Karaoke is the act of singing along to lyrics with instrumental music. The name karaoke means (kara) “empty” (oke) “orchestra”. The karaoke machine was invented by a japanese musician, Daisuke Inoue, in Japan in 1971. Most karaoke machines have technology that electronically changes the pitch of the music so that amateur singers can choose a key that is appropriate for their vocal range, while maintaining the original tempo of the song. Karaoke singing is extremely popular in Asia, like in Japan and South Korea.
Last Friday, on December 11th 2015, there was Karaoke Night from 5:30-7 PM. The spanish teacher, Ms. Mitchell, was the host for Karaoke night. Middle and high school students attended the event and there was about 50 kids (mostly middle school students).
Maddison Butts is a junior who attended the event. She said it was really fun and she was one of the volunteers. She sang “Love me like you do” by Ellie Goulding for the movie “Fifty Shade of Grey” with a few others. Amy Padilla and Jo’Nique Robinson who are both sophomores, sang with Maddison. Amy didn’t really think that karoake night was all that great. She didn’t enjoy the middle schoolers that attended. She said, “It was really lame”. She believes that there should have been a separate karaoke night just for high school students. She did enjoy the food though. There was chips, soda, and hot dogs. Jo’Nique said, “It was lit!”
Niklas Lofgren who is a senior attended Karaoke Night before basketball practice. He really enjoyed the evening and said “It was great”. He liked that fact that everyone was comfortable and could be themselves. He didn’t sing, but he laughed and listened. Nik enjoys having fun and singing, even though he may believe he isn’t great at it.
