Friday - Live Blogging from Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender - Updates Day of Event - and final by 4/25/14
Stay Tuned for the Live Blogging here by Frankie Tease from
Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender
12:11am - Back at Chateau Tease... exhausted.
Here are my updates from today:
VIVA attendee beauties
ORLEANS SHOWROOM BURLESQUE SHOWCASE TWO
I believe I just saw a stage chicken named by Dirty Martini and Christopher Wonder. They decided the chicken should be called "Viva" in honor of their show run.
Dirty Martini (NYC), Christopher Wonder (LA)
I am pretty honored to be allowed backstage for a story running along side this -
Audrey Deluxe is producing ten shows in four days. With help of course, but that backstage candid footage is going to be so fun! Stay tuned to this website for that.
Between the 2nd and 3rd burlesque showcase, Audrey informed me that she left the stage from the Showroom, went to do a 1 hour 15 min. burlesque bingo gig and returned in time for the curtain call. This is a sprint and a marathon for her. I'm truly amazed. The show went swimmingly.
The line-up for the Burlesque Showcase this year was truly stellar and world-class. The exotic performers and one male circus act (an exercise in magic and absurdity) was pretty mind-blowing. Not a lot of larger props were used, but the dancers who performed used every bit of the huge Orleans stage, and brought each a character not seen in the last. A merriment of ideas, art, beauty, flesh was met with enthusiastic audiences.
Roxi D'Lite (MI), Imodesty Blaze (UK), Cleo Viper (Italy), Peek-a-Boo Pointe and Gal Friday (NY), Angie Pontani (NY), Dirty Martini (NY), and I feel like I'm forgetting someone. Absolutely stunning imaginative acts were seen tonight. The stage boss was the Burlesque Bishop (NY), and he'll also manage the stage for the competition Saturday in the Showroom. Oh the amazing singing and joke-telling host Cora Vette.The link to all these wonderful people is here http://www.vivalasvegas.net/burlesque-showcase
IMMODESTY BLAIZE (UK
DIRTY MARTINI (NYC)
ANGIE PONTANI (NYC)
OPHELIA FLAME (MN)
CHRISTOPHER WONDER (LA)
DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA (NYC)
CLEO VIPER (ITALY)
AUDREY DELUXE (PRODUCER/PERFORMER-LA)
GAL FRIDAY / PEEK-A-BOO POINTE (NYC)
ROXI D'LITE (MI)
HOST: CORA VETTE
8:30pm
Show two of three in a row Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Showcase is very under way. Detroits Roxi Dlite is up next, just saw Audrey Deluxe perform her 'Fembot' baton twirling act. So entertaining.
AUDREY DELUXE
2:45pm
The car show is about half full of beautiful 1963 or pre, original cars. One of the hot rod drivers showed us some flames from his exhaust. He got those flames really spitting out. I ate a bomb pop while watching. George is out of Garden Grove, CA.
2:15pm
Miss Wolff's Jive Dance Class was packed! Up in the
main ballroom this afternoon.
1:57 pm
Amazing smooth fashion show today. See Instagram and full Video to follow.
Car show is half full, in prep for tomorrow.
Ran Iinto world-class musician Eddie Nichols! Of RCR Chillin at the bar earlier.
Met the owner of secrets in lace And 7 other designers.
Lines for vouchers for tonight's show are gone. The line for the 3 burlesque Shows tonight started at 9 am and vouchers were gone by 1230. A lucky 2400 people will see a stellar burlesque line up tonight.
Hula band now plqying at pool party.
Bienville Next !
11:54pm
Almost full house for the fashion show 2 of ten AUDREY DELUXE is producing. 7 designers showing from local and abroad. Pix after 3pm for this, here.
9:02 am
Recovering from yesterday... but starting Viva Weekend with these ladies yesterday? It was priceless. See you around Noon for the Fashion Show in
Orleans Showroom.