Last night was a night at Columbia City Cabaret, celebrating the 40th birthday of a dear friend and indulging in the performances of some fabulous talent. We had the upstairs balcony and VIP room to ourselves–sort of.
There were a few PlusOnes–friends of the cast and performers–who’d been sent up to the mezzanine; they kept wandering through our party, trying to snag snacks and beverages, and we kept slapping them down.
And we were right there with the sound board and the light-girl, Star. I snagged the left-behinds when we cleaned up at the end of the night–the list of cues for sound and lighting; a great reminder of all the wonderful bits of the show.
Like I said, the show was fabulous. I’ve become a little snarky about the burlesque that pops up in Seattle. A lot of it can be very self-indulgent. But last night’s performances and performers are in my top five for what I’ve seen here–and that includes Dita Von Teese.
Heidi Von Haught opened and closed the show with incredibly sexy and sassy numbers. I won’t describe them, so as not to spoil them for you when you see them yourself–which you MUST. You must you must you must. We recognized Heidi from last month’s Naked Girls Reading, even with her clothes ON. She is that stunning.
Here’s a clip from the Von Foxies tribute to Seattle (Von Haught was formerly part of that trio) to give you a little of her sass. She is the second one to enter the stage in this clip.
Also performing last night was Luminous Parriah, who was full of surprises and talent and wit. We are hoping he falls in love with someone here in Seattle and does not leave, at least for awhile, so we can see him again and again.
The title of this post comes from a quip that Tamara the Trapeze Lady made, after commenting that she’d been eating a lot of glitter that night, “Burlesque performers have the most beautiful poo.” Leaving all the rest of that to your imagination …
The evening also included song, comedy, and aerials. It was a fabulous night. And I am thinking I really ought to make a regular thing of renting out the balcony and having little parties there during this monthly show. Are you in?
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Oh. Wait. I forgot to say, I was in a NEW dress. A little thing that I had seen on Bluefly for $300.00, but found locally for $30.00. The skirt is black tulle with a gold under skirt peeking through. I whacked a couple of inches of the hem of the underskirt with some pinking shears, which really vamped up the whole thing. Yay for scissors.
