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Farewell and Thank You<br />
By: Evan Davis / Entertainment Director<br />
It’s been fifteen years since moving to Las Vegas.<br />
14 years since I’ve been<br />
doing my web site, emails,<br />
and calendar of local events.<br />
Nearly nine years with The Vegas Voice writing<br />
entertainment articles, producing and hosting<br />
their variety shows at numerous locations.<br />
A new chapter of my life is starting once again, as<br />
I will be moving out of town, but my Evan Davis<br />
Jazz Calendar and emails will continue to update<br />
you weekly.<br />
In Sandi and my 15 years in Vegas, we’ve moved<br />
7 times. Renting and owing homes, country club<br />
living, high rise living on the Strip, we have pretty<br />
much seen and done it all. Just like Vegas reinvents<br />
itself almost daily, I’ve grown and changed in my<br />
dozen plus Vegas years.<br />
Each step has allowed me to look back and say, “I’ve got nothing to<br />
regret.” I’ve met some wonderful and talented people and performers<br />
who appreciate the music scene.<br />
Some were truly friends and some just, well you know, liked you for<br />
what you could do for them. I don’t think there is a venue in town that<br />
I couldn’t walk into without knowing someone.<br />
Exiting a room always took 20 minutes as I said my good nights to<br />
friends and acquaintances. For someone who couldn’t sing, dance, or<br />
tell jokes, I felt comfortable, especially on stage with a mic in my hand.<br />
Now it’s time to make a new home and be closer to family.<br />
A big part of our Vegas family was The Vegas Voice. They gave me the<br />
opportunity to be creative with producing shows while I tried to expose<br />
as many performers as possible to the local fan base.<br />
One of my first shows was at the Silverton with a packed house of<br />
An Afternoon Affair to Remember<br />
Our final Afternoon Affair for the season was held last month at<br />
Sun City MacDonald Ranch. Sometimes there are simply no words to<br />
describe how fabulous and wonderful the show was. Backstage before<br />
the show (L-R) Sun City MacDonald Ranch’s Loizel Jimenez and Mary<br />
Fellows, E’stefano Disanto, Vegas Voice host Evan Davis, Michael Sinatra,<br />
Pete Peterkin and Johnny Fabulous.<br />
over 1200. I co-hosted with Bob Anderson and included about two<br />
dozen of Vegas’ best - and when Clint Holmes and Frankie Scinta<br />
joined the stage with Bob, I didn’t think it could get any better.<br />
I got that same thrill with a crowd of 90.<br />
The Vegas Voice is a magazine that covers all<br />
aspects of life for the active adult community.<br />
Entertainment solely for them was new to them,<br />
and they allowed me to run with it. From writing to<br />
producing shows, to videos interviews and podcasts,<br />
we ran the whole spectrum.<br />
The Vegas Voice opportunity happened with the<br />
vision of my friend and confidant, Night Life editor<br />
Sam Wagmeister, who said, “Hey let’s bring Evan<br />
aboard and bring entertainment to our magazine<br />
and focus it around Evan’s blog and calendar of<br />
events.”<br />
From the very first gigs I put together at the<br />
Mediterranean Grill, The Mad Greek and Blue Fire,<br />
all pre-Vegas Voice, to my last gig at Sun City MacDonald Ranch, it’s<br />
been a blast. Thank you Vegas Voice family Dan, Rana, Ray, Bill, Jonny,<br />
Anna and Sam. You guys are the best!<br />
We’ll Miss You<br />
Sandi &<br />
Evan Davis at<br />
our Vegas Voice<br />
“Goodbye”<br />
luncheon.<br />
Notice the cake’s<br />
message.<br />
12<br />
<strong>June</strong> <strong>2023</strong>
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