The Naughty List

I was recently invited to perform with the Frisky Fandom Burlesque troupe for their 3-day holiday show called, The Naughty List. I adapted my chair dance to fit the holiday theme.

 One of the fun new things about being an angel was trying to maintain my proper modesty.

The theme of the show was we were all competing to be chosen by Miss Santa as the star on the top of the Christmas tree.

 My friend Deanna was also in the show as Jewey Idol, the famous Jewish superstar. She sang "Rock the Dreidel of Love", had verses telling a brief history of Hanukkah, and had spinning dreidel pasties. I was invited to be a Jewish girl, sad that I couldn't be part of the celebration because I don't celebrate Christmas, and she comes to save the day.

 The cast.

I don't do much "burlesque" anymore, but when I do, I suuuuuure enjoy it!

Sh'Bang 2018

Another year of Sh'Bang!
There are snippets from the Big Circus Show!

Poki filling a wine glass balanced on two other wine glasses, balanced on a stick in his mouth!

Poki balancing two swords on their tips!

Bri Crabtree!

Deanna Flesher as Butt Kapinski.

 Sadye and me as the Hot Dogs!

The Mud Bay Jugglers!

The Cast!

 A taste of the off-road Soap Box Derby!

 The human Pinata!

 During the burlesque show, Poki cleared the table by sucking everything up with his "penis" vacuum. My friend Mylee also did a belly-dance twerking act that had me in stitches!

Wren and I performed our half hour circus variety show in the rain!

We were also part of the rainy Aquatic Circus, hosted by these two clams.

Sadye and I were part of the Aquatic Circus as hot dog narwhals. Here's me with my sweet friend Libby and her sweet pal! Moments after this, they saved me from my horn/tooth being caught in a tree!

The finale of the synchronized swimming act for that show included a multitude of swimmers, and one in the giant ball!

My dear friend Mylee performed this backwards mask dance (something we have done together as well!) with her pal from Chico, and various other dances while her brother accompanied her on guitar.

Random Cool Things... this place is called the Tripping Hazard.

Dad! And his visiting furry calico, Princess Gary! Dad has been coming to Sh'Bang for a bunch of years now, it's so great having him here for the whole weekend! He brings all the supplies to make pancakes, sausage, hamburgers and hot dogs to share! It's so great to have him there!

Happy Little Farm 2019!

WooHoo! This event is the Circus Guild's FAVORITE event of the year! Happy Little Farm owners, Casey and Shelley, host this delightful potluck they call "The Giver by the River" that includes square dancing, music, great food and drinks, kids everywhere, and circus. Here's what the circus portion of this great event looked like this year.
Acro Cats, Chipp and Sadye!

Dream Frohe on the lyra.

Former guild member Ariel.

Daniel wooing the kids with his bubbles and contact ball.

Some of the many happy kids enjoying the circus antics.

The Bunion Sisters, Sadye and Heidi.

Our wonderful hosts, Casey and Shelly (with son Willoughby).

Wren and I performing our "Turn Around" juggling act as Cupids.

Justin Credible performing his hat, cane, feather, and suitcase act.

Keelia! Performing at the Giver for the first time!

Sadye and I as the hot dogs, doing our onion juggling act.

Chipp performing his almost-annual, back by popular demand, Banana of Delight. Introduced appropriately as, "Once you've seen the banana of delight, you cannot un-see it". This year, Shelley was the brave banana lighter.

This photo captures the effect of Chipp's intro for me perfectly.

The cast, including Shelley!

We can't wait for next year!

My Circus Valentine 2018

The 8th almost-annual My Circus Valentine show!

This year, Sadye and I performed our first Hot Dog act, as the beginning of an adventure to put an entire Hot Dog show together as a duo called, The Fun Bags!

 In this act, we are two lonely hot dogs who meet and fall in love, then one dies, and the other is so sad, she dies, then the first one comes back, then dies... on and on as the lights fade out.

Wren and I were cupids, juggling glow clubs to the song "Turn Around".

Here, we're just two goofballs in the photo-booth!

 The Cast!

Don, Chipp, Wren, Jill, Lara, Me, Jody, Eve Diamond, Laura Burch, Heidi, Terril, ..., Sam, Dream, PJ, Jess, Daniel, Sadye, Kat, Anneka!

 The Cast and my parents!

 And the man who makes it all happen, photo-booth creator extraordinaire, Jeff Lefferts!

To see previous years' photos check out Jeff's facebook Page HERE!

Twas the night before Christmas 2017

Wren and I are spending Christmas in Jamaica!
Here's a lil' holiday poem in celebration!

Twas the night before Christmas

and i feel like a grouch

the internet stinks

it only works from the couch

The owners are great

at our air b and b house

but the dogs are too chatty

and there's too cheeky a mouse

This morning we dined

on fresh fruit from the land

mango starfruit smoothies

tropics in the palm of my hand

We juggled for our hosts

and gave their dogs a snuggle

then ate some top ramen

and finished a crossword puzzle

Then off to adventure

an inexpensive one to boot

we swam and touched a waterfall

and the locals there were a hoot

A jaunt to Ocho Rios

in a van packed to the gills

an ex-race-car-driver i imagine

is careening us through winedy hills

We take just a peek in Margaritaville

but it was fast food we finally downed

then continued our favoirte pasttime

of finding local coins on the ground

Home again for our last night

after our warm dark evening stroll

tomorrow we're off to a new town

Negril is our destined goal

But for now we'll snuggle in and listen

to the crickets and distant raggae beats

while counting our Christmas blessings

and dreaming of Jamaican Jerk meats.

So here's to a joyful holiday

full of love, celebration, and cheer

All the best from us, Wren and Della

And a happy 2018 new year.