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

January 24th-26th, 2002___Pure Talent Feature Showcase at the Candy Store in Mobile, Alabama Check out the Candy store in the Jack Corbett Guide to Topless Clubs of Alabama at http://www.alphapro.com/jcgala.htm or call the club for details at 334-666-9843. Get full details from the Pure Talent Agency at 727-724-0635.

March 13th-16th_____Miss Exotic Midwest U.S.A. To be held at Sapphires in Waterloo, Iowa. This one's a prelim to the finals for the Miss Nude World Pageant. $1,000 grand prize. Please direct inquiries to Buddha at 319-234-9676 or Continental Agency 1-727-363-7100. There will be two categories, one for the winning feature entertainer and the second one's for the winning amateur or house dancer. Now, here's the rub. The competition begins on Wednesday but capacity is limited with only twelve house dancers or amateurs being able to perform. House dancers wanting to compete can qualify on any Wednesday, starting January 30th and during the next five weeks ending on March 9th.

Note: What is a "Feature 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".