So this past Tuesday Syrens of the South descended upon The Shelter in an effort to raise money for the Southern Fried Burlesque Fest. There were 10 amazing performances for only $10, there's not a better way to spend an otherwise dull Tuesday night. All of the performers donated their performances that evening in an effort to help pay off the remaining of the past 2013 SFBF bills. The amazing performers included the Students from my (
Katherine Lashe)
Wednesday night Beginning Burlesque Class at
Studio Burlesque,
Talloolah Love,
Edie Akimbo, Rob Thompson of the
Little Five Point Rock Star Orchestra,
Tru Bliss,
Persephone Phoenix,
Tora Torrid,
Bourgeois Betty,
Nipsy Tussle of Knoxville's Salome Cabaret, and the 2013 Southern Fried Burlesque Queen, Atlanta's own
Lola le Soleil! We also had two raffles, one for some amazing prizes including a BHoF shirt, a variety of Starbucks Coffee, autographed pictures, a beauty basket, a 5 class pass from Studio Burlesque and a weekend pass for SFBF2014. The second raffle was a 50/50 raffle where the winner splits the money with SFBF so each gets 50% of the amount put into the raffle. The winner decided to donate the money back to SFBF which was very sweet of her.
It went so well that we're going to do it again on June 11th, in fact it will now be the second Tuesday of each month. Each show will have 10 amazing acts for only a $10 cover. Doors will be at 9pm and the show will be at 9:30pm so we'll be done before midnight, plenty of time for everyone to get home at a decent hour since it's a school night. Some performers have opted to donate their performances for future shows as well and for that we're super grateful since SFBF is a very expensive event to put on and having the support of the Atlanta Burlesque community is amazing and very helpful! We'll continue to bring an amazing variety of burlesque, musicians, magicians, aerialists, comedy skits, etc... to the Tease Tuesday shows so you'll never know what kind of show it will be!
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