Scott Barnard went from taking classes in a small village in New York to a full scholarship to train with Gus Giordano in Chicago. After a year of training, he went to Las Vegas, where the tall dancers went, to audition for Jubilee. We discuss the elementary school bullying that almost prevented his dance career, his fourteen years in Jubilee and all the adventures he experienced in  between. Listen in to hear about his path to principal and how his confidence grew over the years once he stepped into his true self and chose dancing over what others thought of him. Enjoy! 

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Alan Clancy came to Las Vegas in his early twenties after traveling the world as an acrobat from the age of 17, and then performing in Fredrick Apcar’s Casino de Paris production in Sydney, Australia. Blown away by the lights and lifestyle of the entertainment industry, he settled there and performed in many of the big Showgirl productions on the strip including Les Folies Bergere and Hallelujah Hollywood. He was instrumental in the creation of Nevada Dance Theater under the direction of Vassili Sulich. His path of lighting up stages all of his life has led him through many different experiences over the years. Listen now to enjoy his long and varied career!

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Today’s very special guest, Sal Angelica, shares about his journey from Brooklyn to the stages of Las Vegas and beyond over his 35+ year career as a dancer and adagio partner. From working with Donn Arden in Sky High in the Latin Quarter as his first professional dancing job to his dream job of performing with Juliet Prowse, Sal shares some fun stories. His part of the showgirl legacy lives on in his scrapbooks archiving all of his adventures as a dancer performing and traveling the world between 1959-1990. Enjoy this history-filled episode!

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This episode features former Las Vegas Showgirl turned Pilates instructor, Janet Sawczuk-Chapman. From her first professional dancing job in Japan to jobs on the Las Vegas strip, she shares about the decade she spent on the Jubilee Theatre stage. We discuss the highlights of being a Showgirl and some of the more difficult aspects of the job like weight notices. Her attitude about weight notices was mind-blowing. Have a listen to find out more about her life as a Showgirl.

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This episode features the multi-talented star, Jakki Ford sharing her story about how she got started in the performing arts and how she has worked as a model, dancer and actress. We discuss how she sang and danced in all three of Donn Arden’s MGM productions and continues to sing and record albums to this day. Also discussed was her difficulty as a woman of color in the entertainment industry when it was a less diverse community than today. A very full episode featuring her highs and lows as a performing artist, enjoy!

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Today, November 21st, marks the 40th anniversary of the devastating fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada that killed 85 people and injured several hundreds more. This episode features survivors from the fire that were working on the opening of Donn Arden’s Jubilee! One member of the crew perished in the fire. Hear the stories from Pete Menefee, Diana Eden and Jakki Ford about the tragic day and the impact on their lives.

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Dancing Nudes, Showgirls, topless dancers: this episode features excerpts from previous guests discussing the subject of being a topless dancer and the shame (or not) surrounding it. Each guest has unique perspectives and experiences about their time being a Showgirl or topless dancer and how it has shaped their life since. We also have a couple of men that worked with the Showgirls discussing their views on the subject. In this episode, I share my experience as a topless dancer and some of the shame that I still am unraveling to this day. 

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She’s back! The host of Bluebells Forever Podcast, Sheri Lewis, takes the hot seat again to share her own experience as a Showgirl in Hello, Hollywood, Hello and beyond. We discuss her experience of accepting a “nude” dancer contract and being disowned by her parents and the shaming some Showgirls went through from family, friends and communities. While her dancing career was short compared to some, she lived incredible experiences getting to travel the world while doing something she loved. Enjoy! 

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Donna London, former head of wardrobe of Jubilee shares her story of unexpectedly joining the circus and then moving to Las Vegas and joining the wardrobe crew of Jubilee in the winter of 1981. She shares about her time as a wardrobe technician and then moving up to management during her 33 1/2 years with the show. We also discussed the challenges she faced with maintaining costumes and discontinued supplies and the closing of the show. If you love the Jubilee costumes, this is an episode to learn more about how she managed to keep them looking spectacular for nearly four decades.

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This episode features broadway dancer turned costume designer, Diana Eden. We discuss her brief, but important role in the creation of Jubilee as the assistant to Bob Mackie and Pete Menefee. She was the creator and keeper of the famed "Costume Bibles" that were used to help rebuild the costumes after the tragic MGM fire in 1980. Her work later in film as a costume designer leads to a discussion about character development and the co-creative experience of working with actors in their roles. Enjoy!

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