Adickes' Vixen

Adickes' Vixen 2

David Adickes sculptures with a dominatrix at the Orange Show Burlesque theme gala 2007.

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Orange Show Gala

"At first, the American press praised burlesques, but turned vicious under pressure from influential do-gooders. But the cries of the self-righteous had an unintended effect. Editorials and sermons condemning burlesque as "indecent" only made the form more popular!" Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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Gala Guests

Even the audience was into the act.

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Gala Guest!

At the Orange Show Burlesque Themed Ball 2007

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Orange Show Burlesque Gala

"Most people think that "burlesque" means female strippers walking a runway to a bump and grind beat. But that only fits the form in its declining years. At its best, burlesque was a rich source of music and comedy that kept America, audiences laughing from 1840 through the 1960s." Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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the band

Performing at the Orange Show Gala 2007 in Houston Texas

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Laughter

Orange Show gala guests in a moment of true laughter. You don't get many shots like this - so it makes me smile when I catch a real "belly laugh" type of photo. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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the band

"ACT ONE: The ensemble entertains with songs and gags, dressed in formal evening clothes." Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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motion

"Suggestive rather than bawdy, these shows relied less on strong scripts or songs than on sheer star power. " Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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Girl on a 10k Throne

"In the 19th Century, the term "burlesque" was applied to a wide range of comic plays, including non-musicals. Beginning in the 1840s, these works entertained the lower and middle classes in Great Britain and the United States by making fun of (or "burlesquing") the operas, plays and social habits of the upper classes. " Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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the band

"ACT ONE: The ensemble entertains with songs and gags, dressed in formal evening clothes." Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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TALL Performers

"Burlesque underwent a crucial change when Michael Leavitt produced burlesque variety shows using something similar to the three act minstrel show format" Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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smile

"... fun is the use of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment of one's body or mind. While leisure is more likely a form of entertainment or rest, recreation is active for the participant but in a refreshing and diverting manner." Source: definition of fun. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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Burlesque Dancer

"By the 1860s, British burlesque relied on the display of shapely, underdressed women to keep audiences interested. In the Victorian age, when proper women went to great lengths to hide their physical form beneath bustles, hoops and frills, the idea of young ladies appearing onstage in tights was a powerful challenge." Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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Matthew Looking Presidential

At the Orange Show Burlesque Themed Ball 2007. Matthew was the video DJ. The, erm... "content" of the videos had him fast forwarding past a few burlesque dances.

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the shooting

houston, tx

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Hula Hoops Burlesque

"Thompson and her imitators did not bother with such mundane matters as hiring composers. Instead, they used melodies from operatic arias and popular songs of the day, incorporating them into the action for comic or sentimental effect. To prevent unauthorized productions, the scripts from these early burlesques were not published. In fact, the material changed so often (sometimes from week to week) that a written script would serve little purpose." Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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Burlesque Smile

"Without question, however, burlesque's principal legacy as a cultural form was its establishment of patterns of gender representation that forever changed the role of the woman on the American stage and later influenced her role on the screen. . . The very sight of a female body not covered by the accepted costume of bourgeois respectability forcefully if playfully called attention to the entire question of the "place" of woman in American society." - Robert G. Allen, Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1991), pp. 258-259. Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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muzzled

houston, tx

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The Orange Show Crew

Orange Show team - Stephen is the trouble maker on the left who started this thread of photos in my photo stream. Y'all can thank him next time you see him.

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Monica

At the Orange Show Burlesque Themed Ball 2007

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Wheels of Burlesque

"By 1905, burlesque theatre owners formed vaudeville-style circuits of small, medium and big time theatres. Because big time burlesque companies played these theatres in regular rotations, the circuits came to be known as wheels -- the largest being the Columbia (Eastern U.S.), Mutual, and Empire (Western U.S.) wheels. Unlike vaudeville performers who sought weekly bookings as individual acts, burlesquers spent an entire forty week season touring as part of one complete troupe. For three decades, this system made burlesque a dependable source of steady work." Source: the history of burlesque. Photos from the Orange Show gala where I do some volunteer stuff.

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Monica and Rodney

At the Orange Show Burlesque Themed Ball 2007

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Girl on a Swing

At the Orange Show Burlesque Themed Ball 2007

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