I have never been afraid of schmoozing - it's one of the fun parts of the job. I love meeting new people, and several years ago when I performed every Friday night at an American Legion in Havre de Grace, MD, I would fire up the keyboard, hit a Cm using the Pink Panther style, first variation, and walk through the audience and sing Fever with a wireless, handheld mic. Sometimes I would sit lightly on some of the ladies laps and sing softly to them, smiling the entire time. It produced lots of big tips in my tip pitcher (I use a plastic beer pitcher because it holds a lot more money). Sometimes they would run their fingers through my hair, which usually caused a chuckle from some of the other ladies at the tables. That was 25 years ago, though. Now I don't have enough hair to for them to do that, and I'm too damned fat to sit upon their laps.

All the best,

Gary