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28 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | SEPTEMBER 2017 | Karaoke Vintage voices Hi everybody, and welcome to the Karaoke Corner. I thought I would bring those of you, that haven't been able to make it to karaoke yet, up to speed on the performance of the magnificent Bill Ashdown Super Sonic Karaoke Rotation-O-Matic, and give you an update on how it performed, and possibly how it could revolutionize karaoke as we know it. Now, the original patent included a chipmunk in a wheel that would turn as he ran, thus rotating the list of singers. It was working really well in all of the test trials, until the chipmunk developed a severe case of shin splints and had to retire, which really irked me as I had spent a lot of time in his training. But things happen I guess. So the second chipmunk shows up and he is not the brightest chipmunk in the world and can not grasp the concept of running and stopping on command. That dang chipmunk ran at top speed no matter how loud I yelled at him to stop. So, as it was getting closer to opening day for karaoke, I had to fire the second chipmunk and come up with an alternate plan for rotating the singer list, which involves a little hand crank that I have to turn manually. Now, it doesn't take much to turn it, but as I am trying to adjust volumes for singers, I sometimes lose track of turning the crank. So there have been a couple of people there, and I won't mention any names, that a few times had to come up and rotate the list for me while I was busy. Russ and Mike had absolutely no training and were actually better than the second chipmunk, who, by the way has turned me into the animal rights people for unfair labor practices, and they are threatening to picket the next karaoke session. That's great, just what I need… 200 chipmunks with picket signs and shouting, "Chipmunk Lives Matter" out in front of the Lodge on karaoke day, which will be on Sun., Sept. 10, at 2 pm in the Karaoke Lounge. Be careful when you come not to step on one, they might be cute, but chipmunks hold grudges. ~ Bill Saxophone player needed for the Vintage Voices Christmas Program to accompany accordionist. Call Ross Brunetto (951) 926-8295 to schedule audition. Sax o p h o ne Pla ye r N e ed e d