Trying Not to Sound Obsessed

Okay, it seems like I've talked about karaoke a lot this month, when, in reality, I've only written two posts before this one.

This is my third post, this month, about this hobby.

Last Friday, when I met some people at Conspiracy Theory's karaoke night, one of the guys told me that there's a weekly karaoke event in a mall that's close to my house. He said that it's held every Wednesday in a basement area in the Barrhaven Mall.

As he described the venue, he said that you go down the set of stairs where the mall transitions from a single-level strip mall to a two-story office building. I knew the place well: both kids had attended the Nepean School of Music and had also taken classes at Kou's Taekwon-do.

But the basement in the Barrhaven Mall was pretty tight, the last time I was down there, waiting for Kid 2 to emerge from a drum lesson. Where would they hold a karaoke night?

When Wednesday came, I thought I'd do a bit of research. I typed karaoke barrhaven into a Google search and found Hummingbird Hall. Looking at the posted photos, it seemed like a large enough space, but where exactly was it?

Because the venue had the name Hummingbird, the name of the studio that is affiliated with the Nepean School of Music, I guessed that the owners had expanded a space to offer public entertainment. Had they cleared out some of the music classrooms and made space? Had they closed out the recording studio?

I remembered having asked James, who first told me about this venue, if it was anywhere near the taekwon-do school, and he said he hadn't seen Kou's. So again, I turned to Google.

Kou's Taekwon-do is listed on Facebook and on Instagram, but because I closed out all of my Meta accounts last weekend, I had no access to those sites. But I did find another Web page that mentioned Kou's, yet it was no longer in the Barrhaven Mall.

Did Hummingbird Hall take over the space that was once Kou's?

I remembered being able to smell the sweat from that exercise space before you even passed by the reception area of the music school. I hope they were able to air that space out.

More research gave me additional information about the karaoke night at Hummingbird Hall, and either James was mistaken or the venue has changed their karaoke night. A poster that I found stated that karaoke is on Thursdays.

Glad I checked ahead, rather than just showed up.

Hummingbird Hall also offers live music, so perhaps I'll have to keep an eye out for who will be playing there. Are they a direct competitor to Greenfields Pub, which also has a stage and offers live music, and is directly above Hummingbird Hall, on the ground level and at the north end of Barrhaven Mall?

If they have as good a craft beer selection as Greenfields, they just might.

I'm going to scope out the venue this evening. If the karaoke is good, it might replace Conspiracy Theory as my practice spot. Or maybe, I'll go to both, depending on the music selection.

And hopefully, at Hummingbird Hall, I won't be invited to join a table.