a Sunday rehearsal-what?!

Artist Marta Wiley "ballerina bows"
Although all three of us are true believers in the Universe and all it has to offer us, still I am amazed when something completely pertinent to one of our discussions shows up unexpectedly.  For example, I am an avid follower of a blog on word press called Miyazaki Cabaret Update: DC & Beyond. One of his recent posts happens to be on self-promotion, which I enjoyed.  However, it lead me to an older post on accepting applause and bows and wow, did it really hit home.  In one of our most recent shows, my husband commented on how we spoke over the applause and didn't wait to accept it.  I told him it didn't feel that way at all!  As a performer, every moment on stage can seem like an hour, especially when you are accepting applause.  Yikes!  Its tough to simply stand there with NOTHING to do and can feel very narcissistic.  His point was that, not only did the audience not hear what we were saying, (and believe me, we worked hard on those talk spots!) they were left feeling frustrated because they were not allowed to perform THEIR job...to tell us they enjoyed the performance!  Even after this valid point was heard by all, we really didn't believe it until we viewed a piece of ourselves on video. OH. THAT.  MMMMM.    Which leads us to the title of this post.  Tomorrow, we are rehearsing for a gig in December at the Orleans.  But first, we are going to view the show together in its entirety. We are not going to judge ourselves on our singing or talking or appearance.  We are going to watch and learn and grow.  Thus, a Sunday rehearsal.

P.S. Lisa has a fantastic blog on word press-here's the link! Lisa's blog

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Our CD is almost here!

OK!  I just can't help it!  I had to share this with you!  Isn't it stunning!!  Lisa put this together and although the final order of songs is not yet decided, the layout is set!  We are beyond excited for the release of the very first Dangerous Curves CD!  What an undertaking that is-let me tell you!  First the recording process was fun-exciting-difficult-introspective and things I never imagined.  What an amazing learning experience as a performer.  For me, the thing I wanted most to do was make the recording feel like it was a live performance-but with the perfect, clean, clear sounds of recording. 

Now, we are working on the finalization of things-mixing and mastering and putting together the hard copy stuff-like the example above!  Lisa did such a great job on that and wait 'till you see the rest!  Its breathtaking!  I feel so lucky to be a part of this with these amazing girls!  We decided to feature ourselves a bit with some solo work and hon-est-ly!  Gret should be on Broadway with her rendition of "Children Will Listen", and don't listen to Lisa's haunting version of "By The Way" while you are driving cuz the tears are gonna flow!  I was fortunate enough to do an original song written by Rob Hyatt and Jerry Jones, I hope you love it as much as I love singing it!

Gotta run friends, rehearsal tomorrow morning!

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PF Changs was the choice for the girls to have a business luncheon this time and yummy and great service it was!  A good choice for Lisa, since they have a fabulous gluten free menu.  And, of course, who doesn't enjoy organic green tea!  We had a nice light lunch, with a major discussion on the order of songs on our first CD!  We are really getting close to its release!  This Friday was the last of the recording with Rob Hyatt, then we need to finish mixing and mastering with Chuck and then we do all the duplicating and CD artwork.  Lisa has been working on that and let me tell you it looks fabulous! Soon it will be available for purchase, probably close to the beginning of the new year!  Don't worry, we will be doing a full scale release when it happens!  For now, we are concentrating on rehearsing for our next show, December 10th at the Orleans, adding new material (Andrews Sisters, Glen Miller Orchestra and more are on the short list) and finishing up the CD.  Whew!  Let's go! 

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Sunday afternoon!

     
Sunday was a fantastic day of adultland!  What is adultland, you may ask?  Oh, you don't have kids, do you?!  Adultland is any time you are out of the house, without a stroller and diapers in hand, dressed in cute clothes and go to a restaurant without a children's menu!  Many thousand's of thank yous to my sister, Lori, who watched the baby while Den and I were out! Love you! :-)

 The girls, myself, my husband and one of our dearest and most talented friend (Stu Daylida) went to the Flamingo Library Theatre to watch Tina Walsh and friends perform a show of the hits of Burt Baccarach.  We went not only to meet Tom Gallagher and John Merren, who run the Sunday afternoon events, also know as the Brown Bag theatre, but also to check out the stage and lights, etc, because we are performing there on April 29th!  AAAGH!  This is a real stage,  with a real proscenium and follow spots and everything!  

Tina's show was quite interesting, with my personal favorite moment sung by Kristin Hertzenberg, "Kristine" of "Phantom, the Las Vegas Spectacular" singing "I Say a Little Prayer for You".  It was truly blissful and may I say-"girl can saaa-iiiing!"  She was quite stunning, and an all around Dangerous Curves' favorite.  I also want to mention Philip Fortenberry, of the Jersey Boys.  He was the pianist and musical director for Tina.  I must tell you that his skills on the piano are absolutely amazing.  He was given a solo moment in the show that was over far too quickly.  What an amazing talent.

After the show, we went to eat a late lunch at the Bonefish Grill.  Once again, we have picked a yummy dining experience!  They have a gluten free menu for Lisa, a great wine list and the food is absolutely yummy!  We enjoyed appetizers, salads, wine and our main courses ranged from fish to filet.  Our server, Tracie, was adorable and took great care of us!  All in all a fantastic afternoon of songs, learning, friendship and great food.  You know, adultland!

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Hoping your week is curving in the right direction!

love the Friday morning meetings with my iPhone!

Friends of the curves, I hope you are having a super curvy weekend filled with fun and frolic and prosperity!  How was that for telling the Universe what you want!  In any case, just to keep you fully informed of the Curves doings, we have implemented a Friday morning meeting via our cell phones.  We decided to do this when we realized that half of our rehearsal time was taken up discussing the "business" of Dangerous Curves, i.e., what are we wearing for the next gig, who paid for what, new song discussions, web updates, well, you get the idea.  So, Lisa came up with the Friday morning meeting via cellphone so we can still be in pajamas if necessary!  This is where my IPhone has become even more invaluable than ever!

Truth be told, I have loved my IPhone from the second I held her.  Sleek, yet sturdy, beautiful in appearance and tons of cool stuff.  Mmmm, a lot like many of the fabulous women I know!  Now, with the addition of the Apps Store, I no longer miss my Palm Pilot. Everything I could do with my Pilot has been upgraded with the IPhone and even things I didn't know I couldn't live without (texting-I ADORE texting!, weather, maps, Evernote, ambiance) are right there at my finger tips!  Now, how does all this relate to Friday morning meetings with Dangerous Curves, you may ask?  Well, simply touch the phone icon and call your first person or they may call you.  Then after some nice pleasantries, touch the add call icon, your first caller is put on hold-tap your next contact-nice pleasantries-then the onscreen menu changes to Merge Calls (replacing add and swap) touch that and voila!  All exchanging pleasantries, drinking coffee, in PJ's (or whatever) mapping out our next big curvaceous adventure!  I truly love all my apple stuff (I am writing and sharing this with you from my lovely Imac) as I believe it helps my creativity to shine.  And, if it helps Dangerous Curves further themselves down the curvy road to success...I'm in! Enjoy your weekend, fellow curves!  Check us out on myspace, facebook and of course at dangerouscurveslasvegas.com

the show at Anthem New Song

I dreamed of this moment in the throes of anxiety while getting the show ready. How good it will feel when this is over-how did we do-did I remember my words-on and on and on the dreaming went.  So, here I am, relaxing on a Sunday evening with Law and Order in the back round and the baby sleeping and a nice glass of champagne on the table next to me-writing this blog for you!

And, how did it go, you may ask?  Well, I think it went VERY well!  Yes, there were a few baubled notes, a few forgotten words, a few talk spots that need to be tightened.  Yes, all these facts are true.  Also true was the electric energy in the house, the moments of true harmonic bliss, three girls absolutely singing in perfect togetherness.  Moments of truth, told so eloquently by each one of the curves, sharing with the audience a moment of their private lives.  Sometimes poignant, sometimes funny, always genuine.  The audience loved it!  A fantastic show is beginning to emerge.  Look out!  The curves are at again and this time...there is NOTHING to stop us!  P.S. We also want to say a big thank you to those who bought a CD and for those who donated to the Alliance for Lupus Research.  Seriously, you are a yummylicious person and we adore you!  Now, did you really think I could make it through an entire post without a Karen vokabulary word?!! :-) 

Well, today is show day, but I thought I would write to you about our rehearsal yesterday.  Great and rough, as these things go.  Always wishing for more time until the show and excited anticipation for performing for an audience.  And, as always, with these girls-amazement at their beautiful voices and fantastic performances.  Think of us tonite and send us happy/peppy/positive thoughts and I will blog about the show this  weekend!