LAKESTREET BAR & GRILL; KIRKLAND, WA The stars come out at Lakestreet
By G. Jacob Wallace
Another fun night was had by all at Lake Street Bar and Grill in downtown Kirkland as they put an exclamation point on their 12 week contest.
Old timers and newcomers alike came together on a Wednesday night in November to challenge each other with their golden tones. Twenty-two finalists in all did their best, vying for a thousand dollars in cash and prizes! Emcee and Host Tiger B. kept things loose on stage while hosts Sandra Dee and Kalika kept things running smoothly behind the scenes.
The evening started out with a bang. Clad only in a corset, garters and stockings Ruthie Reed did an eye- popping rendition of naughty nasty boy. Karaoke contest veteran David Stanford came up and blew out some Tina Turner, whipping the crowd into frenzy. Valerie was only ten days into her karaoke career, yet there she was warning all the men out there what happens if you cheat on her! Monty hit a fun note while trying to convince some young ladies to ride his “Pony”.
Dave Kuhns did a spot on impersonation of Louis Armstrong in wonderful world, Kid Curtis was channeling the great rock bands of the 90’s as he poured his soul into the Counting Crows’ “Round Here’. “Mike The Graduate” and the “Sexier Mike” did their version of Shoop while Nadiah yelled at them from the side of the stage trying to keep them on track.
Arlie was feeling it as she sang Heart’s “Alone” and Sasha had everybody’s ears while she belted out Beyonce’s “Listen”. Dan Milam left everything on the stage as he impassioned Prince’s “The Beautiful Ones”, and Jason Stone rocked on with Journey’s “separate ways”.
The $500 top prize for the contest went to the beautiful and talented Sarina Macke as she had a bad attitude and some words to the wise as she sang Carrie Underwood’s “Before he cheats”. She wowed the crowd with her velvety pipes, abundant tresses and scandalous top. Afterward when asked how she felt about the win she said, “…everybody was so good, I can’t believe it. I’m so happy that Michael Wastman was here to see me”.
The rest of the winners were David Stanford in 2nd Place, Sasha Bernhard took 3rd Place, and 4th Place went to Dan Milam.
The contest was another slam dunk for Sandra Dee, Tiger B. and Lake Street. As Lake Street owner and contest judge Cindy Power said, “Everyone was eating, drinking and being merry, what more could you ask for? What a way to start off the holiday season”.
Lake Street features karaoke Sunday through Tuesday with Tiger B. and Wednesday with Sandra Dee. Join the fun through the holidays and keep a lookout for a brand new contest on starting up on Tuesday nights coming soon!
