{"id":207898,"date":"2015-07-15T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T04:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=207898"},"modified":"2015-07-15T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T04:40:56","slug":"club-c-turns-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/club-c-turns-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Club C turns 1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Club C at Kanoa Resort, dubbed as Saipan\u2019s casino and entertainment paradise, turned a year old in June and is celebrating its year of success with a cocktail party tonight.<\/p>\n<p>According to general manager Peter Stewein, it has been an interesting year \u201cbecause not every month is the same. Every single month is different.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_207902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207902\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a attid=\"207902\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/club-c-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/club-c-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Ari Huggins and Raynie headline the musical act at Club C. (Frauleine S. Villanueva)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-207902\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ari Huggins and Raynie headline the musical act at Club C. (Frauleine S. Villanueva)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cAll things come with ups and downs,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s been interesting especially this year, the general times. The fluctuations in the tourists and the problems encountered in airlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite not putting out a lot of advertisements, the local market has been stable for Club C. \u201cEverybody always wants to do better but overall, it has been successful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Stewein said Club C was able to \u201cprovide something that\u2019s different\u201d on the island and it has been successful in this score. He noted that Club C has everything\u2014from just sitting down with a drink and having something to eat to gaming and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCasinos around the world generally these days put an emphasis on entertainment. Walk in, sit down, get something to drink, something to eat, enjoy a little bit of music, little bit of game on the side. It\u2019s a mix,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Club C is primarily a gaming facility, Stewein emphasized that is not only for those who want to play electronic games or e-games but also for those just want to have a good time as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not \u2018you must gamble.\u2019 Enjoy yourself. If you like, you can [gamble], but you don\u2019t have to,\u201d Stewein said.<\/p>\n<p>At Club C, everyone is welcome. Stewein said it doesn\u2019t matter if you dress up or not; it is open to different kinds of clients and is a safe place for a good time.<\/p>\n<p>And with a new year starting for Club C, it comes with yet another set of challenges. Despite this, projections are positive for the establishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got some competitions coming. \u2026Hotels are opening; more tourists are coming, more business. In the long run, if that all keeps on expanding\u2026it\u2019s good for everyone, including us. \u2026Over the longer period of time, I believe we\u2019ll be a successful company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, a little competition is good for the business too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt keeps you on your toes,\u201d Stewein said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entertainment paradise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In keeping with its promise to provide world-class entertainment, Club C has been bringing in performers from overseas as well as staging local artists.<\/p>\n<p>One of the newest performers they have is Ari Huggins, who has been in the entertainment business for 20 years and has performed in Los Angeles, Japan, Germany, Denmark, England, and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy parents were Caribbean so I know island tropical life already. It\u2019s a good combination: state, Western, and you know, tropical,\u201d Huggins said.<\/p>\n<p>Huggins is an overall performer and sings classics, R&#038;B, reggae, and even some Japanese songs and his original songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do Elvis or Neyo or Stevie Wonder or John Legend, Bob Marley. I do a variety,\u201d Huggins said.<\/p>\n<p>Another performer is Raynie who has been with Club C when it opened a year ago. She hails from Taiwan but has also performed in various places including Macau. She has been in the entertainment scene for a decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was singing in Macau and I think the boss went to the lounge bar where I was singing,\u201d Raynie said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their origins, Raynie and Huggins are proven flexible performers, well-versed not only in popular songs but also songs in various languages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSinging in different languages for me is not that hard,\u201d Raynie said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Club C at Kanoa Resort, dubbed as Saipan\u2019s casino and entertainment paradise, turned a year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":207902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6009,56,529,513],"class_list":["post-207898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-ari-huggins","tag-business-3","tag-macau","tag-taiwan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}