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May-27-2006 02:11

To any Sleuths hailing in the Greater Chicago area:

I have advanced to the Finals of an annual karaoke contest held by Suburban Nitelife Magazine. On Friday, June 2nd, I will be competing among 40 of the most entertaining singers in the area to win a grand prize of $2,500 cash and a vacation for 2.

Some of you know that I recently got married to fellow Sleuther Kagome_70, and that our son Christopher is due in August. This prize would give us both a much-needed honeymoon and a leg up in preparing for our first child.

To that end, I ask ANY and ALL Sleuths near Chicago to attend the Finals and support my performance. Audience response is a large percentage of the scoring system, and I am hoping to get about 50 people in the crowd, including my friends and family.

The Finals are Friday, June 2nd, starting approx. 7 PM, at the Pyramid Club in Addison. Anyone interested and able to be there please PM me for more detailed information.

PS. We just got into the new house and after a month without internet, Kagome and I are BACK! :)

May-31-2006 02:50

no no Logan, you misunderstood me... what i ACTUALLY promised was to drink $2,000 worth and use the prize to travel to somewhere expensive with people :)

May-31-2006 04:21

Hang on if you already spent 2,000 boozing out of the 2,500 prize......where can you travel for 500 bucks that is expensive?

www.greyhound.com.

lol

GOOD LUCK SERGES!!!!!

Jun-2-2006 01:04

Oooo, tonight's the night - good luck, Serges! :)

Jun-2-2006 04:40

Good luck Jay. We all hope you win!

Jun-3-2006 02:39

I want to thank everyone for their support over the last few days. Regretfully, I must announce that I did not win the competition tonight... I ended up placing somewhere between 13th and 20th out of 41 of the best entertainers in the greater Chicagoland area. However, it was a wonderful show, I had a great time, and proved to myself that I could keep pace with some amazing singers.

Special thanks go to KenB, who dedicated his night to cheering me on, although we had never met prior to tonight. He is a wonderful gentleman, both in Sleuthville and in real life, and I appreciate his support especially.

I did record my performance on video, and as soon as I figure out how to upload it to my site, I will link to it so that anyone who couldn't be there has an opportunity to see what all the fuss was about.

Again, thanks to everyone for cheering me on, both in person and in spirit.

Jun-3-2006 03:51

Aaah boo to the voters. I do t hink that making it in the top half is really good though!!!! Glad you had a great time. And awesome that we had another encounter of the sleuth kind! YAY

Jun-3-2006 23:02

see this is why democracy just can't be measured with a noise-o-meter. Big ups to a guy who was in the top twenty in a city of millions.

Jun-3-2006 23:05

Congrats to placing 20 in a very large city! Maybe you could find another way to prepare for Christopher. Good luck!

Jun-4-2006 02:47

*hugs* You still rock our world.