
The dressing room was crowded and crazy but it was so much fun with the Glitzkrieg girls and the contestants running about getting ready. Although drinks were free for the performers I opted not to drink. That was...until the girls started to perform! By then I was so nervous I felt stiff as a board and in a desperate attempt to loosen up I hurried to the bar for a Kahlua and cream. I was careful not to drink too much though as I can hardly walk in my 6" platform heels let a lone dance in them. Any tipsyness was sure to send me crashing to the floor during my performance.
From back stage we could access a balcony and it was there during the performance I realized just how many friends were actuall there. My jaw dropped when I spotted
As we watched from the balcony
My performance was fun although I must admit that I am more comfortable dancing in pants and skirts than I am in hot pants with half my rear hanging out of them. And one of the things I had learned about burlesque is that you play to and tease the audience. This was impossible however as I could not SEE the audience! I had a few friends I was hoping keep eye contact with. But the stage lighting was akin to being a deer caught in the headlights. It was best not to look out toward the audience at all as to avoid being blinded. Of all my moves the one that got the most howls and screams was when I straddled the chair and then reached for the floor and bent down into a crawl on the ground. Many of the previous performers had thrown glitter and my floor work left me covered in the stuff. In fact it's STILL stuck like glue to my PVC boots.
There were a LOT of flashes going off during my performance and I know