WHAT HAPPEN TO THE ALL AROUND?

ALL AROUND FQ'S ARE EXTINCT NOW WHAT HAPPENED? BACK IN THE DAY, THEIR WAS SO MANY ALL AROUND FEM QUEENS THAT IT WAS AMAZING. ALYSSA FOR EXAMPLE; IS SOMEONE THAT WALKED EVERYTHING! SHE CONQUERED PERFORMANCE AND FACE ALSO BECAME A RUNWAY DIVA AND A SEX KITTEN! THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON. DANIELLE REVLON WAS SOMEONE THAT CONQUERED ALL HER CATEGORIES SHE WALKED REALNESS, VOGUED SHE WAS THE UNBOTHERED FQ FACE DIVA FOR YEARS, THEY INVENTED SEX SIREN FOR HER AND SHE REIGNED THAT UNTIL SHE PASSED THE TORCH TO SINIA. ASHLEY WAS SOMEONE THAT WALKED REALNESS, VOGUE, LABELS, RUNWAY AND EVEN FACE! THE POINT IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LADIES OF YESTERYEAR AND THE ONES OF TODAY! THE POINT OF THE BALLROOM SCENE WAS TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS YOURSELF ON THE FLOOR TO YOUR FULLEST IMAGINATION. IF YOUR BEAUTIFUL WALK FACE, IF YOU KNOW YOU HAD A STERN WALK DO RUNWAY ALSO IF YOUR BODY WAS ON POINT AND SOFT WALK BODY. THE MAJORITY OF THE FEM QUEENS OF YESTERDAY DID NOT PUT THEMSELVES IN A BOX. THEY TAPPED INTO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND GAVE EACH OTHER AND THE BALLROOM SCENE COMPETITION AND FIERCE ENTERTAINMENT. THEIR ARE SO MANY FEM QUEENS THAT ARE OUT TODAY THAT ALSO HAVE THE INGREDIENTS TO BE ALL AROUND AND THEY LIMIT THEMSELVES TO ONE CATEGORY. IF YOU LOOK AT BALL FLYERS THEY HAVE MAYBE FOUR TO FIVE FQ CATEGORIES. THAT IS ABSURD! FQ'S AND DRAG QUEENS WERE THE BELLES OF THE BALL BACK IN THE DAY! THEY HAD SO MANY CATEGORIES TO WALK AND SHOW THEIR TALENT, THE POINT IS THE FEM QUEENS OF TODAY HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN THEMSELVES AND STEP OUT OF THE BOX THAT HAS BEEN CONFINED FOR THEM IN THE RECENT YEARS. IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU COULD WALK SOMETHING ELSE AND CAN BRING IT APPROPRIATELY. BRING IT! DONT DOUBT YOURSELF! MY QUESTION IS WHAT DO YOU FEEL HAS HAPPENED TO THE ALL AROUND FQ'S WHAT DO YOU FEEL CAN BE DONE TO INSPIRE FQ'S TO WALK MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY?

LEGEND, IMPACT, TIME, OR DOES IT EVEN MATTER?

THE DEFINITION OF LEGEND IS : (NOUN) 1. A STORY (WHICH MAY OR NOT BE TRUE) HANDED DOWN FROM THE PAST. THE DEFINITION OF LEGENDARY IS (ADJ) 1. OF OR BASED ON LEGENDS, DESCRIBED IN A LEGEND 2. FAMOUS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT. THE LEGEND ISSUE IN THE BALLROOM SCENE THE LAST 4-5 YEARS HAS WENT HAYWIRE. SOMETIMES THE DEBATE IS TREATED AS SERIOUS AS ANY OF THE 3 TO 4 WARS THAT OUR WORLD IS INVOLVED IN AT A PRESENT TIME. YEARS AGO BEING "LEGENDARY" WAS NEVER AN ISSUE OR CARE. WHEN ONE WAS CALLED LEGEND IT WAS NEVER QUESTIONED OR DOUBTED. YOU KNEW WHEN SOMEONE WAS LEGENDARY THAT IT WAS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR BESTOWED UPON THEM. THOSE PEOPLE WERE REVERED, RESPECTED, AND HONORED IN THE SCENE. THERE WERE PEOPLE BACK THEN THAT MAY OF BEEN CALLED UP AND COMING LEGEND AND MAY OF NEVER BEEN CALLED LEGEND AND THEY DIDN'T CARE. PEOPLE WERE MORE CONCERNED WITH TURNING THE CATEGORY OUT AND WITH HAVING FUN. STATUS BACK THEN WAS EARNED NOT GIVEN OUT BECAUSE OF A DEFINITE TIME FRAME OR BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR IT. THE POINT BLANK FACT WAS TO BE CALLED A LEGEND WAS THE PINNACLE OF A PERSONS BALL WALKING CAREER. IT WAS NEVER A QUESTION THAT DANIELLE OR OCTAVIA WERE LEGEND IT WAS A KNOW FACT. EVEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM WHEN PERFORMANCE AND OTHER CATEGORIES STARTED TO CHANGE IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE BUT 5 OR 6 YEARS INTO THE MILLENNIUM IT DEFINITELY BECAME ONE. LETS FIRST TALK ABOUT IMPACT. IMPACT IS DEFINITELY A REASON THAT SHOULD EFFECT AND DECLARE LEGENDARY STATUS. SINIA AND ASHLEY IN THE EARLY NINETIES CAME AND CHANGED AND REVOLUTIONIZED FEM QUEEN PERFORMANCE. THEY WERE CALLED LEGENDARY AFTER 3 TO 4 YEARS AND IT WAS NOT QUESTIONED. THEY HAD THE HOTTEST RIVALRY AND PEOPLE WOULD ATTEND BALLS TO SEE THEM TWO GO AT IT. THEY KNEW THAT SINIA AND ASHLEY THEN BOO BOO WOULD DELIVER A SHOW AND THEY WOULD GET THEIR ENTERTAINMENT. RENEE KARAN FROM PHILLY WAS ALSO CALLED LEGENDARY AFTER A FEW YEARS BECAUSE SHE HELPED PUT PHILADELPHIA ON THE MAP. SHE WAS SOMEONE THAT WALKED FACE, BODY, REALNESS AND PERFORMANCE AND IT WAS UNDENIABLE WHAT SHE COULD DO WHEN SHE WALKED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT HAVE DECLARED THESE PEOPLE LEGENDARY BASED ON IMPACT. THEY CAME IN AND TOOK CHARGE OF THEIR CATEGORIES AND MADE THEIR NAMES AND ARE ALL UNFORGETTABLE! OTHER EXAMPLES BASED ON IMPACT IS PONY HE CAME AND SLAYED BQ VOGUE FEM BEFORE THE NEW MILLENNIUM AND WAS LIKE A MISSILE WHEN HE TOOK OFF. 2000 AND HE WAS PUNISHING THE CATEGORY STATE TO STATE AND HAD DRAMATICS ON A CHOKE HOLD. THEY WAS CALLING HIM LEGENDARY AT THE 2004 POCC BALL IN NY, BUT EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW HOW HE IMPACTED THE CATEGORY. HE DID NOT ACTUALLY WALK LEGENDARY VOGUE FEM UNTIL 2008. HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO RESPECT THE ARCHAIC GUIDELINES THAT YOU ARE NOT LEGENDARY UNTIL YOU WALKED FOR 10 YEARS! I FEEL IMPACT CAN ALSO BE TIED WITH TIME! LETS TALK ABOUT LEYOMI MIZRAHI SHE STEPPED ONTO THE SCEN IN 2003 BUT FROM 2005 TO PRESENT SHE HAS BEEN SLAYING HER CATEGORY TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WHERE MEEKA, DAEJA, AND ALLOURA SLAYED FOR THE FIRST 5 YEARS SHE CAME IN AND TOOK OFF LIKE A HELICOPTER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. PEOPLE READ AND CASTIGATED THAT SHE WAS MADE LEGENDARY IN 2010 BUT REALLY HOW CAN THEY. JUST AS THE LADIES BEFORE HER CAME AND CHANGED PERFORMANCE AND THE LADIES BEFORE THEM WHICH IS SINIA AND ASHLEY. SHE ALSO HAS REVOLUTIONIZED FQ PERFORMANCE, SHE HAS WON OVER LEGENDS AND BATTLED COUNTLESS OF PEOPLE. SHE HAS STORMED THROUGH HOUSES AND WON GRAND PRIZES. EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS NOT TOUCHED 10 YEARS HER IMPACT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, WE ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE ARE GOING TO BASE IT ONLY ON BALLROOM SCENE. WHEN YOU THINK OF A LEGEND YOUR SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS UNFORGETTABLE. DO YOUR THINK YOU WILL EVER FORGET ABOUT LEYOMI'S NAME. I DOUBT IT BECAUSE SH HAS MARKED A TERRITORY IN THE BALLROOM SCENE THAT CAN NO BE CHANGED EITHER. BEING LEGEND ALSO CONSISTS OF PUTTING A STAMP ONTO YOUR CATEGORY AND SHE HAS DONE JUST THAT. YOU CAN EVEN TALK ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE JANESE CHANEL SHE HAS WALKED BALLS SINCE 97 AND EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS NEVER AN OTY GIRL OR AT MOST MAJOR BALLS YOU KNEW HER PERFORMANCE. SHE STARTED IN THE LEGENDARY CLUBHOUSE ERA AND BATTLED LEGENDS AND HAD HER OWN PERFORMANCE. THEIR HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE HER STATUS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT ALSO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LEGENDARY. ATTITUDE, CONFIDENCE AND NERVE! FOR SOMEONE TO BE QUESTIONED IS EMBARRASSING  BUT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND GET ON THE RUNWAY AGAIN IS CONFIDENCE. YOU HAVE TO BE CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BALLROOM SCENE. YOU KNOW THAT SHE FUSED JANET JACKSON MOVES WITH HER PERFORMANCE WHO ELSE HAS DONE THAT? NO ONE BUT HER. SHE HAS WALKED BALLS OVER 14 YEARS SO SHE IS WELL OVER THE 10 YEAR MARK SO WHY DID HER STATUS HAVE TO GET QUESTION? THEN YOU HAVE THE COMPARISON ISSUE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPARE THEMSELVES TO OTHER PEOPLE AND FEEL THEY SHOULD BE LEGENDARY. THEY FEEL IF THEY THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN SINCE 1996 AND THIS NEXT INDIVIDUAL STARTED IN 2002 THEN HOW IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO STARTED WALKING IN 2002 LEGENDARY? YOU CAN NEVER BASE YOU CAREER ON THE NEXT PERSON THEY MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN YOU HAVE THEY MAY OF BEEN NATIONWIDE YOU MAY  ONLY OF SLAYED IN YOUR HOME STATE. THIS CAN GO ON AND ON YOU MAY HAVE A BALLROOM SCENE OUT IN LETS SAY IDAHO THERE BALLROOM SCENE MAY CONSIST OF 50 PEOPLE BUT YOU MAY HAVE A PERSON THAT HAS BEEN WALKING FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS THERE TO THAT HOMETOWN IN BOISE, IDAHO THAT PERSON IS LEGENDARY. BUT HE MAY COME TO NY AND NOT BE RECOGNIZED AT ALL! SO IS THAT A LOCAL LEGEND? EVEN IF HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCENE IN IDAHO! THE POINT IS THIS DEBATE CAN GO ON AND ON. MY QUESTION TO YOU DOES IT EVEN MATTER ANYMORE HAVING LEGENDARY STATUS? WHAT DO YOU THINK CONSTITUTES A LEGEND? WHAT DO YOU FEEL SHOULD CHANGE ABOUT LEGENDARY STATUS!

BALL FEVER

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE BALL FEVER?  WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE SCENE HAVE HAD IT AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. WHEN YOU ARE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE SCENE IT CAN BE A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE. ITS LIKE AN UNDERGROUND PORTAL HAS OPENED AND ANOTHER WORLD IS THERE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE FIRST COMING OUT YOU ARE NOW IN THE COMPANY OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY LIKE YOU. ALL THOSE YEARS THINKING THAT YOU WAS SOME TYPE OF FREAK OR ANOMALY THAT YOU WAS ALONE YOU SEE NOW HOW WRONG YOU WERE. NOW YOU SEE THINGS YOU'VE NEVER SAW BEFORE. MASCULINE GUYS WHO ARE GAY WHO YOU WOULD NEVER OF IMAGINED. DRAG QUEENS THAT A PRETTY PROUD OF THEIR WORK. YOU SEE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER QUESTION OR THINK ABOUT THAT LOOK LIKE WOMEN BUT YOU ARE BEING TOLD THEY ARE "FEM QUEENS". THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON BUT MOSTLY IN THIS WORLD YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMFORTABLE BEING THEMSELVES IN THE OWN SKIN. THEY ARE AS EFFEMINATE  AND FLAMBOYANT AS THEY WANT TO BE AND ITS NOT FROWNED UPON OR LOOKED UPON AS WRONG. NOW THAT YOU ARE IN THIS WORLD YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, BE APART OF IT, AND BREATHE IT! AS BEAUTIFUL AS A BALL CAN BE JUST LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME, THE FIRE CAN CONSUME YOU LIKE AN INFERNO. AT FIRST YOU ARE SPECTATING AND THEN PEOPLE START TO "SEE YOU" PEOPLE TAKE INTEREST IN YOU THEY SEE YOU FOR A CATEGORY OR EVEN BETTER YET YOU SEE A CATEGORY WHICH YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. SO YOU START WALKING AND YOU MAY BE GETTING THAT FAME BECAUSE YOU ARE NEW AND ITS HOT FOR YOU. YOU ARE TOLD THAT TO MAKE YOUR NAME YOU NEED TO TRAVEL. YOU LEARN BALLS ARE NOT JUST IN YOU LOCAL CITY ITS NATIONWIDE. YOU WANT TO CONQUER IT NOW CITY BY CITY. SO YOU GO TO EVERY BALL NO MATTER WHERE IT IS. YOU SPEND YOUR LAST DOLLAR ON A BALL AND HAVE EMPTY POCKETS. YOU SPENT ALL YOUR MONEY ON A BALL EFFECT AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN PAID YOUR PHONE BILL LOL. THESE ARE ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF BALL FEVER. OR YOU ARE DEAD BROKE AND YOU MISS THE BALL THE WHOLE NIGHT YOU ARE MISERABLE SIMILAR TO NURSING A BROKEN HEART. YOU FEEL LIKE ITS THE END OF THE WORLD THAT YOU MISSED THIS FUNCTION. WHEN YOU WAKE UP EVERYDAY THE FIST THING YOU THINK ABOUT IS THE NEXT BALL YOU ARE GOING TO SLAY AND PUNISH. RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE WORK OR SCHOOL ARE BEING NEGLECTED. THE THING ABOUT BALL FEVER THERE ARE SO MANY SYMPTOMS THAT YOU DO NOT EVEN REALIZE IT UNTIL IT TRULY HAS CONSUMED YOU. I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAS JEOPARDIZED THEIR LIVES FOR BALLS. THEY WERE IN SCHOOL OR HAD A GOOD JOB AND THEY GOT INTO BALLS AND IT WAS A WRAP. AS FUN AS BALLS CAN BE IT CAN ALSO BE DESTRUCTIVE! AS S ANYTHING THAT IS DONE IN EXCESS CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE. THE CURE TO BALL FEVER IS BALANCE. YOU CAN MISS A FEW BALLS REMEMBER TO PRIORITIZE. BALLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AND ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE IN THE FUTURE. AS IN ALL THINGS IN LIFE YOU NEED BALANCE. WHEN ONE THING OR CAUSE HAS ALL YOUR DEDICATION AND TIME SOMETHING ELSE WILL SUFFER AND BE NEGLECTED. REMEMBER BALLS ARE FOR FUN AND SHOULD BE A HOBBY OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY. DO NOT MAKE IT YOUR LIVES WORK BECAUSE YOU LIFE WILL SUFFER IN SOME WAY IN THE LONG RUN! HAVE YOU EVER HAD A BALL FEVER OR KNEW SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU WITH IT? TELL YOUR STORY!

VOGUE, HAS IT BEEN A TRUE EVOLUTION?

THE DEFINITION OF EVOLUTION IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH SOMETHING DEVELOPS GRADUALLY INTO A DIFFERENT FORM.  DOES THAT SOMETHING NECESSARILY MEAN BETTER?  HAS VOGUE IN LETS SAY THE LAST 5-6 YEARS... IS IT BETTER THAN LETS SAY 10 YEARS AGO OR 15 YEARS EVEN?  IF THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED TO ME IF I WAS TO ANSWER HONESTLY I KNOW I WOULD SAY NO.  YES PEOPLE ARE FASTER, MORE DRAMATIC, AND CAN MOVE TO ALL THE PRESENT CHANTS AND SPIN LIKE HELICOPTERS, BUT CAN THEY TRULY VOGUE?  WHEN I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO PERFORMANCE WHAT AMAZED ME WAS THE MOVEMENT, THE GRACE, AND MOST OF ALL THE ORIGINALITY.  IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN STYLE THEIR OWN NICHE THEIR OWN SIGNATURE MOVES.  BACK THEN IF YOU HAD CLOAKED EVERYONE OR CONCEALED THEM FROM HEAD TO TOE THE WAY YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO TLL THEM APART WAS BY THEIR PERFORMANCE.  YOU COULD TELL SINIA'S CATWALK, YOU COULD TELL ASHLEY'S DUCKWALK, ANDRES HANDS ETC.  IF YOU HAD A CAMERA AND TOOK DOZENS OF FILM ON THEM AND DEVELOPED THEM THE PICTURES WOULD DEVELOP INTO PICTURES FULL OF POSES AND YOU CAN ALMOST SEE HOW PALPABLE THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS.  NO ONE COULD VIBRATE LIKE EUGENE OR SHAKE AND VOGUE TO "SHAKE YOUR BODY" BY JEANETTE THOMPSON LIKE LATICIA.  NOW IF YOU WAS TO CONCEAL EVERYONE HOW WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TELL THEM APART.  MOSTLY HOW COULD YOU TRULY JUDGE WHEN EVERYONE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL!  MOST OF THE ORIGINALITY IS EXTINCT I DONT THINK EVOLVED.  EVEN WHEN IN THE LATE 90'S AND EARLY 2000 WHEN PONY AND ALLOURA WAS TAKING DRAMATICS TO A NEW LEVEL YOU COULD STILL SEE THAT IT WAS THEIR PERFORMANCE AND IT HAD THE ELEMENTS IN THEM.  NOW MOSTLY YOU SEE SPINS, DIPS, CHOREOGRAPHED HANDS FOR A FEW SECONDS, SLOPPY CATWALKS, ETC.  WHEN DID PERFORMANCE BECOME A DIP FOR DIP MATCH OR A SPINNING CONTEST?  WHAT CAN THE BALLROOM SCENE DO TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE NEW TALENT IN ALL THE VOGUE CATEGORIES TO FIND THEIR OWN PERFORMANCE TO BROADEN THEIR OWN.  VOGUE WAS NOT JUST ABOUT THE DANCE OR THE TALENT, IT WAS ABOUT THAT INDIVIDUALS IMAGINATION AND HOW MUCH OF IT COULD THEY DRAW ON TO MAKE THEIR PERFORMANCE AN ART.  I FEEL LIKE THE OLDER GENERATIONS NEED TO PASS ON THE HISTORY OF PERFORMANCE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION TO MAKE THEM TRULY VOGUE.  WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TODAYS PERFORMANCE, HAS IT EVOLVED OR IS IT NEAR EXTINCTION?

BALLROOM THROWBACKS 2011

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GLAMOUR OF FEM QUEEN FACE?

SOMETIMES I THINK OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVED MOST ABOUT THE BALLROOM SCENE WHEN I CAME OUT.  EVERYONE THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT VOGUE WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE MY FIRST LOVE.  WHAT COMES INTO A CLOSE SECOND HAS TO BE FQ FACE!  WHEN I CAME OUT THE BEAUTY'S OF THAT TIME THAT GRACED THE FLOOR WERE VANESSA MIZRAHI, AYANA KHAN , MISHA MILAN, CHEYENNE ALLURE ETC.  EACH OF THESE LADIES WERE BEAUTIFUL AND HAD THERE OWN UNIQUE LOOK. VANESSA ON ANY GIVEN DAY COULD GIVE YOU AN OLD HOLLYWOOD STARLET OR SWITCH INTO A BARBIE DOLL VIXEN.  AYANA KHAN HAD SKIN OF DEW AND A SMILE THAT COULD MELT THE SHADIEST JUDGE DOWN.  MISHA MILAN WAS PURE GLAMOUR EXOTICA SHE WOULD SWITCH HER HAIR FROM LIGHT TO DARK AND LOOKED LIKE SHE REEKED OF MONEY.  CHEYENNE APHRODITE ALLURE WAS A PURE UNADULTERATED DARK SKINNED BEAUTY.  HER STARE COULD COMMAND A BALLROOM FLOOR THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER GIRLS THAT CAN BE NAMED FROM THAT ERA THAT WERE AND IS SO BEAUTIFUL BUT WERE ALL DIFFERENT.  WHAT THEY ALL HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT THEY WERE UNIQUE!  I REMEMBER HOW BEAUTIFUL I THOUGHT THEY WERE THEN I WOULD SEE BALLROOM TAPES FROM YEARS BEFORE AND SEE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL FEM QUEENS. TANAY PENDAVIS, TRACEY AFRICA, MOLDAVIA LABEIGA, DANIELLE REVLON, OCTAVIA ST LAURENT, ONJANAE MILAN, ETC.  THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT YOU HEAR NOW THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE MYTHS.  HOW AT A BALL SOMETIMES FQ FACE WOULD BE THE MOST AWAITED CATEGORY OF THE NIGHT.  THEY WOULD DIM THE LIGHT AND THE CATEGORY WOULD BE CALLED AND THE "GIRLS" WOULD COME OUT THE WOOD WORKS THEY WOULD BE HIDING OUT FOR HOURS JUST WAITING FOR THIS CATEGORY.  EACH GIRL WOULD COME OUT AND STORM THE RUNWAY( AND SOMETIMES EACH OHTER) AND THE BALLROOM WOULD BE IN A CHAOTIC FRENZY.  THE THING ABOUT THESE LADIES WAS THEY WERE NOT JUST LOVELY THEY WERE REAL!  SOME OF THEM LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD OF STEPPED OFF A VOGUE OR COSMOPOLITAN COVER.  THEY WERE GLAMOROUS AND CONFIDENT AND THEY DRIPPED OF COMPETITIVENESS!  WHAT I FEEL IS EVEN MORE AMAZING ABOUT THESE LADIES DEDICATION IS NOT JUST THEIR BEAUTY BUT THAT WOULD DO THIS FOR COMPETITION, A TROPHY! $5,000 CASH WAS NOT GIVEN AWAY BACK THEN THIS WAS ALL FOR COMPETITION, AND SHADY RIVALRY'S!  THE GIRLS WOULD SPEND TONS OF MONEY ON THEMSELVES FROM HEAD TO TOE SO THEY COULD COME AND DECREE FOR A NIGHT!  MY QUESTION TO EVERYONE IS WHAT HAPPENED?  IF WE GET A HOT FQ FACE BATTLE WE ARE LUCKY.  THE ONLY TIME WE MAY GET ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT IS A HOT BALL IN ATLANTA! WHY HAS THE COMPETITION DWINDLED SO MUCH FOR THIS CATEGORY.  WE STILL HAVE SOME BEAUTY'S THAT ARE PART OF THIS GENERATION WITH THE SAME POTENTIAL AS THE LADIES IN THE GENERATION BEFORE. TRACE MIZRAHI, LOLA BALENCIAGA, NADIA MILAN, SHANNON KHAN, AMIYAH CHANEL, ETC.  SOME OF THESE NAMED LADIES AND OTHERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE THIS CATEGORY FEATURED AND HOT AGAIN BUT WHAT WILL IT TAKE?  HOW CAN WE APPLY THE FORMULA FROM PREVIOUS GENERATIONS AND DRAW THE SAME COMPETITION AND FERVOR THAT THIS CATEGORY HELD FOR SO MANY YEARS?

BALLROOM THROWBACKS REVOLUTION............2011

BALLROOM THROWBACKS REVOLUTION............

BQ SEX SIREN PAST AND PRESENT........

BALLROOM THROWBACKS TV..........QUEEN OF RADIO LEGENDARY KELLY MIZRAHI

BALLROOM THROWBACKS CALENDAR ON SALE 12-23-2010

THE BALLROOM THROWBACKS CALENDAR WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 12-23-2010 THEIR WILL BE TWO DIFFERENT COVERS TOO CHOOSE FROM FOR THE CALENDAR! THE OTHERS IDE CALENDAR AND THE DELUXE WHICH WILL INCLUDE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY!! FOR THIS AND MORE LOG ONTO WWW.BALLROOMTHROWBACKS.COM HERE ARE SOME OF THE ADS FOR THE CALENDARS THESE ARE NOT THE ACTUAL COVERS.

BALLROOM THROWBACKS YEAR OVERVIEW....................

WELL THE YEAR WILL SOON TO BE A CLOSE AND 2011 WILL BE HERE.IT HAS BEEN OVER 8 MONTHS SINCE I HAVE LAUNCHED THE BALLROOM THROWBACKS COMPANY AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING MY BEST TO PUT FORTH A PRODUCT THAT IS FANTASTIC, FABULOUS, AND WORTHY OF BALLROOM HISTORY PAST, PRESENT, AND OTHERWISE! THERE IS SO MANY THINGS WITH THE SCENE THAT I STILL THINK NEED WORK BUT IT CAN ONLY BE DONE IF ALL PEOPLE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY! A GAP HAS TO BE BRIDGED BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW.THE OLD HAS TO APPRECIATE THE NEW TALENT AND REALIZE THAT THINGS CHANGE AND EVOLVE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST THING BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THE NEW HAS TO REALIZE THAT RESPECT IS IMPORTANT AND PAYING HOMAGE TO HISTORY AND THE ONES THAT HAVE MADE ALL THIS POSSIBLE IS IMPORTANT. HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I FEEL COULD MAKE THE SCENE BETTER FOR 2011.

1.         TOO MANY BALLS ON ONE WEEKEND OR THE SAME DATES IS ABSURD IT MAKES IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE TO GO TOO! IT ALSO CAUSES DISCENSION BETWEEN STATES AND A SEPARATION AMONG THE BALLROOM SCENE. SPACE BALLS OUT AND STILL HAVE GOOD MINIBALLS, WHICH IS GOOD PRACTICE FOR PEOPLE TO HONE THEIR CRAFT AND TO SERVE THE MAJOR BALLS.

2.         CASH PRIZES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND CAN INTENSIFY THE COMPETITION BUT I FEEL A LOT OF IT HAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE SCENE BACK IN THE DAYS PEOPLE PERFORMED FOR FREE AND WOULD PUT SO MUCH WORK IN THEIR EFFECTS! THAT SAME EFFORT SHOULD BE PUT IN WHETHER ITS FOR 5 DOLLARS OR 5,000!

3.         THERE SHOULD BE MORE LEGENDARY CATEGORIES SO PEOPLE CAN WALK WITH THEIR PEERS AND NEW AND BURGEONING TALENTS CAN WALK WITH EACH OTHER!

4.         THE “LEGEND” STATUS HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL AND I HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR PEOPLE WOULD GET BACK TO HOW IT USTE TO BE WHEN IT DID NOT MATTER! PEOLE DID NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR STATUS THEIR GOAL WAS TO WALK HAVE FUN MAKE AN IMPACT AND TURN OUT THE NEXT ONE IF THEY DID NOT WIN! WE NEED TO GET THAT FUN AND HEALTHY COMPETITION BACK IN IT!

5.         THE OLDER GENERATION HAS TO TEACH THE YOUNGER GENERATION THE MEANING OF CATEGORIES SO IT CAN SHOWN WHAT IS BEING LOOKED FOR. EXAMPLE REALNESS WITH A TWIST WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE REALNESS AND WHATEVER YOUR TWIST WAS MADE IT EXCITING NOW IT IS STRICTLY ABOUT THE VOGUING. I FEEL LIKE THE CATEGORY NEEDS TO BE SEPARATED MAYBE CALL IT TWISTER BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TWISTERS VOGUE JUST AS OR EVEN BETTER THEN THE VOGUE FEMS.

6.         I CANNOT TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO BUT I FEEL THE LEADERS NEED TO BE STRONGER WITH THE KIDS AND THEIR PEERS IN REGARDS TO THE DRUGS.IT IS SO RAMPANT IN THE SCENE AND IS DESTROYING THE YOUTH. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT A LOT OF THE YOUNG KIDS LOOK UP TO PEOPLE AND TO WHAT THEY DO SO THEY BELIEVE CERTAIN BEHAVIORS AND VICES ARE ACCEPTABLE.WE NEED TO SET GOOD EXAMPLES THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW AND PASS ALONG.

WELL THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN THINK OF THERE IS SO MANY MORE BUT THE BEST WE CAN DO IS JUST COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I CAN TO PUT OUT HISTORY GIVE GOOD BALLS AND GOOD PRODUCTS! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!!

ICON BALL JANUARY 8TH 2011 MAKE SURE TO SUPPORT!!!

MORE PROMOS FOR "THE OTHER SIDE"2011..................

BALLROOM THROWBACKS PRESENTS"THE OTHER SIDE"2011

BALLROOM THROWBACKS WILL HAVE A CALENDAR COMING OUT SOON AND ALSO AN ALTER EGO PICTURE COMPILATION CALLED THE OTHER SIDE! HERE ARE SOME PROMO ADS THAT WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY.....

1ST PROMO AD FOR BALLROOMTHROWBACKS TV

BALLROOM THROWBACKS WILL BE LAUNCHING AN ONLINE TV SHOW NEXT YEAR!!IT WILL BE AN ONLINE LIVE VIDEO STREAMING STREAMING CHANNEL THAT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT HOSTS THESE ARE THE FIRST HOSTS TO BE REVEALED!!!WATCH OUT FOR THE PROMOS WEEKLY!!!

WHAT DEFINES TOO MUCH?

COMING SOON BALLROOM THROWBACKS TV..............

IF YOU FEEL BALLROOMTHROWBACKS MADE IT HOT FOR 2010 WATCH OUT FOR 2011 PROMO ADS COMING SOON..........

WWW.BALLROOMTHROWBACKS.COM...........WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED!!!

FACE OPINION OR FACTUAL?

CARTA? WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DEFINITION OF CARTA ? THEY SAY IT CONSISTS OF THE SKIN,THE NOSE,THE STRUCTURE,AND THE TEETH. YOU CAN HAVE ALL THESE THINGS AND WALK AND STILL WIN OR MAYBE GET CHOPPED FACE IS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT HAS LOST ITS IMPACT OVER THE YEARS! THEIR WAS A TIME WHEN THIS CATEGORY WAS ADORED AND WAITED FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT.NOW IF WE GET A FEW PEOPLE TO WALK WE ARE LUCKY. MY OPINION ABOUT FACE IS HOW CAN WE REALLY JUDGE THAT WHEN IT IS MAINLY OPINION BASED? WHAT YOU MAY FIND ATTRACTIVE I MAY NOT AND SO FORTH.EVEN BEING FAIR WHAT ABOUT WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU EQUALLY GORGEOUS WHAT IS REALLY FAIR ABOUT AN OPINION?LET ME HEAR YOU GUYS OPINIONS ON THIS CAN FACE BE TRULY JUDGED? IS FACE OPINION OR FACT BASED?