I know, I know… It’s been pathetically long since my last update. That might be because of the 20-hour-days-minimum-six-days-a-week schedule those of us working on the Detroit record, video, and filmhave been adhering to, handstitching everything together as if we were Betsy Ross making that flag. There have been great, jubilant days…
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CALLING ALL DETROITERS! I will be APPEARING LIVE for the first time EVER in the Motor City 3 PM, Sunday, “the 21st (almost) night of September”! Andrae and I plus a 10 piece band – singers, dancers, tires, fire eaters, live tigers – well, a couple of those may not be true but I guarantee you it will be a spectacle among spectacles!
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Kitsch O' The Day,
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People,
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September,
Songwriting,
The Color Purple
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On November 8 and 9, 2012 I reprised BaDeYa, Baby!, my sold out one-woman-show-with-25-people-in-it at NoHoPAC in beautiful North Hollywood, CA. Just as the shows that preceded it on September 21 and 22nd, it was a salute to my very 1st hit, “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, the first line of which is “Do you remember the 21st night of September?”. All the hits, sing-alongs, dancers, games, prizes, Boogaloo Wonderland sandwiches from my hometown Detroit, not to mention the big ol’ greasy foot massages conspired to make these evenings no normal singer/songwriter fare! So enjoy the show and the next time I do this I hope you BaDeYa with me!
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Allee Willis' Ba-de-ya,
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Badeya, Baby!,
Boogie Wonderland,
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Dance,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Fashion,
Friends theme,
Games,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Los Angeles,
Mumford high school,
Music,
Neutron Dance,
People,
School,
Self expression,
September,
Songwriting,
The Color Purple,
Theater,
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On May 8 and 9, 2012, I took a giant leap in my evolution and broke through an almost 4 decades-long bout of stage fright, performing two sold-out performances of my Super Ball Bounce Back Review, a combo concert/sing-along/party extravaganza at King King in Hollywood.
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Afro,
Allee Willis' Super Ball Bounce Back Review,
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Boogie Wonderland,
Bubbles the artist,
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Creativity,
Dance,
Disco,
Discography,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Friends theme,
Games,
Hollywood,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
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Music,
Neutron Dance,
Party,
People,
Pigmy Will,
Self expression,
September,
Songwriting,
The Color Purple,
Theater,
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I wish I had time to write at length this morning because I can’t even tell you what a SPECTACULAR evening I had last night at my high school in Detroit, the greatest one of all, Mumford, about to be destroyed by the wrecking ball but still the most spirit-filled place in the city. Kids from the choir, dance company and band performed some of my greatest hits while I told stories about how they were written. So many of my classmates showed up, some of whom I hadn’t seen since I graduated, some of my family, the ones who weren’t afraid to show some soul, leave the burbs and come into the real city, friends I’ve made on my last couple visits here and, of course, the wonderful and dedicated Mumford teachers, principal and former principal, and staff who helped so much to make this one of the favorite nights of my life.
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Allee's live performances,
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Detroit,
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Place,
School,
Songwriting,
The Color Purple,
Theater,
Travel
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All the hits you can stand to hear!!! And the last time in an architectural treasure.
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Allee's live performances,
Architecture,
Dance,
Detroit,
Disco,
Discography,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Educational,
Friends theme,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Lyrics,
Mumford high school,
Music,
Neutron Dance,
Party,
Place,
Press,
School,
September,
The Color Purple,
TV/Radio
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Rehearsals for my May 8 & 9 return to the stage in my Super Ball Bounce Back Review have begun. Given what happened at my last show in October this is very significant!
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Allee Willis' Soup To Nuts live show,
Allee Willis' Super Ball Bounce Back Review,
Allee's live performances,
Art,
bad art,
Creative process,
Detroit,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Mumford high school,
Music,
School,
Self expression,
Songwriting,
Soup To Nuts Party Mix live show,
The Color Purple,
Theater
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