Viva Las Vegas!

Last week we performed 5 shows in 5 days in Sin City. We had a great time in Vegas, as always, and are so thankful to be able to work there. We spent the majority of our time performing in the new Palazzo Casino connected to the Venetian. We performed in conjunction with the #1 show is Vegas, 'Jersey Boys.' It's a beautiful room in a gorgeous casino with a very fun, respectful audience.

On our off time, we saw a few friends, relaxed, and, of course, perused the famous Las Vegas Strip. As usual, I forgot our camera (our friends of La Vie Photography would be so disappointed). So below are the few shots that turned out from my iPhone:

In front of my favorite casino, The Paris.

Jeff is always so excited for me to take his picture.

A view of the strip after one of our shows.

Jeff in front of the Palazzo Casino.

Me in front of the Palazzo casino (these are beginning to get redundant).

Yes, we do see the light of day! The is the 'garden' inside of the Venetian Casino...right before we had some of the best crepes since Paris!

I've also discovered my next career path. There is a genius company that I am going to join. It's called Yogurtland. This is my new favorite thing about going to Vegas. There is nothing like this wonderful place here in Seattle. It is a self-serve frozen yogurt boutique that is so good it was hard for me not to go everyday. Here is a photo of my heaven:



Thanks to everyone in Vegas. We didn't have time to see everyone or do everything we'd like...but that's just more motivation to go back soon!

Overdue Update

It's time for a much overdue update here! We have been nice and busy with some very exciting events. Since our last post we went from Mexico to Canada...and everywhere inbetween. Here are a few of the events we have performed at this last month:

Kamloops, BC

In the beginning of March, we performed for the World Masters Championships at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC. The event was for athletes from all over the world, ages 30-90. The athletes had been competing all week and they joined us for the final night party. We had such a great time with everyone and felt right at home with the international audience. British Columbia is absolutely stunning and Kamloops was no exception:


Thank you to everyone at Thompson Rivers University for all your help. We look forward to coming back soon!

Experience Music Project:

We had our first event at the Experience Music Project (EMP) here in Seattle....it's about time! We performed for the Microsoft Global HR conference for a St. Patrick's Day party. It was another international crowd of 900 attendees. It was an honor to perform on the same stage that just two days before Heart had rocked on. Here is a photo of the outside of the EMP:


TwinStar Credit Union Event:

In March we did our first ever breakfast event. That's right....breakfast. We were up on the stage performing our hearts out before we've normally had our first cup of coffee. At first we were a bit hesitant about doing a show in the A.M. but we had an AMAZING time. It was TwinStar Credit Union's annual member's event. I can't tell you enough how wonderful it was! Plus, it was great to be finished with the entire day ahead of us...before lunch. Thanks to Paulette and the gang at TwinStar!


Whitman College:

Last week we performed our second year in a row for the students at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. The campus is beautiful:


Once again, we were amazed by the student's song knowledge! These 18-22 year olds knew all the words to songs like Benny and the Jets, Old Time Rock 'n Roll and, of course, Don't Stop Believing. Thank you to Guitar Hero and the show 'Glee' for educating this next generation of the great music of the 60's - 80's. We will come back every year to perform for these smart, well-rounded students!

Vegas Baby!

We worked a week in Vegas last month and are heading there again next week. It's always fun to play in the circuit of casinos down there...and to see our friends who live there. Spring break was in full force last time we were there so it was nice and busy. We are looking forward to heading back soon!

So that's a short update of what's been going on the last month. It's been busy, but so much fun. Thanks for stopping by!

Pioneer Corporate Event

Last week we had the pleasure of performing at our 2nd & 3rd events for the Pioneer Corporation in Cancun, Mexico. We had an amazing time and I have many photos & videos to share. This is just a small sample of a video that we took during the show:



We had such a great time and look forward to working with Pioneer in the future. I promise to post the rest of the photos from the trip soon!

Space Needle

We had our first gig at the Space Needle last night...finally! It was so fun to perform in the iconic symbol of Seattle. The was also Jeff's first trip up to the top so we had to capture some of it on film:



The event was for BP (British Petroleum) with guests from all over the world....Australia, England, China, Japan, Germany, Costa Rica, and beyond. It's truly amazing how music transcends language and nationality. We had a great time and hope that this is one of many events up in the sky!

Playa del Carmen

Mexico log #2:

The second reason we were down in Mexico was to perform at a venue in Playa del Carmen. The new upscale restaurant, Wicky's, had their grand opening for entertainment. We were asked to be the first team to perform at this beautiful venue. Wicky's sits right on the beach and this was our view from the piano:






They even made a near life size poster of us to promote the event:



The streets of Playa remind me of the small towns in southern France. We both fell in love with this beautiful resort town. There are so many different nationalities living in the area. Most predominately are Italian, Dutch, German, and American. This lends to a very international feel to a beautiful Mexican town... except for the Tequila everywhere.

Jeff hanging out on the street outside of Wicky's.

My mom's very good friend's sister, Patsy Chilson, is a real estate agent in Playa. She very generously offered us her extremely beautiful penthouse condo for the week. (http://www.elite-luxury-properties.com/mv416.aspx). It was one of the nicest places we have ever had the privilege of staying in:

The living room area

Kitchen

Master bedroom

Guest bath

Interior courtyard of the condo complex

Second level, private dining/hot tub area

Hot tub with view of the beach

The weather was brilliant while we were there. A perfect 82 degrees everyday. We spent much of our free time on the beach:

My feet.

The whitest girl on the beach!

This is a video I took of some seagulls. I thought it was very cool.

This is a video Jeff took...a little tour of where we were staying:

We really enjoyed our time in Playa del Carmen and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fantastic vacation spot. We actually go back to Cancun next week for two more corporate events. This time maybe I'll actually lay off the sunscreen so I look like I've been in sunny weather!

Cancun

¡Hola! We are currently in Mexico and having just an amazing time. This blog entry will be done over the course of a couple days as we are here for two different reasons. The first, is for a corporate event we performed for Pioneer Hi-Bred International. The event was at the Secrets Murano Resort in Cancun (6 star resort). We had an incredible time performing for the group. Bill Hopkins Events booked us for the event and they were a true pleasure to work with. The company put us up in the Aldea Thai resort...see photos below:

The view from our balcony

The walkway in the resort

Our room

The pool


Me posing with a Thai statue

Jeff & Glen posing with the Thai statues

The event was unbelievable. We performed our corporate dueling pianos show for the first section of the evening and then had the honor of performing with Glen Schricker, drummer extraordinaire, for the dance portion of the evening. We even had the honor of playing a few songs with Bill Hopkins himself (www.hoprock.com). Below are a few pictures from the resort we performed at:

Jeff, Glen, and Bill at a beautiful french restaurant at the resort.

The entrance to the restaurant

The hotel ballroom we performed in.

Below is a video that was shot from someone in the audience early in the evening. Jeff singing Under the Boardwalk....

The end of the evening had all 300 guests on their feet dancing the night away. We are looking forward to coming back in a couple weeks to perform for a different division of Pioneer, again in Cancun. Thanks to Bill Hopkins for everything!

I will post again tomorrow with the details about our shows we are currently performing in Playa del Carmen....

Keizer's First Citizen Awards Banquet

We are performing at Keizer's First Citizen Awards Banquet on February 6 at the Civic Center in Keizer, OR. If anyone from the area is interested in attending, it is open to the public. For ticket information visit keizerchamber.com. It sound like it's going to be a lot of fun...and I get to perform close to home! See the above flyer for all the details.