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Thanksgiving in July

Thanksgiving…in July? That’s right! A group covering California and seasoned with a few other states held their 5th Annual “Thanksgiving in July” in San Diego on the weekend of July 10th. But this year, a little spice, a little zing, a little kick was added. The giant spread was served with a generous side of Rock Out Karaoke! (I wonder if I can keep the food references flowing through the entire blog..).

The dinner was delicious—turkey, tofuturkeyduck (or was it called turkeyducktofu? Tofugoosechicken?) and a huge assortments of potatoes, yams, salads. And the deserts. Like whoa Scoob. Chocolate brownies the size of Matt’s bass drum! Even with the smorgasbord, the crowd was still hungry for some live band karaoke. Well luckily, someone set the oven to the temperature of “rock.” (O man, this is getting ridiculous).

No tryptophan here. Singers jumped right in. Two straight hours of sizzlin’ karaoke. All the big hits were plucked, although one of the most memorable performances was “Ice, Ice Baby,” where the duo passed out bottles of Smirnoff Ice for chuggin’.

In the end, the gig was definitely well-done. A fantastic party done right by great hosting and preparation. Thanks for having us, and we look forward to Thanksgiving in July VI!

We’re also available for “President’s Day in October.” And “National High-Five Day in January.” Although our rider has seriously been super-sized from the traditional bowl of green M&Ms.

Rock Out Karaoke is San Diego’s most dynamic live music performance group, combining the raw power of a live rock band with the fun of audience participation, where individual singers take center stage with the live band! Complete with lyrics displayed on a monitor in real-time with the music, nothing is missing from this unique karaoke show! Rock Out Karaoke is available for your San Diego wedding or special event. Contact us today to find out how we can make your party one to remember.

ROK the Vote!

We’ve been nominated by our friends over at 10News.com for their annual A-list for Best Music in the wedding category. Now it’s up to you to help us get to #1. Voting ends on Sep. 3rd, so hurry!

While you do have to enter an email address to vote, you can deselect one of the choices to receive emails from them – no spam! Click the link below to ROK the vote and help us get to the top. Thanks to everyone who has voted so far and we’ll see you at a show soon.

House of Blues Pub Crawl

What do you get when you combine 300 people, killer drink specials, a 20,000 watt sound system, the House of Blues main stage, and live band karaoke?

The Local’s Memorial Day Red, White, and Booze Pub Crawl to the Park. That’s what.

This is the kind of event where you just had to be there. Photographer, John Audley, with Be Water Photo captured some great moments during our 90-minute peformance; but you really had to be there to believe it. There’s probably lots of video floating around out there – if you have a great clip, contact us and we’ll put it on our YouTube page!

From what we could tell, the girls outnumbered the guys for this event. Not bad, considering we are in Man Diego.

The theme was Red, White, and Booze – sort of a “Top Gun” feel, which would explain the overwhelming number of aviator sunglasses.

From The Local Pub Crawl at House of Blues San Diego

We enjoyed all the stage antics, energy, dancing, and great vocals from the lucky participants. Highlights included the Vanilla Ice impression (by two chicks, of course), the Michael Jackson tribute during Billie Jean, and Chris’ stage dive after Rebel Yell. In the end, we were just stop #2 of 5 on a killer pub crawl. Here’s hoping that at least someone remembered us…

Special thanks to Scott, Todd, James, and the rest of the HOB San Diego crew for kicking ass with the production. Thanks Nancy, Nina, and the Local for having us – we had a blast!

Will you… marry me?

“Will you marry me?”

History was made on the Rock Out Karaoke stage when a local karaoke singer said those words and proposed to his girlfriend in front of a packed house at the 710 Beach Club in San Diego on June 10, 2010. Brian first gave a stirring performance of Elvis’ “Jailhouse Rock,” complete with hip gyrations, finger pointing, sneering, and of course, great vocals. He definitely had the crowd’s attention after an awesome performance. When he asked his girlfriend, Limh, to join him on stage, we knew something was a-brewin’.

Like any gentleman, Brian took a knee and produced a shiny object in a small black box. He sealed his fate and entered the annals of Rock Out Karaoke history when he asked simply, “Will you marry me?” Limh said yes and the crowd went into a frenzy. Exiting the stage, they got plenty of high fives and probably a couple of drinks on the house.

In all the excitement, we failed to get a quality photo of the event. Here’s a fuzzy depiction of the scene that night just so you know we’re not making all this up.

From Misc

Glad to have our friend Mookie and the 91x crew in the house to witness what was an awesome turn of events. It has been noted by one Rock Out Karaoke fan that since the proposal happened on our stage, we become the wedding band by default. Sounds good to us! Best wishes to Brian and Limh – keep on rocking!

A Wedding to Remember

Recently, we played our unique live band karaoke show for a wedding reception in San Diego. We had a blast and figured we’d post a quick re-cap of how things went.

The bride and groom chose a very classy 1930’s theme and the guests and wedding party were all decked out. Everyone was looking mighty sharp! Even the band dressed up in our “1930’s” best. The venue was the picturesque Museum of Photographic Arts at Balboa Park in San Diego. Start to finish, this was a great wedding reception. The cocktail hour and dinner were both pretty low key, but the food looked incredible and the drinks were flowing. We watched some touching toasts, the traditional first dance, and everyone was warming up to the idea of sharing the stage with us.

The cocktails must have worked. From the moment we took the stage, we had non-stop sign ups for karaoke singers. The bride kicked things off with her stirring rendition of Pat Benatar’s Hit Me With Your Best Shot. What a way to get the crowd warmed up! Others followed with karaoke classics, like Love Shack, Sweet Caroline, and our personal favorite of the night – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, starring several beautiful women! (see figure 1). All in all, it was a great event that was full of energy and fun. Special thanks to Jeff & Fairlight for having us as a part of their special day – congratulations and best wishes!

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