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Gender: Female
Status: Swinger
Age: 99
Sign: Aquarius

City: Victoria
State: British Columbia
Country: CA
Signup Date: 1/4/2007

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Sunday, April 05, 2009 

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The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue was presented with awards for:

  • Favourite Performance Group
  • Most Deserving of an M-Award
  • Next Big Thing

The Cheesecakes are thrilled to have been recognized with three awards this year! WOW! We are honoured to be recognized along with so many wonderful performers, artists and presenters!
We truly appreciate the support we have received from our sponsors, families, friends and fans, the Victoria Arts Community, and Monday Magazine! We have had so many wonderful opportunities in the past 3 years to perform and to grow as a troupe, due in large part to the connections we have made in Victoria.
We have bigger, more sparkly and fun things planned - so look out! We plan to keep on WOWing in Victoria and beyond!
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Monday, June 04, 2007 

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Check out this week's Monday Magazine cover! The Cheesecakes are on it!

And not only that - the lovely photos taken by Sarah Kramer are featured all throughout the inside as The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue takes on the summer season with sass and class!

On the cover: Clockwise from left, Champagne Sparkles, Fawn Fatale, Miss Rosie Bitts, Ricky Hard and MC Kitten Kaboodle!




MONDAY MAGAZINE FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH CHAMPAGNE SPARKLES:

Beyond Burlesque


By —John Threlfall

May 30 2007


They wowed us at the M Awards and have taken the stage numerous times (both home and away) during their first year of performances, but there's more to the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue than just sparkly costumes, spinning tassels and cheering crowds. With a six-member core and up to 15 performers overall, the Cheesecakes have added a bit of Mile Zero style to the west coast's neo-burlesque renaissance. And while they'll be performing a couple of times before their one-year anniversary show on July 21 at Lucky Bar (notably at the Pride Festival), their appearance as our cover girls this week seemed a natural time to taste a little Cheesecake. We asked "Princess of the Universe" Champagne Sparkles to dish the dirt on her job as a half-time burlesque queen.

Monday Magazine: What are the Cheesecakes all about?

Champagne Sparkles: In a physical sense we're doing burlesque and pin-up, but as a movement we're trying to incorporate and empower a broad range of women—age, size, shape, background, orientation. Every time we do a show, we always have people come up to us and say how wonderful it is to see "real" women up on the stage. We all have day jobs—moms, librarians, government workers, environmental scientists—so people can easily relate to us, put themselves in our shoes.

MM: Are you surprised by the success you've had?

CS: It's totally taken us by surprise how it's all taken off. We're just a bunch of super-excited girls with a lot of energy who just put it out there. We've been working really hard at it, but it hasn't been a lot of effort; the opportunities just keep coming.

MM: What makes the Cheesecakes unique?

CS: As a large troupe, we have the opportunity to perform more often without getting exhausted, and there's a variety of us to see. We also have enough people to put on a two-hour show on our own—which also helps set us apart, because we can easily do group numbers and expand on simple themes. And you can tell we aren't professional dancers—we can't do the splits or any really fancy dance moves— but people seem to really like the fact we can tell a story on stage and that each person has cultivated their own character. I think it adds a theatrical element to it that really helps people connect to us.

MM: Who does your costumes?

CS: We do a lot of them ourselves, but we recently got a costume sponsor: Veronica Hull of VH Studio Designs in Sidney. She's an expert in corsetry and specializes in PVC, but she can make anything.

MM: How do you feel about being naked on the cover of Monday, and what do you say to people who won't like the idea of naked women on our cover?

CS: Ha—the cat is definitely out of the bag now! I'm actually really excited about it, and the shoot was a lot of fun to do. But people just need to relax, to see this as the fun thing it is. We're all really proud of ourselves and since we are a group of real women, everybody should be able to see themselves reflected in those girls on the cover. We're committed to having a good time with this, and as long as it stays fun, we'll be up there shaking our ta-tas.

The Cheesecake's Champagne Sparkles on being a part-time beauty queen





Don't miss out - and don't be a stranger if you see us! We love to autograph!

Thank You Monday Magazine!
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Thursday, January 11, 2007 

Welcome to 2007!

It's a new year and what better time to begin something exciting. Some of you may recognize us by our old moniker "The Capital City Cheesecake Burlesque Revue" from our earlier shows:

October 24th, 2006   "Halloween Trick or Treat Show" @ Lucky Bar

December 1,2 &3rd, 2006  "Chaz Royal's Burlesque Goes North Festival" in Vancouver

December 17th, 2006 "Winter Wonderland - Christmas Show" @ Lucky Bar

December 31st, 2006 "New Year's Eve" @ Legends Nightclub

 

Starting in January 2007 we will be formally known as "The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue"

We still have the same talented performers, show-stopping numbers and catchy tunes!

Keep updated on the newest shows, performances and news by Adding Us as Friends, Checking in regularly, Subscribing to our Blog, Taking a gander at our Myspace Calendar, Looking in Your Bulletin Box and most importantly Browsing our Official Website at www.capitalcitycheesecake.com

Soon to be re-directed!

Cheekily Yours,

The Cheesecakes.

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