Duke’s Place shares a treat

You are in for a real treat on Wednesday nights at the new Balboa Bay

Club and Resort as the Page Cavanaugh Trio has returned to weekly

performances in the new Duke’s Place lounge. The 81-year-old

Cavanaugh has played with the likes of Doris Day, Frank Sinatra,

Peggy Lee, Johnny Desmond and Mel Torme in his 60-plus years as a

pianist and bandleader.

Eldest daughter Stacy and I stopped by Duke’s Place on Wednesday

to hear Page sing such songs as “Three Bears,” which was introduced

by Bobby Troop in 1946, Sinatra’s “Lucky in Love,” Nate King Cole’s

“If I Had to Choose Just One Day” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.” The

audience was multigenerational, from people in the 20s to the

70-year-olds, with many using the dance floor.

In the audience, appreciating the musical talent of Cavanaugh were

47-year old entertainer Michael Feinstein and his parents, up from

Laguna Beach, where they are vacationing.

“I am an unabashed Page Cavanaugh fan,” said Feinstein, who

produced the Page Cavanaugh Trio Live CD “Crazy Rhythm.”

Between sets, Cavanaugh visited with guests in Duke’s Place,

seeing if they had a song to request the trio to play. Seldom does

Cavanaugh use sheet music, and he usually provides an introduction

and history to what he his going to play. His fingers don’t miss a

key, and his voice strong and soothing.

“His stories are the best part of working with Page,” backup

drummer Dave Johnstone said. “Page has worked with so many legends of

the music industry.”

Cavanaugh, bass player Phil Mallory and regular drummer Dave Tull

played weekly at the Balboa Bay Club for four years, before the

construction of the new facilities. In past years, you had to be a

member of the Bay Club to hear the Page Cavanaugh Trio, but not so

now, BBC President Henry Schielein said.

The resorts facilities, including Duke’s Place lounge, the First

Cabin restaurant, hotel and conference facilities are open to the

public. Just drive in, give your car to the valet, and your server,

like our server in Duke’s Place Wednesday, Holly Holzer, will

validate your parking ticket. You pay for your beverages and food

just like any other fine dinning restaurant along the coast, except

here you have a bay front view and entertainment nightly Monday

through Saturday.

“The trio achieves a synergy that captivates everyone who hears

them,” Feinstein said. “Don’t take my word for it. Listen.”

The Page Cavanaugh Trio plays from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Wednesdays

in Duke’s Place at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort, 1221 W. Coast

Highway, Newport Beach.

WORTH REPEATING

From Thought for the Day provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

-- Martin Luther King Jr.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

6:30 p.m.: The Newport Harbor-Costa Mesa Lions Club will meet at

the Costa Mesa Country Club for their annual awards night. Past

President Marianne Segalla will present members with awards and

honors for their participation in the club’s events, including the

School Box Supply Program, Ronald MacDonald House Assistance, Sight

and Hearing Foundation and Boys & Girls Club Christmas Gift Wrapping.

TUESDAY

7: 30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns for a Craft Talk by Laura Dietz

(newportbeachsunriserotary.org/ index.htm).

6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club meets at the

Costa Mesa Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club (www.southcoastmetro rotary.org); and the Newport

Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The 40-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Assembly candidate Marianne

Zippi.

6 p.m.: The 60-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club (www.newport-balboa.org).

THURSDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast

Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Cafe for a business meeting.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn (www.kiwanis.org/club/ costamesa); the 50-member Kiwanis

Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club; the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor

will meet at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum; and the 100-member

Newport-Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the Atrium Hotel for a club

assembly (www.nirotary.org).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays in the Daily Pilot.

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949)

660-8667; e-mail to jdeboom@ aol.com or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol,

Suite 201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.