Hawaii's Notorious Burlesque Sweetheart, a Historian of Honolulu Burlesque presents her tassel-twirling exploits in Paradise! A collection of all things pertaining to Burlesque, Cabaret & Vaudeville in the State of Hawaii both past and present!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Hawaii Burlesque Festival Celebrates it's SECOND YEAR!





I'm THRILLED to be able to say that the Hawaii Burlesque Festival & Revue is heading into it's SECOND YEAR! It's been a wonderful experience in both learning, producing, directing and of course BURLESQUE!

Last year's inaugural Revue & Workshops were a HUGE success, all because of the wonderful performers and fantastically enthusiastic audience we had at the Honolulu Museum of Art's Doris Duke Theater!

2013 promises to be EVEN BETTER!!! I'm pleased to announce our Headline Showgirl for 2013:
 MISS COCO LECTRIC!

All the way from Austin, Texas, the exquisite COCO LECTRIC will be gracing the stage of the Doris Duke Theater for ONE NIGHT ONLY, June 14th, 2013! She will also be a few presenting her VERY popular workshops while in Paradise! Make sure to mark your calendars & then enjoy this STUNNING photo of the New Orleans Burlesque Festival's "QUEEN OF BURLESQUE 2010!" & The Hawaii Burlesque Festival Revue Headline Showgirl, COCO LECTRIC!!!! ♥

Stay tuned for more info on workshops and other HBF happenings, as well as ticket info for the Hawaii Burlesque Festival Revue at the Honolulu Museum of Art's Doris Duke Theater! 

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COCO LECTRIC (Austin, Texas)

Coco Lectric is a classically trained dancer, actor, and vocalist. With an absolute love of performing, she graces stages all over the world. She's a founding member of The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue (Austin, TX), founder of the Austin Burlesque Alliance, co-producer of the Texas Burlesque Festival, creator and producer of the World Go-Go Championship, and is the Headmistress of The Austin Academy of Burlesque. Coco won “Queen of Burlesque 2010” at the New Orleans Burlesque Festival. She was “2010 Texas Performer of the Year” from the Hotrods and Heels festival and won the “Audience Choice Award 2009,” at the Texas Burlesque Festival, and second runner up in the Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Competition 2011. She's been featured in numerous festivals and headlined at Girlesque in Toronto, Windy City Burlesque Festival, Dallas Burlesque Festival, Suncoast Burlesque Festival, the Southwest Burlesque Festival and the Texas Burlesque Festival. She performed Opening Night at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas 2010 and in the Miss Exotic World and Reigning Queen of Burlesque competition in 2011 and 2012. She was voted #7 in 2011 and is currently #5 in the world (21st Century Burlesque’s “Burlesque Top 50”).
Coco has also graced the cover of Bachelor Pad, Pin Curl, Atomic Bombshells, Min Boudoir and been featured in The Berlesker, 21st Century Burlesque, All That Glitters and numerous other publications.

Here's a look back:


 Here's a link to the full album from the 2012 HBF Revue night:
http://www.honolulupulse.com/events/pics-honolulu-burlesque-festival

WANT MORE INFO ON HBF 2013??
(Links below!)

The OFFICIAL Hawaii Burlesque Festival Website:
http://hawaiiburlesquefestival.com/

The OFFICIAL FACEBOOK of the Hawaii Burlesque Festival & Revue (updated more regularly!)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Hawaii-Burlesque-Festival-Revue/253253384810669

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