San Francisco Carnaval Grand Parade on Sunday, May 30

The Bay Area's fabulous Hot Pink Feathers will be participating in the SF Carnaval Grand Parade this Sunday, May 30, which will take place in the Mission District on 24th and Mission Streets starting at 9:30am.

The Hot Pink Feathers have been a mainstay of the parade for years. Their exuberant dancing and colorful costumes make them a crowd favorite!

If you plan to see the parade, make sure you take along some sunblock, some layered clothing to prepare for various weather conditions, and perhaps a snack and water. Plus bring along a camera to take some pictures! The kick-off starts at 9:30, so you'll want to get there by then to get a good viewing spot along the route. The Feathers will also be at their staging spot at 2268 Bryant starting at 8am if you'd like to get some still pictures with them and say hello.

To get an idea of what the parade is like, you may view some videos at Carnavaldreaming.com featuring the Hot Pink Feathers.

Have a good weekend! :-)

HOT PINK FEATHERS & THE HOT PINK FEATHERS ALL-STAR MARCHING BAND debut "TUDO JOIA" ("Everything's Beautiful"), their tribute to Carmen Miranda and Josephine Baker in SF's GRAND CARNAVAL PARADE 2010!!

We hope you will join the Hot Pink Feathers Parading Corps and the Hot Pink Feathers All-Star Marching Band for San Francisco’s Annual Grand Carnaval Parade 2010! This year, Hot Pink Feather’s "TUDO JOIA" ("Everything's Beautiful"), Carnaval tribute to Carmen Miranda and Josephine Baker is simply delightful, colorful, sensuous and gorgeous!

You can see us in all our glory this Sunday morning 5/30. Parade starts at 10 am. This year we number more than 60 dancers, musicians and revelers in our beautiful contingent, and we are # 47 in the parade!

Here are details:

To get your photo with us and see us as we twitter and pitter in anticipation of parading, you can join us at our staging spot of 2268 Bryant between 20th & 21st [near 21st]. We will likely be there at 8:00 am – 10:00am.

The parade starts at 10 and the route goes from 24th and Harrison, along 24th, hangs a R at Mission and continues to 17th.

Be sure to make some noise when we dance on by!

Full parade route and more details at: http://www.sfcatcarnaval.com/


http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com

San Francisco area burlesque for May 26 to June 1, 2010

Thanks to some late additions to the calendar this week, it looks like there will be a variety of shows to choose from after all. Though it looks like a week to enjoy your Dottie Lux, as she'll be in three of the shows!

This Wednesday, there will be some burlesque mixed in with some rock and roll at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco. So if you love your burlesque mixed with some rock bands, that show is a good bet!

Friday brings Dottie Lux at her own show, Red Hots Burlesque. This week, the RHB School of Shimmy graduates take the stage for the very first time at El Rio! Then Dottie hotfoots it down the street to Amnesia, where she'll host the monthly Baxtalo Drom gypsy punk event.

Across the Bay in Oakland, Randy Johnson and Fromagique will join with the East Bay's Original Sin Burlesque to help Eve Devlin celebrate her birthday at the Uptown Nightclub.

On Sunday, the Hot Pink Feathers will be participating in the annual SF Carnaval Grand Parade. If you've never been, watching the parade is a great way to spend a Sunday morning. Grab something to eat and drink, find a spot to sit or stand along Mission or 24th Streets, and wave at the Hot Pink Feathers and take their pictures. There are lots of other colorful and talented participants, too!

Then finally on Monday, there's the weekly Hubba Hubba Revue show at the Uptown in Oakland. Can't miss that one! Kiss Me Kate may be tuning up the act she'll perform at this year's Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend! That would be such a treat! :-)

• Wednesday, May 26: White Barons with Space Vacation plus Rock Burlesque at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, 1131 Polk Street. Music from SF Coke n' Rollers The White Barons, party metal with Space Vacation, and rock 'n roll burlesque with Dottie Lux, Bunny Pistol, and Honey Penny, with sexy stage kitten sASSy Hotbuns! 9pm. $6, 21+ w/ID.
  


• Friday, May 28: Red Hots Burlesque at El Rio in San Francisco, 3158 Mission Street. Red Hots Burlesque School of Shimmy Showcase! See beautiful first time performers bump and grind their way to graduation. Please welcome for the very first time anywhere Cheeky La La, A.J. Molecular, and Cherry Bottom! They'll be joined by Choreography Professor Alotta Boutte & S.O.S. Founder Dottie Lux! Show at 7:30pm. $5-10, sliding scale. 21+ w/ID.


• Also, Friday: Baxtalo Drom - The Lucky Road at Amnesia in San Francisco, 853 Valencia Street. Join MC Dottie Lux for a trip to a gypsy camp! Live music from Hobo Jazz and The Gomorran Social Aid and Pleasure Club. Lisa Fiera and Susan Frankovich will perform. DJ Chango B will get you dancing. 9pm. $5 before 10, $10 after. 21+ w/ID.
  


• Also, also Friday: Original Sin Burlesque w/Fromagique at the Uptown Club in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. A classic burlesque and bellydance troupe based in the East Bay, Original Sin Burlesque, joins with San Francisco's cheesiest band, Fromagique! Celebrate Eve Devlin's birthday with OSB and special guest MC Randy Johnson! They will be bringing you all the burlesque and bellydancing you can handle...as well as an amazing opening set by the incomparable Fromagique! Plus: Courtney Crimson of The Displayed Labors Sideshow. Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $10, 21+ w/ID.


• Sunday, May 30: SF Grand Carnaval Parade w/Hot Pink Feathers on 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco. Join the Hot Pink Feathers Parading Corps and the Hot
  Pink Feathers All-Star Marching Band for San Francisco’s Annual Grand Carnaval Parade 2010! This year, Hot Pink Feather’s "TUDO JOIA" ("Everything's Beautiful"), Carnaval tribute to Carmen Miranda and Josephine Baker is simply delightful, colorful, sensuous and
  gorgeous! Parade starts at 10 am. This year there are more than 60 dancers, musicians
  and revelers, and they are # 47 in the parade! Photos with the HPF near 2268
  Bryant between 20th & 21st (near 21st) between 8am – 10am. Parade starts at 10am. Please see sfcatcarnaval.com for more parade information. Free, all ages.
  


• Monday, May 31: Uptown Hubba Hubba at the Uptown in Oakland, 1928 Telegraph Avenue. Celebrate Memorial Day with your old pals from the Hubba Hubba Revue! Starring Kiss Me Kate, The Twilight Vixen Revue, Miss Mae Western, The New Eccentrics, Kitty von Quimm, The Empress, Ophelia Love, and special guests, Displayed Labors Sideshow! With Zip the What-Is-It?! Doors at 9pm, show at 10. $5, 21+ w/ID.

As always, for more information, please check the calendar above. Also, you may want to check back during the week to see if there are and late additions to this schedule. And if you have a burlesque show or information about a show you would like to add to the calendar, please email me at sfbr AT gmx DOT com.

Join the Hot Pink Feathers for SF Carnaval 2010!

There's still time for you to join the Hot Pink Feathers as a Showgirl Reveler for the May 30 Grand Parade for SF Carnaval 2010! Classes start on April 27.

Does it look like fun? You betcha! For information on how to join in on the festivities, check out the details from the Feathers below. You can also visit their website at hotpinkfeathers.com.

Note that there will also be classes in Chicago, St. Louis, and Vancouver. If you have friends or family in those cities, tell them about this fantastic opportunity!

UNLEASH YOUR INNER SHOWGIRL WITH HOT PINK FEATHERS IN SF CARNAVAL 2010!

Do you dream of dancing in the streets? Do Carmen Miranda and Josphine Baker tickle your fancy? Then come join the award winning HOT PINK FEATHERS for this year’s Carnaval SF Grand Parade on Sunday May 30!

CARNAVAL SF 2010 theme is "TUDO JOIA" ("Everything's Beautiful"). The Hot Pink Feathers' inspiration this year with both our visuals and our music comes from CARMEN MIRANDA & JOSEPHINE BAKER.

Our Showgirl Revelers spend 1/3 of the Grand Parade dancing a choreography with the Full Showgirls and 2/3 shakin' their booties as Revelers (a less choreographed, freestyle, and very exuberant participation!) All set to the LIVE MUSIC of the Hot Pink Feathers All-Star Marching band!

This opportunity is not only available to Bay Area folks! Would be Showgirl Revelers in Vancouver and Chicago also have opportunity to join us as Kellita will grace these fair cities to teach our signature moves and parade choreography to dancers there!

BAY AREA DATES: Tues eves 4/27-5/25; Sun afternoons 5/16 & 5/23; and the GRAND PARADE on Sunday May 30th!

CHICAGO DATES: April 17th 2:00-4:00pm at Greenhouse Theater; and the GRAND PARADE on Sunday May 30th!($30 workshop fee + TBA parade and costume fee + TBD extra practice dates)

VANCOUVER DATES: May 8th 4:00-6:15 at Screaming Chicken Studios; and the GRAND PARADE on Sunday May 30th!($30 workshop fee + TBA parade and costume fee + TBD extra practice dates)

ST LOUIS DATES: May 15th, Venue TBD ($30 workshop fee + TBA parade and costume fee + TBD extra practice dates)


For more info & to register: www.hotpinkfeathers.com/classes.html

Here’s what you get as a Showgirl/Reveler:

*** participation in Carnaval SF 2010 Grand Parade w/ "Best of Bay" Dance Troupe Hot Pink Feathers!!! (DATE is Sunday May 30th)

*** the glorious accompaniment of LIVE MUSIC in the form of the HOT PINK FEATHERS ALL-STAR MARCHING BAND (15+ strong)

*** professionally crafted costume rental

*** 5 Tuesdays (4/27-5/25) of Technique class 7:45-8:45pm complete with personal attention

*** 5 Tuesdays (4/27-5/25) of Choreography and Carnaval Prep 8:45-9:30pm (learn and perform 1 Hot Pink Feathers choreography!) Spend 1/3 of the Grand Parade dancing a choreography with the main group and 2/3 shakin' your booty as a Reveler (less choreographed exuberant participation)

*** 2-3 extra practices (Sundays May 16 & 23 and potentially Thursday eve May 27)

*** the opportunity to study intensively and intimately with Carnaval SF 2008 Queen Kellita and Hot Pink Feathers!

*** the exhiliration of dancing with a group of spirited, embodied and playful dancers who are all bringing their inner showgirls out right alongside each other, supported by an adoring band!


PAYMENT OPTIONS:

A. PAYMENT PLAN SPECIAL
**$248 Paid in 2 Installments of $124 BY 5/4 and 5/18
**$198 (WITH the 2010 Annual Membership) 2 Installments of $99 BY 5/4 and 5/18

B. CARNAVAL SPECIAL
**$225 Paid in full BY 5/4

**$175 (WITH the 2010 Annual Membership) when paid in full by 5/4

For more info and to register: http://www.hotpinkfeathers.com/classes.html

***ask about the raffle opportunity to defray your fees!

Check out our Facebook link here!:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=107832979255564&ref=mf


We hope to dance with you soon!

Love and Shimmies,
The Hot Pink Feathers