Finally! A 2009 update....

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The Girls of Dangerous Curves with the Swing City Dolls.

Hello Friends!  Yes, its been a while, which may lead you to believe that not much is going on....NOTHING could be further from the truth!  In fact, we have been so busy preparing for shows, working on our marketing and licensing our CD for commercial release!  We have jumped on the twitter band wagon and you can follow our tweets at twitter!  

We have the Suncoast Hit Parade coming up next week on Thursday at the gorgeous Suncoast Hotel in Summerlin and the lovely Robin Vincent hosting.  Then, on Sunday we are making an appearance with the fabulous and talented Kellie Wright at the Flamingo Library Theatre.  She has graciously invited us to sing one of our songs and promote our show.  She will be doing her own version of jazz and blues that should not be missed!  

Our show at the Flamingo Library Theatre is Sunday, April 19th at 2pm and the tickets are $15 at the door.  It is going to be an exciting show with all your favorites and several new songs that we are so excited about!  We are going to have a live band and perhaps our new costumes will be ready!  OMG!  That just made me feel so excited!  Nothing better than a new dress and singing great songs with your friends!  We are so lucky, 'cuz we really are friends.  Sometimes our rehearsals are therapy sessions!  We talk about life and love and kids and husbands and music and somehow it just makes things better to talk to each other. 

:-)  True BFFs!  Happy first day of Spring!

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Our East Coast gig!

The Girls were at it again with their first East Coast gig at the start of what promises to be a fabulous year!  We were the entertainment for a private party celebrating the 80th birthday of the lovely and sweet Maizie (Mae Tabor).

Lisa and I took off mid morning from Las Vegas for a fairly easy, but long couple of flights to Connecticut. We flew Continental and the service on both flights was fabulous and friendly (Gret has family there so she and her husband, Michael flew out the day before).  When we arrived, the temperature was like 2 degrees!  Literally, TWO! Wow!  However, it was kinda fun in a I-don't-live-in-this-everyday kind of way. :-)  

Gret and Michael picked us up and drove us to our accommodations for the next 2 days.  We knew it was a guest house......but honestly!  This was absolutely one of the loveliest places I have EVER stayed in!  To say that it was clean and gorgeous would be like saying the White House is "nice"!  And, they had a care package of wine and grapes and cheese and gluten free things and OMG!  We were, in all ways, beautifully taken care of and truly appreciated.

The gig itself was filled with emotion and really had some great moments. Our Judy Garland medley and probably Moonriver were definite audience favorites and we even did a special request song for Maizie (Let There Be Peace On Earth) and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.  What a truly wonderful moment to be a part of, with so many family and friends showing their love and respect to a woman who has lived a live of goodness, taken care of her loved ones and treated friends as though they were family.  

The kind of woman we aspire to be.

The photos respectively are:  Lisa and Karen arrive in Connecticut, The Girls at the Waverly, Lisa in front of the guest house.

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Have a curvy day! The Girls

CD release party!

There are lots of curves going on in these pictures!  All Dangerous!  We had the most wonderful friend, family and fan-filled day at our very first CD release party.  From here to cyber-land, we had people in and out all day to pose for pictures, leave messages on Facebook and even purchase our CD "girl talk".  We truly could not be more grateful, thankful and thrilled at the turn out of love and support.  

We drank lovely Champagne and Sangria and Pink Punch (made by our Curve, Lisa-OF COURSE, it was pink!) and feasted on delicious treats, mostly made possible by the oh-so-talented Gret, who not only sings like a Broadway diva, but cooks like Martha Stewart!  

If you haven't had the chance to hear some of our songs, please jump on over to our 

Dangerous Curves website and take a listen!  

Have a wonderful Holiday-be it the miracle of Hanukkah (today is day 3), celebrating the birth of Jesus the Savior or simply enjoying the happiness and joy of the season with friends and family near and far-the Curves wish you all the joy possible today and in the days to come.

Red hot girls at the Orleans!

Here we are at the Orleans just before we go on for the Newcomer's Holiday Luncheon!  Before I continue about Dangerous Curves, may I just tell you that the Orleans was a fantastic experience!  The casino was sparkling clean and ALL of the staff, from the Valet to the Bell Desk to the Banquet servers and supervisor were all happy, helpful and fantastic!  Congratulations to the staff of the Orleans!

We did a brand new version of our show and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite versions! No new songs yet,  but I really liked the arrangement of songs-once we have our new opener up and running (no, I am not telling yet!) this show will really fly!  The audience was super and we are so grateful for the way we are continuously received.  These ladies were loads of fun and a fantastic time was had by all.

The other completely exhilarating thing going on with Dangerous Curves is the release of our CD "girl talk"!  We received a few the morning of our gig (thanks to Gret's husband, Michael!) and we were able to sell them after the show!    Its just one fabulous thing after another with the girls Dangerous Curves!

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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