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Cabaret Singer for Hire in Chicago, IL

kymsong@comcast.net

Illustration Credit: http://jesslagreca.com

Cabaret Singer for Hire in Chicago, IL

kymsong@comcast.net

Illustration Credit: http://jesslagreca.com

The Music

I am still and have always been a great fan of the music from The Greatest Generation and it is my honor to be able to continue working and performing FOR the greatest generation where I highlight their music. Most of my programs take place in retirement communities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, alzheimer's, and memory care units, women's clubs, men's clubs, church groups, senior clubs, etc., where I'll perform for these lovely people, singing the music that they love, put to new musical arrangements. It's old AND it's new!

The key here is that my shows fully include the audience and their participation because we're singing the songs THAT THEY KNOW! So much more fun doing this together rather then standing up there and singing AT them. That's not how it works. WITH them is how it works and it is loving and warm and kind and all inclusive. I might be the leader of the band, but we are all in this program together.

Another fun thing that's new is I now travel with a registered, pink tailed service dog named Roxy Star. She joins me on most of my programs and wanders through the room offering herself to be pet and loved and cuddled. Her habit is to bark at the end of each song while you are applauding. That indicates to all of us that she was quite pleased with the song we just sang and if she doesn't bark, I take it quite personally. It's so adorable.

Get in touch with me here: kymsong@comcast.net

One More Thing:

Coming from a large Italian family and this comes very naturally, I am a great cook and it's how I stayed busy and out of trouble when the music got taken away in March, 2020, due to Covid. I started cooking and I am now the proud owner of a catalog of more than 200 recipes (videos) that can be found on YouTube under the monikar of "Uncensored Food". As the name might suggest, salty language is included on all of the videos (oops) because cooking

should ne F***ing fun! Check it out.

My darling cousin who lives in California and who I have not seen in years but is a fan and a follower, has written a really wonderful piece about Roxy and I on her blog. Read it here and please enjoy.

https://jennieorvino.com/blog/

Site Content

Singing The Standards

So many types of shows offered

More about my evolution

Here's A Quick Biography

I began my career in Night Clubs and on Cruise Ships some years ago. In New Orleans aboard The Mississippi Queen Steamboat, I had the priviledge of working with outstanding entertainers like:

The Ink Spots

The Four Lads

Allison McKay

and Connie Haines

From there, I was recruited by

American Hawaii Cruises where I was
privileged to work with:

The Sammy Kaye Orchestra

The Glenn Miller Band

The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra

The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

and

Maxene Andrews of The Andrew Sisters

Hawaii's nice, but, I missed the change of seasons. (Anything but hot and sunny every single day of my life!) It was wild fun and a tremendous experience, but, I longed for a real house on dry land and a personal life.

I was hoping to meet a man who wore long sleeves and socks. A grown up perhaps.

And that's exactly what I did...

More about my evolution

So many types of shows offered

More about my evolution

I packed up my world, shipped it all back to Illinois and I began working specifically for seniors, private parties, social clubs and organizations. What seemed like a good idea at the time turned out to be a GREAT idea!

I have a powerful love and respect for the music of a bygone era and, with updated arrangements to the great songs of the 20's, 30's, 40's 50's and 60's, my renditions of your favorites are brand new as well as CLASSIC!
Figure that one out!!

I provide the highest quality sound system by BOSE so you can be sure it will sound as though the orchestra is in the room with us. I have played to as few as 2 or as many as 700 people with little or no fuss. You simply supply the electricity and an audience!

In 2018, I performed around 500 shows and I am on track to doing the same for 2020. If you're interested in having me perform for your special party, even if your event is years away, please call right away to reserve your date, or, I may not be available. A signed contract is what holds your date and no fee is due until the performance.

It's NEVER to early too schedule your parties for 2022 and 2023.

I'm highly scheduled already in 2022 and have begun bookings for 2023 already.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

Please remember, Christmas dates are the first to sell out, so, please plan ahead.

Contact me for available dates and pricing information for morning,

afternoon, evening, weekend
and Holiday Shows.

So many types of shows offered

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

The most popular one is the freestyle program, where I select, at random from the hundreds of songs I know. It's relaxed and spontaneous and the audience is always the catalyst for any musical choice.

I can read a room.

Or, you can request the following...
Broadway/Movies
Big Band
Christmas/Holiday/Winter

Cole Porter Tribute
Comedy/Story Songs (Hysterical)

Fabulous Places Show

(All songs about "Places" ie;

My Kind Of Town,

I Left My Heart In San Francisco,

Tennessee Waltz, etc.)
The Food Show
(Only songs mentioning food or drinks)
Alphabet Selections
(you call out a letter and I sing a song

beginning with that letter)
Children
(Disney, Hans Christian Anderson, etc.)
All 1920's Music
All 1930's Music
All 1940's Music
50's / 60's Rock
(Don't get nervous... it's Connie Frances, The Monkees, Temptations, The Carpenters, etc...)
The Love Show
(All kinds of love showcased here. There will be laughter and tears. This is a popular one)
Jazz
Power Ballads

Cole Porter Tribute
Easy Listening
Sing-A-Long

May you always sing like no one is listening!

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

Bigger Is Better
Tribute
One For The Road
That's Life
The Secret Of Christmas (Sorry, sold out)

There was a 6th one

but it's completely sold out

Sorry... Oh I mean...YEA!

Please click on the CD page for sound bites.

Come See A Show

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

Come See A Show

Most of my performances are private however, there are a few library gigs coming up 2022 that you would be more than welcome

to bring a friend and attend...

(It's always a good idea to call ahead for a seat, just in case there's a full house)

Nothing right now, but,

more dates and locations are added throughout the year, so, please check back often. Looking forward to seeing you.

Clients

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

Come See A Show

Please call me for names and phone numbers if you'd like references, but some of the places that I have performed for are:

The Honor Flight Chicago
Del Webb's Sun City
Woodridge Public Library
Palos Park Library
Palos Heights Public Library
Crestwood Public Library
Lincolnwood Public Library

Batavia Public Library

Addison Public Library

Wilmington Public Library

Dundee Township Public Library District

Schaumburg Public Library

Niles Library and Historical Society

Mokina Community Public Library

Oak Brook Public Library

Elk Grove Village Public Library

Indian Prairie Public Library

Yorkville Library

Woody Buick

Pheasant Run Resort

Hinsdale Women's Club

Brookdale Senior Living Properties (Many)

Senior Expo @ Drury Lane, Oak Brook

Downers Grove Women's Club

Arlington Heights Seniors

Elmhurst Park District
Oak Lawn Seniors

United States Power Squadron

Belmont Village(s) All of them
Batavia Park District
The Red Hat Societys
First Chicago Bank and Trust

Carillon Communities

Plymouth Place

Schaumburg Seniors

Church Creek Retirement

Smith Village

Smith Crossing

The Timbers Of Shorewood

PLUS hundreds more retirement communities, assisted living
and memory care centers.

Quick Story

My passion for music was uncovered long before I could even form complete words and I sang with my dad at gatherings. He was super talented. From that point on, I was involved in choir, musicals, and singing oh so quietly in my bedroom. I had no idea if I was any good and I didn't relish the risk of being mocked by my young sisters, which was always a possibility. Turns out, I was good enough so I finally decided, I can do this! Now I do this about 500 times a year wherever you can find seniors gathering.

After producing a 5 song demo tape (yes, I said tape) and mailing out over 400 copies, (which I made myself with a $20.00 duplicating tape deck from Walgreens in hopes of finding a job), ONE GUY responded, (thanks, Wes) and offered me my very first paying gig on the high seas. Well, kinda... It was on The mighty Mississippi. I accepted that gig on The Mississippi Queen followed by a few years in Hawaii performing on the USS Independence and the USS Constitution with American Hawaii Cruises. That way of life turned out to be no way to live for any extended length of time but the training was invaluable. I wouldn't change a thing that got me to this place

right now. I chose happiness!

Sad update...

The middle child of the three-Queen family, the Mississippi Queen went into passenger service in 1976, a debut for America's Bicentennial. She played big sister to the American Queen, which in 1995 took over the title of largest steamboat ever, while playing the successor to the beloved 1926-era Delta Queen. Hurricane Katrina struck in August of 2005 and that was the end of that. Soon after, The Mississippi Queen sat alone, stripped of her finery and headed to the scrap heap. The dining room piano was actually pilfered by an industrial crane through the top deck and stolen. I had so much joy at that piano. Wonder where it is now.

Wait, there's more...

The Independence and the nearly identical Constitution were launched in 1950 and 1951. “INDY”, as she was affectionately known, was somewhat overshadowed by her newer sister,

The Constitution, which was glamorized in film and television roles, most noteably AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, and the famous “porthole” episode of I LOVE LUCY. “CONNIE” was also famous for transporting Grace Kelly’s wedding party to Monaco and was featured on the cover of Life magazine. Nonetheless, the Independence carried her share of dignitaries, including President and Mrs. Truman in the summer of 1958. Both ships were immensely popular on the route that was affectionately dubbed the "Sun Lane". Both beautiful ships were decommissioned and stripped in 1995 and then, very sadly, sank two years later while being towed to a Far Eastern scrap yard.

The moral to the story... It's safer to employ me on dry land as every ship I've ever performed on is either recycled unceremoniously or resting on the bottom of the ocean. Just sayin'.

Cabaret Singer for Hire in Chicago, IL

Cabaret Singer for Hire in Chicago, IL

The Music

Meet Roxy Star

Site Content

Singing The Standards

So many types of shows offered

More about my evolution

More about my evolution

So many types of shows offered

More about my evolution

So many types of shows offered

So many types of shows offered

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

Come See A Show

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

Come See A Show

Clients

I have 5 Professional CD's always available

Come See A Show

Quick Story

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