Bluebells Forever Podcast

Jean Ann Ryan has been talked about in so many Bluebell interviews as being such an influence in their career. Jean Ann has been a producer and choreography on cruise ships and beyond for a decades. She has raised the bar significantly on cruise as well as cabaret shows everywhere. Many attribute their showgirl training to her which helped ease them into Donn Arden Bluebell shows and many did the big shows first then enjoyed the smaller yet equally high caliber production shows. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Ivor Jones “officially” retired at 62 but is still creating and directly and full of life. Ivor danced at the Lido de Paris during the move to the Champs Elyse location. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Edie Jacobs shares a scary and awkward story of being suspended above the audience at the Stardust Lido show in Vegas. The disk started to break loose as she and another dancer had to climb their way back up to safety.

Julian Ardley Was in the cast of Paris Merveilles which the last cast from the Bluebell legacy to grace that iconic stage. Julian shares what life has been like coming up on a year since the Lido closed. He has found new passions and skills and embracing the change. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

My guests, Anne Green, Lesley Bandy and Jane Hoggar share their experience of breast cancer in a very brave and compassionate conversation. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Kathleen Brocker shares how wonderful it is to be back in dance classes again to feed her soul. She also shares her experience of being a vacation swing at the Lido in Vegas followed by being in the original cast of Hallelujah Hollywood and highlight of having Ginger Rogers in the audience. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Bill Strickland was in cast and Dance Captain in Hello Hollywood Hello in Reno, Nevada. He was also in the fabulous Broadway tours of Sophisticated Ladies and 42nd Street. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

With Pete Menefee, Nikki Adamo, Hillary Sukhonos, Rachel Williams and Lou Ann Harrison Chessik NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Michael Shepherd shares his experience of auditioning for and getting into Alvin Alley School on scholarship before his professional time as a dancer in Sun City South Africa and then Hello Hollywood Hello at the MGM in Reno Nevada. He reminds us that life is not a dress rehearsal. This is the show. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Constance Scheurer contacted Covid 19 early in the pandemic and ended up in the hospital not expected to live. She lost the use of her legs for over 2 years. After surgery on her feet, she happily reports that she has walked 25 feet and still moving forward. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Susan Stolte joins me today to talk about her time in Hello and Hello as a dancer, a swing and as part of the crossbow act. A wonderful story of adventure, travel and connection. She emphasized her love for the Hello Hollywood Hello family. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Pete Menefee is back for his 4th interview. We played a game called What Didn’t You Design? NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

My guest this week is Jeffrey Adair who was in both Hallelujah Hollywood at the MGM and Allez Lido at The Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Jeffrey has great stories of the sweetness and often humorous side of being in an iconic Donn Arden, Miss Bluebell show. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Narvelle McGee experienced a life of travel as part of a Military family then as a dancer traveling to wonderful places all over the world with a few contracts in Reno in Hello Hollywood Hello and Is still traveling as a flight attendant. Have a listen to hear the definition of Callipygous and why it matters. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Sarah Sutter had the honor and sadness of being in the Iconic Jubilee show in Las Vegas in the change over and closing of the historical show. She had the experience of being a Line Captain, A Swing, Backstage Tour Guide and dancer during her time in Jubilee. What comes through most in her interview is her gratitude for being in this spectacular show. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

E.M. Starr- Elaine Starrett Sargent the author of the book Rhinestone Confidential. “ In Rhinestone Confidential, Elaine remembers the days past when Reno was a casino town full of shows. She recounts the good times and bad as Sammy’s Showroom becomes the new venue for cabarets and headliners. Her stories are often humorous and chock full of juicy backstage tidbits. From feathers to fishnets, Elaine’s story is a testament to the power of perseverance and a tribute to the talents and stage presence of the oft-revered showgirl.” Back cover of Rhinestone Confidential NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Jacqueline Parr and I start out the interview sharing why we are proud to be a Bluebell and importance of reunions to remind us how fabulous those days were. Jacqueline was in Cocorico in Paris at the Lido in 1984 and also danced at Scala Barcelona and Athens Greece with Miss Bluebell on tour and with Joes Montes in Columbia. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Robert Rang has great stories of working with Donn Arden designing the biggest floor shows in the world including Hello Hollywood Hello in Reno, Jubilee in Vegas and three epic shows at the Lido de Paris in Paris. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Angie Fearn had the wonderful experience of being a touring Bluebell through the Far East and shares her story of adventures and the gifts of seeing the world and igniting her passion for travel. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Jerry Tassin confirms the stories told from cast members of Hello Hollywood Hello and his less than pleasant interaction with Leo the Lion in the circus finale. His favorite part of working in Hello Hollywood Hello was meeting his Wife. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Sian Edis knows what it’s like to live the dancer life with wings instead of roots. She was part of the cast of Paris Merveilles at the Lido de Paris. She had the honor of dancing in the Jubilee Theater in Vegas in the show Extravaganza which just closed. Other shows her wings have taken her to include being in Bollywood film in India, La Nouvelle Eve in Paris, Viva LA Broadway in Macau, China, Palazzo Mannheim, Germany, Brittany’s and Cunard Queen Victoria Cruise Lines and many more fabulous locations and shows. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Diane Christianson has a book coming out very soon titled: The Last Real Showgirl. Her career has taken her to the Lido in Paris and Vegas, Miller Reich, The Tropicana as well as Radio City Rockettes. Diane continues her life in the arts as an Acting Coach in Los Angeles. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Elana McKinley Braianis turned down a dinner date with someone named Francis who called her backstage at the Lido. She later discovered that she had turned down Frank Sinatra. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

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With Hillary Sukhonos from the cast of Paris Merveilles NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Charlotte Jourdan a dancer in the last Bluebell show shares her experience of the Lido closing but also has some good news to share of life after Lido. NEW WEBSITE www.bluebellsforeverpodcast.com Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Karan Feder, authored the book The Folies Bergere In Las Vegas after spearheading the initiative to preserve the surviving Folies Bergere costume collection as the guest curator of costume and textiles at the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. She is a wealth of knowledge for all things Vegas and costumes of the iconic shows. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Suzanne Avril saw the add in the paper, The Stage for auditions to be a Bluebell dancer. She went at age 15 to get experience auditioning so she’d be prepared to audition when she was a little older. She was hired on her first audition and did her first Bluebell show in Scotland. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Elizabeth Dale Phillips is the author or the book Have Chignon Will Travel and has been a guest on Bluebells Forever Podcast several times. Elizabeth and I met up in Paris in July to grieve and honor the closing of the Lido. While there, Elizabeth met up with her friend Jackie Frediani who she toured Italy with in the 60’s as Bluebells. Jackie was surprised to find she was in Elizabeth’s book. After 62 years, they picked right back up as friends. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Kate Matthews is back to share what her last performance at the Lido as a replacement was like. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Mic Thompson has had a long a diverse career as a dancer and choreographer. He was one of the 2 choreographers for Bonheur at the Lido de Paris as well as for Disney, Jean Ann Ryan and Michael Jackson tribute, I’m Bad Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Marion Villechenoux was a dresser at the Lido and found what happens backstage as magical as what happens on stage. She shared what that last few weeks and the final show was like for the team that makes Lido such a beautiful family. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

While is Paris for the last week of the Lido, I had the amazing honor of sitting and hearing the stories of the history made with 4 men of color on the Lido stage. Guests Christopher Renfurm, Chazz Delogan and Isaac Tety from the cast of Paris Merveilles. Cabaret Diversity Network https://instagram.com/cabaretdiversitynetwork?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Marty Lewis, Bill Strickland, Michael Shepherd and Narvelle McGee join Sheri to share about what it was like to be in the black line in Hello Hollywood Hello. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Marty Lewis, Bill Strickland, Michael Shepherd and Narvelle McGee join Sheri to share about what it was like to be in the black line in Hello Hollywood Hello. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Stacy Law shares how she created Showgirl Bootcamp with Mistinguett in Las Vegas. She is passionate about sharing with women the feeling of beauty and empowerment while changing the misrepresentation and dismissal of the showgirl. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

with guests, Lindsey Raven, Su Kim Chung, Elizabeth Phillips, Eve Jourdan and Charlotte Jourdan Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

With Guests Anne Green, Emma Wilkenson Athena Patacsil, Rachel Williams and Pete Menefee Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Ep 134: Myles and Sheri in Paris for the last week of the Lido by Bluebells Forever Podcast

Nikki Adamo had a super full and long career as a dancer working with great producers and choreographers such as Donn Arden, Miller Reich, Fredrick Apcar and Jean Ann Ryan. She is full of great stories. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Laura Lago performed in C’est Magique and Bonheur as well as the Moulin Rogue. Laura was always learning new art forms whole she danced professionally. She used her skills as a photographer snd her love for the Lido to document the closing of Bonheur and recently capturing the last generation of Bluebells and the Lido backstage and on stage. The beauty and the pain. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Athena Patacsil is back and this time with her partner Phelix Hopkins to share about the life of a couple both in show business. A Showgirl and a Magician get together for great adventures and a new podcast titled One Big Caper https://www.onebigcaper.com/ Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Circle Back interview with the recently departed Adrian LePeltier. You will be missed

Rachel Williams, a native of Wales has enjoyed a long, glittering career. Former ballet dancer, trained at the prestigious Arts Educational Schools, after a chance trip to Paris and meeting Pierre Rambert Rachel was offered the job on the spot as a 'Bluebell' at the Lido, Paris. After moving on to 'Soloist' at the world famous Moulin Rouge, she then followed her dreams of Musical Theatre and swapped bijoux for claws in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical CATS in London’s West End. Rachel went on to thrill crowds with her series of sell-out one-woman shows throughout Los Angeles and Las Vegas and recently back home at Cardiff’s WMC. As a public speaker Rachel enjoys sharing tales of her dancer’s life in her talks “Parisien High Kicks”! She also runs popular dance classes for 50s+ and believes, “It’s never too late to Dance”. A first class singer and performer Rachel has also turned her hand to directing and producing. Her proudest productions are her three children! Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Bupher Art Fashion Photography is one of the last professional photographers capture these beautiful and historical moments on the Lido stage. https://www.bupher.fr/ Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Charlotte Jourdan has been experiencing the honor and the heartache of being in the last Bluebell show as the Lido ends it’s 76 years of these spectacular shows. Charlotte was also in the closing of Bonheur at the Lido and the closing of the 35 year run of Jubilee in Las Vegas. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Michelle Minailo was never a Bluebell but did several shows with former Bluebells with the legendary Ron Lewis as well as Koan Palethorpe and Betsy Haug, all choreographers I idolized Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Marlon Courbin is the current cast of Paris Merveilles. Marlon started his acting career at age 7. Before becoming a dancer he had the honor of watching his mother Laurence Darpy the lead singer, Meneuse the Follies Bergère in Paris. Marlon had the best view of Parisian cabaret at a very early age. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Early April Hannah Mooney, a dancer from my dance studio and I spent a week in Paris. We saw several shows, Hannah had auditions at the Lido and Moulin Rougue, we had a backstage tour of the Lido and had special meet ups with Lido dancers and management that I’ve had the privilege of interviewing for Bluebells Forever Podcast. We met in a French restaurant in Seattle after being back from Paris a week to process what that incredible week was like. It wasn’t until a month after being back home that we learned the Lido is closing. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096

Sonia Rachline, A writer for Paris Vogue, was approached by the Lido to write a book honoring the 75th anniversary of the Lido. Sonia lived her entire life in Paris and had never been in the Lido. While visiting this beautiful, iconic theater and seeing photos, videos, interviewing those involved from dancer, stage tech, costumes, culinary artist and more, she fell deeply in love with Lido and it’s beautiful history. She also had listened to every episode of Bluebells Forever Podcast to hear first hand stories of guests we have had the honoring of having on the podcast. She joins us in our grief of this beautiful theater ending its prevention of the Bluebells. Check out the Patreon www.patreon.com/bluebellsforeverpod Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see photos and updates www.instagram.com/bluebells_forever/ www.facebook.com/Bluebells-Forever-100660515010096