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Staying in key is certainly important to some people, but the mass appeal of karaoke seems to be that everyone gets to sing along and share good natured chuckles over the sour notes. What becomes apparent quickly is that singing in key is much easier in your shower than hitting the right notes onstage with prerecorded music. Without a doubt the results are often quite funny. Everyone is a rock star in their own car, but standing in front of a room filled with a few friends and many strangers is difficult for most.

The truth about karaoke is that it’s essentially about getting in front of people, singing some of your favorite songs, enjoying a few good laughs, routing each other on and just having pure fun. If you’re a fan, or want to give your voice a try, there are plenty of places that now offer karaoke. There appear to be regular karaoke singers who know the circuit and show up at most every venue. Karaoke, which translates from Japanese as “no orchestra,” has been growing in popularity on the Outer Banks for the past few years. He takes in a deep breath, focuses in on an attractive blond haired woman at the bar and sings George Strait’s “I Cross My Heart.” It’s a beautiful ballad about finding true love, and when he sings the first line, “Our love is unconditional, we knew it from the start …” everyone can tell at that very moment there’s no one else in the room except her. Friends are cheering them on and when they’re finished the people sitting around the bar let out a cheer and clap for their performance.Ī man with a burly build, beard, long hair and several tattoos comes up to the mike next. Two young women are well into belting out a hip hop song, the karaoke beat is booming, and they haven’t missed a word yet. It’s Wednesday evening at Jolley Roger in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
