European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes a a a Page 9over Here a amps Lynda Davidson sgt. Glen Jimenez left belts out a la Bambay for Ramstein a Karaoke night at right Angel Havre sings a the greatest gift during her turn in the gets kick out of Karaoke by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany a dancers Are working up a sweat at the Ramstein enlisted club when an Arsenio Hall look alike behind a turntable intones a a it a time for Karaoke a where you can be a airman Marc Anthony is ready. He jumps onto the Small stage As the grinding introduction to Steppen Wolf s �?T60s hit a ubom to be wild a kicks in. A get your motor the audience is ready too. Most know the words by heart. But if they done to they can read along on a Large screen visible from All Points of the room. The words Are displayed along the Bottom of a video that for this song depicts an Anonymous somebody Wheeling around on a motorcycle. Anthony who is stationed at Ramstein can hone his straight to the audience performance technique As he belts out the Best driving song in the world. Or he has the luxury of following the words on a Small video Monitor that Only he can see from its position on the stage. Members of the audience go appropriately wild punching the air with their fists and scouting along with the chorus. A ubom to be i i i i old bom to be i i i i old a having whipped the crowd into noisy appreciation Anthony leaves the stage to thunderous applause. Karaoke pronounced carry okie is a japanese phenomenon that packs the Ramstein clubs ballroom each saturday night. Take a souped up compact disc player discs that have the familiar accompaniments to big hit songs but not the vocals amateurs willing to try out their talents in front of a crowd and an audience that does no to expect pitch perfect entertainers a and you get Karaoke. At Ramstein the video adds an mtg touch. And Karaoke has a Midas touch at the Ramstein club where it gets a workout two nights a week a saturday in the ballroom and tuesday at Fred a lounge. Club manager Leonard Bouchy credits Karaoke with adding $1,000 a night to bar sales on saturdays. The set goes on the Road with a disc jockey to other military installations a for a fee a when it Isnit being used at Ramstein a club. A we expect to put it on the Road More and More a Bouchy said. Karaoke time usually strikes the saturday night action around Midnight. Friends dare one another to risk their reputations with a microphone and a favorite song. Would be per Quot when you get that applause that feedback it s great. I go a sgt. Glen Jimenez formers crowd around songbooks of 600-plus tunes beside the turntable to select just the right song. Then a line forms. A wide Range of talents turned out for the Karaoke Amateur hour on a recent saturday night among them a High school choir refugee a a tops in blues alumnus and a garage band Veteran. Not All were skilled songsters but each received at least Token applause a even a woman who insisted on singing without Karaoke accompaniment. A a it a gotten a lot better since the first time a one onlooker said. A it used to be just a Bunch of drunks getting up to one cautious Warbler took a tremulous shot at Whitney Houston a Anthe like a one moment in time with middling Success. Then airman Joe Pulvermacher inspired a rousing sing along when he slipped on a pair of shades to croon a a you be lost that Loving the audience let the Ramstein firefighter handle the verses but joined in loudly for the chorus. A a it a just natural for me to get onstage a Pulverman Chen said modestly when he rejoined cheering friends afterwards. Sgt. Glen Jimenez who is stationed in the Ramstein area entertains Karaoke crowds with his favorite hispanic songs or romantic ballads a every weekend i get a a fall my friends come to see me a Jimenez said after pulling out All the stops for a la a when you like to perform you feel you re the Center of attention. When you get that applause that feedback its great. I go crazy. I lose even an overlong song wont detract from the audiences appreciation of a truly winning performer. A woman no Sang a the greatest love of ally even got a rare second shot at performing that night. A once in a while someone who a not so Good slips by but they done to come Back a an onlooker said. But audiences come Back. And every week new converts emerge like two soldiers from Danner Cavern in nearby Kaiserslautern. A i did no to even know they had this. I think its great a spec. Darryl Wright said. Wright and his buddy spec. Kelly Guffey agreed that they probably sing anything themselves. If they did find the nerve however they d sing something in the heavy Metal genre a because that a mainly what we listen to a one said. Others like civilian Hope Jones from Lan Stuhl toy with the idea of maybe somehow someday getting up onstage to Charm the crowds. A i am willing to one Day. Someday i will. Maybe in a too shy. Not tonight a Jones said giggling. Her Friend . Wilkins Isnit tempted. Wilkins said a what would it take for me to get up there girl it would be an act of Congress to get me up
