The Star Next Door

"Karaoke All-Stars"       
By: Rob Carlmark

One Central Coast couple says they found harmony and love in a place they least expected-- singing karaoke at Bill's Place in Arroyo Grande. Rob Carlmark took "note" of their story in part two of "Karaoke All-Stars."

Doc and Nancy Thompson say they've seen the full spectrum of singers while running the karaoke program at Bill's Place every week.

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"They really are no different that the people that sing for the first time and sing terribly," says Doc Thompson. "Everybody wants to be a star. Everybody would like to have their moment of fame."

Star performers Raul Torres and Diane Dolphin say they came to karaoke for the songs, but ended up staying for the romance.

"When we are together up there, we don't think about the crowd, we are focused on each other," says the couple.

Singing love songs from the heart, Torres and Dolphin say it was the music that took their relationship to the next level.

"We knew each other before that singing and stuff," says Dolphin. "And five years ago, to the date of that date, he finally asked me to marry him. We are engaged. It took him five years to get that brave."

Torres and Dolphin say they plan to marry soon, and say they try to make it out to Bill's Place every Sunday and Tuesday.

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