Fort Thomas Coffee has solidified itself as a
powerhouse business on the avenue. They
provide delicious coffee and scrumptious breakfast sandwiches and
pastries. While they have mastered the
breakfast business they also offer nightly entertainment on Wednesday nights. On August 7th Fort Thomas Coffee
will present the first ever Fort Thomas Cabaret.
Fort Thomas native Max Colvill is organizing this
special night. The performers involved in the cabaret are comprised of freshman
in high school to seniors in college.
The schools that will be represented range from Highlands to Walton
Verona to Northern Kentucky University.
I asked Max to describe the event and why he wanted to
present a cabaret show.
Max explained, “This
show will be high school and college students from around the area singing
songs from several different Broadway shows.
I organized this night for three main reasons. One, as a Fort Thomas native I love
supporting the local businesses in the city.
Secondly, I wanted to give the students the experience of performing a
cabaret show in a small space. This
experience is completely different from being on stage and it is a great skill
to have. And finally, I wanted to do
this because it is going to be fun.
There is nothing better than walking into a local coffee shop, enjoying
a hot cup of coffee and listening to some of the areas most talented people
serenade you.”
Fort Thomas Coffee is a great business, but I wanted
to see what, specifically, drew Max to this venue.
He said, “I
love that Fort Thomas now has our very own coffee shop. FTC seems like it jumped right out of New
York and into our town. The atmosphere
is so wonderful and the people who work and own FTC are the nicest people you
will ever meet. We chose to perform at
the coffee shop because the owner, Lori Valentine, is an alumni of The University
of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and is another theatre lover like
myself.”
The Fort Thomas Cabaret is on August 7th at
6:30pm. Admission is free but it is encouraged
to buy a cup of joe to support the coffee shop.
The show features about 15 students performing songs from shows like
Godspell, Bare, The Boy in the Bathroom, Next to Normal, Once, Aladdin, The
Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown, Spring Awakening, Dogfight, and more. It will be an amazing evening filled with
music, coffee, and as Max puts it, “Good old fashion fun!”
That sounds so awesome!
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