One evening I walk into my dressing room to change into my gown and find my dressy heels gone... That night I performed in front of 5,000 people in a beautiful Tony Chase gown and work boots.

I used to open with a song by Bruce Roberts called, "I'm Coming Home Again". It's a beautiful song with a recurring chorus that changes keys each time the chorus Is repeated... Wellllll, one night the orchestra turned an extra page. They were in the right spot but in the wrong key and needless to say, I was literally singing 1/2 step below them. Ouch!!!!!!

One evening, not being able to find the right bra to wear under this plunging neckline dress that I had bought... I found some Velcro and velcroed my breasts to the inside of the dress...I also put on pasties like strippers used to wear, but I put them on wrong and they were showing. I didn't know what to do. I knew there would be people who would see this and be commenting to each other about it. (I know I would). So, after the first number, I told them about everything. Yes. I bared it all...literally!!!! It made everyone comfortable, especially me; and then ----- on with the show!!!!!!

My first job in show business was to be the opening act for Rodney Dangerfield. This was a big moment for me. (and for my mom, as you will see later). Okay, now picture this - it's opening night, I've just done my very first show ever in show business. The audience bursts into applause and my mom... so excited that her first born is following her dream, jumps up in the middle of the audience wildly clapping and exclaiming, "Wasn't she just wonderful. Let's hear it for her!!!!!!!!" ( it still brings a smile to my face! )

Okay, another, picture this....it's the Charles Grodin Show. I've just finished this rather sophisticated song that I've chosen to sing on nationwide TV; a show that was repeated at least six times that week I might mention. Charles walks up to the piano to speak to me for a few moments. I glance at the monitor to see scrolling up as conversation that I have this unusual talent - I am able to touch my nose with my tongue and also swallow it. Somehow he had found out about this and now, thoroughly mortified, he was asking me to do this for the camera. I did!!!! It was definitely a moment!

And finally, my favorite story to date---I've just done about six numbers in my show, I'm rather warm and thirsty so while talking to the audience about whatever pops into my mind I slowly sashay back to the stool that so nicely has a towel and water waiting for me. I promptly wipe myself off, pick up the glass of water, drink down a rather large amount of it and proceed to put the glass down on the stool. As I do this, I guess the water hadn't traveled down fast enough and it proceeds to come back up and through my nostrils leaving the hugest puddle you have ever seen on the floor (I am still leaning over), I slowly turn my head to the audience and say, "You didn't see that did you?" And from the lighting booth, all the way in the back I hear "you'd have to be Ray Charles not to have seen that!!!!!!!!!"