In the amusing department - when the mother of the then twelve-year-old singer came to me and asked if I'd do an act for her daughter, I told her that if we went ahead that people would see what we were doing and immediately jump on the bandwagon. We began that journey five or six months ago. For the last two months, we've gotten the word out majorly, and the show is less than three weeks away now. Of course, it's being advertised that she's the youngest person to do a solo cabaret act at thirteen. So, in the last two weeks what have we seen? I'll tell you because it's always funny to me -
A very bad cabaret director announced that he was doing a cabaret workshop for - wait for it - young teens. He'd been inspired by seeing the young teen daughter of a friend of his. However, since this person has spent the last decade imitating things I do (he really has), I know exactly where his inspiration came from - especially as he came to the Gardenia, heard we were doing the show with Melody and SAW Melody.
Today, some yokel on Cabaret West announces "Teen Idol" a contest for teens who want to do cabaret. Gee, could it have been the Facebook updates we make? Could it be the postcard about Melody's show that he got? It is to laugh. We haven't even done the damn show yet and they can't wait to see if we've actually come up with a new trend. The thirteen-year-old's mother thinks I'll be inundated with offers from other mothers of teens. That might or might not come to pass, but already all these other people are trying to jump in and get in on it, just in case it's something that's viable and can make them some money.
