The first show

I don't know exactly what happened last night -- and I was there. The Babes, every single one of them, brought truth, laughter, memory, a love of words and a love of the audience and combined all of those into an exciting and beautiful evening.

It wasn't only performance, it was the most stunning display of selflessness. Each Babe insured that the others might shine.

I feel so grateful to be part of this. And now? We begin!

Babes in the news!

Catch us at the Ventura County Star -- first show Tuesday April 3rd!

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/mar/29/razor-babes-present-an-evening-of-interactive-3/

Today was our last indoor rehearsal. Tomorrow, we'll be outdoors at the Simi Valley Mall at 6pm, doing a full dress rehearsal.

A blessing from Joelle ...

And here are our new Babe shoes!

And a different kind of blessing from Beth.

Can't believe the show is finally happening!

It's rehearsal time

We arrived in Ventura at sunset. Actually, I did. Everyone else remembered to turn their clocks back. I was an hour late.

To get to grips with the material, there is nothing else to do but ... get to grips with the material.

Joelle and Albert ready to rehearse.

What we didn't realize or, rather, what I didn't realize, was that the SXXX exhibition was still on.

There are some exhibits that never strike a chord. And there are others that, once they strike, well, they keep on striking.

Actually, Albert's really soft-spoken so when he lets loose, it does grab the attention.

And Joelle has the last word!

Thanks to the lovely Phil Taggart for allowing us into the Artists' Union Gallery for rehearsals!

The Second Shoot

We met at Brandeis-Bardin campus for this one. We needed a few more shots for the Journeys theme.

After a few attempts, we abandoned the idea of vertical journeys.

Yep. None of these made it into the chapbook either.

Marie delivers!

Marie was amazing at helping all of us to relax. But, the hams that we are, it didn't take much.

So here are some of the pics that won't make it into the chapbook.

The Big Shoot 2-12-12

We spent this afternoon shooting photos for our new chapbook out this Spring. This is a fund-raiser effort for our Bay Area trip. The plan: If we put silly photos with our poems, more people will buy the book. We had a whale of a time and our photographer, Marie, was incredible.

So this is what happens when 9 poets and 1 photographer get together: We meet up for lunch, eat some yoghurt, fruit, soup, egg and fries (not in that order). We drink a little tea and water. And then the magic starts to happen...

That Beth, so graceful and supple.

And Christy's got it going on, too.

And this gorgeous purple-haired creature turned up. She must be famous.

Joan and Maggie between takes, hanging out with the cookies.

Anyone know this guy?

Molly was very patient with us and kept Melissa out of trouble.

Meanwhile, Sandra K. wisely sat under her umbrella and stayed cool.

Watch this space for news and pics from the next shoot!

They're back and they're heading north!

Three of the Babes looking Babealicious at the Cobalt: Joan, Joelle and Beth.
Razor Babes are back and howling about the freeway,snow leopards, Irish desserts (Guinness with ice-cream?), Superwoman, Batman, traffica, train journeys, Bollywood: and that's just when we were unpacking.
Join us on this blog as we plot our Bay Area or Bust trip. We're heading up in May to meet a whole shed-load of talented writers and performers in Santa Cruz, Berkeley and -- wait for it -- Good Vibrations!