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*** [Excerpted and reprinted with permission from the Denver Bicycle Parking Lot News]***

DENVER, COLORADO
(First Night Review)
"This show has shattered every record for box office draws! I've never seen anything like it!" cried Denver entertainment empress Lannie Garrett, shaking her head in wonder. "We've never had a crowd like this for any Ethics Revue ever held here at my cabaret. Disappointed patrons were turned away from the standing-room only crowd. Of course, we've never held an Ethics Revue at my cabaret . . ."
The crowd streaming out of the cabaret at 8:40 p.m. was aglow with good feeling (or maybe it was the free drinks). Post-show accolades, tributes, and fake, dusty flowers poured in to cast and crew alike. Gary Abram promised another fun-filled show the following evening, possibly with a full ethics panel.
Said one patron: "I can't believe we get ethics credit along with three hours of laughter and song. . . we were howling. The whole show was amazingly entertaining, well, except for a couple times when the ethics panel went on too long, . . . but you whipped them back in line. There were so many good songs that will now be indelibly branded into my brain, with alternate lyrics. I'm sure that there was enormous hard work behind the scenes but it looked like everyone had a ball. "

(Second night review)
The Ethics Revue played to a very appreciative, packed house at Lannie's last night, surpassing previous box-office records. The cast, perhaps fueled by the same food as the grown-ups, or the sponsored liquor (thanks, Dana Eismeier and Rick Foster!!!), surpassed its previous performance and put on a show like none ever seen before. Stunned by the production values, the CBA hired a roving cameraman to capture onstage moments and cast action in the cabaret -- a first! There will be a good deal of post-production editing before the final DVD is issued. The Ethics Panel, suitably cowed by the threat of appellate reversal, purchased wristwatches at the Kiosk outside the Clocktower, borrowed Charles Luce's flashlight to see them, and kept to the schedule.
The cast celebrated its brilliant performance outdoors at The Palm. The good feeling spilled over into singing. Evening visitors to Skyline Park noted that it was curiously free of the usual night-time riffraff. This reporter caught up with a disgruntled drug dealer, who had moved two streets over from his usual point of commerce at 17th and Arapahoe, to ask him why he had moved.
"Had I wished to hear these particular tunes and lyrics, I would have spent $179 and purchased a ticket to the Ethics Revue," is a rough translation of his response. "I wonder to whom I might direct a complaint for lost income?"
In a somber note, the director of the show was found later in a fruit-induced stupor at her home, with strawberry juice smeared around her face.

On November 15th, 16th, and 17th in the evenings, once again at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, was the fabulous 2011 Ethics Revue. The shows were always different ... though not always on purpose. There were three shows because the two 2010 shows sold out way too early.

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On Tuesday September 13, 2011, in Colorado Springs, the Club entertained the state judges at their Annual Conference with tales of judicial ethics. Another standing ovation, and a remarkable last-minute substitution by Judge Diana Terry.

At the show for the CWBA on June 11 at 3 pm in Vail the room was half-full at the beginning, but there was standing room only after the intermission. Even the bridge players came. An errant mouse threatened us all, but Director Doug crooned us back into place. Another standing ovation.

On November 18, 2010 we sang for 600 lawyers and judges; and Justice Mary Mullarkey, at the Marriott for the CJI Dinner; a smaller version of the Ethics Revue.

The Law Club's 2010 Ethics Revue with the CBA CLE and Ethics Committee took place at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret on the evenings of September 22 and 23, 2010. Three hours ethics CLE. The next-day reviews rave:

The Law Club acknowledges Burns, Figa & Will and Foster & Waggoner as sponsors of the 2010 Law Revue ... thanks folks ...

We visited with the judges and magistrates of the 18th Judicial District on September 14th at noon at the Douglas County Courthouse. The judges stood up for us this time. Getting the piano through courthouse security was interesting.

The 2009 Holiday party was on December 19th at Val's and Fred's. Pianist Luis Toro played for the sing-along, then took his attorney wife Jeanne and left the state. We deny we had anything to do with that ...

We sang and danced for various Inns of Court on 11/18/10 and 12/15/10 in the University Club.

The show on October 22, 2009 in Colorado Springs was for the Wendlekin Inn of Court; a very appreciative audience of about 60. Still not the Broadmore ...

On October 1, 2009 we attended Jazz at Jacks on the 16th Street Mall for our 1st annual karaoke/membership party, hosted by Cecil Pierson and Doug Tisdale. Best vocalist winners were Mark Berry and Brenda Taylor ... and everybody who sang or listened.

On September 23rd, 2009, we hosted the Iraq Supreme Court Chief Justice at the University Club. Click for pictures

We played September 3, 2009 at the University Club for the Thompson Marsh Inn.

Ethics Review IV occurred twice on July 9, 2009, at the CBA classroom. Still not the Hyatt Grand ...

On June 5, 2009, we played for an ABA Bar Fellows at the University Club. Bigger stage. Nobody went to the hospital.

On April 7, 2009, we played the University Club for two Inns of Court.

We were at the Botanic Gardens on 12/10/08 for the Metro Attorneys. Great room. Lots of oxygen.

On 11/6/08 we sang for two blended Inns on a tiny stage at the University Club. It was ... interesting. It will be remembered as The 2008 Fall Show ... We got a standing ovation but it may have been merely because everybody survived ...

We sang on 9/23/08 in Breckenridge at the 2008 Judicial Conference. It was at lunch. The judges and magistrates were sober (as a judge) and they liked us anyway -- a lot .. Click for pictures

There were three shows Spring, 2008; one in Gilpin County (almost), one at the University Club, and the last up in Vail for the CWBA. At the CWBA the projector turned itself off. Good thing we had scripts in reserve.

Once again we created the Ethics Revue III at the CBA offices on October 24, 2007 -- two shows, the second with dinner. It wasn't the Hyatt grand, but ... not bad, all in all.

On 9/18/07 we were in Vail at the 2007 Judicial Conference.

December 2006 hosted not one but two Law Club shows, on December 7, 2006 for the Thompson Marsh Inn of Court at the University Club ... Click for pictures

... and also on December 13th at the Hyatt, the return of the CBA Ethics Review. Click for pictures We did a double at the Marriot Hotel on October 27th, 2005, for a matinee and dinner performance of the very first CBA Ethics Review, jointly with the CBA Ethics Committee.

The very first Law Club ethics focused show was for the Inns of Court Summit Party at South Adams Street in Denver on August 25th, 2005. Click for pictures

Our last 2004 performance was the Muni Attorneys at the Oxford on 12/15/04 in the evening, for about 50 folks. It was wildly successful. That audience had been drinking.

Thursday, December 9th, 2004 we were at at the Greenwood Village Chamber of Commerce. It was Cecil's idea ...

We sang on September 10, 2004 Isle of Capri's Flamingo Ballroom Blackhawk for the Gilpin County Historical Society.

We musically welcomed various judges (and lampooned some) at the Law Club's Leap Year Judge's Reception at Gorsuch-Kirgis on March 1st, 2004.

We held a December 11th, 2003 show at the Greenbriar Inn outside of Boulder for the Municipal Lawyers.

On 12/5/2003 we sang for the CBA-Worker's Comp section at Maggiano's for lunch. Craig Eley's French-accent solo was a hit.

On December 1, 2003 we sang for the CBA/CLE Appreciation Party at the CBA.

On January 10, 2003 we sang for the Colorado Bar Foundation. 320 folks in the audience.

We sang at the Fort for the Metro City Attorneys Association on December 11, 2002. Crammed in a corner again, but the food was good.

We sang on Friday October 25th, 2002, at 3:30 PM, at the University of Denver College of Law for the Colorado Bar Association Access to Justice Awards Reception.

On 12/12/2001 we bussed up to the Sylvan Dale Ranch for the Metro City Attorneys. The sing-along on the bus was fun.

We may have sung for the DBA Summer Intern Program - Student Training on 6/21/01 ... maybe ...

On 11/8/00 we did a benefit for Opera Colorado at the Shwayder Theater. A real stage !! ... and a reprise of Channel Surfin' USA.

We may have done a reprise on 9/27/00 for the Arraj Inn of Court at the Brown Palace. Probably ...

The last two-hour show, Channel Surfin' USA, at a CBA Convention was September 9th, 2000, in Keystone, Colorado! No more conventions ... no more regular gigs ... :-( Click for pictures

The Law Club acknowledges Burns, Figa & Will and Foster & Waggoner
as sponsors of the 2010 Law Revue ... thanks folks ...

On September 23rd, 2009, we hosted the Iraq Supreme Court Chief Justice at the University Club.

Click for pictures

We sang on 9/23/08 in Breckenridge at the 2008 Judicial Conference. It was at lunch. The judges and magistrates were sober (as a judge) and they liked us anyway -- a lot ..

Click for pictures

December 2006 hosted not one but two Law Club shows, on December 7, 2006 for the Thompson Marsh Inn of Court at the University Club ...

Click for pictures

... and also on December 13th at the Hyatt, the return of the CBA Ethics Review.

Click for pictures
We did a double at the Marriot Hotel on October 27th, 2005, for a matinee and dinner performance of the very first CBA Ethics Review, jointly with the CBA Ethics Committee.

The very first Law Club ethics focused show was for the Inns of Court Summit Party at South Adams Street in Denver on August 25th, 2005.

Click for pictures

Our last 2004 performance was the Muni Attorneys at the Oxford on 12/15/04 in the evening, for about 50 folks.
It was wildly successful. That audience had been drinking.

The last two-hour show, Channel Surfin' USA, at a CBA Convention was September 9th, 2000, in Keystone, Colorado! No more conventions ... no more regular gigs ... :-(

Click for pictures