New Guests!

There are more and more people coming here to post and I love it!

I am sooooo multi-media!

Well, here it is...already only 3 weeks and a bit away till the Party.

I am all over excited and have been working my tushy off to bring you the entertainment...so..

we have three new guests to announce.

In the next few months we will have Ted Simonett, the face of Canadian Tire for so many years, who has been emancipated and will be singing and chattin' with us in the Ballroom....Have I ever mentioned how much I love that it is called the Ballroom? Enough said.

I am so excited that you will also see Graham Abbey one of Shakespeare's leading men, having played Macbeth and Romeo, straight to us from the Stratford Festival of Canada's production of "Coriolanus" singin' a song or two.

And Miss Jennifer Waiser, who I just love for her work in "Into the Woods" as Little Red and "Urinetown" as Little Sally. She is little too, but filled with belting goodness.

Then, of course, there is the special surprise guests.

Who will they be?

Can you take all the entertainment????

Also, I am working up a few interesting things myself and I have a new clothes sponsor!

Things are moving along just fine, I think.

Cabaret is making a comeback.

Forgotten...Like Chad Lowe

Okay....

shit!

Left out the most important thing!!

My partner Patrick...who wore a wonderful shirt proclaiming to all that he

"Could Be Your Private Dancer"

Accompanied all and took care of me like a dream.

He is just so solid that sometimes I forget.

Thank you, Deev.

And after reading the previous post I wanted to mention that we had over 100 peeps!

Woo Hoo!

Holy Crap!

I can't believe it is all done till next month!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who came out!

You truly made last night a success for me.

All of a sudden I feel like Miss America.

" I'd like the thank...."

Wait a minute, Miss America doesn't get a speech.

Screw it.

For those of you who didn't come I give a little bit of a taste!

Going into a new room is always something that I find a little stressful.

You never know what the challenges are gonna be so ya gotta keep an open mind and a smile on your face.

I was very nervous but I managed to keep it in check as I went about the job of getting the space set up and the sound checked. I would like to deeply thank George ,my husband, and James, Patrick's partner, for being our gophers yesterday.....they did so much running around for the show...I don't know what we would have done without them.

They are such a huge part of the show.

(Shut up!

I am being totally sincere, which I try not to do too often

or people willl forget that I am an performer.)

By the time I started to get ready I had shoved half of a greek salad down my throat .

After I am dressed I like to do a reset of the room and then take a second to breathe.

When that was all done and I was sitting in the green room by myself I was freaked.

I mean, you never know who is gonna show, we don't have advance tickets!

So, George came up to inform me at 7:45pm that it was packed.

" How packed?", I asked.

"They are looking for more chairs."

I felt giddy, thrilled and throwy-uppy all at the same time!

You can imagine how that is.

It was George's idea, he makes me say this, that when I go out and greet everyone before I start ( which is one of my favourite parts) to bring them candy...which went over....all though some seemed to feel bad that I had to wait tables at the same time as do my show.

I could not believe the turn out.

I really still can't believe it.

So many great friends and so many new friends.

The show started well, although Patrick likes a party and it is always hard to find him to get him to the stage.

I had the best view from the stage and the Gladstone room is amazing!

I was so proud to invite Susan Gilmour up to sing.

She sang the crap out of "Coney Island" and an Evita medley.

The peeps couldn't believe their luck.

In the second set up came Thom Allison to sing a song from "The Life " and one from "Children of Eden".

God, his voice is quite thrilling.

Then I led a sing-a-long of Midnight Train to Georgia. That was my favourite part.

I had a young man named Bryce from "Lord Of the Rings" up onstage to be my cue card bitch for that number!

Surprise Guest!

Drum Roll, please.

The lovely and talented Steve Gallagher.

He lit up the room with a self penned monologue into "I'm a Catholic" from Altar Boyz and then " The Kid Inside" .

I wrapped it up with a couple of songs and an encore for which I was very thankful and my fab night came to a close.

Ah.....I felt like Sandy after her date with Danny in Grease.

GAylord.

Then went to Frans and ate a frinken' huge Hamburger with french fries...so happy. I ate those happy feelings.

There will be pictures up on my website in the next few days if you are interested!

Hope to see you all there next time and bring friends.

Remember, you don't have to worry if you come to the Party alone....there is always someone to sit with!

Oscars?

I am feeling purple today!

I watched the Oscars, and I use the capital letter loosely, at a friends house on sunday night...I was bored......I enjoyed the company, don't get me wrong but..... ug......the best part were the rappers. I mean who can deny that.....the others were all just so uptight. And George thinks that Charlize takes herself a bit too seriously. I tend to agree.

Don't you all think that they should add more acting awards?

I think that they are shooting themslves in the foot...everyone watches for those awards and yawns thru 3 hours of, excuse me, the other crap.

4 more awards, best actor, actress, best supporting actor and actress in a comedy!!!

I mean really.

The Gladstone is just 6 days away and I am gearin' up. I have heard Susan and Thom rehearse and they are doing some awesome stuff.

Surprise guest had their rehearsal without me....but Patrick says they will be equally awesome.

Woo hoo.

I hope to see 100 people!

Two Weeks

Ahhhhh..... The Olympics are over...and I have to say that though we won more metals than ever I found myself a bit bored by it all. It may be the simple fact that I hate winter.

I really do.

If it weren't for all of the natural disasters that occur when one lives an near ocean I would be eating an early bird dinner in Sarasota right now!

I hope this finds you all well.

Whoever you all are out there in cyber ville....

but!!!

I had my first response today so I know someone is reading my blog. Thank you Paul!

It is less than two weeks till my Gladstone show ...ooohhh...I feel tingly.

I am going over tons of material and will even try some of it out at Statlers on March the 3rd.

So, who knows?

My gig at the Mask was a bit weird.

The room is strange and I ended up performing in the front window. Felt a bit like a fish or maybe a drag queen. Not that there is anything wrong with either fish or queen , I quite celebrate both, but not what I was going for.

I want it to be spring.

Now!!!!!

Hey All!

I hope this February 20th finds you well.

I could not stop watching the poor ice dancing couple from Canada and their dropping incident over and over again at the gym today . Made me feel sicky in my tummy( as it did the lady in the inappropriate gym outfit beside me on the eliptical).

It is only 3 weeks ( AHH!!!) until my first night at the Gladstone and I am equal parts thrilled and terrified.

I am trying to come up with something awesomely fun for all of us.

I think Patrick and I will succeed in keeping you entertained.

As will our awesome guests ! I am so exctied !

Susan Gilmour was Fantine in Les Mis the first time I did the show in 1991 as a swing and I would watch her sing " I Dreamed a Dream" from the wings every night I wasn't on. Her voice and her wonderful way is one of a kind and I know you will freak.

Thom Allison and I have a long and dirty diva history ...that sounds intriguing, huh? Anyway, no one carry off a song the way he can, it is like listening to a bird I tell you, A BIRD!

You will freak again.

And just when you thought the freakin' was done the surprise guest will arrive.

Oh, I am exhausted thinking about it.

Anyway back to work.

Talk to you soon.

Happy February

Hey All!

It is February and I think that I have finally figured out my blog.

I didn't know that it meant "weblog", but now I do.

Goof.

I am quick.

I can't believe how quickly we got here.

The Gladstone is only 5 weeks away!

WAH!

I just had Thom Allison agree to be one of my three guests on March 13th , and ,of course, there is my surprise guest who has also agreed!

Won't you be excited when you get to view this awesome performer!

I am still in the process of nailing down my 3rd guest.

Maybe if there is anyone you would love to see on Sharron's Party you can email me and I can call my booker....me.... and try and get them.

On another note, I went to the Fringe Lottery party last night because I wanted to perform a show that I had written there there were 57 spots and 367 enteries.

Ug.

Needless to say I didn't get in.

A 20 year old girl named Courtney got it.

Now, I don't want to be bitter but.....that Courtney better have some edge in her 20 year old bones.

Oh well, I will just have to produce it myself.

Anyway, I will be updating this once a week now!

See you soon.

Welcome to my new blog!

I'm so glad you stopped by.

If you missed my show this past Sunday, fear not.
I am having two more this month!

Friday December 9th
Sharron's Cabaret Act at Statlers
471 Church St., Toronto
10:00pm to 1:00am

and

Sunday December 18th
Sharron's Holiday Party
at Tallulah's Cabaret, Buddies in Bad Times
12 Alexander Street, Toronto
starting at 8:00pm
Featuring:
The Beautiful songbird Blythe Wilson of "Mamma Mia" and Nancy in next years "Oliver" at Stratford, and the Dashingly talented David Rogers of "Phantom of the Opera" and his acclaimed one man show "Broadway Heros". This will be the second Holiday party with songs, interviews, sing-alongs and much fun to be had.

Be a part of the PARTY!