Dear
Welcome to Carlease's Bits N Pieces.
This ezine is for comics and fans of stand-up comedy.
I host a comedy room at Hot Java Coffee House in Long Beach every third Saturday of the month at 8PM. The show is called Laugh-A-Latte and features a versatile blend of your favorite gourmet stand ups. Some are seasoned comics working out new material, some are new going up for the first time, and others are returning to the stage cause they just can't stay away. Let's not forget the fans...we have been brewing up a packed house for one full year!!
I have been interviewed by several local publications and appeared on The Paula McColm show on UTV/Charter Communications.
There is no cover charge, just buy a cup of coffee, a pastry and be sure to tip your baristas.
LAUGH-A-LATTE CELEBRATES ITS
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
As promised, we celebrated our 1st anniversary in grand fashion, Hot Java style. As you can see Vanessa and Ken outdid themselves and purchased this beautiful cake (pictured above) and allowed us to the bring the funny til 11:45PM!!! I want to thank them for my gorgeous orchids, Italian scarf and Hot Java mug. Wow!! Laugh A Latte now has it's own specialty drink called the Car-Latte. Come on down for a drink special available only on show night.
For a complete eye witness report on all of the evening's festivites , please visit my friend's blog at
www.myspace.com/djzenway I didn't even have to pay her to say all those wonderful things!!
I must confess that I was on a high not only due to the anniversary, but I had 4 extremely important people visiting from the east coast that weekend. My cousins, who happen to all be musicians were here for the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention in Anaheim. Three of them are brothers (two drummers and a saxophone player) and the four of us first of all, had not seen each other at the same in over 20 years and secondly probably had never seen each other without our parents being in the room. The last time I saw the youngest, Steve, he was "my little cousin Stevie". Now he's a 6 ft., 40 year old grown ass man!! (I just hired him and his wife to design my website....we're keeping it in the family). I hadn't seen the oldest, Chip (yes, a brotha named Chip) in quite a while, but kept in touch with Darryl, the one in the middle because he's been on the west coast frequently touring with many artists we know and love.
Carlease (seated) and from L - R
Chip, Steve and Darryl Dixon
Darryl Dixon and Dave Watson are the founders of Chops Horns who have played with the likes of Parliament Funkadelics, Sugar Hill Gang, Sting, The Police, Christina Aquilera and Alicia Keyes and on Saturday, January 19th, they played at Laugh A Latte!!! And...they got jokes!! They literally blew the roof of the sucka and if you weren't there...shame on you!
Darryl "Cool Notes" Dixon and Dave "Can't Stop 100 Watt" Watson play at Hot Java
You can see Chops Horns on Feb.22 (check your local listings for time) on The BET Honors where they will be part of the house band behind Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Jill Scott, Neyo and Gladys Knight. All horn arrangements are by Darryl Dixon and the show's musicial director is Ray Chew.
Want even more CHOPS??
Our next Laugh A Latte is Saturday, February 16th and features the stand up comedy of:
Robert Murray
Beverly Haut
Cynthia Levin
and two headliners,
Mike Neubecker
and
Henrietta
with your fabulous host, CARLEASE!