Coming Special Events that might make a big difference in your career as an exotic entertainer

The following events occurred in January 2003 but even though they are outdated you might still find them useful as a guide for what you need to be doing to further your career as an adult entertainer.

Pure Talent Feature Showcase at the Candy Store in Mobile, AL-----January 15th-18th. Call Pure Talent at 727-796-9600 or the Candy Store at 251-666-9843 for details. There is an informal Meet and Greet on the 15th. On the 16th through the 18th it's going to be at least 10 feature entertainers strutting their stuff and in between the Candy Store entertainers will be on the stage. Please read below my explanation of just what a Feature Talent Showcase is and do read "Inside a Pure Talent Feature Showcase" in the February issue of "The Looking Glass".

Sapphires Gentlemens Club Feature Fest--April 16th--Miss Exotic Midwest--We will be giving more details as they come in. 12 National Touring Features will be here. Prize money to be given. Best of the Midwest House Dancers and Road Girls. Sapphires is located in Waterloo, Iowa. Call 319-234-9676 for details. And last but not least, our Looking Glass's own Krazy Ted will be here as a DJ. This is his home club.

MS. West Texas III at Club Maximus--May 14-17, 2003. Famous for its MS. Texas contests with Exotic Dancer in which the winner wins a sizeable cash award. the Prestigious title as Exotic Dancer's M.S. Texas, and a free trip to Exotic Dancer's Feature of the Entertainer of the year in Las Vegas, expect to see steroids introduced into Maximus's Pageant series. This one's in Abilene with the Exotic Dancer M.S. Texas to be held in the Wichita Falls Club in the Fall. This pageant is open only to female contestants eighteen (18) years of age and older. You must be eighteen by the date of check-in. A $35.00 non-refundable entry fee must be received no later than 12:00 NOON on the first day of the pageant. Your contest packet with rules and registration information will be sent to you upon our receipt of this application. The deadline for submitting your application is May 1, 2003. All applications must be received by us no later than May 1, 2003. We reserve the right to limit contestants to the first 25 paid entries. The dates of the contest are May 14-15-16-17, 2003 and will be held at Maximus, 4417 Crawford, Abilene, Texas 76902. For more information call our pageant hotline at (915) 691-01777 You must possess and present valid State issued identification at the time of check in. Be sure to reserve your chance early to make your presence known.

The Lumberyard in Des Moines, Iowa June 12-14th, 2003. Another Pure Talent Agency Feature Showcase. For details call the club at 515-265-1019 or call Pure Talent at 727-796-9600

Big Als in Peoria, Illinois April 30th through May 3rd, 2003. After just hosting a Feature Talent Showcase here several months ago, the Pure Talent girls return. Last time there were 18 national feature entertainers. Big Als is an Illinois icon, known as one of the top clubs in the nation and it seems to have been that way forever. And from my personal experience, Big Al himself is a gracious host and his staff has been terrific. I don't know about the rest of you but I am going to make sure I'm going to be there with my Nikon.

What is a Feature Talent Showcase?

Talent Agencies will often showcase several or more of their feature entertainers at a hosting club which will benefit from the increased traffic the feature entertainers provide. These clubs are often club chains which can further benefit from the close look they will get of the visiting features some of whom they will book for their own featured events. Features typically pay their own travel and other expenses to these feature showcases, gambling that they will be able to line up roadtrips with the visiting club owners and managers they will be meeting and dancing for at the hosting club. So why should some of you housedancers be interested in a feature showcase? Simple...You will have the chance to meet the owners or chief talent scout of the agency close and personal.

In the middle of November, 2001 I was Pure Talent's photographer at their Feature Showcase at Regina's in Springfield, Missouri. Ten to fifteen club owners showed up to watch the features perform here and every club made at least one booking. A house dancer from one of the St Louis Metro East Clubs followed me to the event. She was able to meet the owners of Pure Talent and the club allowed her to do a special set for them. Some of the Regina's house dancers interested in featuring were able to meet the owners of the agency and have special photography done both for the agency and magazines catering to the exotic dancing industry. This event will be covered in more detail in a later issue of the Looking Glass. My stories and pictures are now being published in both "Exotic Dancer's Bulletin" and "Xtreme Magazine".