I REMEMBER WHEN

SOMETIMES I LOOK BACK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT I HAVE WITNESSED IN THE BALLROOM SCENE, THE GOOD, BAD, AND THE SCANDALOUS. I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER AND I WELCOME YOU TO SHARE YOUR MEMORIES AND TO COMMENT ON THE SHARED ONES THAT WE MAY HAVE!

1. I REMEMBER WHEN I PUT UP THE $100 DOLLARS AT THE 1998 DIAMANTE BALL FOR FEM QUEEN PERFORMANCE! THAT CREATED ON OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND HOTTEST PERFORMANCE EVER! ASHLEY STORMED NIAMBI THEN ERIE BAZAAR ASKED AHSLEY TO STEP OFF THE RUNWAY THEN ALYSSA CAME INTO THE BUILDING AND STORMED NIAMBI THEN SINIA STORMED ALYSSA THEN IT WAS PANDEMONIUM IN THE BUILDING! THEN AFTER THAT WAS HISTORY ....AND TO THINK A $100 WAS A LOT BACK THEN LOL.

2. I REMEMBER WHEN THE CLUBHOUSE ON 28TH STREET WAS THE HOT SPOT OF BALLROOM WHERE ALL KINDS OF HISTORY WAS MADE! I REMEMBER WHEN SINIA WAS BLACKBALLED FROM THE CLUBHOUSE FOR MACING THE WHOLE CLUB. WHY? BECAUSE SINIA HAD ATE EVERYONE UP THAT NIGHT AND JACK ASKED " WHO DARES DEFY SINIA AND YOLANDA STEPPED OUT WANTING TO BATTLE! BACK THEN THAT WAS UNHEARD OF HER AND YOLANDA ENSUED IN A NASTY CATFIGHT THAT LED INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION AFTER YOLANDA PUT HER ASS INTO HER FACE. AFTER THAT THE REST IS HISTORY.

3. I REMEMBER WHEN THE SHADE WAS SO THICK WITH YOLANDA TOWARD SINIA AT YOLANDAS OWN HOUSE GRAND MARCH SINIA WAS GETTING TENS FOR PERFORMANCE AND YOLANDA STORMED HER!!! CLASSIC.

4. I REMEMBER WHEN MEEKA WAS A BQ AND AT THE SECOND STATE VS STATE BALL IN ATLANTA SHE WAS THE NY'S TEAM SECRET WEAPON AND THEY PUT HER AGAINST ARMANI MILAN FOR BQ VOGUE FEM. SEE NOW BACK THEN ARMANI RULED THE SOUTH AND WOULD EVEN COME TO NY. AND SLAY THE GIRLS. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE BACK THEN TO WIN OVER ARMANI AND MEEKA SLAYED HIM!!! TO ADD TO THE OPEN WOUND AT THE EBONY BALL THE FOLLOWING MONTH LABOR DAY WEEKEND MEEKA GOT HIM AGAIN. NEEDLESS TO SAY ARMANI'S VOGUING CAREER FIZZLED AFTER THAT AND THEY NEVER GOT A REMATCH BECAUSE MEEKA TRANSITIONED INTO A FEM QUEEN.

5. I REMEMBER WHEN THE LATE GREAT DANIELLE REVLON WAS ALIVE AND YOU WOULD SEE HER AT THE OCTAGON AND SHE WOULD DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY. I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN SHE CAME TO THE CLUBHOUSE ONE NIGHT AND CALLED SHANICE MILAN FOR FACE AND GOT ON THE TABLE AND EMOTED AWAY UNTIL SHE GOT EACH VOTE! DANIELLE WOULD SELL IT FOR THE GODS  EACH TIME SHE WALKED.

6. I REMEMBER WHEN THE LATE GREAT MYSTERY DIOR AND ASHLEY HAD SHADE!!! THEIR SHADE WAS INTENSE, MYSTERY FELT LIKE ASHLEY STOLE THE MAKAELLA FROM HIM AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT ASHLEY CREATED IT. THIS ONE PARTICULAR BALL IN PHILLY SHE CHOPPED HIM FOR PERFORMANCE SO THE FOLLOWING MONTH LATER AT THE 1999 LATEX BALL HE MADE A PRODUCTION BASED OFF THE SONG "SCRUBS" BY TLC CALLING ASHLEY OUT! THEY CHOPPED HIM AND THEY ENDED UP BRINGING HIM BACK! THE REAL SHADE CHOP AND ALL HE ENDED UP WINNING THE WHOLE NIGHT.

7. I REMEMBER WHEN YOLANDA WAS A REAL YOUNG GIRL VOGUING WHEN SHE WOULD WIN SHE WOULD JUMP UP AND DOWN AND CHEER. WHEN SHE WOULD LOSE SHE WOULD CRY AND TAKE IT PERSONAL!

8. I REMEMBER WHEN ALLOURA WAS A BQ KNOWN AS CHRISTINA AND WOULD GET CHOPPED CONSTANTLY THEN HER TRANSITIONING  INTO A FQ AND BASICALLY CHANGING DRAMATIC FQ PERFORMANCE FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM. ALLOURA TOOK EVERYTHING TO THE NEXT LEVEL. RIP!!!

9. I REMEMBER WHEN MINI GRANDS WAS $150 AND A TROPHY AND A GRAND PRIZE WAS $300 AND PEOPLE WAS HAPPY AND SATISFIED WITH THAT!

10. I REMEMBER WHEN REALNESS WITH A TWIST WAS A RARE CATEGORY AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WALKED IT WAS REAL AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO VOGUE SO IT LOOKED FUNNY AND THEY WAS ENTERTAINING TO HAVE OUT THERE.......

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