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The Northwest Karaoke and Entertainment
Guide is a monthly, completely free,
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for the enjoyment of Karaoke enthusiasts.
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KING COUNTY
Ty Hughes; (206) 406-4810
PIERCE COUNTY
Susan Sawyer; sawyerhome@aol.com
(253) 539-8754
SW WASHINGTON & OREGON
Kurt “Swingcat” Johnson; swingcatpdx@yahoo.com
(503) 757-5263
LEWIS, MASON, THURSTON
and GRAYS HARBOR COUNTIES
Frank Davies; fjdavies@yahoo.com
(360) 970-0296
SNOHOMISH COUNTY
Rocky & Kristine Fields; rocknkris@yahoo.com
(425) 359-9450
ISLAND, SKAGIT COUNTIES
Melissa Reed; starlighte@hotmail.com
(360) 421-7463
WHATCOM, SKAGIT COUNTIES
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E.J. Balboa; singwithrocky@hotmail.com
Note: All editorial copy is strictly the
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reflect the attitude or opinions of this publication
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Special Thanks to our Advertisers! We couldn’t do it without you!
13th ave. pub & eatery page 5
blue moon lounge page 7
Cedarwood sportsbar page 2
Chan’s plaCe page 5
Charley’s restaurant & bar page 12
Chaser’s lounge page 8
diamond jim’s page 12
dr. dan’s karaoke page 4
hamburger harry’s page 15
hot iron bar & grill page 10
jaCk’s pub & grill page 2
johnny’s at FiFe page 9
Contest Finale at skagit County Fair
By Rocky & Kristine Fields
The Skagit County Fair, for the
first time in it’s 114 years in existence,
finally decided to add a karaoke show
and contest to their wide array of entertainment
this year. It went off like
a rocket, a huge turnout of eager singers
ready to compete for that coveted
first place spot and win a thousand
bucks!
Over $2,000 was awarded on the
final night to a total of ten contestants.
Folks young, old and in between
participated, part of the beauty in a
fair setting. Contestants as young as
six years old got up there and gave it
a shot - and yes, some did make it to
the finals. In fact, the grand prize winner
turned out to be Jordan Cook, a
16 year old sweetheart who had never
participated in an actual karaoke
contest before in her life.
These were the winners:
1st place - Jordan Cook, $1000
2nd place -Tony Cea, $500
3rd place - Shadow Redington, $150
4th place - Jenna Ruud, $100
5th place - Jason Stone, $50
6th place - Kitty Hughes, $50
7th place - Bonnie Geveshausen, $50
8th place - Bobby Dean, $50
9th place - Joey Wasson, $50
10th place - Jeff Pearson, $50
Congratulations to all of the winners
and participants who gave it their
all and put on a truly exciting show for
the extra large crowd of onlookers. After
the karaoke final contest was held,
Ted Vigil, a ringer for John Denver,
played and sang Denver’s classics. He
had everyone in the crowd mooing,
oinking and singing along to some
great old favorites, and captivated
the hearts of all with his astonishing
voice and John Denver mannerisms.
Even the adults were participating in
the “grandma’s featherbed” tune, and
he remarked to us afterwards that
it was his best crowd, and most fun
crowd response he’s ever had. Way to
go Skagit County fairgoers!
Alongside the karaoke show, the
fair held a ‘find Flo at the fair’ event,
where traffic goddess Flo from KMPS
94.1 traveled around in a sponsored
KMPS’ Flo announces the winners to anxious onlookers at the Skagit County Fair
karaoke geek page 12
la palma mexiCan restaurant page 12
lake street bar & grill page 7
little red hen page 9
megasound studio page 12
mondo’s pub page 8
mystiC moCha CaFe page 9
nelson & Company Cpa page 3
o’Finnigan’s pub page 10
o’henry’s sports bar page 11
one eyed jaCk’s roadhouse page 4
vehicle handing out goodies to those
who found her. Fans with Flo’s face
on them were handed out during the
karaoke contest with raffle numbers
and even more great prizes were given
away during singing breaks.
A special thank you to all who
sponsored the fair and helped to make
it so successful, from fair manager
Leslie Collings and Donna Backman
of Backman Marketing who helped to
See Skagit Fair on page 5
orange guy entertainment page 5
parlor live page 2
riCkshaw page 7
roCksport bar & grill page 9
skagit valley Casino & resort page 13
sluggers sportsbar page 13
star maChine page 8
taster’s wok page 7
toby magees page 15
tulalip Casino page 16
village pub page 3
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September 2009 - www.nwkaraokeguide.net