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Klub Karaoke Entertainment is the area's premiere mobile Karaoke and DJ service
with over 20 years experience, serving the local communities.
Based from Watford, KKE naturally covers all areas of Herts., Beds., Bucks., and Berks. together with all parts of North, West and North-West London.

We provide quality Karaoke, DJ and MC services for clubs, pubs, restaurants, bars, weddings, barmitzvahs, private parties, children's parties and corporate events,
and can provide Dinner, Background, Dancing, or Atmospheric music. All at very reasonable prices.
(For details of our childrens' parties, please see below)
With guaranteed new titles every month there is always the LATEST song selection amongst our total library of over 4,000 karaoke tracks.
Our library includes Oldies, Pop, Rock, Country, Adult Contemporary, and Latin music.

We also feature a premier sound system with wired and wireless microphones suitable for indoor and outdoor events.

Our goal is to provide enjoyable entertainment and a fun upbeat atmosphere for all to enjoy.
We cater to all ages and events and work with our clients to specialize their Function/event.
We offer a broad array of karaoke music such as pop, rock, oldies, hip hop, and country from our extensive library.
There is certainly something to please everyone, and we have music from all eras to get the party moving and keep it going all night long.

For Karaoke functions, we play music and music videos in between singers so the party never stops!
We can also provide semi-pro and professional singers to add a touch of elegance and class to any special occasion.
The services of the KJ(DJ) is included in all of our prices.
Let us help you make your function/event one to remember.

REMEMBER, when you hire a professional DJ/MC/KJ the final decision should not be based upon the lowest price!!!!!!!

Why not contact John to discuss your outline requirements?
KKE's 24hour voicemail telephone number is
07842 177 881
or you can make contact via email

You may have already seen KKE at....

Croxley Green Community Centre
Holyrood Hall, West Watford
West Watford Community Centre
The Sportsman PH, Croxley Green
The Gunge, Ruislip Manor
The Fox & Hounds, Croxley Green

KKE has also acted as MC for various corporate and private functions working with the likes of:

Andrew Heart
Murphy from Texas Flood
Busher
Elvis Mole
Norinda
The Madonna with the Big Boobies
and many more...

Childrens Karaoke

Childrens Karaoke, let the children take over the microphone and show the guests the future Pop Idols.
Childrens Karaoke is a unique format designed for children to experience the fun and excitement of performing live.

All Ages - Hundreds of Songs
It caters for children of all ages, from Pre School to teenagers.

With hundreds of songs to choose from, there is a song for everyone.
Littlies can sing their favourite nursery rhymes or the bigger kids can sing one of their favourite current top 40 hits from Avril to Delta or even Good Charlotte!

It is an interactive show - Your host will also join in with singing and dancing to songs such as The Chicken dance, Hokey Pokey through to the latest dances like The Ketchup Song, Macarana, Abba and more...

Shows Duration:
From 2 - 4 hours and is adapted to fit in with your function.

The Show:

Production and Equipment includes:
Karaoke words on TV monitor
100's of quality karaoke songs
3 - 4 microphones up on stage
Fully operated PA system to suit any venue
Speakers and stage gear suitable for inside or outdoor shows.
Interaction with children & adults, making it fun for all
Full Colour A3 Display Posters for Venues if required

THE HISTORY OF KARAOKE
WORD ORIGIN :
The Japanese word "karaoke" is now listed not only in Japanese dictionaries but also in the latest edition of The Oxford English Dictionary published in England, one of the most distinguished and formal English dictionaries, proving the word has become common throughout the world. Karaoke is a typical form of entertainment for Japanese business people; they drop into a bar with colleagues after work, have a drink, and enjoy singing popular songs to the accompaniment of karaoke. Karaoke has been entertaining people ever since its invention 20 years ago, and has become firmly established in Japanese society, going far beyond just a temporary boom.
BORN IN KOBE :
Karaoke is a Japanese abbreviated compound word: "kara" comes from "karappo" meaning empty, and "oke" is the abbreviation of "okesutura," or orchestra. Usually, a recorded popular song consists of vocals and accompaniment. Music tapes in which only the accompaniment is recorded were named "karaoke." It is now widely recognized that the use of karaoke started at a snack bar in Kobe City. It is said that when a strolling guitarist could not come to perform at the bar due to illness or other reasons, the owner of the bar prepared tapes of accompaniment recordings, and vocalists enjoyed singing to the tapes. Even though it is only legend, this might have been the beginning of karaoke, and since then, karaoke has been commercialized and has become popular all over Japan.
NEW TRENDS COME FROM THE WEST OF JAPAN :
There is a saying in Japan that "New trends come from the West of Japan." Japan's first supermarket and sauna were established in the Kansai area, and Kansai has successively created unique businesses and products such an instant noodles or automated ticket gates. Especially among the cities in the Kansai area, Kobe features an original urban atmosphere. There is another saying that "Fashion comes from Kobe." It is said that the fashion of young women is recognized first in Kobe and becomes popular in Tokyo later, so fashion magazines have to keep an eye on the women in Kobe. Since Kobe Port was opened to international trade in 1868, on the eve of the Meiji Restoration, Kobe has been leading the way towards international exchange, and many foreigners have come to live in Kobe. Western-style residences in which foreigners used to live are located in Kitano-cho, where a jazz festival is held every year, showing Kobe to be a mecca for jazz fans. In addition, many foreigners participate in the "Kobe Festival," known for its parade enlivened with samba rhythms and dance. Such musical leanings may lie behind the birth of karaoke.
THE BACKGROUND OF KARAOKE'S POPULARITY :
The Japanese like parties. From ancient times, a party become enlivened when someone started singing and the others kept time with hand-clapping, making the atmosphere more cheerful. It has never mattered whether the person sings well or not. Even if he sings out of tune, it can spark laughter and make the party more lively. Having such a custom, the Japanese are generous when they listen to other people sing, and can easily sing in front of others without feeling reluctance. This also seems to be one of the reasons that karaoke has been largely accepted in Japanese society. Karaoke was born in a night amusement quarter at the end of the high economic growth period. Until then, customers used to listen to popular songs via wire broadcasting, request favorite songs by telephone, and the wire broadcasting company put the songs on the air. Such a system continued for quite a while. However, it might be unnatural for many Japanese who like singing to only listen to other people sing. It was then that karaoke appeared on the scene. Holding a microphone and singing a song to the accompaniment of an "orchestra," you can feel like a professional singer. If other customers give you a big hand, you feel all the happier. Karaoke has thus stimulated people's desire to sing. For corporate soldiers living in a stressful society, there is no other entertainment that can make them feel so refreshed. Consequently, karaoke immediately spread from Kansai all over Japan.
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND THE KARAOKE BOX :
Though karaoke was at first an entertainment mainly for business people, it has grown to be a nationwide amusement, thanks to technological development and a new business called the "karaoke box." Originally in the form of tape of a popular song's accompaniment, karaoke evolved to the compact disk, which can locate the beginning of a song immediately. This development also made possible the enhancement of video scenes to create an atmosphere suitable to each song, displayed on a TV monitor along with the words. Using technological innovations such as the video disk, laser disk, and CD graphics, karaoke has grown to be a major entertainment industry. Family-use karaoke sets have also become popular, making the amusement formerly limited to night spots possible in the home. However, there is an obstacle to this end of the business: since most Japanese houses stand close each other and are still built of wood, with poor soundproofing, it would be very annoying of the neighbors to sing into a microphone at night. Seizing upon the opportunity created by this problem, entrepreneurs created the karaoke box, a roadside facility containing closed-door insulated rooms for singing. They are advertised as a place where you can sing to your heart's content. The first karaoke box appeared in 1984 in a rice field in the countryside of Okayama Prefecture, just west of the Kansai area. It was built from a converted freight car. Since then, karaoke boxes have been built on unoccupied grounds all over Japan, and in urban areas, karaoke rooms, which consist of compartments made by partitioning and soundproofing rooms in a building, were introduced and set up one after another. As these facilities were established mainly to provide places to enjoy singing, they became widely popular among all sectors of the population -- female office workers, housewives, college students, and even high school students.
KARAOKE'S UNEXPECTED EFFECT :
Since karaoke boxes are closed-door facilities, they became an object of public concern as potential havens for misdeeds among young people. On the other hand, however, since not a few families enjoy singing together in karaoke boxes, the karaoke box also plays a role as a place for family communication through singing. This is important at a time when generation gaps and family breakups are a nationwide concern. How, the karaoke boom has spread abroad, enjoyed not only in Korea and China but also in Southeast Asia, the U.S., and Europe. Since karaoke displays the words and scenes of a song on a monitor, it has also been attracting the attention of countries trying to improve their literacy rate, as a good educational tool. It is likely that karaoke, the entertainment industry born in a small night spot in Kansai, will continue to make further strides in both technological development and popularity. It is said that since the popularization of records, radio, and TV, people have become passive receivers of entertainment. The advent of karaoke might help correct this phenomenon and make a great contribution to the history of musical entertainment.

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