Presentation Video & Resumes
Two Resumes: 30 years Entertaining & 25 years in Business
| TYPE OF VENUES | VENUES |
|---|---|
| Museums | Museum of Science Industry, Most Interesting People of the Chicago Millennium - 2000, Art Institute Model Chicago, Las Vegas |
| Fan Club | Columbia College Chicago |
| Casinos | Excalibur, Lynryd Skynyrd’s BBQ & Beer, Mandalay Bay, House of Blues: Rock Star - Rock Band Karaoke, Bill’s Saloon, Caesar’s Palace, Harrah’s, Greek Isles, M Resort, Fiesta, Gold Coast, Fitzgerald’s, Imperial Palace, Station Casinos, Fremont Street Experience, Las Vegas. |
| Restaurants | Iron Mike Ditka’s, Chicago Bears Football, Jilly’s on Rush, McDonald’s Corporate: Grand Openings, Ed Debevics’, #1 50’s and 60’s Restaurant and Bar, Kingston Mines, #1 blues bar, Gibson’s Steak House, DJ, KJ, MC for activities |
| Magnificent Mile Chicago | Singing Chef at Linens & Things. Taught Gourmet Cooking & Karaoke |
| Boats | Empress, Harrah’s, Princess Cruise |
| Television | My appearance on the Jenny Jones International TV Talk Show as Barbie Doll the “Queen of Karaoke” turned into “American Idol.” VH1, MTV, Glamour Productions Karaoke. Background Actress. |
| Parades | Polish Constitution Parade, Chicago. St. Patrick’s Day - Chicago and Las Vegas, German Festival, Italian Festival, marched in first Vietnam Veteran parade 40 years after the war. I crusaded and was victorious for veterans' rights. |
| Radio | Interviews and singing: WJMK-FM, WPKG, brought in the Millennium, New Year’s Eve, 2000, WSCR Interview. Vegas KDWN-Talk, 104.7 Cave Springfield, MO |
| Sporting Events | White Sox Baseball Park, Elvis-a, WSCR am talk sports radio interview, Chicago Bears fundraiser, Chicago Cubs Park, Barbie Day |
| Corporate | Pepsi/Gatorade/Quaker Oats, Elvis-a Gator woman, Donco Paper Christmas Party, School District Christmas Party |
| Karaoke | Started at Disney World 1989. Time Out, Branson, Legends, Gilly's, Chicago Navy Pier, Sidekicks, Fantasy Lounge, Dave & Busters, WannaBees, Nashville, Blue Frog, Mystique, Trader Todd’s, Excalibur, Chicago, Joe’s Weed Bar, Fantasy Lounge, Lion’s Den |
| Ethnic | Club 505 Polka, Polish Dancing Hall, Baby Doll Polka |
| Festivals | Taste of Chicago -- Winner of karaoke contests. Taste of Polonia, Polish ancestry. German, Italian, Chinese, African, Mexican, Puerto Rican. Millennium Park, Elvis Fantasy Festival |
| Patriotic and Fundraisers | La Vegas and Branson, Missouri - Viet Nam Veteran Parades, VFW, U.S. Marine Club. All my entertaining in costumed karaoke was out of love not for money. I'd change costumes as many as eight times in one karaoke evening. Fairy Godmother event at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago. |
| Conventions | McCormick Place, Rosemont Convention Center, Make-up & Hair Convention. Sales, break-down, set up. |
| Movies, TV, Stage | On TV news: the First patron at the new Chicago post office, largest in the world. Movies with Bruce Willis, Tommy Lee Jones, Bonnie Hunt. News articles in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Chicago Heights Star. Interviews. Starred in Seniors as Stars. |
| Political Candidate | Radio commercials, talk show radio hostess |
| Company | Title | Duties | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Jewell Caterer to the Stars #1 | Human Resource Director for Human Development | Recruited, hired, lectured, trained, motivated tuxedoed waitstaff. Development costumed hiring. Assigned to scare horror author, Stephen King, at his first book signing. He wasn't aware of the advertising perk and called the police on me since he thought I was a stalker. Afterward was delighted and introduced himself. Managed employee list. | |
| Donco Paper Supply | Owner/CEO Assistant | Coordinated sales for freight shipments of recycled paper. Assisted in the computer room. | |
| Quaker Oats, Pepsi, Gatorade Merger | Assistant Manager, Travel Department | Directed 25 travel agents. Implemented 16,000 line Excel report. Created a precise form for booking airlines, hotels, and cars. Organized office. Fixed gigantic copiers. Completed course in ergo-dynamics. Won 1st place at company picnic for costume award. Discovered $250,000 unused airline credits. | |
| Roadway Express #1 | Assisted Manager | Taught manager trainees. Leader in Total Quality Management, TQM. Solved problems. Delegated work. Facilitated Blue Ribbon crucial on-time shipments for complete customer satisfaction. Received Employee of the Month twice in a year. Earned first place in Sportsmanship Award at the first Corporate Olympics. Worked with transportation manifests, billing collections, accountants payable, accounts receivable. | |
| Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago | Assistant Manager | Pioneered computers. IBM. Inventory. |