Last month, Twirly Girls hosted the SIXTH annual Lovely Rita Fundraiser to benefit the National Kidney Foundation. It does not seem possible that we are six years into throwing these events, but we are! Late last year, I asked the other instructors to do one long instructor piece instead of each of us dancing separately (this is a popular show, and we could very easily end up with 25+ performances if we aren't careful). They said yes! (Although not everyone was excited about my song choice.) If you want to donate to the cause, please visit THIS link.
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Showing posts with label Twirl for a Cause. Show all posts
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Monday, May 11, 2015
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Cowboy Wild's Good Old Fashioned Pole Down - an AIDS LifeCycle Fundraiser!
We are less than a month away from our next pole dance fundraiser at Club 1220. This one benefits Cowboy Wild's AIDS LifeCycle ride! The Facebook event can be found HERE (you can also find the most current list of performers there as well).
WANTED:
Pole cleaners! Especially pole cleaners happy to dress up in cowgirl or boy attire.
We are looking for online pole companies or other local businesses that would be willing to donate items for the raffle. If you are interested, please contact us through the Confessions of a Twirly Girl fan page. You can use the link on the right hand side of the page to go to the Facebook page and send a private message.
We are also looking for local polers who may be interested in participating in a pole-dance-off that night at the event! Names will be drawn at the show so send us your names if you'd like to be included on the list (you can send a message to the Confessions of a Twirly Girl fan page as well). Winner gets a prize! Who doesn't love prizes?!
Now, normally we don't take tips, however at this show, TIPPING IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!
The cover charge is only $6 and the dancers will be donating their tips to support Robert in this 500 mile (plus) bike ride.
In addition to many Twirly Girl favorites, I hear Ck from Poletential will be dancing for us!! You don't want to miss her 1220 debut!
So, please join us on Saturday, February 1st at 6:00 PM at Club 1220 in Walnut Creek for a night of fun and exciting performances (1220 is bar so 21 and up only!). Hey guess what, I recently decided that I will be performing as well! I got my song and my costume and my concept...so now I better get to work!
Can't make it to the show but still want to donate? Robert's fundraising page can be found HERE.
WANTED:Pole cleaners! Especially pole cleaners happy to dress up in cowgirl or boy attire.
We are looking for online pole companies or other local businesses that would be willing to donate items for the raffle. If you are interested, please contact us through the Confessions of a Twirly Girl fan page. You can use the link on the right hand side of the page to go to the Facebook page and send a private message.
We are also looking for local polers who may be interested in participating in a pole-dance-off that night at the event! Names will be drawn at the show so send us your names if you'd like to be included on the list (you can send a message to the Confessions of a Twirly Girl fan page as well). Winner gets a prize! Who doesn't love prizes?!
Now, normally we don't take tips, however at this show, TIPPING IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!
The cover charge is only $6 and the dancers will be donating their tips to support Robert in this 500 mile (plus) bike ride.
In addition to many Twirly Girl favorites, I hear Ck from Poletential will be dancing for us!! You don't want to miss her 1220 debut!
So, please join us on Saturday, February 1st at 6:00 PM at Club 1220 in Walnut Creek for a night of fun and exciting performances (1220 is bar so 21 and up only!). Hey guess what, I recently decided that I will be performing as well! I got my song and my costume and my concept...so now I better get to work!
Can't make it to the show but still want to donate? Robert's fundraising page can be found HERE.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Twirl for a Cause: AIDS Walk San Francisco Fundraiser
On Saturday, July 6, 2013, local pole dancers came together to help us raise money for my good friend, Jimmy Gale, and AIDS Walk San Francisco. We received a ton of awesome raffle prizes from friends, local businesses and some online pole companies. Club 1220 graciously hosted the event and Twirly Girls Pole Fitness was a co-presenter.I want to thank Dew Point Pole for sending a box FULL of goodies to raffle. I also want to thank our friends Lety, Rita and Mary, who donated items and baskets. Liquidpulp Photography donated three beautiful prints. Vanessa Howell donated a Bedroom Kandi goodie bag. Grace from Twirly Girls donated an hour class for ten people. Diana from Twirly Girls donated adorable Harry Potter jewelry. There was also a gift certificate from Everything Under the Rainbow. The Starlight Room donated tickets to Sunday's A Drag for auction. Plus, there were many, many other prizes that I haven't listed. Thank you thank you thank you to those who donated!
We had many dancers from around the Bay Area, including recent transplant, Amy from Boston Pole Fitness, Kate and Sasha from Pole Etak, and the amazing Jill Anne. From Twirly Girls, we had Sean Michael (who is also a coach at Kinetic Arts Center in Oakland), Diana, Kim, Patrick, Robert, Alyssa, Grace, Jimmy and Yolanda (aka Team Greazeh!). I want to thank the dancers who donated their tips to the fundraiser. Thank you to Diana and Kim for arriving early and setting up Diana's pole. Thank you to Diana for letting us borrow that pole! Thank you to Bel for allowing us to use her stage pole and for trusting us to honor the Twirly Girl name at an event when she had to work at the studio. Thank you to Patrick for helping me set up the pole and to AJ and Robert for helping me take it down (it was a little difficult to do anything but stand upright in that corset). Thank you to Robert and Rita for taking photos. Thank you to 1220 for allowing us to use their bar for our fundraisers. Thank you to DJ Mikey for not only running the music but for always donating his own money to tip the dancers and join in on the auctions! I especially want to thank Farrah from Twirly Girls, our tireless pole cleaner and doctor-in-training. 
I really cannot thank everyone enough for coming out to dance, to donate raffle items and to watch the show. You helped raise about $1,200 towards Jimmy's $10,000 fundraising goal. If you couldn't make the show but would still like to donate, please click THIS link. And one more thank you to anyone I may have inadvertently forgotten. My brain...it's getting old and it doesn't remember everything anymore. :-) I have never met a more giving group of people. If you missed the event and you'd like to watch a playlist of the videos, please click THIS link.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
July Blog Hop: A day in the life of a pole dancer
This month's blog hop is about chronicling a day in the life of a pole dancer... If you want to check out other entries for this month, click HERE.
I am no average pole dancer. Especially not lately with this 9 month old foot injury that is causing more and more pain every single day. Even on my best, most pain-free day, I am not the most awesome pole dancer you will ever meet. I am not putting myself down. Just stating a fact. But what I love to do is put on pole events. So today I will tell you about the day in the life of a pole dance event coordinator.
Last Saturday, Twirly Girls Pole Fitness and Club 1220 sponsored Twirl for a Cause: An AIDS Walk Fundraiser to benefit star walker, Jimmy Gale. Truly setting up this event started many moons ago, when Jimmy and I had to set the date with our location, Club 1220, a bar in Walnut Creek, California. We also had to invite dancers willing to perform and find sponsors willing to donate raffle items. But this post is about a single day in the life of, so...
I purposely picked up the stage pole from Twirly Girls the night before the event. We had two poles but Diana from Twirly Girls was transporting her pole to the event separately. Twirly Girls is 25 miles from my house and I was worried that Saturday would be hectic and wanted to have one thing checked off my list. I also had the dancers sign liability and photo releases the night before. Two things checked off the list.
On Saturday, I woke up and ran some errands. I picked up water, ice and snacks so the performers would have a little something during the time they were at the club. I then had to get myself ready. This is where it gets fun. See, I debated back and forth on whether I wanted to dress up since I figured I would be co-MC at the event, or whether I wanted to dress comfortably, as I knew I'd be running around a lot. Biggest drawback to dressing up cute is that my foot won't allow cute shoes, so I'd have to be barefoot (plus I'd be setting up the pole without the ability to breathe in the tight corset I wanted to wear). Biggest drawback to not dressing up is I end up in a million photos looking like a homeless lady. So I dressed up. Now I have to transport a heavy stage pole and set up wearing the corset.
I got to the club around 4:30 PM to set up. None of my cohorts were there yet so I mostly wandered around outside. Got a thumbs up from some firemen on my outfit at least. Soon enough, people were arriving and thank goodness, Patrick, and others did most of the unloading of my truck and setting up of the pole.
The next hour and a half were kind of a blur. I was mostly running around, setting up, getting the dancers into the dressing area, gathering CDs of music... Then at 5:45, I realized I'd forgotten three raffle items at home. My house is only a mile away but it was bad timing. The show was supposed to start at 6 PM. The bar was still kind of empty, so with Jimmy's help, I decided to run home to get the missing items. On my way back, one of the dancers called and needed a ride, so I swung over to BART and picked her up. We arrived back at the club around 6:15 PM. The bar was suddenly packed. We got started around 6:30.
I felt like the event went really well. We allowed tipping of the dancers and the dancers were then able to decide how much they wanted to donate to the fundraiser. Normally, of course, we don't allow tipping at our showcases. Although I love pole dancing, I really feel like dancing is very personal for me. So, I do participate in showcases but I don't feel like performing is my life calling. I felt much more comfortable being behind the scenes and sharing MC duties with Jimmy (I have a lot of work to do to sound better on the mic, though). I did participate a little in a "twerking" finale, which was fun. I felt like I was running around the entire show -- barefoot on a cement floor. I saw some familiar faces but didn't really get to say hi. I really, really appreciated everyone who came out to support us, though.
After the show was over, it was clean-up time. The minute the show ended, I ripped that corset off and sucked in as much air as I could get into my lungs. At the end of the event, I had been on my feet for over six hours and my foot was definitely toast. We got to dinner after 9 PM. We celebrated the $1,200 raised for AIDS Walk San Francisco by hitting up a sushi bar and eating some "healthy fried vegetables," aka tempura.
So, that is one day in the life of a pole dance event coordinator. I really, really enjoy setting up pole shows. I realize I am still learning about how to throw a huge event and I am hoping to apply what I learn each time to making the next event bigger and better.
I am no average pole dancer. Especially not lately with this 9 month old foot injury that is causing more and more pain every single day. Even on my best, most pain-free day, I am not the most awesome pole dancer you will ever meet. I am not putting myself down. Just stating a fact. But what I love to do is put on pole events. So today I will tell you about the day in the life of a pole dance event coordinator.Last Saturday, Twirly Girls Pole Fitness and Club 1220 sponsored Twirl for a Cause: An AIDS Walk Fundraiser to benefit star walker, Jimmy Gale. Truly setting up this event started many moons ago, when Jimmy and I had to set the date with our location, Club 1220, a bar in Walnut Creek, California. We also had to invite dancers willing to perform and find sponsors willing to donate raffle items. But this post is about a single day in the life of, so...
I purposely picked up the stage pole from Twirly Girls the night before the event. We had two poles but Diana from Twirly Girls was transporting her pole to the event separately. Twirly Girls is 25 miles from my house and I was worried that Saturday would be hectic and wanted to have one thing checked off my list. I also had the dancers sign liability and photo releases the night before. Two things checked off the list. 
On Saturday, I woke up and ran some errands. I picked up water, ice and snacks so the performers would have a little something during the time they were at the club. I then had to get myself ready. This is where it gets fun. See, I debated back and forth on whether I wanted to dress up since I figured I would be co-MC at the event, or whether I wanted to dress comfortably, as I knew I'd be running around a lot. Biggest drawback to dressing up cute is that my foot won't allow cute shoes, so I'd have to be barefoot (plus I'd be setting up the pole without the ability to breathe in the tight corset I wanted to wear). Biggest drawback to not dressing up is I end up in a million photos looking like a homeless lady. So I dressed up. Now I have to transport a heavy stage pole and set up wearing the corset. 
I got to the club around 4:30 PM to set up. None of my cohorts were there yet so I mostly wandered around outside. Got a thumbs up from some firemen on my outfit at least. Soon enough, people were arriving and thank goodness, Patrick, and others did most of the unloading of my truck and setting up of the pole. The next hour and a half were kind of a blur. I was mostly running around, setting up, getting the dancers into the dressing area, gathering CDs of music... Then at 5:45, I realized I'd forgotten three raffle items at home. My house is only a mile away but it was bad timing. The show was supposed to start at 6 PM. The bar was still kind of empty, so with Jimmy's help, I decided to run home to get the missing items. On my way back, one of the dancers called and needed a ride, so I swung over to BART and picked her up. We arrived back at the club around 6:15 PM. The bar was suddenly packed. We got started around 6:30.
I felt like the event went really well. We allowed tipping of the dancers and the dancers were then able to decide how much they wanted to donate to the fundraiser. Normally, of course, we don't allow tipping at our showcases. Although I love pole dancing, I really feel like dancing is very personal for me. So, I do participate in showcases but I don't feel like performing is my life calling. I felt much more comfortable being behind the scenes and sharing MC duties with Jimmy (I have a lot of work to do to sound better on the mic, though). I did participate a little in a "twerking" finale, which was fun. I felt like I was running around the entire show -- barefoot on a cement floor. I saw some familiar faces but didn't really get to say hi. I really, really appreciated everyone who came out to support us, though. 
After the show was over, it was clean-up time. The minute the show ended, I ripped that corset off and sucked in as much air as I could get into my lungs. At the end of the event, I had been on my feet for over six hours and my foot was definitely toast. We got to dinner after 9 PM. We celebrated the $1,200 raised for AIDS Walk San Francisco by hitting up a sushi bar and eating some "healthy fried vegetables," aka tempura.So, that is one day in the life of a pole dance event coordinator. I really, really enjoy setting up pole shows. I realize I am still learning about how to throw a huge event and I am hoping to apply what I learn each time to making the next event bigger and better.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Twirl for a Cause...an AIDS Walk Fundraiser!
Twirly Girls Pole Fitness and Club 1220 present...
Twirl for a Cause...an AIDS Walk Fundraiser!
Please come support Jimmy Gale in his quest to raise $10,000 for AIDS Walk SF!
Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM (get there early if you want the best seats)
Location: Club 1220, 1220 Pine Street, Walnut Creek, California (this is a bar so you must be 21 to attend)
Please join the event on Facebook HERE.
If you have any items you'd like to donate to the raffle, please contact me directly at tazzie at yahoo dot com!
Come see pole performers from local Bay Area studios such as Twirly Girls, Club Etak, Poletential and Studio Botan.
If you are wondering who might be dancing this evening, here's who we have signed up so far! From Twirly Girls: Of course, the amazing Jimmy Gale! Seanmichael Rau! Robert Carstensen! Patrick Loranger! Grace Garcia! Diana Kottke and Kimberlee Larson! Alyssa Tran! We will also have the amazing Kate Cotruvo from Club Etak, Sasha from Etak/Poletential, and V-Girl from Studio Botan/Poletential. And I am hoping the super awesome Jill Anne might be able to join us as well!
The charge to get in is only $5 and tipping the pole dancers WILL be allowed (respectfully, of course). The dancers will be donating a portion of their tips to the fundraiser as well.
Also, BEFORE this event, the charity drag show will be held at Club 1220 on Sunday, June 23. And if you can't make either event, but would like to donate, please click HERE.
Hope to see everyone this summer!
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