Le Spectacle au Club Queen

So last night I had my first performance at Club Queen.

oh.

my.

god.

It was everything I ever wanted an official real performance to be. The music, the lights, the crowd, the cheering, the costumes. It was euphoric and magical.

I had been a bit down since Friday morning because I had to take Amy and mom to the airport :'(. I didn't really get to say goodbye and I cried. I was such a wonderful visit! I miss them so much already and can't wait for them to see me again.
So although I was sad, I was looking forward to Saturday night.

I slept in on Friday so that I would have energy to go all night. I woke up around 2pm and went to the BHV (kind of like a French walmart) to get fuel and a fuel container. I tried to take a nap when I got back, but was too jittery and decided to skype family/friends instead. Around 11pm with hoops, fuel, and Red Bull in hand, I made my way to the Queen.

There was already a line outside and I got to do what I've always wanted to do - walk past a huge queue at a big club and the bouncer let me right in. I ended up being about an hour early, which was fine. I sat in the dressing room mentally preparing myself when Catherine and three of the club dancers came in. It was a very tiny cramped space, but we made it work.
The outfit she put me in consisted of black leggings, a black underbust corset, and a black pleather bra. We slicked my hair back like this:




Yes I KNOW it's Zac Efron, but it was a good example of what my hair looked like. I just googled 'slick hair'.

ANYWAY

My makeup was very dark and dramatic, with black smokey eye shadow and deep magenta lips. We tried to do this crazy fohawk wig thing, but it wouldn't stay securely in my hair. Once the other dancers and I were ready, I prepared my torches and was escorted by Catherine and some bouncers to the platforms on the dance floor. I got up on the platform and before I even had a single torch lit, the whole room of people (about 200+) had stopped dancing and were all turned to watch, cheering and yelling. I was giddy and nervous and incredibly excited. Being an attention whore worked well in my favor.

I did my fire set and the crowd was going absolutely crazy. It was completely euphoric and it was everything I wanted it to be. The fuel was pretty good and lasted me for a good 5 minutes or so. When I was done there was a huge cheer and I was escorted back up to the dressing room.
I sat alone in there for a while, shaking a bit and giggling for a while. I drank my second Red Bull and managed to calm down for a bit.

About half and hour later I was ready to do my LED set. The dancers and I switched positions this time, with me on the upstairs glass-bottom stage and the dancers on the floor platforms. About 8 minutes or so into my set I had to take off my corset because I felt like I couldn't breathe or move, but it was ok. It lasted for about 15 minutes, and I was absolutely exhausted by the end of it.

The set ended and we all went back to the dressing room. I changed into my oh-so-sexy jeans and tshirt and went with Catherine downstairs to get a drink. I had a little over an hour to kill until the metro would start running for the morning (5 am). I drank 2 glasses of Champagne and watched the crowd for a while. I was just so happy with myself and my life. I feel like I'm living the most incredible experience every day. I can't believe I just hooped with fire to a huge crowd of cheering people in Paris and I freakin' got paid for all of it. wtf.

Anyway, I sat in the metro for a while afterwards and got the first one that finally came, around 5:45. Made it back to my dorm and feel asleep with a smile on my face. Can't wait for my next show!