Dear Constant Reader,
Please vote for The Boston Babydolls every day! There’s a little treat below as a thank you…
Chairs are for your butt, not your bag.
When you’re some place with limited seating, like most dressing rooms and back stages, find some other place to put your stuff. Don’t deprive someone else of a place to perch.
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Easy to remember!
Dear Constant Reader,
Here’s your daily reminder to nominate The Boston Babydolls for Best Burlesque. You can vote once per day per email/IP address. Thank you.
Today’s tip comes from Betty Blaize, our hairstyle expert:
When adding extra curl to curly hair, you can often get a quick, no-heat curl this way.
-Determine the shape of the natural curl.
-Wrap it around your finger accentuating the direction.
-Spray the curl heavily.
-Pin the curl to the side of the head for 5 minutes (until the spray dries).
-Unpin and comb gently. Perfect for trailing wisps and that one strand that won’t play well with others.
Dear Constant Reader,
First, I just thought I’d mention that it’s time for nominations for The Boston Phoenix Readers’ Poll. We’d love to be Best Burlesque in Boston again and the first step is for you to nominate us. You can vote once per day per email/IP address. Thank you!
We are about to open our new show The Bod of Avon, so, as you might expect, have been rehearsing that heavily. However, the other night, we took a little time to work on some other upcoming events.
We’re reviving our July Project numbers. First we’ll be performing them at The Mardi Gras Ball (20th anniversary! 2 nights!) and then at a private event. Not only did we need to warm them up, but we had to talk about what changes we’ll make for each event. At the Mardi Gras Ball the stage (not very large to start with) is crammed with musicians, so we have to be fairly compact in our movements. The other event requested “bralesque” (i.e. not going down to pasties), so most of us need to revise our endings a bit to comply.
After running through everything for those shows, we were all a bit draggy and looking longingly at the clock. After all, we’d had a preview show on Sunday, a “Bod” rehearsal on Monday, and now another rehearsal on Tuesday. And Scratch had said we’d go out for drinks after. Then Brigitte said “Come on, bitches! Let’s do it!” (or something like that). And we nodded and all got into our costumes for the finale of The Bod of Avon.
It’s a 6-person number with some precision group moves. Lots of moving parts. It looks good now, but we know we can do better, so we ran it. Several times. Drilled it. Checked on small things, like positions of hands and feet. Made sure we were all closing our parasols in sync. Etcetera, etcetera.
You’ve voted us the Best Burlesque in Boston for several years now, and we work like heck to earn it. Even when we’d rather be having cocktails.
Dear Constant Reader,
The Wednesday book review should return soon. I broke down and bought some new (well, actually used) books. Perhaps as early as next week, I’ll have a new review for you. If there are any books you’re dying for me to review, please let me know.
21st Century Burlesque Magazine has an annual list of the Top 50 Burlesque Industry Figures and voting is now open. You can nominate up to 10 people that you think have made an impact on the burlesque world in 2012. These don’t have to be dancers. You can nominate producers, costumers, MCs, stage kittens, photographers, musicians, &c. Personally, I’ve nominated Scratch, among others.
These are the fabulous judges (and myself) for the Main Event at The Great Burlesque Exposition of 2010. Why are they here? To announce that applications to perform at The Great Burlesque Exposition of 2013 are now open! Hope to see you there!
The Boston Babydolls are in rehearsal for our new show The Bod of Avon. Expect to hear more about it here (and maybe there will even be pictures).
Dear Constant Reader,
Today is your last change to vote for me for The MacGyver Award Golden Pastie! No silly promises today, just that I’m thrilled and delighted to be nominated. Almost as thrilled and delighted as I am to perform my Tribute to April March, The First Lady of Burlesque Thursday night at the 10th New York Burlesque Festival!
Dear Constant Reader,
Today’s tip comes from my good friend, master costumer Rae Bradbury-Enslin, the one who taught me most of my costume MacGyver tricks.
If someone is close enough to see a mistake in your costume and comment on it, they’re close enough to punch in the nose.
P.S. And don’t forget to vote for me for The MacGyver Award !
Dear Constant Reader,
Remember that I fought tirelessly for the Personal Pastie Protection Amendment and will always support your right to wear pasties.
Vote for me for The MacGyver Award!
Dear Constant Reader,
I suppose I should make at least one Golden Pastie campaign promise related to the award itself:
If I win, I will petition venues to keep multiple colors of duct tape in the dressing room, including leopard-print.
Vote for me for The MacGyver Award!
Dear Constant Reader,
Here’s another Golden Pastie campaign promise:
I am a proud one-percenter. When I finish an act, only 1% of my body will be covered by a costume.
Vote for me for The MacGyver Award!
Dear Constant Reader,
I promised that if I was nominated for a Golden Pastie Award, I would make campaign promises. And I always keep my promises. Here’s the first one:
If I win, I will leak to the media racy photographs of myself in compromising positions.
Vote for me for The MacGyver Award!
Oh, The Glamourous Life! 