Nice Job Dixie

I just want to say awesome job to Dixie and her saloon strip tease. My, my she is going to be smokin'. We had a lot of fun figuring her tease out, and have something very sexy!!! Have a great weekend ladies..... see you Sunday.

Oh- btw, the boogie music got figured out and hopefully we have the final draft by Sunday.

Love you all,

Roxie

Vaudeville audio clips

Good morning everyone! Moxie here, reporting from a chair, nursing blisters and sore muscles. How about that jive, huh? And it's more than my right leg today. Ahhhhh, I love the burn! How is yours doing, Trixie?

Anyway, procrastinating again. Found a site with audio clips of famous Vaudevillians doing some of thier most famous acts. The format of the website is reeeeallly hokey, but I think you'll enjoy the clips!

http://bestwebs.com/vaudeville/nindex.html

Even More Reason to be Proud

I am once again flattered by the dedication and excitement that the whole V&V gang is showing. This jive number isn't for the weak!!! There is a lot of energy and quick, "happy feet" :)
We are all saying-"i didn't realize I even had that muscle"! Yikes!
GREAT JOB to everyone..... I am really proud. Remember to soak in epsom salt, have someone give you a killer massage(with coconut oil... it helps regenerate tissue), drink LOTS of water and stock up on vitamins-especially vitamin B.
I love all my kittens... again great job guys!

Roxie

The Piccolinis can dance?

We had a conversation yesterday while taking a break from our Jive that is worth broadcasting to the world.

We had just gotten through a fast-paced section of choreography, and had been going on our third hour of rehearsal. We were getting tired, but there was nothing but smiles on everyone's faces, and everyone was ready to attack the next bit. Someone commented, (was it Kitty, Rocko, Vinny or Lucky?) that we were doing a darn good job. "Smokin'" may have aptly been one of the words used.

Then our fearless leader, Roxie, stepped up and said that while we have no intentions of becomming the next Hubbard Street Dance company, Vaudeville & Vixens is going to show our patrons that the Piccolinis can do more than stage a good laugh. (Although we're VERY good at that.) We can also get down! And make it look goooooooood.....

This is going to be fun.

This jive is jumpin'!

I thought the gams would hold up this time. I thought I was prepared. After tango and jive rehearsal yesterday I was feelin' pretty good and ready to keep dancing the night away (albeit in flats), but this morning my right leg for some reason is carrying the brunt of the work we did yesterday. I'll survive and rehearsal tonight will help loosen things up again.

I'm really excited about the jive. It's fast and fun and I'm hopin' Lefty and I can work in a lift. Even if we can't I'll enjoy the dance. Roxie really did it again this time. Fantastic!

Virtual Vaudeville

Hey guys and gals,

Just in case you needed something to aid you in yoru Friday procrastination, click your way over to www.virtualvaudeville.com

They recreate some Frank Bush acts (complete with a pop-up video style of explaining colloquialisms of the day). There is acces to scripts, song lyrics, Vaudeville history, and a fly-through tour of the Union Square Theatre in New York, which pre-dates our production, but was the most popular vaudeville theatre of its time.

Have fun!

PS you will need to download Adobe Shockwave Player to view the videos.

Roxie and her hot pockets

I am so proud of all of my Vixens. Everyone caught on really well last night and we have such an amazing amount of time to polish what we have. Remember to drink a lot of water and take care of you bodies-we need 'em hot for the show. Love you all.

Just a nugget...

Meow!

You kids sure are swell!

Photo credit

By the way, in case you couldn't tell, the picture I posted was of Rocco and I at last night's rehearsal.

Moxie has her say

Trixie is dead on! This cast of characters is going to make for one amazing (and hot!) show! Can you believe how quickly we all fell into a groove with each other? I am so dang excited about this rehearsal process.

As for the post-tango legs....they are just fine. Except for the amazing bruises the chairs left on my thighs. (Roxie was NOT lying!)

All I can say is that my spankies can hardly wait to get back on the dance floor on Sunday!!

Tango...the aftermath

We began work yesterday on the dances for V&V. Roxie put together a simple, but impressive-looking tango that took only an hour and a half for us all to learn but will take the rest of our rehearsal time to perfect. Brilliant. It's sexy, fun, sassy and little Trixie is feelin' the big hurt today. Holy Toledo!

Right now my muscles want nothing more than either my bed for a solid week or a nice jacuzzi...either of which can be paired with a handsome man without me raisin' a stink about it. If he's in uniform so much the better ;-)

The whole gang is great to work with. The guys are all real stand-up kind of gentlemen and the ladies are just a hoot! When we all get together it's hard to shut us up, but everyone works well in their pairings. This is gonna be fun.