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Betzy in 1998

I am enjoying this continued journey down misty memory lane.  I spent much of the long holiday weekend trying to upload more vintage Betzy video footage to YouTube.  It is very time consuming due to my lack of superior technology.  However, it will be nice to have all these archival film clips in one handy place.  Here is the opening footage of Betzy with a Z! co-hosting the Theatre Outrageous telethon in October 1998.  The quality of the video is not great so please bear with me.  I hope you will find a little amusement in it.  There will be more to come as the week progresses. 

Hallelujah!

Finally, I don't know what I did but I finally made it happen!  The video is not the finest quality but it shows Betzy hard at work performing to Elaine Stritch's recording of "You Took Advantage of Me" at Wigstock 1997.  Would that I were still that skinny....

Mamma, Mia! Video

I didn't realize that someone had posted this on YouTube a long time ago.  But I am happy to now share it with all of you on my website.  Look for the old gal and her glamorous gams!

ABBAlicious Promo Trailer

Betzy is pleased to bring you the promo trailer for the ABBAlicious cd from 2004.  No, she is not going backward in time but she is figuring out some technological tricks.  Betzy is only in this clip a little bit but, ah, how she glows.  She's a damn natural!

"Super Trouper"

Let's try this and see if it works.  I still haven't been able to figure out how to upload my video to YouTube but I'm still working on it.  Here I am trying to insert an audio file for your listening enjoyment.  Wish me luck!

Download 05_super_trouper.wma

The audio file is Betzy's version of "Super Trouper" from the Abbalicious CD.  The photo here is Betzy performing the song live at Therapy for the launch of the CD three long years ago.  Photo is courtesy of Joie Starr.

Booze Costumes

This is how I imagine Betzy got her start in showbiz.  Either that or as a dancing cigarette pack.  Either way, her beginnings were lowly yet heartfelt.

Wistful?

This is one of my favorite portraits done by my pal Ian of dear, darling Betzy with a Z.  I'm proud that a print of this photo hangs in the Aisling Thomas Hair Studio on 14th Street at 9th Avenue.

Inspiration

Mother always taught me that a gal has to start with a solid foundation.

Just Another Day

I ran across this photo of one of my important influences and just wanted to share it with all of you.  For now I have realized I don't have the resources to post my videos on YouTube but I'll work out the kinks as soon as I can.   This old girl spent last weekend at the CTI Producing seminar and her brain is positively oozing with ideas and excitement to get her act together and plant it on the stage once and for all! 

Another Ian Photo