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Twelve months of sassy burlesque!
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It may be cold outside but you can warm yourself up with a little burlesque this month and every month throughout the whole year. The mega variety show sets up shop every second Thursday night right here in Downtown Kamloops at the Blue Grotto. A magical night, the popular bar transforms itself into a different world complete with entertainment to tittle all of your senses and expectations. “This is our fifth year straight of running our burlesque shows,” explains Rosie aka Miss Crimson Clover who is now co-producing the shows with Miss Coco
Creme. “I started performing just two years ago. I love it, it’s such a great creative outlet. I had a lot of friends who were doing it and Coco is a friend of mine. She inspired me to become involved.” For those of you who have not had the pleasure of seeing a Kamloops Burlesque show up close and personal, you will be amazed. Every single month has a different theme and a different set of fabulous performers and acts. Not the least bit smutty, burlesque is about art, creativity and expressing ones beauty through dance, talents and performance. You never know exactly what you will
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see when you venture inside those outside doors. Some personal highlights over the years include the hilarious and original dirty cowgirl singer Shirley Gnome who shocks you with a beautiful voice singing words not even fitting for a trucker but oddly true and absolutely gut wrenchingly funny. There’s been numerous performances by downtown regulars that are super mesmerizing including Miss Crimson Clover herself, Coco Creme, Jenna from Instinct Adornment who is also known as Vain Calamity Jane and of course former co-producer Caroline Dick from electrictree
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yarns whose melodic, powerful voice brings the house down every time. A show wouldn’t be a show if Caroline, aka Lizzie Borden, wasn’t there to belt out a tune! The next show up is this Thursday, January 8. Doors open at 8:00pm, show starts at 9:30pm. “Our next show is the Space-Time Continuum,” continues Rosie. “It will be a fun show with a great variety of dancing, singing, magic, acting and comedy.” Thursday’s show will feature many of the fun regulars as well as some new faces. - continued on page 2
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