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2009 PHOTOS

TALENT QUEST
CONTEST "
10"
ALLSTAR KARAOKE
SOFTBALL2010
"BEST OF THE BEACH"
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004, 2005, 2006,
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007, 2008 & 2009
WELCOME TO BROADWAY JAKE'S ALLSTAR KARAOKE !
SO HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE, THE FINALS FOR THE
TALENT QUEST IN 2010 IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 20-25,   THE
NATIONAL FINALS ARE STAYING IN LAUGHLIN NEVADA !
OUR SCHEDULE  IS SET AND READY TO GO , AND BEGINNING ON
FEBRUARY 8TH  TALENT QUEST 2010 KICKS OFF! SO ONCE AGAIN
ONE SINGER IN BOTH THE COUNTRY AND THE POP ROCK CATEGORY

WILL WIN AN ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO COMPETE IN THE
NATIONAL FINALS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HAVE A SHOT AT
WINNING A TON OF CASH AND POSSIBLY A RECORD DEAL ! THE

CONTESTS AS USUAL WILL TAKE PLACE FOR THE COUNTRY
CATEGORY ON SUNDAY NIGHTS AND FOR THE POP/ROCK
CATEGORY' ON MONDAY NIGHTS, BOTH CONTESTS WILL START AT

10:30 ON THE BUTTON. BELOW ARE THE DATES TO QUALIFY, ALSO
COMING SOON WILL BE THE RULES FOR THE TALENT QUEST
CONTEST, THE SCORING HAS
NOW CHANGED TO THE SAME WAY
THEY DO IN LAUGHLIN FOR THE NATIONAL FINALS, 30 POINTS FOR
VOCAL ABILITY, 10 POINTS FOR STAGE PRESENCE, 10 POINTS FOR
STAGE APPEARANCE,
AND THIS IS ONLY 1 OF 3 MAJOR CONTEST SET FOR 2010 !
TALENT QUEST 2010 SCHEDULE
5) MARCH 14TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
6) MARCH 15TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
6) MARCH 21ST SUNDAY COUNTRY
7) MARCH 22ND MONDAY POP/ROCK
7) MARCH 28TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
8) MARCH 29TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
8) APRIL 4TH  SUNDAY COUNTRY
9) APRIL 11TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
9) APRIL 12TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
10) APRIL 18TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
10) APRIL 19TH MONDAY POP/ROCK

SEMI-FINALS #1 APRIL 28TH 8PM (WED)
BIKE WEEK 2010 MAY 7TH-16TH

1) MAY 16TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
1) MAY 17TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
2) MAY 23RD SUNDAY COUNTRY
2) MAY 24TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
3) MAY 30TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
3) MAY 31ST MONDAY POP/ROCK
4) JUNE 6TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
4) JUNE 7TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
5) JUNE 13TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
5) JUNE 14TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
6) JUNE 20TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
6) JUNE 21ST MONDAY POP/ROCK
7) JUNE 27TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
7) JUNE 28TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
8) JULY 5TH   MONDAY POP/ROCK
8) JULY 11TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
9) JULY 12TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
9) JULY 18TH SUNDAY COUNTRY
10) JULY 19TH MONDAY POP/ROCK
10) JULY 25TH SUNDAY COUNTRY

SEMI FINALS #2 AUGUST 4TH 8PM (WED)
            TALENT QUEST FINALS AUGUST 11TH NIGHT 8 PM
11 INVITES (11 RUNNERS UP FROM OPRY 2009)
ALLSTAR SURVIVOR CONTEST !

QUALIFYING NIGHTS
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH
TUESDAY OCTOBER 5TH
TUESDAY OCTOBER 12TH
TUESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

ALL INVITES AND QUALIFIED
1 SONG 1ST ROUND

TUESDAY OCTOBER 26TH
FIELD NARROWED TO TOP 10
HIGHEST SCORES MOVE ON

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND
FIELD NARROWED TO 8
2 SONGS EACH

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9TH
FIELD NARROWED TO 6
2 SONGS EACH

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH
FIELD NARROWED TO 4
2 SONGS EACH

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30TH
3 SONGS EACH
FINAL 4 COMPETE FOR $1000.00
Here are the 11 Invites for the All Star Survivor Contest
Relax you only need to be there for 5 Tuesdays and we need no
commitments from you until Mid August 2010
Deanna Humphries, Nicki Mahoney, Margo Smith,
Jessica Buxbaum, Tiania Walden, Jonathan Mew,
Collin Michaud, Stan Niemczyk, Brett Beech,
Kevin Davis, & Jay Jones
KARAOKE STYLE
IT'S STILL HARD TO BELIEVE WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING, IT
FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY COLLIN WAS CALLING WITH UPDATES
FROM LAUGHLIN, OR FRANK'S WIFE RUNNING ON STAGE AFTER
FRANK WON THE CAROLINA OPRY CONTEST, BUT IT'S HERE...
THE 2010 SEASON IS UNDERWAY AND TONIGHT DESPITE THE
SLOW START TO OUR 7 NIGHTS A WEEK, 3 SINGERS GAVE IT A
GO WITH A NEW FACE IN TOM QUALIFYING PICKING AN
INTERESTING CHOICE IN "SOMEBODY TO LOVE" BY QUEEN,
REMINDER TO ALL, CHECK OUT THE NEW WAY YOU WILL BE
JUDGED THIS YEAR! ALSO ALL THE RULES TO BE POSTED SOON
THE MAIN TALENT QUEST RULES !
1. NO LIVE PROPS, WHICH MEANS NO DANCERS, NO BACK
UP SINGERS, NO INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN'T BE CARRIED
ON STAGE IN ONE TRIP, AND BROUGHT ON STAGE ALONE,
NO HANDSHAKES, RECEIVING OF FLOWERS OR ANY
CONTACT WITH ANYONE DURING PERFORMANCE.

2. NO LEAVING THE STAGE AT ALL DURING THE
PERFORMANCE, DOING SO WILL ELIMINATE YOU FROM
THE CONTEST.

3. ABSOLUTELY NO CONTACT WITH THE JUDGES BEFORE,
DURING, OR AFTER THE CONTEST BY YOU, YOUR FAMILY,
YOUR FRIENDS, ANYONE AT YOUR TABLE, FOR ANY
REASON, IF THIS HAPPENS YOU WILL NOT ONLY BE
DISQUALIFIED, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
PARTICIPATE FOR THE REST OF THE CONTEST YEAR.

4. NO BURNED DISCS, YOU MAY NOT BRING A DISC TO
USE THAT HAS BEEN BURNED, TALENT QUEST RESPECTS
THE PIRACY LAWS AND SO WILL WE.

5. YOU MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD TO ENTER

6. NO SWEARING, OR GRAPHIC ACTS ON STAGE WILL BE
ALLOWED, YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF
THIS TAKES PLACE

THESE ARE THE MAIN RULES TALENT QUEST HAS ASKED
US TO ENFORCE FOR THE 2010 TALENT QUEST YEAR, VISIT
TALENTQUEST.ORG FOR MORE INFO ON THE CONTEST !
TOM
AS THE COUNTRY CATEGORY GETS UNDERWAY ONE THING IS
BEGINNING TO COME CLEAR YET AGAIN, THE LOCALS WILL
JUST SIT BACK AND KIND OF WATCH AND WAIT, AND IN THE
MEANTIME, NEW FACES WILL COME AND QUALIFY, AND THEN 8
LOCALS WILL COMPETE WITH ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT AND 6 WILL
MISS OUT, I WAS HAPPY THAT DANA QUALIFIED, SHE CAME ALL
THE WAY FROM AIKEN S.C. AND GENUINELY SEEMS
INTERESTED IN THE CONTEST... "CRAZY" GOT THE JOB DONE !
TONIGHT WAS FUN IN 2 REGARDS, WE HAD A DECENT CROWD
ALTHOUGH ON 2 CONTESTANTS, IT BROUGHT BACK AN OLD
CONTEST VETERAN INTO THE FOLD IN BRANDON WHICH WAS
FUN TO SEE, AND RACHEL WAS DYNAMITE AS WELL, THE TWO
COULDN'T BE MORE CONTRAST IN STYLE BUT IT MADE FOR AN
INTERESTING CONTEST, I THINK EVERYONE IS GOING TO
LEARN WITH ONLY 3 CATEGORIES TO BE JUDGED ON, STAGE
PRESENCE IS GOING TO BE A MUST! "NO ONE" DOES THE TRICK
DANA
RACHEL
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THING FOR ME
PERSONALLY IS SEEING SOME OF THE OLD FACES COMPETING ONCE
AGAIN, IT TAKES ME BACK TO THE 2004,2005 YEARS WHEN I SEE
PEOPLE LIKE BRANDON, AND BRACEY AND DEE (WHO COMPETED
TONIGHT) BACK IN THE FOLD, BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES, 5
CONTESTANTS GAVE IT A SHOT TONIGHT WITH FRANKIE SINGING "IT
MATTERS TO ME" GETTING THE 2 POINT WIN OVER DEE, I THINK DEE
WILL EVENTUALLY QUALIFY IN THE POP/ROCK CATEGORY ANYWAY,
VERY NICE JOB TONIGHT BY THE ENTIRE CAST OF CONTESTANTS !
FRANKIE
BRANDON
HELL OF A CONTEST TONIGHT, 8 CONTESTANTS, ALL OF THEM
BROUGHT SOMETHING UNIQUELY DIFFERENT, AND I
APPRECIATED THE JUDGES WHO HAD NEVER BEEN HERE
BEFORE & TOOK THE TIME TO JUDGE OUR CONTESTANTS TO
EVERY LAST DETAIL. BRANDON SINGING "SHE WILL BE LOVED"
QUALIFIED EDGING OUT STEVEN & AMANDA, THIS MAY BE A
SIGN OF WHATS TO COME, THE LOCALS MAY BE COMING OUT
TO MARK THEIR TERRITORY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS, ALL IN ALL, A GREAT NIGHT OF COMPETITION !
STEVEN
WELL NO ONE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE COUNTRY CONTEST
LAST NIGHT BUT STEVEN CAME OUT AND QUALIFIED SINGING "
I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU" AND FROM WHAT I HEAR
OUT DUELED QUITE A CAST OF SINGERS INCLUDING THE LIKES
OF LAST YEARS POP ROCK WINNER JESSI, VERY IMPRESSIVE,
AND OF COURSE JESSI WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM LANDING A
SPOT, I'M HAPPY FOR STEVEN, HE HAS MISSED A FEW
CONTESTS IN THE PAST DUE TO WORK...GOOD FOR HIM!
SHANE
2 POINTS MADE THE DIFFERENCE TONIGHT WITH TWO VERY
BIG SCORES, SHANE SCORING 92 WHILE SINGING "COME BACK
TO ME" NEARLY BEATING OUT EDWIN WHO SANG "RETURN OF
THE MACK", GOOD TO SEE SHANE BACK IN THE SWING OF
THINGS, AND I HAVE TO SAY, IT SERIOUSLY AMAZES ME THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST 4 YEARS OR SO WHO HAVE
QUALIFIED SINGING AMERICAN IDOL ARTISTS SONGS, ITS
FUNNY THE KARAOKE IMPACT THOSE KIDS HAVE MADE!