“We are interested in franchising it in some way, though.” I haven’t sent out any cease and desists, because I don’t think a club doing stripparaoke in Arkansas is going to impact us, really,” Shon laughs. We filed for the federal trademark on the name ‘stripparaoke’ and got it about a year ago. “I’ve seen other stripparaokes pop up around, but it’s really cool that we’re the original. When you interact with the singers, people get excited.”ĭevil’s Point has become the mothership for stripparaoke nationally, as the concept has picked steam in cities from San Diego to New Orleans.
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“It’s actually kind of nice not to have to be the sole center of attention. The crowd that comes in here, they want to have fun,” she laughs, platinum blonde hair shimmying over a Clueless T-shirt that’s been shredded and scissored to look more punk.
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If someone forgets the words, I’ll step in and help, and we’ll make it a duet. “I did choir most of my life, so I’ve always been really musical.
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Toxic, a karaoke enthusiast who has been dancing at stripparoke for a few months, agrees that the intersection between professional dancer and amateur performer always gets the crowd going. The combined performance quickly becomes more theatrical and burlesque-like than any run-of-the-mill strip club show, with a huge bin of backstage props at dancer’s disposal. The impetus towards being both body-positive and sex-positive was assuredly at the forefront of the event. Then there are others who are hardcore, who feel like: ‘I’m singing, don’t distract me!’ Karaoke people get really passionate about it.” A lot of people are receptive to being goofed around with. It’s so different when another person is up there. Runway-model height with cascading, pitch black hair, Vincent puts on some of the most alluring and elegant performances. “It’s a symbiotic relationship when you go up there, there’s an energy exchange that happens,” said Vincent, a dancer who has been working stripparaoke night for just over a year. The stage is suspended by giant, faux-chain-link ropes, and those singing stand in a designated backstage spot as a dancer gets down upstage. Unlike many strip clubs, which have a dancing corral in the center of the space carved out for performances, Devil’s Point is set up like a live music venue. It went from our slowest night of the week to our busiest night of the week in three or four years.”Įach Sunday, the club fills up with songbirds itching to show off their singing chops as a dancer twerks, twirls and glides up and down the pole. Eventually we just took both words, crammed them together, and it became stripparaoke. We originally called it ‘Karaoke Sabbath’. Since we had only three or four girls working, we decided to do karaoke.
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We were basically just having a regular slow Sunday night. “We started stripparaoke back in about 2005. He looks like a poster boy for Oregonians.
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Shon Boulden, co-owner of Devil’s Point, sports a thick blue knit beanie, a full beard and a genial nature. Dancer Toxic tries on one of the masks she sometimes wears during performances.