Karaoke Getaway!
By Ty Hughes
With an amazing 25-years of experience in the industry, the most-awesome Dena Nichols, long-since synonymous with O’Houlie’s Pub, recently made the transition up the street to the Getaway.
Dena now puts her hosting skills on display at the Getaway Spirits on 24309 56th Ave. W in Mountlake Terrace every Thursday through Sunday night starting around 9pm. Hail to those diehard Dena fans out there (you know who you are)! Bring your rear-end and a friend’s rear-end on over to the greatest show on earth! Okay well, at least Mountlake Terrace anyway. Those of you who have experienced Dena’s show are surely fans, and are well aware of her charming ways. However, besides all that, her expertise on that there karaoke system, not to mention her unflappable and much-talked-about fairness of rotation, has her new home filling up quickly with new and veteran singers.
Week by week, unsuspecting patrons of the Getaway are falling deeper into Dena’s master plan. But it’s okay, it’s a good thing, this one. Dena merely wants to offer regular people a chance to experience something that has been described as addictive; that’s right, karaoke baby! Jump into the rotation with Dena and you’ll notice the bathing of colorful, swirling lights washing over your body. Maybe your song will resonate with the interested and growing audience enough to mobilize them onto the Getaway’s huge, brand new dance floor. From Dena’s new stage, she and the spotlighted singer can take a stool or stand, overlooking a busy bevy of dancers.
WARNING: The energy that Dena brings to her show is highly contagious! Dena really gets the bar involved and excited about karaoke. Even the staff is completely enthralled in the show while they work, sometimes even taking time out for a song of their own. Jessica, Nate and Krista manage the bar and nobody wants for a thing here, they’re all smiling and upbeat, friendly. The Getaway is a blast for karaoke, and you’ll probably run into some of your karaoke-crazy friends too!
Talk about crazy, have you met Leah, Dena’s daughter and her friends? So much fun! This whole gaggle of girls seriously git jiggy on the dance floor and really help to pump up the crowd. They can sing too, man! Leah does a Cranberries song that will floor you, no kidding. Amazing!
Chris sings Wicked Game, Danielle sings Jeremy, Jess gets all over I Will Be There, Krista sang Area Codes and ignited the crowd.
Tom came out with a sheath of karaoke discs of his own, performing Send Her My Love. Tom will travel for good karaoke if that says anything.
Randy, aka; “Relvis” got up for It’s Only Make Believe before Jamie takes on I Want Candy and had everyone singing along.
Dena’s new karaoke home has definitely kicked off with a bang. She’s got some excellent singers, plus a bunch of newbies to karaoke, saying they “just feel comfortable here”. Her show has turned the Getaway, which has never had any acts before, into a bustling entertainment mecca for all to enjoy, and they do!
Come on out every Thursday-Sunday night and check out her new digs at the Getaway! Enjoy some dinner and cocktails with friends or family (21+), or bring the entire team after the game! Everybody partakes of the 2-for-$1 tacos every Thursday night until 10pm. You can too!
