We Did It
I think I may have aged about five years this weekend.
Friday was Teaze, a fundraiser in Edinburgh for an art collective - lots of newer burlesque performers, and different crowd and all at Studio 24 where I used to perform with Club Noir. The performances went well, I saw some absolutely brilliant new performers including a girl named Golden Delicious. My act was received well though it taught me to always get the fire stuff ready as the torches refused to light at one point. The highlight of the evening was traipsing down to Whiski after the show to see two of my favourite people in the world, Jon and Lauren. I'm so glad we got to have a drink together and it reinforces my belief that some people are born with family, some attain it, and some are lucky enough to choose and keep the people they love. Hope the rest of the trip went well, kids.
Last night was the premier of my first organized and promoted club night Rockaburley. I've spent the past few weeks looking forward to it, only to wake up yesterday realizing it was happening and I felt in no way prepared for it. It was an amazing success. In spite of the lack of organization, the misshaps, the freak outs (mostly mine), the obstacles, in spite of being the poster girl for Murphy's Law - we packed out the place, got more than double what we needed in the door, the acts were brilliant, our compere was excellent, the music was good and almost everyone stayed to dance at the club night afterwards. I am wondefully surprised at how good our crowd was, everyone really enjoyed it. I couldn't have hoped for a better event. I am currently laying in my bed in the bombsite of sequins, paint, flowers, and detritis that makes up my room and thanking god i've got the next two days to clean, recover, and bum about before I return to work.
Oh, and I found episodes of Pete and Pete on youtube which have made me unreasonably happy!
Friday was Teaze, a fundraiser in Edinburgh for an art collective - lots of newer burlesque performers, and different crowd and all at Studio 24 where I used to perform with Club Noir. The performances went well, I saw some absolutely brilliant new performers including a girl named Golden Delicious. My act was received well though it taught me to always get the fire stuff ready as the torches refused to light at one point. The highlight of the evening was traipsing down to Whiski after the show to see two of my favourite people in the world, Jon and Lauren. I'm so glad we got to have a drink together and it reinforces my belief that some people are born with family, some attain it, and some are lucky enough to choose and keep the people they love. Hope the rest of the trip went well, kids.
Last night was the premier of my first organized and promoted club night Rockaburley. I've spent the past few weeks looking forward to it, only to wake up yesterday realizing it was happening and I felt in no way prepared for it. It was an amazing success. In spite of the lack of organization, the misshaps, the freak outs (mostly mine), the obstacles, in spite of being the poster girl for Murphy's Law - we packed out the place, got more than double what we needed in the door, the acts were brilliant, our compere was excellent, the music was good and almost everyone stayed to dance at the club night afterwards. I am wondefully surprised at how good our crowd was, everyone really enjoyed it. I couldn't have hoped for a better event. I am currently laying in my bed in the bombsite of sequins, paint, flowers, and detritis that makes up my room and thanking god i've got the next two days to clean, recover, and bum about before I return to work.
Oh, and I found episodes of Pete and Pete on youtube which have made me unreasonably happy!