Pole Star Invitational, 2008

Last night my husband and I had the honor of attending the Pole Star Invitational, 2008 and I just had to share my experience with all of you.

How, you may ask, were we invited to such an event? My father-in-law's girlfriend, Natalie, was a contestant. Tickets were 50$ and we had drinks prior at Miceli's next door so we were a little more ready for what was ahead of us. Sadly, Natalie was eliminated in the first round and we didn't stay to see who took the 10K prize, but our night, was priceless.

Pep went to the website where the event was going to be held {Element, Hollywood} and to the Pole Star site about a week ago, and from the photos, imagined a nice, candle-lit space where we would all be sitting in sexy booths and judging these amazing acrobats twirling on poles. He was rudely awakened when we walked in and the entire scene looked like a rap video. {which was exactly how I imagined it}

While the idea of going to this event initially turned me off, I knew it would result in a fun time, some laughter and a great story.

Take a look ...
Contestant no. 1


Contestant no. 2 "Isis"



Contestant no. 3 "Saucy" (or "Swan" ..shit)
"Makin' it Rain" fake money
I think that is Ray J w/ the heart t-shirt
I don't know if she is the BEST pole dancer ever BUT she definitely knows how to put on a show and work a crowd. Her songs were the best: Poison (BBD), Can't Touch This (MC Hammer) and Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice). She killed it!

The girl on the pole is the "Pole Cleaner" and after every round, she has to shimmy up and down the pole, wiping it down....it was annoying because it took forever and the f*cking MC was YELLING into the mic all night long. We are still having trouble hearing today. *Pep says the guy in white played Mike Tyson in some HBO movie and was "Spawn"

Contestant no. 4 "The Teacher" She was probably the most athletic/gymnasticky and less stripper/sexy



AND the pièce de résistance, Contestant no. 5, Natalie, my future step-mother
{I kid because it's just too funny not to}

This is my favorite!



*It was actually quite dark in the club (as in the second photo from the top) but the higher up the girls went on the pole, the brighter the photos got.

I wish all of you could have been there with us to experience this once-in-a-lifetime event but hopefully I captured it's essence via photo ;)