Elysium Gets Bit! October 25th 2019 Show!

Trick or treat? Well plenty of treats and a few tricks this week at Elysium. Since it is Halloween AND the last Friday of the month, it was time for Elysium’s monthly theme show. The theme was BITE ME. Oh I do love the sound of that. Can be taken in so many ways. It was a great chance for me to sneak over and scare the hell out of Stoke. He was AFK and came back to a screen full of THIS:

My delightful new Puppet AO with thanks to Ant, and oh it is the perfect marriage of cute and creepy. I am a creepy doll. But a happy one! Poor Stoke can get no peace:

Welcome to Stoke’s nightmare!! Gawd I love Alice. With thanks to Hell for the hellfire!

As it happened, we were the ones who got the trick played on us when Linden Labs decided to spend today doing maintenance, which caused a lot of issues with our show. HUDs responding slowly, movers dragging, objects not rezzing or refusing to derez… it was frustrating and stuffed up my act in particular, but things settled a bit as the evening progressed. Our professional team pushed through it and still managed to perform a fabulous show. It was really fun in spite of the complications, with friends and family gathering in The Empire Room at Copperhead Road, Paul and Jilley welcoming guests, DJ Gunner kicking out the Ozzy, ACDC, and Black Sabbath, our Wiz doing the patrols, pantie checks and making the announcements… WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND! Let’s take a look at some pics from the show!
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Babypea
With: Gunner, Stoke, Jorgio, and Zach
SOMEONE RING THE DINNER BELL!!!!
Alice Cooper Ft. Kesha – What Baby Wants

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Antonio
With Jilley, Seb, Soco, Lina, Taema, Kyser, and Pea
Doesn’t Jilley look fierce! I think she is going to bite Antonio… he doesn’t look worried, though!
Blake McGrath – The Night (Only Place To Go)

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Bianka
With Jorgio
For the record, Bianka had a floor in her dance. It did not rez for me, and I apologise to Bianka for that, but what I could see was so incredible, I wanted to show the pics of it.
Kiesza – Phantom Of The Dance Floor (Ft. Philippe Sly)

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Britt
With Hailie and Dear
Caged Britt and friends set the stage on fire!
Billie Ellish featuring Justin Beaber “Bad Guy”

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Sherry
With Morganna and BabyPea
This was Sherry’s debut on the Elysium stage!
Witchy Woman Live from the Los Angeles Forum

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Mikiko
With Kelly and Bianka
Gorgeous gals cast a dark, sexy spell on the audience as they serenade us!
YOHIO – My Nocturnal Serenade

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Taema
With Kyser
SL’s hottest couple, love the choreo in this!
Fever by Connie Evingson

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Melvis
OMG Melvis… and his army of animesh skeles… he never fails to entertain and delight!
Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix) – Extended Mix

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Jilley
With Ant, Lina, Taema, Kyser
What cool costumes and a fascinating set with stellar mover work!
Marilyn Manson – Tainted Love

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Eva

With Everyone
Eva always has fantastic sets, super fun songs, and wonderful choreo… she always makes lots of fun for everyone!

Girlschool – Love At First Bite

I Eat People

5 Seconds of Summer ‒ Teeth

SLASHSTREET BOYS – “SLASHING BODIES” (OFFICIAL BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
Poor R. We wore her right out. Someone give her a rewind!!

Animesh Takes the Stage at Elysium, October 18th 2019 Show

Animesh has actually been featured before on the Elysium stage, but not by me. Which means I could not write about it because, having never used it, I was clueless. Tonight was my first dance featuring animesh. That means I have now used it and understand it well enough to type about it. With animesh, you can animate mesh objects in your dances, and make them dance. Just like a backup dancer. Sounds too good to be true, but it actually works and is surprisingly easy. I had a small army of Predators in my dance. Six all up plus me dancing, and a few others wandering about. To use animesh, I recommend getting Keith Ringgold’s system off of MarketPlace. This is the one:
~RE~ Animesh Relay L$500
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/RE-Animesh-Relay/16437042

However, the included instructions are vague and confusing. Therefore, I recommend watching Elayn’s videos on YouTube. They explain everything in three short, compact and easy-to-understand videos. Here is a link to the first one, and follow on from there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0VONI-ECWc&feature=youtu.be Thank you Elayn for all your help and instruction!

Though I think animesh is cool and could be useful, the most I can see it doing for now is, replacing backup dancers. I suppose that saves lindens on costumes, but you lose that feeling of camaraderie from working with other people, which is one of my fave things about dance. A couple of funny stories… I was trying to edit the mover linked to one of my predators, and getting really frustrated because I could not grab it in edit. I tried camming all around, camming INSIDE the creature, I just could not grab it. After like ten minutes, getting increasingly frustrated and wondering WHY CAN’T I EDIT THIS… I even tried a relog!!!! I finally decided to completely delete it and rez a new one. That was when I realised I was trying to edit MYSELF! Couldn’t tell me from the other predators on my set. And then later, I tried to put a rez box script inside myself. I figured it out a lot faster for that one, but it was seriously hard to tell me from my other Predators.

It was my adventure in animesh, and now it is no longer a mystery to me. I recommend trying it just for the fun of learning something new. But I still think having backup dancers is more satisfying than objects. Though I am sure using animesh will prove to be, like so many things in SL… limitless possibilities.

Let’s take a look at some pics of our show, and oh of course: WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND! Thank you to everyone who participated in tonight’s show, whether it was on-stage, behind the scenes, or in the audience!

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Jo
The Book of Dreams (edit) – Suzanne Vega

1. Why did you choose this song to create a dance to? What was your inspiration?
I found this great book background and thought of the idea of showing as my “dreams” the two things I love most in SL, ballet and Japanese culture.

2. What were the particular challenges you dealt with when creating this dance?
The costume changes and the curtain fades in and out. There are 7 curtains fading in and out and 3 costume changes! And I pray they all work!

3. What does this dance mean to you?
Just a different concept I wanted to try.

4. Is there anything you would like others to know about your dance?
Just enjoy it! And pray with me that it works!

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Alexis
With Prestor
You Say – Lauren Daigle

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Sarah
With Sagia, Paul, Babypea
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)

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Dear
Elderbrook & Rudimental – Something About You

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Kelly
With Taema and Mikiko
Tito Y Tarantula-After Dark

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Wiz
The One I Love – Sugarland

Why did you choose this song to create a dance to? What was your inspiration?
Well, it’s October so I wanted to do something Halloweeny (is that a word?). I decided to go with a devil/demon avatar since I have a great avatar I got many years ago. So I made the theme for myself as “fire and brimstone”. So then I started searching for “the” song. I was inspired when I heard REM’s The One I Love on my local 80’s station. I researched it a bit and found out that Michael Stipe did not want to add it to their latest album, Document, because it was too dark and violent. So I had to use it!

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Babypea
Till I Collapse

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Lina

With Everyone

1. Pitbull-I Know You Want Me

2. Ricky Martin-Shake Your Bon Bon

3. Enrique-Tonight

Coming to Elysium Cabaret this Friday, October 18th

If it’s Friday, it’s Elysium Cabaret! Fancy some imagination in a fun social setting? In The Empire Room at Copperhead Road, every Friday at 6pm SLT, the dynamic performers of Elysium Cabaret take the stage to bring you a solid hour of entertainment! Featuring elaborate sets, stunning costumes and choreography sequenced to an eclectic genre of music, Elysium Cabaret offers something for everyone.

Grab your friends and get there early because the sim fills. Come celebrate Friday!

We also offer a ‘best of the past month’ matinèe the last Saturday of every month at 1pm SLT, for our friends who can’t make it to our Friday evening shows. See you there!

This week’s lineup includes acts by:

• Jo
• Wiz
• Kelly
• Dear
• Sarah
• Alexis
• Babypea
• And this just in: Lina on Crowd Dances!

Welcome to the Weekend!

Your escorted limo: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Copperhead%20Road/74/64/2754

Elysium Cabaret’s October 11th 2019 Show

It was Friday night but something was missing! We gathered in The Empire Room at Copperhead Road for another amazing show from Elysium Cabaret, featuring some of the most talented and dedicated choreographers on the grid. We had Jilley, we had DJ Gunner, we had The Wiz… we had dancers and detailed sets, fabulous costumes and tight choreography… we had the best audience in either life, friends, family, and cherished guests… but Paul was missing! Yes, our Paul had slipped out a side door and headed out of town for his annual camping trip to the races. We missed you Paul! Stay safe, have fun, hurry home. Meanwhile, back at the club… Britt was filling in for Paul, being a beacon of welcoming warmth for all who attended.

Speaking of welcomes….

WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND!
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Antonio
With Jilley, Lina, Hailie, Pea, Stoke, and Melvis
Adam Lambert SuperPower

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Mikiko
Game of Thrones – “Main Theme / Opening Song” – Jillian Aversa

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Adam
With Bella, Jilley, Mikiko, Gunner, Melli, Sarah, Bianka, Jorgio, Wiz, and Dear
Michael Jackson – Thriller

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Hailie
Ariana Grande – Let Me Love you

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Sarah
Let It Be Me

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Bianka
With Adam, Antonio, Bella, Hailey, Jorgio, Mikiko and Stoke
Pete Ramirez – I Like It Like That

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Jilley
With Ant and Lina
CAN’T STOP ME – by Clear Blue Fire

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Bella

With Everyone

1. Spooky Scary Skeletons

2. Somebody’s Watching Me

3. Ghostbusters

Coming to Elysium Cabaret Friday, October 11th at 6pm SLT

If it’s Friday, it’s Elysium Cabaret! Fancy some imagination in a fun social setting? In The Empire Room at Copperhead Road, every Friday at 6pm SLT, the dynamic performers of Elysium Cabaret take the stage to bring you a solid hour of entertainment! Featuring elaborate sets, stunning costumes and choreography sequenced to an eclectic genre of music, Elysium Cabaret offers something for everyone.

Grab your friends and get there early because the sim fills. Come celebrate Friday!

We also offer a ‘best of the past month’ matinèe the last Saturday of every month at 1pm SLT, for our friends who can’t make it to our Friday evening shows. See you there!

This week’s lineup includes acts by:

Luna, Jilley, Bella, Hailie, Sarah, Adam, Bianka, Mikiko and Antonio

Welcome to the Weekend!

Your escorted limo: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Copperhead%20Road/74/64/2754

Elysium Cabaret’s October 4th 2019 Show

If it’s Friday, it’s Elysium Cabaret! In The Empire Room at Copperhead Road! Tonight’s show was a blast, super fun, attended by the best audience in SL with friends and family flocking to the venue to be greeted by Paul and Morganna, and DJ Gunner’s fabulous tunes. The Wiz was busy checking details backstage, including panty-checking, as Wiz has generously volunteered to be the Official Elysium Cabaret Panty Checker. So that no one forgets their knickers! In the generosity department, Stoke has joined Wiz in the Panty Checker department. Stoke will be providing Quality Assurance, to double check that everyone has on their undies. So if you notice someone peeking up your skirt, if not Wiz, it is probably Stoke. All the more reason to not wear panties!!

Onto some pictures of the show. And hey, Welcome to the Weekend!
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Britt
With Kelly and EvAngelina
Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey “Don’t Call Me Angel”
Britt isn’t fooling us with the wings!

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Nadi
With CowGrl and Morganna
Kc & The Sunshine Band – Shake your Booty (1976)
Going back into time with some Disco

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Lina
With Nara and EvAngelina
Moist by Janet Jackson
Lina decides it’s time for a shower, bringing the guys and even some of the girls to their knees….

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Dear
Hunter Hayes – Still Fallin
Always classy, always beautiful *cossets*

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Eva
With Nara, Zena, Nadi, Cowgrl, Victory, Jo
The Greatest Show – Eva.mp3
Eva knows how to make an entrance!

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Babypea
With Gunner
SKALD – Run
Not even death can keep them apart!

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Antonio

With Everyone

A total good time, Ant brought the house down with these lively songs and superb choreo!
1. The Knack – My Sharona

2. What I Like About You

R. Bartender, providing the Mad Dog 20/20 😀
3. nothing but a good time

The Wiz is in disguise this week!
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Coming to Elysium Cabaret Friday, October 4th at 6pm SLT

If it’s Friday, it’s Elysium Cabaret! Fancy some imagination in a fun social setting? In The Empire Room at Copperhead Road, every Friday at 6pm SLT, the dynamic performers of Elysium Cabaret take the stage to bring you a solid hour of entertainment! Featuring elaborate sets, stunning costumes and choreography sequenced to an eclectic genre of music, Elysium Cabaret offers something for everyone.

Grab your friends and get there early because the sim fills. Come celebrate Friday!

We also offer a ‘best of the past month’ matinèe the last Saturday of every month at 1pm SLT, for our friends who can’t make it to our Friday evening shows. See you there!

This week’s lineup includes acts by:

Eva, Britt, Lina, Nadi, Dear, Cowgrl, and Babypea

Welcome to the Weekend!

Your escorted limo: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Copperhead%20Road/74/64/2754

Elysium Cabaret’s September 27th 2019 Show

Oops! Someone forgot to post the pics from the show last Friday. Senility and all that… forgive me. It was our monthly theme show, with acts featuring a Latino influence. Take a look! Was a super fun night, a great way to welcome in the weekend!

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Jilley
With Paul
Ricky Martin – Maria

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Nadi
With Queenie, Kyser, Kelly, Jorgio
**Nuevo Flamenco Guitar: SOMBRERO – Al Marconi

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Mikiko
With Kelly, EVAngelina
Lost in the Middle of Nowhere (feat. Becky G)

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Jo
With Queenie, Soco, Seb and Si
Hips don’t lie – Shakira

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Wiz
Sabeme la Radio – Enrique Iglesias

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Lina
With Nara, Jilley, Baby, Que, Ant, Si, Melvis
Coco Baca Bun bun

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Babypea
With Gunner
Who Discovered America – Ozomatli

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Jilley

With Everyone

Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5

Los del Rio – Macarena

Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca

Okay, this is R’s “Today is not the day, and I am not the one” pose, AkA “Tell it to the hand!”