_________________________________________ / -Karaoke- \ | -April 4, 1998- | | Recorded & Edited by Aubrey McMichaels | \___http://pages.prodigy.net/aubreymcm/___/ ******************************* You hear a crackle and pop as the sound system comes to life and a voice says "Welcome to Karaoke at the Cantina for the month of April!" ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Welcome everyone!" Ashley London exclaims, "What a nice crowd this evening!" Ashley London says, "I think you all know the rules ... " Ashley London says, "Use singing and action to perform your song ..." Ashley London says, "No profanity ..." Ashley London says, "And ... keep it to three minutes or less ... please ... no full three-act dramas" Ashley London grins. Ashley London exclaims, "First up tonight is a former winner ... Sunshine Marigold!" Sunshine Marigold stands up to address the assembly. Sunshine Marigold smiles. (Sunshine Marigold lies down on the stage, feigning sleep.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "You wake up late for school Man, you don't wanna go" (Sunshine Marigold sits up sleepily, wincing at the light.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "You ask your mom, 'Please?'" (Sunshine Marigold begs and grovels at imaginary feet.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "But she still says, 'No!'" (Sunshine Marigold shakes her finger, mimicking an arbitrary parent.) Sunshine Marigold sighs. Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "You missed two classes- And no homework" (Sunshine Marigold sits at an invisible desk, staring apathetically at a yelling teacher.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "But your teacher preaches class Like you're some kind of jerk" (Sunshine Marigold waits until the teacher turns his back, then hops up from behind the desk and crawls out the classroom window.) Sunshine Marigold yells, "You gotta FIGHT!" Sunshine Marigold yells, "For your RIGHT!" Sunshine Marigold yells, "To PARTY!" Sunshine Marigold launches into a joyful cartwheel! Sunshine Marigold jumps around like a 12 year old. Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "Your pop caught you smoking And he said 'No way!'" (Sunshine Marigold drags on her cigarette.) Sunshine Marigold snorts. Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "That hypocrite Smokes two packs a day" (Sunshine Marigold drops her cigarette.) (Sunshine Marigold grounds it out beneath her foot.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "Man, living at home is such a drag Now your mom threw away your best porno mag!" (Sunshine Marigold dumps out a trash can onto the floor and searches through the contents, cursing.) Sunshine Marigold yells, "You gotta FIGHT!" Sunshine Marigold yells, "For your RIGHT!" Sunshine Marigold yells, "To PARTY!" Sunshine Marigold throws her head back and howls! (Sunshine Marigold squirts Silly String all over the cantina, getting some on the people in the front row.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "Don't step out of this house If that's the clothes you're gonna wear" (Sunshine Marigold checks herself out in a mirror and flashes herself the thumbs-up sign.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "I'll kick you out of my home If you don't cut that hair" Sunshine's jaw drops. (Sunshine Marigold takes off her headband and rebelliously tosses her wild, long hair around.) Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "Your mom busted in and said 'What's that noise?'" Sunshine Marigold dances around the room. Sunshine Marigold sings sweetly: "Aw, mom you're just jealous It's the BEASTIE BOYS!" Sunshine Marigold cackles gleefully. (Sunshine Marigold sticks her tongue out.) Sunshine Marigold yells, "You gotta FIGHT!" Sunshine Marigold yells, "For your RIGHT!" Sunshine Marigold yells, "To PARTY!" Sunshine Marigold yells, "You gotta FIGHT!" (Sunshine Marigold runs over to the side of the building and starts to climb up the wooden wall.) Sunshine Marigold yells, "For your RIGHT!" (Sunshine Marigold stands on the rafters, grinning at the people watching her from below.) Sunshine Marigold yells, "TO PARTY!" (Sunshine Marigold jumps from the rafters, cackling. She lands in a heap on the stage floor, stands up, dusts herself off, and walks calmly back to her seat.) Sunshine Marigold bows. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next is another former whiner, I mean winner ... Noodles Holland!" Noodles Holland stands up to address the assembly. Noodles Holland exclaims, "HEY!!!!!" Noodles Holland growls at Ashley London. Noodles Holland says, "Well....I...Um...." Noodles Holland says, "Did the same song as Sunshine" Noodles Holland says, "And its about the same" Ashley London exclaims, "Oh my!" Noodles Holland says, "BUT! Being the performer that I am..." Noodles Holland says, "I will do something I did NOT rehearse" Noodles Holland recites: "This is called "The Mermaid A Ballad of the Sea"" (Noodles Holland is on the deck of the S.S. Brittania, a ship that is on the voyage to America. The time is about 1516.) Noodles Holland sings sweetly: "O t'was on the broad Atlantic Mid the equinotial gales" Noodles Holland sings sweetly: "That a young fellow fell overboard Among the sharks and whales" (Noodles Holland was that young man.) (Noodles Holland flounders around in the ocean trying his best not to get eaten.) Noodles Holland sings sweetly: "And down he went like a streak of light So quickly down went her" Noodles Holland says, "He actually" Noodles Holland coughs. Noodles Holland sings sweetly: "When up he came To a mer-ma-id At the bottom of the deep blue sea" Noodles Holland points at Celeste Catharow. Noodles Holland sings sweetly: "Singing... "Rule. Britania! Britania rule the waves!" (Noodles Holland raises the flag of the UK proudly!) Noodles Holland sings sweetly: "And Briton's Never never never shall be..." (Noodles Holland tries to hit the high F.) Noodles Holland takes a deep breath of air. Noodles Holland sings sweetly: "Mar-i-ed To a mer-ma-id At the bottom of the deep blue sea" Noodles Holland releases the air from his lungs. Noodles pants. Noodles Holland says, "well...that's it, I guess" Noodles Holland bows. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next up is Angela Bond!" Angela Bond stands up to address the assembly. Angela Bond smiles. Angela Bond says, "Hey everyone! I'm gonna be doing a theme song.. some of you know it.. Chiquita Banana" Angela Bond grins. (Angela Bond begins to dance around the stage, twirling her skirt as the bouncy Mexican music along with drum beating begins to start playing.) Angela Bond sings: "Hello amigos!" Angela Bond winks. (Angela Bond throws her head back as she grins broadly.) Angela Bond sings: "I'm Chiquita Banana and I've come to say Bananas have to ripen in a certain way When they're flecked with brown and have a golden hue Bananas taste the best and all the best for you!" Angela Bond sings: "You can put them in a salad You can put them in a pi-ie! Anyway you want to eat them.." Angela Bond sings: "It's impossible to beat them!" (Angela Bond twirls around as her skirt circles and she continues to sing with much enthusiasm..) Angela Bond sings: "But bananas like the climate of the very, very, very tropical Equaator So you should never put Banaaanas.. In the re-frid-ger-a-tor!" Angela Bond sings: "You have bananas that are plentifully good And you must be absolutely suure To take them home and let them Sit out upon the counter" (Angela Bond says in a deeper man's voice..) Angela Bond exclaims, "Oh sure sure sure sure!" (Angela Bond strikes a pose as the music stops with flare.) Angela Bond bows. Angela Bond says, "That's all there is, there isn't any more." Angela Bond smiles. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next is Chris Cobain and Elena Abbott!" Chris Cobain stands up to address the assembly. Elena Abbott stands up to address the assembly. Elena Abbott says, "Okie well i have a few things to say about the song we're gonna sing" Elena Abbott says, "It's called "Dammit Janet" and it's from Rocky Horror Picture Show" Chris Cobain grins. Elena Abbott says, "to set the scene.. Brad Majors (Chris) and Janet Weiss (me) were in their friend's wedding at a church in Denton" (Elena Abbott runs up to Chris after catching the bouquet at Betty Monroe and Ralph Hapshatt's wedding.) Elena Abbott asks, "Oh Brad, wasn't it wonderful? Didn't Betty look radiantly beautiful?" Chris Cobain says, "Yes Janet, Ralph's a lucky guy." Elena Abbott says, "I can't believe it. An hour ago she was just plain old Betty Monroe, and now.. Now she's Mrs. Ralph Hapshatt." Chris Cobain says, "Uh, everyone knows that Betty is a wonderful little cook." (Elena Abbott and Chris walk near the graveyard.) Elena Abbott says, "Yes" Chris Cobain says, "Why Ralph himself, he'll be in line for a promotion in a year or two." Elena Abbott nods. Elena Abbott says, "Yes" Chris Cobain recites: "Hey Janet." Elena Abbott recites: "Yes Brad?" Chris Cobain recites: "I've got something to say." Elena Abbott recites: "Uh huh?" Chris Cobain recites: "I really loved the...skillful way You beat the other girls To the bride's bouquet." Elena Abbott recites: "Oh Brad.." Elena Abbott blushes a nice shade of off-pink. Chris Cobain sings: "The river was deep but I swam it. The future is ours so let's plan it." Chris Cobain sings: "So please, don't tell me to can it. I've one thing to say and that's Dammit, Janet I love you." (Chris Cobain runs up the steps of the church and draws a heart on the door in chalk.) Chris Cobain sings: "The road was long but I ran it. There's a fire in my heart and you fan it." Chris Cobain sings: "If there's one fool for you then I am it. I've one thing to say and that's Dammit, Janet I love you." (Chris Cobain gets a ring from out of his pocket, and tries to put it on Elena. It falls and Elena picks it up and puts it on.) Chris Cobain sings: "Here's a ring to prove that I'm no joker. There's three ways that love can grow. That's good, bad, or mediocre. Oh, J-A-N-E-T I love you so." (Elena Abbott sees the wedding crew open the doors to the church and runs inside, with Chris following behind her. She gazes at her ring.) Horribly off-key, Elena Abbott sings: "Oh it's nicer than Betty Monroe had! Now we're engaged and I'm so glad That you met Mom and you know Dad I've one thing to say and that's Brad, I'm mad for you too.." Horribly off-key, Elena Abbott sings: "Oh Brad.." Chris Cobain sings: "Oh... dammit." Horribly off-key, Elena Abbott sings: "I'm mad.." Chris Cobain sings: "Oh, Janet." Horribly off-key, Elena Abbott sings: "For you." Chris Cobain sings: "I love you too." Chris Cobain sings: "There's one thing left to do - ah - oo." Chris Cobain sings: "And that's go see the man who began it. When we met in his science exam - it Made me give you the eye and then panic. Now I've one thing to say and that's Dammit, Janet, I love you." Chris Cobain sings: "Dammit, Janet." (Elena Abbott admires her ring.) Horribly off-key, Elena Abbott sings: "I...love...you." Horribly off-key, Elena Abbott sings: "Oh Brad. I'm mad!" Chris Cobain sings: "I...love...you." Chris Cobain just kissed Elena on the lips. Chris Cobain bows. Elena Abbott curtsies. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next up is Coral Quentintine!" Coral Quentintine stands up to address the assembly. Coral Quentintine says, "I'll be needing Meg Roberts for this act." Coral Quentintine smiles. Meg Roberts stands up to address the assembly. Meg Roberts grins. Coral Quentintine says, "We'll be singing something unusual." Coral Quentintine says, "It's an old vaudeville tune and it's really catchy." Meg Roberts smiles. Coral Quentintine smiles. (Meg Roberts walks onto the stage, in a curve-hugging, slenderizing black costume with a fringed skirt, no sleeves and a large peacock plume.) (Coral Quentintine walks out onto the stage, trying to imitate Meg's sexy, sultry walk. She has to pull up parts of her costume, in an attempt to hide her protruding belly. Her costume is a short white skirt that shows off lots of flabby thigh and a tight tube tope that lets ample stomach show.) Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "We'll always be bosom buddies! Friends, sisters and pals" Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "We'll always be bosom buddies! If life should reject her, There's me to protect ya!" (Coral Quentintine flings her arm around Meg's shoulder.) Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "And if I say your tongue is vicious!" Coral Quentintine sticks out her tongue at Meg Roberts. Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "If I call you uncouth!" Meg Roberts pouts. Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "It's simply that Who else but a bosom buddy Will set down and level" Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "Give ya the devil, Sit down and tell ya the truuuuuth?" Coral Quentintine taps a pair of pointed horns. Meg Roberts says, "Though now and again I'm aware that my candid opinion may stink..." Coral Quentintine wrinkles her nose. Coral Quentintine says, "Though often my frank observation might scald.." (Meg Roberts lights a cigarette.) Meg Roberts exclaims, "I've been meaning to tell you for years, you should keep your hair natural, like mine!" Meg brushes her brown, long, wavy tresses with a gold hairbrush. Coral Quentintine exclaims, "If I kept my hair natural like yours, I'd be bald!" Meg Roberts glares at Coral Quentintine. Meg Roberts asks, "I feel it's my duty to tell you it's time to adjust to your age. You try to be Peg of my Heart when you're Lady MacBeth...exactly how old are you, Coral, the truth?" Coral Quentintine exclaims, "Well, how old do you think?!" Meg Roberts gets a distant look on her face as she ponders. (Meg Roberts gets a wicked look on her face.) Meg Roberts exclaims, "I'd say somewhere between forty -- and death!" (Coral Quentintine pulls a booklet on menopause out of her handbag.) Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "But, swee-eetie!" Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "I'll always be Alice Toklas if you'll be Gertrude Stein!" Coral Quentintine writes a few lines in a leather-bound journal. Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "And though I admit I've dissed you! I've gossiped and gloated, But I'm so devoted!" (Coral Quentintine falls onto one knee.) Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "And if I say that sex and guts made you into a star!" (Meg Roberts strikes a sexy pose.) Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "It's simply that, Who else but a bosom buddy Will tell ya how rotten you are?" Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "Who else but a bosom buddy? For aid and affection For help and direction For loyalty, love and for shoot!" Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "Remember that Who else but a bosom buddy will Sit down and tell ya the TRUTH!" (Coral Quentintine sits down as the spotlight focuses on Megan.) Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "Every night at the Palace Theater As the sounds of the orchestra starts to swell." (Meg Roberts hears a gong in the distance.) Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "I walk out to begin my number And the boys in the balcony start to yell They holler!" Meg Roberts grins. Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "Take it all off, take it all off Geez lady, please lady take it all off! How 'bout if I share you some fabulous riches? You will help put some starch in my britches! Lady, we don't want fans We don't want loves You won't turn us on just by droppin' your gloves!" (Meg Roberts pulls teasingly at a glove.) Meg Roberts winks. Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "We want the ultimate thrill of our lives Grant us this wish if we show you our wives So lady wind it up, shake it up, grind it up, Take it all off!" (Meg Roberts performs a complicated tap dance then does the wing step to get herself off the stage.) (Coral Quentintine stands up, and the spotlight illuminates her bulky figure.) Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "Ev'ry night at the Palace Theat-ah As the sounds of the orchestra starts to svell Ohmm.." (Coral Quentintine clumsily sways her hips.) Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "I valk out to begin my nomber And da boys in da balc'ny start to yell" (Coral Quentintine prepares herself for the whistles from the crowd with delight.) Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "They hall-ah! Put it back on Put it back on!" Coral Quentintine blinks. (Coral Quentintine looks bewildered.) Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "Geez, lady, puh-lease lady Put it back on They yell out Hey! It's da flubb-ah dat's growing Please drape a flag on vhatever is showing" (Coral Quentintine flops around the stage, rolls of fat flobbing around.) Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "Lady, you've got a boy's bod That's right out clear! Two peanut shells vould make vun good brassiere!" (Coral Quentintine peers at her chest, then she catches you glancing at her curiously and blushes.) Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "We want the ultimate thrill of our lives Put the other girl on before we leave this dive! So lady, pack it up, zeep it up, cleep it up Put it back on!" (Coral Quentintine flails. She walks over to Megan, pulls her to a standing position and begins dancing.) Horribly off-key, Meg Roberts sings: "Oh, life's a song As long as we can say!" Coral Quentintine sings sweetly: "We belong to the wonderful world Of the two-a-day!" (Coral Quentintine runs around the stage for a moment, before sliding into a split. She throws her arms into the air triumphantly!) (Meg Roberts performs a series of complicated tour jetes, before falling gracefully into a split, flashing a big smile at the audience.) Coral Quentintine bows. Meg Roberts bows. Meg Roberts grins. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next is Lisa, Ed and Jon!" Lisa Stone stands up to address the assembly. Edward Straker stands up to address the assembly. Jon Garfield stands up to address the assembly. Jon Garfield recites: "Tonight, in honor of Easter, Lisa, Ed, and I will be singing: "Ya Wanna Buy a Bunny?", as recorded by Spike Jones and His City Slickers, vocal refrain by George Rock. By Carl Hoefle and Del Porter, Tune Town Tunes, 1949." Edward Straker recites: "My 'rithmatic is gettin' bad. I don't know what to do." Edward Straker gets a distant look on his face as he ponders. Edward Straker recites: "I bought a little bunny," Edward Straker points at a cuddly plush bunny. Edward Straker recites: "Then I bought another bunny." Edward Straker points at a stuffed purple bunny. Edward Straker recites: "Don't one and one make two?" Edward Straker furrows his brow. Edward Straker sings sweetly: "Now when I'm lookin' at the funnies I get as mad as mad as I can be" Edward Straker screams! Edward Straker pulls his hair in frustration! Edward Straker sings sweetly: "'Cause now there are so many bunnies -- Oh me, Oh my, YA WANNA BUY A BUNNY?" Edward Straker falls to his knees in front of Lisa Stone and begs shamelessly. Edward Straker sings sweetly: "And when I'm eating bread and honey Those silly little bunnies pester me" Edward Straker starts muttering in a peeved sort of way. Edward Straker moans and complains bitterly and generally manages to act like the world was created specifically to inconvenience him. Lisa Stone taps a cuddly plush bunny. Edward Straker sings sweetly: "'Cause all the bunnies beg for honey -- Oh gee, Oh gosh, YA WANNA BUY A BUNNY?" Edward Straker kneels in front of Jon Garfield and begs shamelessly. In a spell-binding voice, Lisa Stone sings: "When we're playing hide and seek At my heels they sneak, sneak, sneak," Lisa Stone glances at a cuddly plush bunny. In a spell-binding voice, Lisa Stone sings: "When I hide they peek, peek, peek, I get so mad I could shriek: EEEEK!" Lisa Stone lets out a blood-curdling shriek. Lisa Stone shrieks wildly at a cuddly plush bunny. Jon Garfield silently studies a cuddly plush bunny. He seems to be completely captivated. In a spell-binding voice, Lisa Stone sings: "If you want a fuzzy bunny That's got a wigg'ly nose and cotton tail" Lisa Stone wrinkles her nose at a cuddly plush bunny. Edward Straker pokes his finger at a cuddly plush bunny. In a spell-binding voice, Lisa Stone sings: "I wish that you would buy a bunny 'Cause I got lots of bunnies for sale." (Lisa Stone waves around a sign reading, "Bunnies for sale!") Lisa Stone recites: "An' when I get up early in the morning to go out to the chicken house to feed my little tiny baby chickens, all those crazy little bunnies just follow around after me, just hop-hop-hop-hop-hop-hop-hoppin' like the dickens." Edward Straker waves a cuddly plush bunny around. Lisa Stone gives a little cracked corn to a white chick named Casey, and it gobbles it up hungrily. Jon Garfield holds up his cuddly plush bunny for closer study and furrows his brow. Lisa Stone stares blankly at a cuddly plush bunny. Lisa Stone grumbles about something. Lisa Stone recites: "Here, chicky, chicky, chicky, chicky! Get away from me, bunny. Ya bother me. Get outa here, ya crazy little bunnies!" Lisa Stone glares at a cuddly plush bunny. (Lisa Stone makes shooing motions at the bunny.) Edward Straker stares blankly at a cuddly plush bunny. Jon Garfield recites: "And when I sneak my little tiny puppy dog, Rover, upstairs with me to bed, the bed is full of them silly little bunnies, from the foot up to the head. Get out of my bed, you bad little bunnies! Go on, now, bunnies! Get outa here! Go on, now!" Jon Garfield shakes a cuddly plush bunny. Jon Garfield sings beautifully: "Bunnies, bunnies, bunnies, bunnies, everywhere." Jon Garfield fidgets nervously while cautiously glancing about the room. Lisa Stone gently tosses a cuddly plush bunny. Jon Garfield sings beautifully: "There's bunnies on the table and there's bunnies on the chair." Jon Garfield glances around. Jon Garfield glances at a cuddly plush bunny. Lisa Stone just glared at a cuddly plush bunny with one foot raised in the air. Looks pretty silly. Edward Straker shakes a cuddly plush bunny. Jon Garfield sings beautifully: "Bunnies on the sofa and there's bunnies on the floor, And there's some new ones coming through the door: more?!" Jon Garfield screams! Jon Garfield flails his arms about. Jon Garfield sings beautifully: "Please come on and buy a bunny. I'd even like to sell you two or three." (Jon Garfield is desperate.) Jon Garfield sings beautifully: "But if you don't have any money, I'll give you a bunny." Jon Garfield gently tosses a cuddly plush bunny. Edward Straker glances at a cuddly plush bunny. Jon Garfield sings beautifully: "'Cause there's just... " Jon Garfield says, "...too darn many bunnies for me! There's bunnies all over the place." Jon Garfield fidgets. (Jon Garfield lowers his voice as he says, "Bunnies under my feet, bunnies on my bed.") Jon Garfield glances around. Jon Garfield seems nervous. Lisa Stone just tried to kick the bunny! Jon Garfield smiles maniacally as he whispers, "Every place that I go, those silly little bunnies..." and trails off as the music fades. Jon Garfield bows. Lisa Stone curtsies. Edward Straker bows. ******************************* Ashley London says, "Next up is Eric Kennedy" Eric Kennedy stands up to address the assembly. Eric Kennedy says, "This's a song by one Zack De La Rocha and it's called Fistful of Steel. This one's for Celeste, as I know how much she loves Rage." (Eric Kennedy stands quietly, microphone in hand, before beginning.) Eric Kennedy sings: "Silence Something about silence makes me sick 'Cause silence can be violent Sorta like a slit wrist" Eric Kennedy sings: "If the vibe was suicide Then you would push the button But if ya bowin down Then you let me do the cuttin" Eric Kennedy sings: "Some speak the sounds But speak in silent voices Like the radio is silent Though it fills the air with noises It's transmissions bring submission As ya mold to the unreal" Eric Kennedy sings: "Mad boy grips the microphone With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel!" Eric Kennedy sings: "It's time to flow like the fluid in ya veins If ya will it, I will spill it And ya out just as quick as ya came Not a silent one But a defiant one Never a normal one Cause I'm the bastard son!" Eric Kennedy sings: "With the visions of the move Vocals not to soothe But to ignite and put in flight My sense of militance Groovin', playin' this game called survival Status the elite, the enemy, the rival" Eric Kennedy sings: "The silent sheep slippin', riffin', trippin' Give ya a glimpse of the reality I'm grippin' Steppin into the jam and I'm slammin' like Shaquille" Eric Kennedy sings: "Mad boy grips the microphone With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel! With a fistful of steel!" Eric Kennedy takes off a bright orange t-shirt that reads "Rage Against the Machine" across the back. Eric Kennedy waves a bright orange t-shirt that reads "Rage Against the Machine" across the back around. Eric Kennedy sings: "And if the vibe was suicide Then you would push the button But if ya bowin down Then you let me do the cuttin!" Eric Kennedy sings: "A 44 full of bullets Face full of pale Eyes full of empty A stare full of nails The roulette ball Rolls alone on the wheel A mind full of fire A fistful of steel!" Eric Kennedy sings: "And if the vibe was suicide Then you would push the button But if ya bowin down Then you let me do the cuttin!" Eric Kennedy yells, "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH!!! WITH A FISTFUL OF STEEL! " Eric Kennedy bows. Ashley London cowers away from Eric Kennedy! ******************************* Ashley London says, "Next is Derrick Speed" Derrick Speed stands back up. Derrick Speed stands up to address the assembly. Derrick Speed says, "I'm singing Wonderwall" Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "Today is gonna be the day That they're gonn throw it back to you By now you should 've shomehow realised what you gotta do I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now." Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "He walks along the open road of love and life. Surviving if he can." Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "Backbeat the world is on the street That the fire in your heart is out I'm sure you've heard it all before but you never really had a doubt I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you n" Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "And all the roads we have to walk are winding All the lights that lead us there are blinding there are many things I would like to say to you but I don't know how." Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "Because mabey you're gonna be the one that saves me and after all you're my wonderwall. " Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "Today was gonna be the day? but they'll never throw it back to you by now you shsould've somehow realised what you're not to do I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now." Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "All the roads that lead you there are winding all the lights that light the way are blinding there are many things I would like to say to you but I don't know how." Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "I said mabey you're gonna be the one that saves me? " Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "And after all you're my wonderwall I said mabey you're gonna be the one that saves me? And after all you're my wonderwall." Slightly off-key, Derrick Speed sings: "I said mabey your gonna be the one that saves me your gonna be the one that saves me your gonna be the one that saves me." Derrick Speed bows. ******************************* Ashley London says, "Next up is Jade Rose" Jade Rose stands up to address the assembly. Jade Rose recites: "I wish to dedicate this to a person on the mainland. I don't wish to discuss why, nor who. But let me just say that what you were and what I was happened so long ago and it was beautiful." Jade Rose leans forward. Jade Rose recites: "But truly, all it is, like us all, is dust in the wind." (Jade Rose closes her eyes as the music starts.) Jade Rose breathes a sigh of relief. (Jade Rose opens her eyes as you notice that now they aren't green, they're hazel blue. You blink and her hair becomes not black, but blonde. She seems shorter and younger somehow.) (Jade Rose shuts her eyes.) Jade Rose sings: "Only for a moment, and the moment's gone" Jade Rose sings: "All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity" Jade Rose sings: "Dust in the wind" Jade Rose sings: "All they are is dust in the wind." (Jade Rose 's eyes are tearing up. You notice that several other peoples are as well, but you can't stop staring at the transformation taking place. Perhaps you are the only one that notices.) Jade Rose sings: "Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea" (Jade Rose 's tears drop on the Cantina floor, poetically.) Jade Rose sings: "All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see" Jade Rose sings: "Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind" Jade Rose sings: "Don't hang on" (Jade Rose whispers to you trust me. You don't want to.) Jade Rose sings: "Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky" Jade Rose sings: "It slips away, and all your money" (Jade Rose takes out her money and spits on it.) Jade Rose sings: "Won't another minute buy." Jade Rose glances at a gold watch. Jade Rose sings: "Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind" Jade Rose sings: "Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind." Jade Rose breathes a sigh of relief. (Jade Rose stares at you as she turns back into the Jade you knew before. Still, there is something different.) (Jade Rose snaps her fingers in a slow rythem. You can tell she'll be singing this without music.) Jade Rose sings: "First when there's nothing But a slow glowing dream" (Jade Rose whispers to you, like we all posess.) Jade Rose sings: "That your fear seems to hide Deep inside your mind." Jade Rose sings: "All alone I have cried" Jade Rose seems forlorn. Jade Rose sings: "Silent tears full of pride In a world made of steel Made of stone." (Jade Rose begins tapping her feet faster.) Jade Rose sings: "Well, I hear the music" (Jade Rose knows that the only thing there for her IS the music.) Jade Rose sings: "Close my eyes" (Jade Rose still keeps them open at you.) Jade Rose sings: "Feel the rhythm" Jade Rose sings: "Wrap around Take a hold Of my heart" Jade Rose sings: "What a feeling" (Jade Rose is singing more with that feeling. More with her passion and that undying look in her eyes. You notice that her hair may be black again, but that her eyes are still that hazel blue.) Jade Rose sings: "Bein's believin'." Jade Rose sings: "I can have it all Now I'm dancing for my life" Jade Rose sings: "Take your passion And make it happen" (Jade Rose whispers to you It CAN happen. Whatever it is.) Jade Rose sings: "Pictures come alive You can dance right through your life." Jade Rose sings: "Now I hear the music" (Jade Rose is now singing with backround music.) Jade Rose sings: "Close my eyes I am rhythm." Jade Rose sings: "In a flash it takes hold Of my heart." Jade Rose sings: "What a feeling." Jade Rose sings: "Bein's believin'." Jade Rose sings: "I can have it all, now I'm dancing for my life." (Jade Rose is actually into the music. She is swaying back and forth with a smile in her still hazel eyes.) Jade Rose sings: "Take your passion And make it happen." Jade Rose sings: "Pictures come alive, now I'm dancing through my life." Jade Rose sings: "What a feeling." Jade Rose smiles as the lights fade. Jade Rose smiles when the lights come on. Her eyes are once again green. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next up is Reese Bannister!" Reese Bannister stands up to address the assembly. Reese Bannister bows. Reese Bannister smiles. Reese Bannister says, "I am doing a much shorter version of a film that most of us have probably seen." Randy Spizer sits down. (Reese Bannister waits for the music to start, the lights dim.) (Reese Bannister motions towards a small man standing in the corner and winks knowingly at you. The man starts singing,'Oh, I come from a land, from a far away place. Where the caravan camels roam. '.) (Reese Bannister stares intently at the man, thinking that he's finished. But he continues,"Where they cut off your ear, if they don't like your face. It's barbaric, but hey, it's home!!") (Reese Bannister watches as the odd man scuttles off the stage. The odd man quickly darts past you and out of the door.) (Reese Bannister starts toward the middle of the stage to continue the story. He is wearing shabby clothes and looks a bit hungry.) Reese Bannister gets some multi-grain bread from inside his backpack. (Reese Bannister steals a loaf of bread. A bunch of guardsmen start chasing after him!!!!!) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Gotta keep One jump ahead of the breadline One swing, ahead of the sword I steal, only what I can't afford!" Reese Bannister says, "That's everything!" (Reese Bannister glances around. He runs down an alley. He thinks he's safe, but one of the guardsmen rounds the corner and swings his sword at him! But the boy dodges it safely.) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "One jump, ahead of the lawmen. That's all, and that's no joke. These guys, don't appreciate I'm broke!!" (Reese Bannister ponders something. You hear the guardsmen onstage chant, "Riffraff!! Street Rat! Scoundrel!! Take that!!".) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Just a little snack, guys" Reese Bannister points at some multi-grain bread. (Reese Bannister glances around. You hear the lead guardsmen yell, "RIP HIM OPEN! TAKE IT BACK BOYS!".) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Gotta eat to live Gotta steal to eat. Otherwise we'd get along!" (Reese Bannister glances hopefully at them, but they show no mercy. They scream, "WRONG!".) (Reese Bannister makes a dash for it! He rounds another corner and darts into the alley.) Reese pants. Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "One hoof, ahead of the hoofbeats! One hop, ahead of the jump! One trick, ahead of disaster They're quick, but I'm much faster!" (Reese Bannister glances behind him. The guardsmen are right behind him. He glances over the side of a building and....) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Here goes, better throw my hand in Wish me happy landing! All I gotta do is j--u--m--p!!!!!!!" (Reese Bannister plumets down with the bread still in his hand. He lands and brushes himself off. He is about to eat the bread when he notices two little children, that look starved. He hands them his bread.) (Reese Bannister walks away, seeming thoughtful, and sad.) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Riffraff! Street rat! I don't, buy that If only they'd look closer! Would they, see a poor boy? No siree. They'd find out, there's so much more.... To me" (Reese Bannister meets a girl and helps her out when a man tries to cut her hand for stealing. He ends up falling for her, but they are discovered! You know the rest.....) (Reese Bannister and Abu get trapped in a cave and all he has is the lamp Abu managed to keep!) (Reese Bannister is now a blue character with gold wristbands.) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves Scheherazad-ie had a thousand tales! But master you're in luck 'cause up your sleeves You got a brand of magic never fails" Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "You got some power in your corner now! Some heavy ammunition in your camp You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how See all you gotta do is rub that lamp!" (Reese Bannister rubs a lamp. He twirls around in a cloud of blue smoke and comes back up in some beat-up overalls, a plaid flannel shirt, and a straw hat.) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Yes, sir we pride ourselves on service!" (Reese Bannister changes into his old, blue self.) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "You're the boss! The King The Shah! Say what you wish It's yours! True dish! How 'bout a little more baklava??" Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend You ain't never had a friend like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Reese Bannister holds the note out for a long time. Finally, he ends it, and takes in a gasp of breath.) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "You ain't never had a friend like me!!" (Reese Bannister goes down on one knee in a show position and says "Yeah!".) (Reese Bannister stays the blue genie-form. He grants the boy his wish, to become a prince so he can win the heart of that girl he met in the market place..... He creates a parade to take the Prince to the Palace!) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali Ababwa! Genuflect! Show some respect! Down on one knee Now try your best to stay calm Brush up your Sunday salaam Then come and meet his spectacular coterie!!!" (Reese Bannister dances and moves in and out of the crowd.) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "With sixty elephants, llamas galore! With his bears and lions A brass band and more With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers His birds that warble on key! Make way! For Prince Ali!!!!!!!!!!!" (Reese Bannister wins over the Princess and takes her on a ride...) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "I can show you the world Shining, shimmering, splendid! Now Princess when did You last let your heart, decide?" Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Now I'm in a whole new world with you!" (Reese Bannister leans on the Princess as she sings, "Unbelievable sights! Indescribable feelings! Soaring, tumbling,freewheeling! Through an endless diamond sky!A whole new world!") Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Don't you dare close your eyes" (Reese Bannister glances at the sky, the Princess sings,"Every turn a surprise!") Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "Hold your breath It gets better!" (Reese Bannister gazes at the Princess as she sings, "I'll chase stars anywhere! There's time to spare! Let me share this whole new world with you....") Reese Bannister smiles happily. They land the carpet back at the palace. Jafar, the evil schemer that screws up everything, is waiting for them. (Reese Bannister glances at Jafar. Jafar glances at the Prince and Princess. He points to the Prince, and starts singing....) (Reese Bannister raises an eyebrow, he looks shocked. Jafar sings, "Prince Ali! yes it is he! But not as you know him. Read my lips, and come to grips with reality! Yes meet a blast from your past.") (Reese Bannister grimaces. Jafar continues, "Whose lies were too good to last! SAY hello to your precious, Prince Ali!" Jafar then turns the Prince into the street rat.) (Reese Bannister tries to explain but Jafar sends him magically to some Artic land! He makes his way back and defeats Jafar by trick of the mind. Jafar was so power hungry that he fell for becoming a genie!!) (Reese Bannister frees the girl and the Sultan. The Princess forgives the boy for everything, and the Sultan changes the law so they can get married!) Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "A whole new world" Reese Bannister smiles and sighs happily. The Princess sings, "That's where we'll be." Horribly off-key, Reese Bannister sings: "A thrilling chase" (Reese Bannister hears the Princess sing, "A wonderous place!") Reese Bannister smiles as they both sing, 'For you, and me!'. Reese Bannister bows. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next is Cecilia Scully!" Cecilia Scully stands up to address the assembly. Cecilia Scully says, "I'm singing the song, Streets of Philadelphia, from the movie, Philadelphia, but before I start" Cecilia Scully says, "I just want to say, that on the mainland, being different, is almost never a good thing, and that's why I love this place so much" (Cecilia Scully walks through a door, and appears on a street, dressed in rags.) Cecilia Scully sings beautifully: "I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tell What I felt I was unrecongnizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn't know My own face" (Cecilia Scully walks down the street, and as she does, people cross to the other side, trying to avoid her. She looks through the fence on one side of the road and across a river.) Cecilia Scully sings beautifully: "Oh Brother are you gonna leave me Wastin' away On the streets of Philadelphia" Cecilia Scully seems lonely. Cecilia Scully sings beautifully: "I walked the avenue 'til my legs felt like stone I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone At night I could hear the blood in my veins Black and whispering as the rain On the streets of Phladelphia" (Cecilia Scully glances across the street where she sees a bunch of children laughing and playing in a school yard. She remembers once when she was as carefree as them.) Cecilia Scully sings beautifully: "Ain't no angel, gonna greet me It's just you and I my friend My clothes don't fit me no more I walked a thousand miles Just to slip this skin" (Cecilia Scully wishes that she could just shed her body and have everyone see her for who she really is.) Cecilia Scully sings beautifully: "The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake I can feel myself fading away So receive me brother with your faithless kiss Or will we leave each other alone like this On the streets of Philadelphia" (Cecilia Scully 's voice fades away, as she once again looks across the river. She stares at the skyline of Philadelphia, bright against the night sky.) Cecilia Scully bows. ******************************* Ashley London says, "Next up are Shelby and Alex" Shelby Mackenzie stands up to address the assembly. Alex Primo stands up to address the assembly. (Shelby Mackenzie comes up on the stage from the left side.) (Alex Primo comes up on the stage from the right side.) Shelby Mackenzie says, "Hey everyone! we're gonna be performing Hakuna Matata starring myself as Timone and Alex as Pumbaa" Shelby Mackenzie grins. Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Hakuna Matata what a wonderful phrase!" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passin craze" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "It means no worries for the rest of your days" Shelby Mackenzie smiles as she and Alex sing.. Alex Primo smiles as he and Shelby sing.. Shelby Mackenzie sings: "It's our problem free Philosophy!" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "It's our problem free! Philisophy!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Hakuna Matata.." (Alex Primo hears light-hearted tropical music playing in the background.) Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Why, when he was a young warthog" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "When I was a young warthoooooooooog!" Shelby Mackenzie says, "Very nice" Alex Primo exclaims, "Thanks!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal he could clear the savannah after every meal!" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "I'm a sensitive soul! Though I seem thick skinned" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "And it hurt that my friends never stood downwiiiiiiind!" (Shelby Mackenzie and Alex move back to back, gaze up at the ceiling and outstretch both their arms.) Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "And, oh, the shame!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "He WAS a shame!" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Thought of changing my name!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Oh, what's in a name?" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "And I got down-hearted" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "How did you feel?" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Every time that I-" Shelby Mackenzie exclaims, "Pumbaa!! Not in front of the kids!" Alex Primo says, "Oh, sorry" Alex Primo blushes a nice shade of off-pink. Shelby Mackenzie smiles as she and Alex sing.. Alex Primo smiles as he and Shelby sing.. Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Hakuna Matata what a wonderful phrase! Hakuna Matata ain't no passin craze!" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Hakuna Matata what a wonderful phrase! Hakuna Matata Ain't no passin craze!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "It means no worries! for the rest of your days.." Alex Primo says, "Yeah, sing it kid" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "It's our problem free" Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Philosophy!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Hakuna Matata" Shelby Mackenzie smiles towards the back of the cantina as a mulitude of jungle animals prance in the back door on their hind legs, dance their way up on the stage and start doing the Can-Can behind Shelby and Alex Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Hakuna Matata" (Shelby Mackenzie chants.) Shelby Mackenzie recites: "Hakuna" Alex Primo recites: "Matata" Shelby Mackenzie recites: "Hakuna" Alex Primo recites: "Matata" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "It means no worries! for the rest of your days!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "It's our problem free.." Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Philosophy!" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Hakuna Matata..." Slightly off-key, Alex Primo sings: "Hakuna Matata" Shelby Mackenzie sings: "Hakuuuuuuuuna Matata" Shelby Mackenzie smiles over her shoulder at the animals dancing behind them. They move up to form a single line and they all join hands and bow. Shelby Mackenzie bows. Alex Primo bows. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next up is Bri Perrson!" Bri Perrson stands up to address the assembly. Bri Perrson grins. Horribly off-key, Bri Perrson sings: "Jesus loves the little children." (Bri Perrson points to you.) Horribly off-key, Bri Perrson sings: "All the children of the world!" Horribly off-key, Bri Perrson sings: "Red and yellow, black and white They are precious in his sight." Bri Perrson nods. Horribly off-key, Bri Perrson sings: "Jesus loves the little children of the world." Bri Perrson points at herself. Bri Perrson bows. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "Next up is Weiland Kurcobain!" Weiland Kurcobain stands up to address the assembly. Weiland Kurcobain jumps around like a 12 year old. Weiland Kurcobain says, "ack" Weiland Kurcobain says, "hehe" Weiland Kurcobain says, "well, this song is State of Love and Trust, by Pearl Jam, from the movie, Singles" Weiland Kurcobain sings: "State of love and trust is a Bustin' down the pretext Since their plays and preachers Went to heaven and to court. Uh-huh." Weiland Kurcobain sings: "And the signs are passin'. Grip the wheel, Can't a read it. Sacrifice receiving The smell that's on my hands...hands...yeah." Weiland Kurcobain sings: "And I listen For the voice inside my head. Nothin', I'll do this one myself." Weiland Kurcobain sings: "Lay her down as priest does Should the Lord be a counting. Will be in my honor, Make it pain, painfully quick. Uh-huh" Weiland Kurcobain sings: "Promises are whispered In the days of darkness. Want to be enlightened Like I want to be told the end, end, ah." Weiland Kurcobain sings: "And the barrel waits, Trigger shakes, directly at my head. Oh, help me, Help me from myself!" Weiland Kurcobain sings: "And I listen From both sides of a friend. Nothin', I'll do this one myself. Uh-huh, huh, ow. M..Myself. Myself!" Weiland Kurcobain sings: "Hey na na na na hey that's something. Hey na na na na hey that's something. Hey na na na na hey that's something. Wanna back, back it away, yeah, huh, uh" Weiland Kurcobain sings: "And I listen For the voice inside my head. Nothin', I'll do this one myself. Oo, ah, ho, and the barrel waits, Trigger shakes, aimed right at my head. Won't you help me, Help me from myself?" Weiland Kurcobain sings: "Hmm...State of love and trust And a State of love and trust And a State of love and trust And a State of love and...yeah!" Weiland Kurcobain bows. ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "And last up is Cat Jacobs!" Cat Jacobs stands up to address the assembly. Cat Jacobs says, "Yay, Last." Cat Jacobs grins. (Cat Jacobs walks to center stage, as a spotlight targets her the rest of the room falls dark.) Cat Jacobs says, "This song is in the memory of Marc Slayton..My memory.." (Cat Jacobs closes her eyes briefly as the music starts and her voice responds.) Cat Jacobs sings sweetly: "Lay a whisper on my pillow Leave the winter on the ground. I wake up lonely There's air of silence In the bedroom..and all around." Cat Jacobs sings sweetly: "Touch me now I close my eyes.. And dream away.." (Cat Jacobs clutches the microphone her eyes falling to her engagment band.) Cat Jacobs sings sweetly: "It must have been love But it's over now It must have been good But I lost it somehow. It must have been love But it's over now." Cat Jacobs sings sweetly: "From the moment we touched 'til the time had run out" (Cat Jacobs smiles distantly as her voice captures the lyrics.) Cat Jacobs sings sweetly: "Make-believing we're together That I'm sheltered by your heart. But in and outside I've turned to water Like a teardrop In your palm.." Cat Jacobs sings sweetly: "And it's a hard.. Summer day.." (Cat Jacobs says softly, "I dream away..") Cat Jacobs sings sweetly: "It must have been love But it's over now.. It was all that I wanted Now I'm living without. It must have been love But it's over now.." (Cat Jacobs looks down at a picture and looks away closing her eyes.) Cat Jacobs glances at a snapshot. Cat Jacobs says, "It's where the water flows..." Cat Jacobs says, "It's where the wind blows..." (Cat Jacobs slides the snapshot into her pocket as the music fades out and she walks off the stage. The lights come on and the curtains close.) ******************************* Ashley London exclaims, "We have our winners!" Ashley London says, "Third place tonight is a tie." Ashley London says, "Winning Third Place are ... the act of Elena Abbott and Chris Cobain ..." Ashley London exclaims, "Also winning Third Place tonight is the act of Lisa Stone, Ed Straker and Jon Garfield!" Ashley London exclaims, "Tonight's Second Place winner is Sunshine Marigold!" Ashley London exclaims, "And tonight's winner is ... Jade Rose!" *******************************