Hello Member!This story time video is about the Opening Bluebell costume displayed at Bally’s Las Vegas. I’m not sure if it is still there, as I saw it in June of 2021, but I wanted to share my reaction about how inaccurate it was. I may post this publicly someday, but as you can tell […]
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Hello Member!I felt it was time to share these videos with you. Forgive the blurriness, our cameras were not that great 20 years ago. And one of them is a recording on my phone from the television playing the VHS tape. Must get that converted soon!! This first video was captured in the spring of
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Hello member!I was perusing through videos to edit and found this little story about how I came to own the mockup of the Jubilee! souvenir program cover with me on it. It is a short story I shared for my friend Martie on her Show and Tales virtual event. Enjoy!
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Hello Member!This video was created to answer a question from a member: What were the nicknames of the Principal Finale backpacks? In this video, I share some photos of me in the packs, as well as a few others that I have found on the internet. (I lost my hard drive with some of my
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Hello Member!This video was created to share what happened during the 36 hour trip I took to Vegas to speak on the panel about 35 years of Jubilee! I was exhausted and lit up by the experience. Hope you enjoy this inside peek!! I will share the actual panel video when I get it! Mentioned
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Hey Member! This video is a quick one I made that goes more in depth about the quick change boxes I talked about in the video about Cues awhile back. A viewer was curious about the boxes themselves, so I drew a little sketch. (I really wish I had taken more photos back then of
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Hey Member! Here is another video in answer to a question about being in Jubilee! I talk about how the dressing rooms were organized and dispel the myth that principals got their own dressing rooms. Enjoy! I found some photos posted on Pinterest by another Jubilee! dancer. Here is that board if you’d like to
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Hey Member! This video was created to answer a series of questions from a viewer about this particular pack. I go into great detail about the White Star backpack, its storage, how it was put on, etc. Enjoy!
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Hello Member! This video is a quick one about my favorite Jubilee! costume. I have shared about it often, but I wanted to show the sketch and the costume together so that you can see that Pete Menefee‘s sketches really were brought to life beautifully and exact. Enjoy!
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Hey Member! I made this video as part of a series of videos I recorded about details of being in the show. It’s short and sweet. I was lucky that I was able to capture the photos that I did, as the mural no longer exists. Which is really sad. But Caesars has a way
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Hello Member! While this video is not fully Showgirl related, except yours truly being part of the cast, it is a creation that is very near and dear to my heart. My love, Professor Phelyx, and I created this show. It was long before I dove into the history of the Showgirl and her role
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Hey Member! I know I promised this to you months ago, but I wanted to save these videos for the right time of year. January was always the hardest time in the show. It was full of stress and anxiety just after the holidays. We usually had auditions the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of the
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Happy Halloween, Member!! Here is the crown jewel of my Halloween burlesque collection!! I created this act in 2014, with the guidance of a burlesque headliner. I took the city of Denver by storm with this one. It was requested every year for Halloween thereafter. I even headlined with this act in 2015. So, you
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Hey Member! Week 2 of Halloween burlesque acts is here! Now, before you watch this, know that I think I am funny. I created this act for a special “British Invasion” burlesque show, knowing that Halloween was right around the corner and that I needed a second act to headline a show the next month.
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Hello Member! I thought it would be fun to share some performance videos this month to count down to Halloween! This first act I am sharing is very important to me. It was a resurrected solo from my teen years that I decided to turn into a burlesque act, in 2016. I had a signature
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Hey Member! Here’s that first bonus video about costumes I promised! I share why dressing up is important to me and other updates. Then I share my costume closet. It’s the abbreviated version. If you want to see in depth, please watch the other full length one I shot a year ago. It’s slightly different,
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Hello Member! Here is the last of the monthly livestreams that I will be doing for the membership. I shared about the anniversary gift I received from my love, Bluebell’s death anniversary and what was happening in my life at the time of her death. I also shared about some of my ideas for the
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Hey Member!As promised, I wanted to share another performance video with you. This is one of my last performances in 2018. I had become tired of the burlesque scene and was ready to call it quits. I created this act to close the Bunny Brigade Show that my love and I produced to tribute the
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Hello Member!I thought it would be fun to share the bulk of the photos and videos from my trip to Paris in one slideshow. These are the best of them, and the bulk of what I took to document my trip. There were hundreds of photos of the maps to get to and from places
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Hello Member! Here is the replay of the August livestream. Mostly updates and ramblings of how passionate I am to preserve the history of the Showgirl in this way. Let me know if you have any questions for next month, or topics you would like me to discuss for Showgirl Story Times or future livestreams.
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Hello Member! Here is the livestream that I did this morning. I didn’t answer questions, I just shared about what’s next for Showgirls Life podcast and the super secret experience Sheri and I got to do in Las Vegas. (A bit about the Reno one, but still keeping that under wraps….mostly.) I got a bit
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Hey there Member! Here is your May guest roundup bonus episode!! This episode features Marty Lewis, Alison Kravenko, Debra Lee Kristian and Dollie Eaglin. More mind-blowing stories from these guests!! Enjoy!XOXO! Athena
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This is part three in a series about my Gazealous feather fan dance costume. If you missed it, you can watch part one and part two for more of the scoop about this costume. Watch the video below to learn just how much it cost to bring this headdress to life! The Sparkle Snacks (time
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This is part two in a series about my Gazealous feather fan dance costume. If you missed part one, watch it here. Watch the video below to learn the real process of constructing a Showgirl headdress from scratch! The Sparkle Snacks (time lapse creation videos) for this hat can be found here. Thank you for
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This is part one in a series about my Gazealous feathered headdress feather fan dance costume. Watch the video to learn the inspiration behind an act that was created in response to my desire to differentiate burlesque strippers from real Showgirls. The Sparkle Snacks (time lapsed costume creation videos) for this hat can be found
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