07/09/2012
I am filled with deep sadness as I write this but it is official that after 84 weeks our tenure at Brass The Lounge on Sunday Nights has come to conclusion. It was an excellent run and lots of fun, friendships and more were had so many many people. I met so many people who enriched my life in so many ways during this little experimental event that eventually shaped the entertainment of the venue for the next year and a half and opened doors for so many dancers including the birth of 3 Go Go teams during our run.
We, meaning myself, Jeff Gruber and for a while in the beginning Marshal Bradford and Jerome Lim photographed literally hundreds of models, Go Go Dancers, Buskers, Band Members and Tourists on the patio stage and provided them with free photos. We saw new models explode onto the scene and saw shy girls find their happy place and come into their own on the Brass Stage. All in all the experiences of these past 84 weeks which also included 30 weeks of Thursday nights have combined into a beautiful treasure trove of memories for me.
With all that said I need to thank all who participated and made the nights we spent at Brass so special. While there are too many to name I want to give a heartfelt and grateful THANK YOU TO ALL the models, patrons, entertains, photographers, and staff who supported us through it all.
Special thank you to Keith Wallace for seeing the potential in the event and for hiring us in the first place. Christopher R Callison for the months and months of belief and support you gave us, Tiffany Adamson for all the long nights behind the bar during the peak of the event, Sammantha Gapp, for all the hours on the rail and behind and on the bar in Pasties you brought a level of excitement to the stage and the bar that no one else ever could. DJ Dezzie for all the hours of incredible music and entertainment I can not imagine having done is gig with out you on my right hand bringing the beats. Jeff Gruber for the countless hours of dedication both behind the camera and at the computer editing images and managing the page at http://www.facebook.com/brasssundays I could never have have done the event without your help.
The models and dancers, there have been so many to grace the stage and I know I will miss more then I should but special thanks to Jessica Bambu, Sarah Marshall, Lexi AKA GREMLIN, Saturn Reyes, Stephanie Ann Cook, Cammie Gillette, CLAIRE CARDENAS , Ashlee Gannon and so many many more who did time with us Thank You without the participation of all the girls there would have been no event . Claire I can not think of a girl I would have rather gone down the stretch of this event with and I wish you and the Sin City Sirens all the success in the world.
Also Andrew Keeler, Marissa P, Danny, DJ, Kelsi Rose, and all our faithful regulars and visiting customers. Thank you for the support.
Then there is one without whom I could not have done any of this, here. Without her undying support , belief and help every week I simply could not have begun to found the strength to keep showing up my love, my life and my wife Gigi Deal!
Finally with sadness a huge thank you to our former security man Big Chris, while you are no longer with us we all miss you and wish you could have been here beside us on this the last night of BRASS SUNDAY'S!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all and Good Night!
Bobby Deal
