The Schenectady Rotary Club is putting the finishing touches on its upcoming “Karaoke & Talent Competition,” but it still is looking for additional talent as well as audience members.

The event, a “funraiser” offering entertainment, competition, cash prizes, and a lot of socializing among Rotarians and their guests, will be held from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the Schenectady Armory Center, 125 Washington Avenue, Schenectady. Tickets are available now online.

Consider this your chance to redeem yourself from that awkward talent show skit you did at summer camp and never lived down, or that “performance” in Vegas you never talk about. The cash bar will help make the performances seem better, or provide the liquid courage leading up to your act.

Now is your chance to showcase your wildest talents that you can complete in a 3-4 minute performance. Or, if you have a friend who would be great at this, let them know this is their time to shine. Duets and group acts are encouraged.

Don’t know the kind of talent you should bring? Consider the following options:

• Comedy
• Stupid human tricks
• Celebrity impressions
• Dancing
• Juggling
• Instrumental music
•  Singing
• Magic
• Sketch comedy
… and, of course, plenty of karaoke!

Need more details or want to contact someone at Schenectady Rotary? Click here.

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Here’s the flyer for our upcoming SRC Recycling Day, as always a major fundraiser to help support our youth scholarship programs and community projects.

Please feel free to circulate copies on social media, websites, on bulletin boards at work, school, church, etc. We will be running newspaper ads, posting it on social media, our club website, and our Facebook page. The more we distribute the flyer, the more eyeballs we catch, the more potential dollars we’ll take in, so please help.

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Our annual “Rotary Home Cooking” series, a member-hosted set of dinners/social events, is ready to roll out from March through June. And, we have our first two events  already spoken for.

• Maggie and Murray Forth will host a roast beef dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at their East Greenbush residence. Seating, as it is for all such events, is limited. Please contact the Forths ASAP if you would like to attend. First-come, first-serfved.

• Dean and Doris Calamaras will host a Hungarian dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13, with a Hungarian Beef, Miskolcz style, entree and all the trimmings. (If you can’t imagine what they are, the Calamarases will provide details closer to the time for reservations to be made. We guarantee they’ll be tasty!) Contact Dean or Doris ASAP to make your reservation.

For those of you unfamiliar with the “Rotary Home Cooking” series details, here are the essentials:

Members volunteer to host and create themed dinners with a limited number of seats available. The hosts supply the food and beverages as their contribution, and they set the price per-person, using a restaurant approximation (usually in the $25 to $35 range). All money raised by attendees’ donations goes to the club’s general treasury to support our many community service efforts.

We now are looking for hosts for May, and June, with dates to be selected by the hosts. We can, of course, have more than one event per month which means we can take more in March and April. If you’re interested, please contact Bill Dowd or Andy Leyhane ASAP.

In the past, themes have spanned a wide range, from “A Greek Evening” to “A Plaza Hotel Recreation” to “Surf & Turf” to “A Beer & Wine Tasting” to “A Taste of New Orleans” to “A Rotary Cocktail Party” to “A French Bistro Event” and more.

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Here’s the official flyer for our raffle fundraiser. The prize drawings will be held at our January 24 meeting, which means only two weeks remain to sell tickets. See Andy Leyhane if you need more of them.

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