFest took over the entire parking lot on the corner of Keller Springs & Josey Lane raising almost $16,000.00.  This year the event was held at Neotropolis in Carrolton, raising around $7,000.00.  Neotropolis is a huge family gaming center.  It has several auditoriums, a theater, coffee bar, & a huge game room.  KaraokeFest utilized the entire establishment preparing for the crowds.  In the large auditorium Ernie Ferguson of Primetime Productions hosted karaoke on the main stage (stage 1) for those who collected over $500.00 in pledges.  They sang while introduced by celebrities Brendan Higgins & Kristi Nelson of NBC5 and also Pugs & Kelly acting as guest emcees for the event.  They also had a magic show and several other children’s act before ending with Matthew JC & Friends scattered during the afternoon on the main stage.  Robert Thomas of Dazzle Entertainment hosted karaoke on stage 2 in the theater and Mike Richardson of Center Stage hosted karaoke on stage 3 in the coffee bar at the main entrance.  To sing on stages 2 & 3 required a donation to CCF of $5.00 purchased at the entrance.  Neotropolis opened the regular concession stand up charging $1.00 over the regular amount in donation it to CCF.  Venders lined the walls between the auditoriums.  Venders included: Karaoke King, Jammin’ Jay’s Magical Karaoke, Funtime Karaoke, 2 different jewelry venders, health care, Musical Journeys & Vacations with Janet Lanza, & The DFW KJ Alliance representing Krank It Karaoke, Karaoke With Kelly, Little Sister Productions, Michael Dean Productions, Karaoke PitStop Internet Magazine, Tone Deaf Entertainment, Jammin’ Jay’s Magical Karaoke, Classic Entertainment, All Star Karaoke, Spotlight on Karaoke, Heart & Soul Entertainment, & DW’s Karaoke. There were programs available & T-shirts were priced at $10.00.  The gaming room had many free games open including billiards, air hockey, video games, hoops, bouncers, & face painting.  NBC5, the Dallas Observer, & Karaoke PitStop covered the event on site.  It was a great location, great cause, wonderful volunteers & entertainment.  Everything was primed for a massive crowd from 1:30-7:30.  Sadly the crowd did not come.  This does not mean that the folks who did make it did not enjoy themselves.  Maybe next year we will meet the $100,000.00 goal to help fight cancer in children.