A backstage moment..

The lovely Chi Chi taking a moment to shake that tambourine.

Wow, you're right Gypsy Wild...
that is exactly the feel I was going for with the invite.
Who knew?
(I guess you knew).

And Jazmen,
Those pics are hot and I really love the youtube video.
It's not the best quality, true but it gets the feeling across.
I remember when you started to twirl the crowd went insane!

I say this every year but I can't figure out why people don't twirl more.
(I guess it's harder than it looks)
Every time someone twirls, the crowd goes absolutely nuts.

Gypsy Wild (me) and Brooke..The Poetess

Johnny and the Ho Ho's.

And speaking of spinning here's my dear friend Jazmen Flowers mid-twirl.

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I'd like to take a minute to really pay homage to the men behind the man.

As "Art Director" (I guess that's what I am now) of NOTS (I do the invites, the stage, the decor etc.) and I get a lot of praise.
The truth is, I couldn't do my part of it without Lori E. Seid.
Lori is a seasoned pro lighting director and all around tech wizard. For the past few years Lori has made the "Rosie O'Donnell train" run on time. She has done everything from Rosie's TV shows to Taboo on Broadway.
She's a tech genius.
When I showed her my drawing for the stage set she immediately wrote out all the tech necessary to make it happen.
Pipes, trusses, cheezeboros, clamps...
By the time I turned around to ask her what the hell a cheezeboro was she was 30 feet up on a ladder checking the gels in a light.
Someone that night was commenting to me about the lighting at NOTS, "It's always so professional they said, It's like they rehearsed it".
Well you know what...
they did!
Lori is a highly paid professional who does NOTS (almost) every year for us out of love.
She makes all of us look good, especially me.

The other man behind the man is Dany Johnson. aka "Pops Steiner" on The Motherboards. (Don't ask)
As most of you know, I'm a DJ by profession so I also get a lot of credit for the music and the shows.
But the truth is Chi Chi and Hattie won't let me anywhere near the music at NOTS.

This year, for instance, I pushed for a few "Stevie-esque" songs to be included. Songs not by Stevie exactly but in the same vein.
NO! I was told by the Empress is no uncertain terms.
ALL STEVIE ALL NIGHT!
To punish me for my insurrection she made me remix "Nightbird" and "Enchanted".
I will, of course, make them available for all of you freaks to download.

It's Joel, Poison Eve, Sammy Jo and Craig Spencer who are the Stevie DJs. (I'd get tambourines thrown at me if I played!)

And as far as the show...
Dany does all that.
She is there in the afternoon running through everything with Hattie and Lori and the performers.
Dany Johnson makes the show music work.

But every year I get credit for it all.
Life is good.

Seriously, I'm coming clean.
Hat's off to the men behind the man.
Dany Johnson and Lori E. Seid


Lori making it happen

Here is my "Enchanted" Remix.
Just go to my Myspace Music page and you can download the mix.

Here are more pics! Enjoy!!
http://flickr.com/photos/henson701/sets/72157605035186822/

Henson, your pictures are gorgeous.

I have to say that this one had me peeing in my shawl AGAIN!
(I'm never gonna get it cleaned, what's the point?)

I know it's not a traditional "Stevie pic" but it really shows how at NOTS "Stevie" is open to all interpretations and that is what we are all about.

And the video that you took of Adam Joseph's "Landslide" is major.

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glad u like ;-)

Please...no more pictures of me - I really feel loved, trust, but there were too many pics of me up, was embarassing..so I just removed a few..

Lets see everyone else - keep those wonderful pics and links coming!

Alright, get ready for it folks...

The Ho Ho's

Mizz Bond

Sweetie...

Dressing room shenanigans...

Poison Eve as Dean as Stevie...

Fierce twirling...