Painting My Toes

At last! I am deliriously excited to announce Chou Chou and the Imperial Palms is returning to live performances starting September! We’re open for business and accepting bookings! Behind the scenes, I’m beginning the frenzy of planning, creating, dusting...

The Lesson

I’ve lost much sleep lately. I’m a band leader now. How do I define that? With Doc retired, I yearn to keep the legacy he created 35 years ago, the Imperial Palms Orchestra, alive. So I learn his songs, the conducting, some patter, and the rest, along with...

The Perfect

I admit to possessing a vigilance and predictable resourcefulness that stacks odds in favor of positive outcomes. I am cursed with the very same thing. I deep dive into that relentless whatever-it-takes-ness that can make overwork my default. I constantly need to be...

A new kinda, Chou kinda, show!

Welcome and brilliant salutations! Thanks for visiting our shiny new website. Doc and I are bubbling over with excitement and anticipation as we launching into a new chapter of life! We’ve worked hard and prepared. At last, we’re ready! After 35 years as...