The Salon Wrap-Up for August 13, 2017: "Seek And Ye Shall Find"

Greetings, Saloners!  This is your guest Blogette, Candice Oden, here!  I was thrilled to be present this week.  We had a very light evening, but we had the WONDERFUL Jacob Storms co-hosting!  He opened with a light and swingy "It Happened In Monterey."  He later serenaded us with a medley of "They Say It's Wonderful" and "I Fall In Love Too Easily," followed by the Mills brothers' "Don't Blame Me." He wrapped up his three-song set with "Never Neverland," and ended the night with a beautiful "Shenanadoah."

Jacob will be appearing as a young Tennessee Williams in TENNESSEE RISING at The United Solo Festival at Theatre Row on Saturday, October 14th at 2pm.  He will also be returning to The Cabaret Convention for Opening Night at Rose Hall on Monday, October 16th, at 6pm.  For more information, you can visit http://unitedsolo.org/us/ufest/ and http://www.mabelmercer.org.

Quick Wrap - Classical Corner

This week we had guest singer, Heather Bobeck, with us!  Heather won last year's Met Opera National Council NY Regional auditions, and tonight she sang from the opera The Magic Flute, which she actually just finished doing with the Opera Theatre of Montclair.  The Magic Flute is a story in which every character is seeking to find.  Heather first sang the wonderful "O Zittre Nicht," which is when her character, The Queen of The Night, is wooing Tamina to save her daughter, Pamina, followed by the Vengeance Aria -- and that one was even more powerful than the first.

You can find more on The Magic Flute here.


Roster of performers for the evening (in order of appearance):

Click link to visit the performer’s website or other links, when available.
All piano accompaniment by Mark Janas unless otherwise noted.

Co-host: Jacob Storms
Lisa Dennett
Ira Lee Collings
Louisa Lee
Jerome
Matthew Martin Ward (also at the piano)
Steve Bustamante (also on guitar)
David Ballard
Candice Oden (moi!)
Maureen Taylor
Co-host: Jacob Storms

BREAK

Tanya Moberly
Ty'Ren Tillett
David Lamarr
CLASSICAL CORNER!
Encore: Lisa Dennett
Encore: Ira Lee Collings (with Matthew Martin Ward at the piano)
Encore: Louisa Lee
Encore: David Ballard
Encore: Maureen Taylor
Encore: Candice Oden
Encore: Steve Bustamante (with Matthew Martin Ward at the piano)
Encore: Matthew Martin Ward (also at the piano)
Co-host: Jacob Storms

Special thanks to tonight’s musicians: Mark Janas, Matthew Martin, and Steve Bustamante!

Thank you to this evening's videographer, Steve Bustamante, to Gill Alexandre on lights and sound, and to David Ballard and our amazing waitstaff!

Ongoing Shows:

Monday nights (7pm): Opera Open Mic at Shanghai Mong with Mark Janas and Matthew Martin Ward, 30 West 32nd Street, NYC.

Tuesdays (7:30pm) this summer: Tanya Moberly is judging Mama's Next Big Act at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC, and a few of our regular Salon members are taking part!

Tuesday nights (7pm) and Saturday nights (6pm):  Louisa Lee sings with the Rick Bogart Quintet at the Flatiron Hotel, 9 West 26th Street, NYC.

Upcoming Shows:

Thursday, August 24, 2017 (7pm): Lisa Dennett is doing "Women Of Influence" at the Laurie Beechman, 407 West 42nd Street, NYC.

Saturday, September 9, 2017 (8pm): Joan Jaffe is performing in Parnell's Spotlight Night, 350 E 53rd Street, NYC

Friday, September 15, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly and Sean Harkness at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC. 

Saturday, September 23, 2017 (7pm): Steve Bustamante is doing a show celebrating his 50th birthday at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC!

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 (7:15pm): Ira Lee Collings is performing "Life Ia A Song So Why Not Sing It" plus weed songs at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Monday, October 2, 2017 (7:15pm): Ira Lee Collings is performing "Life Ia A Song So Why Not Sing It" plus weed songs at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Friday, October 6, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly and Ritt Henn at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Monday, October 16, 2017 (6pm): Opening night of the Cabaret Convention features Jacob Storms and Tanya Moberly - Rose Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street.

Friday, October 27, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly and Ian Herman at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Sunday, October 29, 2017 (7:15pm): Ira Lee Collings is performing "Life Ia A Song So Why Not Sing It" plus weed songs at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Friday, November 3 - Sunday, November 19, 2017: Candice Oden is appearing in the play "Jack Goes Boating" at The Seeing Place Theater, 64 E 4th St (Basement Theater), NYC.

Friday, November 17, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly and Mark Janas at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Friday, December 8, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly and Steven Ray Watkins at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Friday, December 29, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly and Sean Harkness at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.


NEXT SALON! Sunday, August 20, 2017, IT'S OUR 12TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!  Our co-hosts will be THE ETCETERETTES!!!

We'll see you then!


Candice Oden
Guest "Blogette" for The Salon
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