* The Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge Winners *
July 30th, 2010

Most Entertaining - First Place -  Cindy C.  Performing
"The Pussycat Song" by Connie Vannette
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - July 30th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Best Vocalist - First Place -  Erika S. Performing
"I Wanna Dance" by Whitney Houston
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - July 30th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Most Entertaining - Second Place -  Anthony Performing
"I'm On a Boat" by Lonely Island
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - July 30th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Best Vocalist - Second Place -  Austin W. Performing 
"Somebody to Love" by Queen
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - July 30th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Most Entertaining - Third Place -  Christine H. Performing
"Ice, Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - July 30th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Best Vocalist - Third Place -  Jeff T. Performing
"Living La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - July 30th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

* The Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge Winners *
April 23rd, 2010

Most Entertaining - First Place -  Josh M. (J-Money) Performing
"Courtesy of The Red, White & Blue" by Toby Keith
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - April 23rd, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Best Vocalist - First Place -  Samantha Performing
"Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - April 23rd, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Most Entertaining - Second Place -  Cindy C. Performing
"Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - April 23rd, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Best Vocalist - Second Place -  Cindy S. Performing 
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" From Phantom Of The Opera
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - April 23rd, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Most Entertaining - Third Place -  JB Performing
"Return To Innocence" by Enigma
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - April 23rd, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

Best Vocalist - Third Place -  Jeff T. Performing
"You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - April 23rd, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

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The Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge Winners
January 29th, 2010

"Most Entertaining" - First Place - Matt C. Performing "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - January 29th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

"Best Vocalist" - First Place - Reg S. performing "On The Wings of Love"
by Jeffrey Osborne
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - Jan. 29th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

"Most Entertaining" - Second Place - Cindy C. performing "Nasty"
by Janet Jackson
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - Jan. 29th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

"Best Vocalist" - Second Place - Melanie. performing "Not Ready To Make Nice"
by Dixie Chicks
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - Jan. 29th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

"Most Entertaining" - Third Place - Steve L. & Cindy S. performing "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - Jan. 29th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

"Best Vocalist" - Third Place - Lola performing "Dr. Feelgood"
by Aretha Franklin
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - Jan. 29th, 2010
Fort Mill, SC

FIRST PLACE - JB performing "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - Fri, 04/24/09

SECOND PLACE - Kendall performing "Living in America" by James Brown
Beef O'Brady's YouTube Karaoke Challenge - Fri, 04/24/09

A Special Moment . . . .

(Before watching the video below, please read the explanation underneath it.)

12-4-2009
Most of you who have been to Beef O'Brady's for "Friday Night Karaoke" have had the pleasure of hearing Erika and Reggie sing.  If you happened to make it to Karaoke on Dec 4th, 2009, you may have seen them sing a Disco Song with Erika's Father.  In the words of Paul Harvey, "Now . . .Here's the rest of the story . . ."

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Erika's Father was the lead singer of The Trammps, the Grammy Award Winning 1970's Disco band from Philadelphia who had 10 albums, multiple hits and was included on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. Unfortunately, he is now suffering from Alzheimer's and has taken a pretty severe downturn in the last year and a half. Today, He doesn't remember the glory days of his many years as a rock star. He doesn't know that he was the artist they called "The Man with the Golden Voice." He doesn't even recognize the friends and family who spend day and night by his side. But when music fills a room, the fog seems to lift, his mind focuses and a joy fills his soul. Erika told me, "It is as if a light comes on in his eyes when he hears music, and while he may not remember he was the one who made " Disco Inferno" one of the most recognized songs in pop history, he somehow still remembers the lyrics and that he loves the song." This is a video I shot of Erika, her husband, Reggie, and Erika's Father singing "Disco Inferno" at Beef O'Brady's in Fort Mill, SC. At the end of the song, the KJ, TRY, played a video of The Trammps playing another one of their hits during a PBS special that was only filmed about two 1/2 years ago and you can see Erika trying to explain to her Father that the man on the screen is him (at approx. 5 minutes and 04 seconds in the video). Later that night, I was actually moved to tears when I came home and realized what I had caught on my digital camera: A scene cut out of the life of a family whose world has been turned upside-down by this tragic disease and how music and love can find glimpses of normality in the middle of what can often seem hopeless. - JB