This was only $1.00 . I think the title as well as the cover are what hooked me to buy.
Kippy Lou Brinkman was a former Miss America contestant from Seattle area, five foot six, with long blond hair . She was named the most talented musician in the 1996 Miss America contest. I am guessing playing the harp was her talent.
She parlayed those talents into a gig at the Dome of the Sea restaurant at the Las Vegas Dunes Hotel. With a catalog ranging from the classics to pop music, she has played with “top flight entertainers” including Frank Sinatra according to one bio. From what I can tell, she now gives harp lessons back in Washington in the Olympia area although it is now Kippy Lou Scott.
The Dome of the Sea was a gourmet seafood restaurant in the Dunes hotel which opened in 1965. Carry Grant came to the opening. It was designed by Milton Schwartz with a sea shell in the middle of the floor surrounded by a figure 8 of water. Inside the sea shell, sat Kippy. Apparently it was mesmerizing for customers. Not sure how long the restaurant lasted but the hotel was closed in 1993. Two years later, it was imploded.
I am sure this was an attempt to sell records to the mesmerized eaters who went to the Dome. It is a collection of popular numbers unaccompanied on the harp. I imagine this gives a pretty good taste of what Kippy was performing in Vegas. Standards on the album include “Laura’s Theme”, “Sunrise, Sunset”, and “Yesterday”. Kippy is well accomplished at her instrument and as a result, it is pretty nifty harp playing.
For a sample, I went with “Never On a Sunday” which I felt best ties in all the elements of harp playing.
I am in a good mood today. Satisfactory record.