What an amazing show! Resmay Bloodstorm and Rosie Arnaz danced into history by earning their STAR in Dance Queens' Walk of Fame. They shared the stage, each performing a combined mini-show of four acts for a total of eight acts... a brilliant one-hour show that mesmerized the audience. They each brought some of their favorite acts and presented them on the Zhaza Zerbino stage at the Dance Queens sim, thereby earning their star pavers in the ever-growing Walk of Fame. Let's take a look at the show, and then read interviews with these two lovely ladies and get to know their dance journey better.
THE SHOW
THE INTERVIEWS
RESMAY
1. How and when did you find Second Life? I joined SL on January 5th, 2013.
A supervisor I worked with told me about SL.
I went with a friend to watch someone she knew. After that I was hooked. I started dancing at Moulin Rouge. This was March of 2018 and still dance there
to this day.
3. I know picking is hard, but name a few of your favorite dances that you have ever created.
That is tough. I have
a few that need to be updated, they are dances, but I still love them. My favorites are: Evil Twin, Tick, Psycho
Crazy and Like Em Wild.
Rory and Celestine.
5. What is your favorite thing about virtual dance creation?
It challenges me to get outside my box and test my
creativity.
6. What is your least favorite thing about virtual dance creation?
Having a song I want to create, but can't figure out what to
do with it. Something is not working and
not being able to figure out what the problem is.
7. What advice would you give to someone who is new to virtual dance?
Have patience. I
second guess everything I do. Don't give
up.
Favorite food it Mexican, favorite drink is Vanilla
Coke. Have two fur babies. Bear and Tisha are one year old
Pomeranians. Did not know how much I
needed them until they came along.
I have been modeling in SL for 8 years, taking photographs and riding bikes with my MC.
I am grateful to everyone who helped me get started and the theaters that gave me the chance.
ROSIE
1. How and when did you find Second Life?
Oh my goodness. I was in another program and someone told a
bunch of us about it. It was just around a year old. So we all joined. I fell
in love with 2nd life. The people in here were so nice, most of them lol. I joined in 2004, left for my own reasons and
came back under a new name in 2005. Left in 2010 to help care for my sister and
didn't have heart to come back after she passed. I got curious when a co-worker
was telling us in a meeting about it and said don't join. I asked why and she
made some comments about it being so nasty. I told her she just hung around the
wrong people.
2. How and when did you discover virtual dance?
I had recently come back to SL after a 7+ year absence. I
explored SL quite a bit the first two years I
after I came back
You are so right, its hard. Recently I had to pick 4 dances for my walk of fame star. I started going through my dances and
realized they were all good.
Too many to list.
Many dancers gave me ideas, helped me with things. The ones who really
tried teaching me as they were helping me were Rory, Anya, Sweets and
Chrissy. I know I drove poor Sweets
crazy when she would get done from explaining how to do something with her
lovely English accent and I would look at her with an idiotic look on my face
and saying.. huh? It actually got to
the point when I got together with Sweets in voice, her hubby in rl would ask:
Is that the funny American?
I can express myself, feel free when I dance, and I cannot
do that in real anymore. Also create something I believe others would enjoy as
much as I do. I always wanted to dance in real life.
Trying to find things to do what I want to do. Sometimes it
makes me so crazy because of the limitations of what we can use, what's
available and the limitations of the avatars.
Not being able to explain to others just what it is I'm looking for. Not
being able to put a dance together fast.
To have patience. It cannot be learned overnight, believe
me, I tried. Also, don't sit for hours
doing it. If you find yourself getting frustrated, get up and do something
else. Sometimes you go away for a while, come back and do it again and it just
goes as smooth as silk. Last bit would be NEVER, NEVER EVER COMPARE YOURSELF TO
OTHERS. You are your own worst critic and will put yourself down enough to want
to stop.
My favorite drink is Tea, hot tea or iced sweet tea. As for good, I just don't know. As long as
there aren't mushrooms or fish in the meal, I'm good.
I read a lot. Sadly my kindle took a nose dive right after
it turned a year old. I love bowling, although I'm not much good. I play a few
games online too.
Even though I'm almost 20. I've only really spent about 12
years in here. I love helping others when I can. Doesn't
have to be with dancing. I use to be
with the LL volunteer support group in world - unpaid of course. I guess it would be unpaid with the name
volunteer in it.
I've met some really awesome folks here in SL, especially in the dance community. Almost Everyone is willing to help the others, telling them which animations they use, where they get them etc.
There are some who don't show anything. They want you to enjoy their dances but hoard any and all knowledge to themselves.
THE CEREMONY
