Bartenders Bash… the Flair bartending competition that started it all for myself and many others. A long time tradition that was passed down to me from a true Flair legend Bill Long. This multi venue event starts down at the original location where it all started… Holiday Isle in the Florida Keys May. Then in June we hit the Blue Martini in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the 2nd event of the “Bartenders Bash Series”. Then we move to a new location in June at Bahia Cabana in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This three venue multi-date event is entirely based on “Freestyle Exhibition Flair” and competitors will accumulate points from both events to determine the overall winner. This competition is all about FUN and FLAIR! We keep the prize money low to keep the event fun and stress free. It is one of the biggest industry parties of the year and has a lot of prestige and sentimental value to many. This is great competition for first time competitors wanted to get there feet wet and feel like a rockstar on stage to seasoned profesional Flair bartenders who want to be a part of history. Check your liver at the door and bring your pay stub that proves you work in the service industry as a “tipped employee” because this event is closed off to the public and reserved for the true party people that serve all year round and finally have a chance to be served. For more details check out “www.barwars.info”!

Practice this one at home (a lot) before trying this at work.

Martini – Incubus This song is featured on their upcoming greatest hits collection entitled “Monuments and Melodies”. “Monuments and Melodies” will be available in North America on 6/16/2009 and even sooner in other countries around the world. Enjoy!

This week’s lesson introduces the first prop flair that we will be learning in the upcoming weeks. Set down your bottle and tin and get ready to use some other fun objects we have around the bar. These moves can be great crowd pleasers and are especially useful if your boss is worried about you dropping/breaking bottles at work (which you should be concerned about too!) This move is a fun one, using two beer bottles and opening one of them with flair. Brought to you by www.christhebartender.com. Have fun and keep practicing! Cheers, Chris

Yamagami / Suzuki Vocal Timothy Nishimoto & China Forbes Reworking version of Wada Hiroshi song Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu Shiroi unaji ni yurete ita Naito kurabu no aoi hi yo Daite odoreba yasashii kata ga Nazeka kanshiku, nazeka kanashiku Furueteta… furueteta Kono mamade itsu made mo Futari sugoshita Akasaka no Kiri no, hoteru no, koi no yoru Moeta anata no itoshi hoho ga Itsuka sahishiku, itsuka sabishiku Nureteita….nureteita Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu Minna wasurete hoshii no to Tatto hito yo de kieta hito Amaku setsunai utsuriga dake o Sotto nokoshiite, sotto nokoshiite Kiri no naka … kiri no naka Kikochiyo to mohshimasu

Brought to you by www.christhebartender.com, this week’s working flair bartending move is an add-on to lesson #4, the Swipe Thru.

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