Butterflies, Brent Carver and Amnesty

How pretty is that picture?
George took it on our little 14th wedding anniversary break to Niagara FAlls.
It is so strange that when you grow up next to one of the natural wonders of the world you forget that it is a big deal....
I don't think I even mentioned what an awesome time George and had on our break...it was just the bees knees.
But we went to the Butterfly Conservatory ..... even thought it sounded a little gaylordy....
it was awesome....
they were flying around everywhere...
I was afraid of stepping on one....I uploaded George's entire cycle of pics onto my facebook page... checks it out!
This one is my fave though.... some loud American woman had a jacket with flowers embroidered on the back and was bellyaching about how she could not get a decent picture of the the blue butterflies...she was so effing loud... and then two landed on the flowers embroidered on the BACK of her jacket.... I found it to be poetic justice.
But what a whirlwind of a month peeps...
I was gonna do a video blog....but I am so effing tired....and I look like I have been rolled over by a truck.
So I chose this instead.....
My 40th Birthday party... that I was having SOOO much fun at I didn't take pictures...Not Sharron's Party... but the party my Georgie planned for me at one of my fave places....The Keg Mansion on Jarvis....I am all old school....and not at all fancy.... and I love steak....a whole bunch of my favorite people got together... and not alot of them knew each other...it was like a dream that had your grade 4 teacher in it and the guy you sat beside when you worked at the Toronto Fim Festival.....BUT Better!
I got such lovely gifts....Michael G ... my friend who designed 'Wizard' at LYKTP gave me a copy of my costume sketch....a woman on the board of LYKTP bought the original...I know it happens but it feels weird....but Michael drew me a whole new one...with notes and all... it is one of the nicest gifts I have ever gotten....
And Bill....my hair guru....got me hair... Fire engine red extentions.... I asked him to dye a couple pieces a the pack of my hair fire engine red... he said no... he does that... and then went and found me and alternative....it was very sweet!
Anyhow....some of my dearest friends were there....it was a small group... I just had a great time.
And then there was Sharron's Party... oh my lord...
The costumes...
The performances...
The surprises....
I will put some live bits up soon... it has been busy!
But suffice it to say this weekend was a huge hit!!
Jeigh Madjus was stellar....he got two job offers...
Ed Sahely asked awesome questions....
And made me laugh... and pee a bit...
Keith will be sad that I didn't pee for him...
Or is it on him...
I ain't sure....
But I may take Keith's advice and bitchslap someone today...
The Maria girls...
Jayme and Marisa were just... so lovely and poised...
They saved my buttocks....
Keep your eyes out for them.....
And well.......

Can you believe that?
I was so nervous during that interview... I still can't believe he came....
Brent Carver....
On Sharron's Party....
What a dream.....
He sang Ten Cents A Dance... one of the first things I ever saw him sing.....one of the things that made me get into cabaret....
and then he sang
Take This Waltz by Leonard Cohen....
Oh....my ...goodness....
Grant Ramsay....my friend and publicist kept pinching me... I said ' I know he is here!!'
It was just not to be believed.
And I felt on fire with the excitement of it all!
Thank you Brent Carver.... oh, and Jeremy Clay... my awesome photo dude....
Check out jclayphoto.com!
And then I drove back to Niagara on the Lake the same night....
TIRED!
And yesterday....
George and I hosted the Amnesty Concert at Shaw in the Royal George....
FANCY!!!
Thom sang Infinite Joy ....oh he good!!!
And Ken James Stewart and Jackie Thair did that awesome Oscar award winning song from Once....Fallen Joy.....or Falling Down.....one or the other... they were excellent... the Done Me Wrongs...it was just a fab night with dramatic readings....Jenny Phipps and William Vickers.. and Peter Millard has and alter ego as a crazy prop comedian professor...
Oh... and I had to fill some time during a set up... so I got a dude in the front row to take mine and George's pic...but I took a pic with him first....

This is him.... his name is..... Jim???? I think..... then we turned around and got a pic of us.....


Not bad, eh?
We clean up nice.....
What a time it was....
Now I feel like a fricken head cold....
TOOO Much....
Next up?
Sharron's Big Broadway Show on November 18th....
One night only peeps.....I have written it and I wanna see how it all goes....
And before that?
Scotland!!!
yes... I am going with George and his Mom... and the ever vigilant Auntie Pat....
I CANNOT wait!
But first ... I work... and then I sleep... and then I get up and work more......

First 40th at Buddies

I am just sitting in my young friends Sara's apartment... which is actually Patricia's apartment... she is away in Little Shop Of Horrors in Edmonton....

Which is far away....

She called this morn and we had a conference call just like we were at a slumber party... and I don't care what anyone says...you are never too old for a good old slumber party.

I am tired but well rested... how can that be?

Well....it is!!!!

I just realized that I am in this apartment with no keys...

And no food...

Sara asked what kind of food I liked and said..

" Oh no don't buy anything for me... I will bring food."

Did I?

I am so effing hungry... and I can see food out the window but I can't get to it.

This is what it must have been like to be on Survivor....

or not.

This is a true New York style apartment the way the light shines throught the windows and it is surrounded by alot of really quaint 6 floor walk ups....

Oh....

I had such a great time last night, you guys...

It feels great to be 40 and surrounded by such awesome supporters and friends.

I just feel.... so happy about that.

Keith Cole camed dressed... in the EXACT same outfit as me...

really....

Fashion Crimes thought it was a great idea...

Thanks to Fashion Crimes... they are just the best....

And they gave me one of my favourite dresses... for my birthday....

I love them...

So will you...

fashioncrimes.ca...

You HAVE to check them out!

Anyhow...

Rachael McCaig... played the guitar in a million dollar looking outfit... hot... and sang dirty and funny dittys....thanks Girl.

And those two girls...

Marisa McIntyre

and

Jayme Armstrong....

What troopers ....

One was doing interviews all day in Waterloo

and the other had a Jersey Boys dance call about 2 hours beforehand...

They came and told fab stories about their experience and left the audience gasping and laughing...

They told it all....

You shoulda been there.

I had a great night....

Tonight is gonna be something else all together...

I am very excited...

And nervous!!

It will be awsome!!!

Who knows how it will go.... that is the exciting part ab0ut it being LIVE!

WORLD DOMINATION!!! Oh ya... and I am turning 40..

I decided purple is a good birthday colour babies....
40?
I had one of those....'am I doing all this work for nothing'... birthday moments with George yesterday.....
'What am I doing?' I asked him.
'Is this worth it?' I say.
He looks me dead in the eye....
'Do you have fun?'.....He continued....
'I know the promo is hard....and you worry how many people will come....but when you get onstage....do you have fun?'
Then the room is quiet as I look through the window.
I am all 'looking through my last 40 years'.... unsure, elated, confused, excited....
Very 'acting-class' of me... I know...
But then I started to work on this little video in order to get people out to the show....
And I out loud laughed at Gavin Crawford and thrilled to the voice of one of my young people Michael Hughes and just shook my head at the singing ability of Donna Lajeunesse and left humbled by the balls and creativity of Jonathan Wilson.......
I even smiled at my own musings... and thought... I look pretty effing good for almost 40!
And I turned to George with a smile on my face
IT IS WORTH IT!
Here it is people....
I had real fun with this one...
I think I am Spielberg....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhm3VR4DQ5U

Self promotion is....
challenging....
I try to get it out there....
But, not so much that people want to club me...
Ya know...
I have one 40th Birthday pet peeve...
I am gonna say it and then send it soooo that I don't lose my gumption.
I never use this page for ranting... not really...
except for the Maria show....
But, come on!
Let see how this goes...
Maybe I will delete it later....
Well....
It is like Gavin said in the above video.... if you are proud of what you do sometimes... and name something after yourself...people think you uppidy....
I think I spelled that wrong!
He actually says... people think you an asshole...
I have recently had some people tell me that I do too much...
Out of the blue...
'Sharron... too many emails!'
I find it gobsmaking that people walk up and tell me that and don't think that is gonna poop me out a bit... as a self promoter and all.
Maybe they don't care.
Someone actually came to me at an opening and said....
"I can't open a paper without seeing you!"
and said it with some sort of disdain...
A friend... actually.....
I'm...... sorry?
What?!!!
I breathe heavily....
I guess I am me.... loud and proud.
And I believe in what I do!

I love having the awesome guests....
I love singing the pop tunes...
I love talking and singing with an audience....
I LOVE writing the stories....
But, my dears peeps.... if people don't like the promo...
Please just do what I do...

Delete it...
It is one click of the finger....
Just delete it....

And keep all us self promoters happy....in spirit...
There aren't enough of us...
Support our artists who are trying to do something outside of the box of corporation....
And just click it....
Anyhow....
wow... that was a rant for me...
that being said.....

Come out to
Sharron's Party this weekend
September 19th and 20th
and celebrate my 40th Birthday with...
Holy poopies....
Janna Polzin and Brent Carver!!
Jeigh Madjus and Rachael McCaig!!!
and showing up for fun and frivolity...
Ed Sahely and Keith Cole....
I am excited to turn 40 and hope that you can be there for a whole new show!!!

Sharron and George Married September 10th 1994

I don't know... but this pic will only come on side ways...
BUT....The day was just like this.....
blue sky....
few clouds....
My sister and my mom... and EVERYONE left me to sleep that morning... George and I didn't stay together....tradition, what?... he had to share a room with his brother... can you take that.... he asked me just this morning why he had to do that....
But I was all alone, smoking.... oh fuck I loved to smoke...sorry Auntie Pat.... and I looked at all the flowers in my sisters beautiful back yard that goes into a ravine... and felt....
TERRIFIED!
Not because I was getting married.... but because I didn't know where anyone was....had they left me... where the eff were they???
I had never planned on getting married... I was gonna be single and fabulous... all Sex and the City before we even knew what the eff it was....
But here I was...
At one point, after my family finally showed up....
( I had called George on our two-ton cellphone and screeeched that I didn't know where anyone was...he walked around and found them... gotta love him... and he still married me....)
I went and got my hair done... just like on the Wedding Shows....I was wearing black tights and a denim top... and a flowered hair piece.....smoking a cigarette....oh my lord.....the white trashedness of it all....
I put on the big white dress..... that I decided I needed one day....
I got into a white.... yes, white limo.....and off I went....
I got very nervous just before I walked down the aisle...
But then I saw him....
And even though we weren't instructed to....I grabbed his hand... and I looked into his eyes...
I knew everything was gonna be....
Fine.
As long as we were a team....
We would do fine.

Britney SPEARS!!! OH MY GOD!!!

OH my lord you guys!!!
She is gonna try it again.....
I mean.... Oops.... she is gonna do it again!!!!
Without the oops!!!
Now, we all know how I love a little Brit!!!
She is awesome and trashy and messy but I can't stop watching her and rooting for her.....because I love her ....and because she is a source of alot of my material!!
After that horrible MVA debacle.... was it two years ago... or was it just last year?.......she has pulled up here thigh-highs and decided to give it another go!!
That is moxie and I wish her the best...
What is it gonna be like?
What is she gonna wear?
How is it gonna be?
Are you all rooting for her like I am???

Doe, Belting and Brent Carver!!!

Here is Webshow 12 Part Two....
If you haven't seen Part One scroll down....
You can watch them without watching the other....
They stand alone.....
Like 'Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer' and 'Rudolf's Shiny New Year'....
ISH.......

The Party, Olympics and The DNC!!

Hey Y'all!!!
Here is Webshow 12... Part 1.... oh how time has flown!