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!

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!

Mom and Dad's 44th Anniversary

This year mom and dad decided to celebrate their 44th Anniversary by staying at the Lummi (Dad's an official "card-holder" now) casino hotel, and coming to Vaudevillingham.

Sadye and I sang her hot dog song, with a few added lines to help celebrate their 44 year anniversary.

This was their reaction, captured by the talented Thaddeus Hink.

Priceless. I love these two!

My Circus Valentine 2017

This year, Wren and I created a ball juggling routine set to music and rhyming lyrics we wrote about love. It included me in tear-away pajamas, and Wren doing solo amazing ball juggling, ending with us ball juggling together.

I performed my Hands of Time act, having adjusted it to fit the theme of Love.

This amazingly talented and hilarious guy was in our show...Ezra.

Mom and dad were there, but we never mad it into the photobooth together, but Wren's mom did with her lady-posse!

The aerialist ladies also made it in...

The beginning our Sadye's and my love of being Hot Dogs is captured here.

 Anneka and Dream and I were lucky enough to get a photo with Lucas Hicks and his wonderful mom, Glenna.

 Somehow, the entire cast made it into the photobooth!
(Laura, Jules, Terril, Jess, Daniel, Sam, Dream, Jill, Esther, me, Wren, Sadye, Anneka, PJ, Don, Chipp, Heidi, Lara)

 Thanks to Jeff Lefferts and Lindsey for making the photobooth happen every year. We love it!

To see previous Valentine's day photobooths, check out Jeff's Flicker site!

Hickstravaganza!

I had the honor of co-organizing a benefit event for an extraordinary human...

Lucas Hicks.

My folks came, and my dad brought a bunch of his yummy homemade apple cider, brandy and moonshine. There was a bar, Kurly's fry cart, a silent auction, live music (Bar Tabac,

and The Gallus Brothers),

a square dance, and a circus show with Jason Quick juggling and bed of eggs, Dream and PJ on Silks,

I did the pig dance, and Wren and I did the rope act.

Dream on Lyra, and Casey as MC.

It was a fabulous night, and we raised just over $15,000 at our 3-hour event.

Here's a write-up about it.

Thanks to the numerous donors, volunteers, and attendees.

What a smashing success!

Inauguration Day Cabaret

The Inauguration Day Cabaret, designed to bring a variety of local performing artists together to begin an artistic political dialogue sure to continue for the next four years.

I performed my pig and hands of time. Chippy helped me as the cloud and my clock handler.

After the show I met Ibi, the United Nations Ambassador of the arts from Nigeria. He quoted a beautiful Nigerian about all how trees fall, but some fall right into place... saying he sees me doing what I was created to do. That was pretty cool.

Here's a link to the whole show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aME3ECCNwcE

Westward Ho's

Spaghetti Western.

Me and the band, "Cowpoke Pattycake.

Some snapshots of rehearsal and pre-show...

Wannabe Joe's first time in a brothel.

 Slim Margin and I with dueling cigars, and me getting rejected by Phyllis the Villainous.

Wannabe Joe sleeping on the job.

 Scene where the town shares it's secrets with Wannabe Joe and Slim Margin.

The opening tableau.

 The Cast:

Deanna as "the Professor", Rachel as "Fernando".

 Noodles as "Calf Rogers", Drea as "Drinky Rogers".

 Eric as "Josephina", Glen as "Lotus Flower".

 Chris as "Phyllis", Clare as "Private Mercy".

 Jenna as "Slim Margin", Robyn as "The Stranger".

 Me as "Wannabe Joe".

Westward Ho.