HEY!! I’M BACK!!! Sorry team!! After such debauchery, I needed to go home and eat nothing but vanilla yogurt and vacuum my room in straight lines only for a few weeks.. pretty sure i’m over it tho! So um.. where to start!! VEGAS! Jebus.. what a weekend!! Is there too much of a good thing!? Ask me after the buffet.. and I will say F*CK YES!! DOWN WITH THE BUFFET!!! Seriously.. BOOOOO!! HISSS!!! But it was an amazing smorg of fabulous Burlesque entertainment all weekend long!! And unlike my sworn enemy the buffet… I only had pleasant tingly feelings after!!

The Thursday opening night show was an absolutely wonderful way to kick off the festivities. The Line up hosted by Tyler Fyre,Thrill Kill Jill and some unfortunate snakes included the following fabulous performers:

Anna Bells & Lorena Bells (Los Angeles, CA)
Belle Cozette & Evilyn Sin Claire (Seattle, WA)
Betsy Bottomdollar (Victoria, BC)
Burgundy Brixx (British Columbia, CA)
Champagne Sparkles (Victoria, BC, Canada)
Coco Lectric (Austin, TX)
Coppelia (Tokyo, Japan)
Dinah Might (London, UK)
Flame Cynders (San Francisco, CA)
Frenchie Kiss (Chicago, IL)
Gigi La Femme (Brooklyn, NY)
Gilbert (Tokyo, Japan)
Jett Adore (Chicago, IL)
Kiss Me Kate (Berkeley, CA)
Leroi the Girlboi (New York, NY)
Lil Steph (Philadelphia, Pa)
Mena Von Fleisch (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Miss Tempest Rose (London, UK)
Polly Wood (Seattle, WA)
Stormy Leigh (Tucson, AZ)
The Tease Queens (Finland)
Vicky Sin (Chicago, IL)

Le Damn! Thats alot of hot peforming action!! I dare you to try youtubing all of them!! All the acts were super amazeballs but there were a few standouts for me!!

***DISCLAIMER** My opinion only!!! I’m an idiot. The End.

um ok.. so the greatest thing EVER according to me was the absolutely exquisite JETT ADORE! How this man didn’t end up competing for the Boylesque title is beyond me but he….was… AMAZING!! Not only was he smokin hot, his Zorro act was superbly executed with just the perfect amount of drama, dance ability, presence, and epic ridiculousness. I LOVE HIM!!! Ladies Choice!! Ladies Choice!!!!

Now first and foremost the weekend is a reunion and a chance for friends new and old to meet as well as to honor the legacy that has been left for us by the foremothers of Burlesque. That being said, this means that there are alot of really fabulous, beautiful, classic style numbers. And they were all fabulous and beautiful but I like me some variety and thats why I super super appreciated CHAMPAGNE SPARKLES and BETSY BOTTOMDOLLAR both from the CHEESECAKE BURLESQUE in Victoria. I had never seen Champagne’s Ma Nam a Nah act before and it is AWESOME!! It was really nice to see abit of humor injected into the evening and I thought it was super well done/hilarious!! Three cheers for misbehaving giant bird puppets!!! And Betsy’s cowgirl number was beyond fun!! So much life and joy in this number!! Her personality lit up the room! I was super proud of our BC girls!!

BELLE COZETTE and EVILYN SIN CLAIRE from Seattle. I had seen previews of their Porcelain Promenade online and was definitely intrigued. This act features two toilets encrusted with rhinestones. The work took 20,000 stones per toilet and an estimated 200 man hours. At first… I was afraid. Could it be done!!?? Could you get away with LITERAL toilet humor on stage!? And the answer was a resounding YES! OH MY GAD I LOVED THEM!!! Takes some serious skill to turn the act of no.1 and 2 into something that was funny, sweet, and silly all at the same time!! It was actually a really brilliant parody of the giant prop thing that has become so popular in Burlesque. Kudos Ladies!!!

THE TEASE QUEENS from Finland were AMAZING! These Blonde, Brunette, and Red-Haired mavens put together an absolutely stunning 3 piece that was simply precious. The act had a delightfully classic style and they did a wonderful job!

GiGi LaFemme from Brooklyn NY is hot. Do I need to say anything more? Seriously.. seriously…SERIOUSLY…. hot. There was spanking. Hot.

Leroi the Girlboi. um. This is one of those ones that almost needs to be seen to be described. In this number, Leroi is a robot. Leroi has a badass costume. And Leroi dances to the big butts song. You know? Where they like it and they can not lie!? Ya.. that was Leroi!! Rippin it up!! Seriously youtube this one.

It should also be mentioned that our own BURGUNDY BRIXX was as always, absolutely perfect!!! Her voice, her performance, everything… beautiful!!! Don’t worry Vancouver, she did us good. Real real good. (way gooder than my grammar.)

One of the gown and gloves that really stood out for me was from FLAME CYNDERS. I thought she was absolutely striking!! This breathtaking blonde from San Fran had charisma to spare and was uber polished! Yeaaahh! Hopefully lots of you got a chance to watch her last weekend at The Glass Slipper show!

Oh Thursday!!! How I loved thee!! And the best part.. was that it was only the beginning!!!