Scrapbook Saturday – December 2020
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Tulsa Trip December 2020
Lindsey Stirling Snow Waltz Tour
Friday night Lindsey Stirling brought her Snow Waltz Tour to Foxwoods. I had been wanting to see her in a full blown show since I had seen her do a set at a Christmas show back in 2016, but it just never ended up working out. I had pretty nice seats about 5 rows back on the left side, which actually ended up being where her mic was set up so she came over quite often to chat with the crowd. She had 4 dancers with her and 2 backup musicians. At one point she brought out a tiny violin to play and had her band play on a toy piano and drum set. The show was a lot of fun and Lindsey has some serious talent! At one point she was doing some acrobatics on a ring above the crowd while singing and later she was playing violin swinging upside down! She had quite a few wardrobe changes throughout the night, I think I’ve managed to get a photo of them all which you can check out in the photo album below!
Scrapbook Saturday – December 2020
Tulsa Trip December 2020
An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes
Growing up, I must’ve watched Robin Hood Men in Tights 100 times. When I was a bit older I found The Princess Bride. I always thought Cary Elwes was sooo cute. We had tried to meet him at a con a couple of times, but he always ended up canceling. When I saw he was coming to Oakdale for a screening of The Princess Bridge and Q&A, I immediately jumped on buying tickets. When I saw a VIP M&G add on was an option, I didn’t hesitate to add it to my cart. Though since he had canceled on me before, I was nervous he was going to again – even until I was in my seat that night (especially when there was a delay getting us into the theater).
The evening started with a screening of The Princess Bride. I am *not* a movie goer – everyone laughing and talking is just not my thing, but this movie is so quotable, it was kind of cool when the whole room yelled out some of the more memorable lines. After the movie, Vinnie Penn introduced Cary who came out and did a Q&A for an hour. He did all the voices of anyone he was talking about talking and was just fantastic.
Then it was time to line up for the M&G. Being on my own, I knew I couldn’t stand in the line and I asked for a chair. Unfortunately this ended up meaning I was going to be one of the last one through the lines as they had no ADA accommodations figured out beyond giving me a chair. The Q&A ended at around 10pm, the M&G started sometime after that and I was making it through the line at about 12:20am. ZzzZzzZzzz. When I made it in to see Cary he immediately asked me why I was one of the last ones! I said it was because I needed to sit and he said I still shouldn’t have been last. He said I was “adorable” and “god bless you” multiple times, then grabbed my arm and walked me over to the partition for the photos. We took the photo and he came back over and gave me a huge hug and whispered “as you wish” in my ear. All the anger about having to wait to be last went POOF. He also asked to make sure that I was ok getting back to my car. Of course, now the staff fell all over themselves to help me. Too bad that wasn’t something they thought of on their own earlier…
I found it funny that we had a partition for the photo, but he was touching and hugging everyone anyway (I assume I wasn’t a special case) and they edited the partition out before sending us the photos but they didn’t bother to edit us standing a bit closer together! (I took that into my own hands and edited it myself.)
Book Review: Bring It On
Bring It On was a pretty popular movie when I was in high school so it’s no surprise that it is no over 20 years old, even though I refuse to believe I am that old. Bring It On by Kase Wickman is “The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie that Changed, Like, Everything.”
The movie started as “Cheer Fever” all the way back in 1996. The book features on the whole process of the film being written, made, auditions, what music was included and a lot of interviews with many involved with the movie. I didn’t really think much about the legacy of this movie before, but the book really put it all into perspective and I am definitely going to have to watch it again soon to reminisce!
I received a free e-copy of this book from NetGalley in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated.
About the Book
Featuring dozens of interviews with the cast and crew, fans of the franchise, film scholars, former and current cheerleaders, fellow filmmakers, and more.
Gabrielle Union, Kirsten Dunst, and Eliza Dushku have all risen to fame since their performances in the original cheer classic, but boldface names like Solange Knowles, Rihanna, Hayden Panetierre, Ashley Tisdale, and more also appeared in Bring It On films. The first-time director who helmed the movie, Peyton Reed, now has multiple Marvel smash hit films under his belt.
Not bad for a movie that almost didn’t get greenlit in the first place—but went on to win the box office its opening weekend, gross more than $90.45 million worldwide, and spawn a half-dozen sequels, a Tony-nominated musical, and a whole new genre of female-led films.
With the support of the filmmakers and producers, author and pop culture expert Kase Wickman accessed Universal’s archives and conducted new interviews with cast, crew, and more for a full reveal of all the stories fans will love in this complete history and examination of the legacy of the greatest cheerleading movie almost never made.
Beyond its 20th anniversary, the legacy of Bring It On endures. It’s time we all understood how it changed, like, everything.
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