This bird can sing
Her weekend in Burlington began with an afternoon at the Bart Howard Room with students from Burlington High School and Mediapolis High School."They were darling angels," the Broadway diva said. "It was a fabulous experience."
You can tell New York old-liners when they walk onstage. They always wear sequins, and Mayes was a glittering pixie in black for her evening concert.
Mayes' one-woman show was the cabaret veteran's first-ever without a microphone, and she told the audience she was startled to do a sound check without any sound reinforcement.
It takes a lot to sit in front of a crowd of strangers, totally exposed with no mic stand to hide behind after a lifetime of having that device as a prop, a partner, a friend, but Mayes seemed to blossom a little, giving the Burlington crowd a very personal show.
Mayes favors story songs: pictures from and glimpses into her woman's journey through life, and more often than not, her wry sense of humor was