hooray for history - purple, black, and blue!

After recording yester events into
my Star Trek journal earlier today,
I had unwittingly matched ink colors to their nature.
How serendipitous, n'est-ce pas?
Purple denoted my history with Planet Fitness and their decor;
Black highlighted the history lesson at the Jepson; and
Blue was most certainly for the seven-year history I've had with the Mint Jyleps - I mean, Savannah Sweet Tease!
If I write here on blogspot, why use a paper diary as well?
Well, that's partly out of habit, but also for ease of reference.
Those stars let me know at a glance how often I'm doing my PF program.
I know, it's a little nose-on to use stars in a Star Trek journal, eh?
But I'd received it as a PFS raffle prize years ago - not from the Shatnerfest, nor at a later Shatner film, though possibly at the 2015 tribute to Leonard Nimoy - and recently unearthed it from a drawer while making room for the twins.
I'd also relocated my Eberhard Faber set of a dozen artist pencils.
Mama had given that case to me, as well as a mythological creatures coloring book, for my 23rd birthday, back in 1981.
How wonderful to be reminded of her every time I color in my 2020 journal!
i thank You, God!

Now, on to "My Story, Your Story, Our Story", as told by Althea Sumpter at the Jepson!
Here, she is the one in the middle, receiving the award for giving the W.W. Law Lecture as part of the 31st Black Heritage Festival.
She gave an enthusiastic recap of the work she has done to chronicle stories from the Gullah elders, ending with encouraging all to seek out their own roots.
Not all blacks in the States, even the Southern ones, were slaves.

That lecture was longer than anticipated, but I was still in time for this longed-for event!
Yes, ever since I saw the show last month, I've had my attendance planned to come again!
(Get it? Seriously, got the joke, right?)
Being a Georgia peach myself, Sweet Tease's "Peaches and Cream" love letter was exactly what I wanted to make my Valentine's Day sparkle!
Most especially since Jack N. ThaCox was in this show - ooh la la!
That's him in the blue cape, vamping it up as General Sherman - swirl that cape, my dear,
and shine the light on that fine sabre!
I had not known he would be there, but, I swear, he really made my night!
Even during the first act, when he was a non-disrobing waiter at Alligator Soul...
he just moves so well to the rhythm of the music...
and that very much matters to me.
I'm so glad they had postcards to commemorate their "love letter" to Savannah -
I bought the whole set, naturally!
(smile!)
He was not the only fellow up there, either.
See the guy working the long, fringed, white gloves?
He's Corbin Monoxide - hahaha haha! - and he performed his first dance tonight! He must be taking lessons from Jack, because he had moves in all the right places as a pizza guy at Vinnie Van GoGo's - oh, yeah!
Let's continue counterclockwise, shall we, because that feels appropriate for burlesque, yes?
The lady against the iron railing is none other than Rita D'LaVane, one of the five founding members of Sweet Tease.
In the first act, she represented a "tumbleweed", a stray long hair left behind in a car - funny!
But even funnier was her Nathaniel Greene number, replete with Googly eyes just everywhere! Hahaha haha!
The next postcard features Savannah's own native son, Johnny Mercer (whose "Jeepers Creepers" was the backdrop to the Greene act).
The portrayer is Jane Holiday, aka Justin's Valerie, who'd taken a turn as Spanish moss earlier. (Not actually Spanish, nor moss, just a fun tale for tourists.)
The blue polka-dot dress is worn by Lady Von Luft, another original Sweet Tease, like Rita.
Her first act was the first in the show, with her as a pedicab cyclist, just like in the photo!
Another original Sweet Tease, Sadie DeSade, is in the middle, as The Waving Girl, trusty dog by her side.
The dog wasn't there tonight, but she carried on just fine, thanks!
The woman by the Forsyth Fountain?
Her name escapes me, but I can say she did a fine "Dance of the Seven Scarves" dance!
That leaves the woman in the eighth photo, dressed as a sweet-smelling flower and reminding me of Josephine Baker in her banana dress.
This woman is Magnolia Minx, aka Midnight Minx in January's show, and the fourth original Sweet Tease in tonight's line-up.
The final skit, highlighting Savannah's spot as a bachelorette party town, featured three Sweet Tease veterans - Rita, Minx, and Lady - as well as newcomer Jane.
What a hilarious show ender!
Thank you, thank you, my dears, for concluding my history lesson with such glee...
and beginning my love holiday with such mirth and good memories!
(smile!)