Sip n dip nightclub12/20/2023 ![]() ![]() “She’s passionate about music, it is her life,” said her granddaughter Kerri Anderson. (AUGUST 25, 2020) A lot of people know "Piano Pat" the performer, who has entertained crowds at the world famous Sip ’N Dip Lounge in Great Falls for more than 50 years. Pat was one of the reasons that the Sip 'N Dip was named by GQ magazine as the "#1 bar on earth worth flying for" in 2003, coupled with the near-equally iconic mermaids behind the bar. ![]() The website Punch noted last year: "Covering everything from classics from the songbook of Frank Sinatra to crowd favorites like 'Sweet Caroline' and 'I Love This Bar,' Pat plays and sings with the kind of self-possessed confidence only a nightclub veteran can pull off." Pat began performing at the Sip 'N Dip in 1963, and was loved and cheered on for decades by locals and tourists at the unique tiki-themed lounge she was known worldwide, being featured in scores of newspaper articles, television and news features, and travel videos. The O'Haire Motor Inn shared the news on Facebook: "It is with tremendously sad hearts that we tell you that our beloved Piano Pat passed away peacefully last night. GREAT FALLS - Pat Spoonheim - the iconic woman known for decades as "Piano Pat" who sat behind the keyboard and belted out favorites at the Sip 'N Dip Lounge at the O'Haire Motor Inn in downtown Great Falls - has passed away. ![]()
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