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We (my mom, my neighbor, and I) got to The Knitting Factory at 9pm. When we got in there, I was looking for pictures of Stevie, But I didn't see many. We got a drink and went into the main stage area.
When we got in that room there was lots of Stevie music playing very loudly, and a Stevie video playing (Red Rocks) which was not in tune with the music. It should of been, because it was boring looking at the video and not seeing Stevie actually sing that song.
At about 10:15pm the performers started, finally! All I saw were 3 Stevies dancing around to Stevie music for 2 hours. They weren't even singing. I thought it was so boring! I thought there were gonna be 1000 Stevies performing onstage. The only 1000 I've seen was the audience. The audience must of been 1000 Stevies.
I say this whole experience was boring, my mom says it was terrible and my neighbor says it was like Hell. This was my first and will certainly be my last. It was that bad.
I would just rather see the real Stevie on stage performing and singing her songs. I didn't really have to go to this. I could've just stayed home and blared my Stevie music or watched my videos. And sang and danced to them.
I didn't meet any of my friends from online because I'm not the type of person to go right up to you and talk to you. You have to come to me.


Here's what I was wearing: a black peasant top, a black knit skirt, black stockings, black boots, a gold cresant moon necklace, and silver glitter on my face. I was the one with the shoulder length brown hair and glasses. I was skinny and tall.

My mom was wearing: black shoes, black jeans, and a black top with white flowers on it. She had redish, brownish curly shoulder length hair. And she was tall and skinny.

My neighbor was wearing: black boots, black pants, and a blck suit type shirt. She had blonde shoulder length hair and black Stevie glasses on. She was a bit chubby and short about 5'1.

I didn't take any picutres. Only 1 of me and my mom. So if anyone took pictures, I would love to see them.

I just feel I was cheated on this thing. I'll never go back again.
"I can't wait!" -Jenny
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Oh Jenny...
Sorry you and your Mom had such a bad time. Obviously this night is not for you. In "The Big City" Jenny, people go out a little bit later. Actually, a show that starts at 10:15 in a nightclub is pretty early. Also, in New York we don't take things as literally as you do in Danbury. We can watch a video without the sound for instance. The video is atmospheric, you're not supposed to stand in front of the screen and watch it all night like "Friends". It's decor. And we didn't put up a million pictures of the real Stevie Nicks because well... haven't you see them all anyway? The pictures on the wall were of you. Again, not literally YOU Jenny but pictures of the crowd as Stevie... get it? 1000 Stevies. This night is about the Stevie Audience as much as it is about Stevie herself. The girls dancing on stage are go go dancers by the way, maybe your Mom can explain that to you. They are not supposed to be singing. And as far as the shows, did you see any of them? Boy George singing "You can go your own way"? OK, He did sing it as a Reggae song. Maybe that threw you. Most people, however, thought it was brilliant. That's why the ceiling almost fell down. Because people were sreaming and clapping so loudly. And Basil Twist's recreation of the Gypsy video done with puppets? Did you catch that? I don't expect you to know that Basil is one on the most famous pupeteers in the world but still... didn't you like that?
Anyway Jenny, I guess you should stick with Stevie in concert. NOTS is a little over your head.

Here's what I was wearing: Black Doc Martins. flare blue jeans with a hole in the crotch. A white Mexican wedding shirt with a black leather vest.

Go Go dancer Dolly Domination as Stevie
(this was one of the many pictures on the wall last night NOT of the real Stevie Nicks.)

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hi sorry to hear that you did not have a great time. this was my 10th nots. it is one of the few club events i still go to.
it was one of the best ever . place was packed crown was lound singing was great.
jenny did you leave early. there were great pefromers amber garbo "" what a voice"" billy o and a ton more.
it is for light fun heated stevie nicks. it is not to meant to all be taken serious.Hartway tried so hard she is the oringal william hung.. "" meant as a good thing""
it as a lot tamer then years past. the things that use to go on durning the show at mothers my goodness i miss. them
also domanatreux "' Sorry about spelling just woke up: was so mild compared to years gone past.
the gogo girls are help past the time between sets. to me also like a warm up band.
also i did see you jenny you looked great sorry i was to shy to say hi
love all

tommy
My husband John and I had a wonderful time at NOTS! Thanks to everyone who performed and help put this together! We took a few picturesof ourselves and our friends and a few of the performers in the first set, before the batteries in my camera died. I could smack myself for not bringing an extra set! Anyroad, if anyone else took pictures I'd love to see them, especially of Gypsy Wild doing SOTM... GW you were AWESOME!... and anything from the third set which we missed 'cause we had to leave a little after 1 to catch a train back to LI. I heard Boy George's reggae version of GYOW was amazing. MP3s anyone? ;-)

CatAnna
Tommy, you just reminded me... yes Billy O's "Beautiful Child" was a standout! Soooo moving and sweet. I'm glad it didn't take too long to find his CD! And Billy if you're out there... I loved your winged heart charm;I was wearing the same exact one LOL! Not only do you have a great voice, but great taste in jewelry ;-)

CatAnna
Well, I for one had a complete blast. And Daddy, your response above was a model of restraint and patience, considering it was directed at someone who clearly had no appreciation whatsoever for the huge amount of effort that was put into this night.

I've been in NYC for a little over 3 years now, and have always meant to go to NOTS but every year I'd find out about it after it had happened. Not this year. The friend I went with made me put it on my calendar in November. It was *wonderful* - no wonder this has gone on for as many years as it has! Thank you so, SO much to everyone involved. My only regret is not going up onstage during the final battle. I'd thought everyone in Steviewear was allowed, but then Chi Chi only directed performers to come up, and I was a little too hesitant to just jump on up there when it wasn't clear whether that was kosher.

I've got a bunch of pics up on my website here, if y'all want to take a lookie.

Rock on, gold dust women.
Oh, good LORD. If you're so savvy, then you should know that for just about anything you buy advance tickets for, the time on the ticket is only when the doors open. I'm sorry you had a bad time, but that's only because you got there so early and left before anything really got going - it's certainly not the fault of the people who worked so hard to put this whole shindig together. The NOTS webpage says very clearly that the peak hours are between 11:30 and 1:30; I read it ahead of time - perhaps you should have too - and didn't arrive until almost 11:30 and things were just really getting started. And it didn't end until well after 3am. If you'd stuck around you would have seen an amazing show.
Oh Jenny, Jenny, Jenny,
Nightclubs... (that's where you were sweetie, in a nightclub) open say at 9 or 10 PM. They close at about 4 or 5 AM. Most of the hot action happens aound midnight. The REALLY hot action happens after 1 or 2. The REALLY REALY HOT action happens about 5 or 6 AM. After that its MANHUNT. You may have been born in New York but you obviously have been hanging out in Danbury too long. Next time go with Messy Bonnie Raitt and leave Mom at home. She'll show you a good time.
Jenny, your description sound familiar. Did I meet you? As to your club experience, Abby recently said to me that a promoter can create a venue, hire performers, establish a mood, but the party goers have to make the party. Even if you met one or two interesting people, and could hang out with them for a half hour or so, the party would be worth going to.
Hello! I just wanted to say that I had an awesome time at NOTS 14. I always wanted to go and since I work at the KF, it was my chance and I took it.
What an amazing night!! First off, thanks to Ms. ChiChi for looking out for me with the tambourines (Blondie, you called me) and wow, everyone was just fantastic. Jimmy James is just a doll and what can I say about Boy George but just sensaysh!!!
I felt so much love and it was just too much fun to be with such a lovely bunch of people and the talent was terrific.
I was in a towering wig, black peasant top with ribbons, ruffeled skirt and black boots and I was covered in glitter.
See you all at the next NOTS!!!
Bisous, J
Sorry I was a little rough on you Jenny but we work very hard on this night. And by most accounts it was one of, if not THE best NOTS ever. It's hard to hear complaints like, "there was no sound to the video" and "the show didn't start till 10:15". I know clubbing is not your thing and to be fair the Jackie 60 experience is pretty advanced even for jaded New Yorkers. So I'll lighten up if you'll just keep an open mind. Don't be like one of those "Ugly Americans" who go to another country and complain that people don't speak English or have a Burger King. That's why you go to another country, to see something new and different. Next year go to NOTS with an open mind. Let the night take you where it will and as Apollonia says twirl twirl twirl, girl!
And as our late friend Madame used to say...
"We shall not speak of it again".
I'm twirling as we speak.
-Daddy
Dear Lord, what controversy! Sorry, Jenny, my dear, anything connected with drag never starts early; and that goes double for avant guard drag. In fact for us aging hipsters an early night (starting around midnight) is a blessing.

Thank you Johnny and Chi Chi, and all the performers, for a wonderful night. I'm crestfallen that I missed Basil Twist while outside smoking and flirting with lovely 20-year-old boys and girls with whom, alas, I'll never sleep.

There were many genuine Stevie Nicks afficionados from the hinterland. My God, it's like a religion. One girl said there were a lot of guys, but they weren't hitting on her.
So Judy hit on her to make her feel okay.

Bless all your litle hearts.

Morgan
Hello.
Sorry you did not have a good time Jenny. Please stop saying "I can't wait!" It is quite repetitive. I loved the party. Thank you Chi Chi. The wonderful performer on the taxicab is Rainblow, otherwise known as Russell. We came following Queen Mother Flawless Sabrina's advice. Russell has been adopted by the girls at Lucky Chang. He works there Friday and Saturday. His schedule changes on the work week.
Sorry if I am getting off the subject of rug munchin', butt blowing and Jenny bashing....I just wanted to thank Chi Chi, Jonny, and Hattie for, once again, throwing another fab. NOTS! I did miss a few performances due to being back stage too much (waiting to go on...)so that, plus the club being too hot, was my only complaint Frown. I know the Knitting Factory is a well known venue but I miss the days of the smaller, more intimate crowds and venues. Oh well....if NOTS is getting too big and too well known I guess I shouldn't complain. Hope to see all next year (alas moving to Vegas may be hard on my NOTS fund). Thanks for the pictures (Catanna) and shout out (Tommy).-Amber Garbo
New Hampshire soon to be Nevada
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Hi KiKi- I didn't speak to Boy George a whole lot. He was preoccupied with lighting a cigarette and figuring out if he wanted to do "Go Your Own Way" Reggee style or not. I was surprised he agreed to take a picture with me since other people told me he wasn't signing autograghs or taking photo's with people so I am fortunate Smile! I am happy that your friends thought alot of my performace. It's always good to know that others take notice. Well gotta go-it's late and I gotta work in the morning Frown.-Amber Garbo
There are eight thousand stories to each 1000 Stevies - these are but two:

The Crow Stays In The Picture

My performance partner at this year's NOTS, Russell Crow, almost stole the show this year. Congrats, Russ!

Our number was inspired by the Belladonna cover art (see below) and was originally going to be done to Nightbird, but the song is too slow to trundle and "kick out" - two of my favorite Stevie steps. A few days before the show I found out that due to the major soundproofing on the stage walls, we couldnt bang in our set to the back wall like usual. I had my heart set on Russell'sm NOTS debut, but It seemed like the background was going to be too black for the crow to read onstage. I begged Monsieur Dynell to find an answer, and he already had decided to blow up the poster HUGE, which became this year's set. And The Crow Stayed In The Picture, and is still twirling and receiving fan mail at my house.

Nobody ever sees Johnny at NOTS, but in this and 1,000 other ways he is the true Magician of The Night.

The Rhiannon Charm

Every year since she gave it to me, Ive carried or worn a small celtic Rhiannon charm in silver that our beloved Nursie Randella brought me back from her travels somewhere. Two weeks before The Night, out with Russell, I discovered that the charm had fallen off his neck as I got out of a cab, and when I discovered it missing I went back to look for it. A few days later we started to get calls from several performers with accidents or personal tragedies. We missed you - Jade Barbee, Lizzie Davis, Rhiannon Gruber - and we hope things have improved. By the day of the show I was so convinced that the loss of the charm was causing this that you can be sure I spent the afternoon of the show searching for another one!

NOTS 14 was by far my favorite of the "Modern Age" Stevies - of course Stevie 2 was equally memorable for me, just 1/10 the size! Huge thanks to all of our performers, incredible crew and especially long-time NOTS legends Jimmy James, Poison Eve, Belladonna, Amber Garbo, Nicole Nicks and Billy O -

The Love Remains...

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It was my favorit NOTS too!! my 6 or 7 time + loved the new club space and the balcony for my friend her heel broke an she was glad to sit down.

my favorits were the puppetshow
and nicole nix
and the one who did stand back in the 1st set with the new ribbon look of mikestan
and boy georgew

I wore white angel dress from bear with silver boottops. IT WAS VERY BELLADONNA cover too and i even got a tamborine wich im looking at now Smile

thank you everyone + see you next year
pleaz keep it at knitting factory
much enchantment till then see you at fm shows this summer
Chi Chi- Did you ever find a replacement charm?? It's very strange how things like that are tied together. Once again, you brighten up the stage with your performance and personality (even with the darkest of backdrops Wink). I also wanted to make a comment about Johnny Dynell. What a big impact he contributes to the flow of the show! He has always been supportive and motivating. Always a pleasure to see you every year Johnny and thank you for your well wishes on my move. I can't say I agree with Daisy Mae in keeping the venue @ the Knitting Factory only because climbing up four flights of stairs in platform boots isn't my idea of easy. Also the heat seemed unbearable in the front of the stage in the crowd (were my freinds were). Maybe if the fans were on and the AC was cranked....Although the balcony was a nice get away! -Amber Garbo
Amber my dear-

No, I never found the charm, but it all worked out - EXCEPT our achy-breaky feet!! We'll have to do a staircase chair, an upstairs balcony dressing room, or something for performers, cause in most other ways this venue is the best for the event AT THE SIZE IT HAS BECOME.

And barring a complete change in management there, I would say we will be returning to the Knit next year. Heat being a factor, we may move the date up to late April, as it used to be...

Anyhoo, you were such a lovely part of the show and thanks for the oh-so-thoughtful gift - Im still enjoying it!
Thank you Chi Chi! I was surfing the web the other day to see if anyone else has posted NOTS reviews &/or pics and found something very interesting. Please check out these sites: www.burnish.net & www.angelsgypyssarasrhiannonsofstevienicksfans@groups.msn.com
to see Jenny's same word for word review on NOTS. Wonder how many other sites she visited and posted the same review.... Please feel free to post a reply to her on those site as I did on burnish.net(I should be the last entry. Type in key words "night of 1000 stevies" at the bottom). FYI-Amber Garbo
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Hello everyone...my response is a bit late because i decided to "dance across the stages of the world" (well sort of)- i decided to be spontaneous and go visit a friend in italy. lately i've been feeling sort of bummed out in the nyc. just got back (and now i am absolutely broke) and just wanted to thank Chi Chi, Jonny, and Hattie for creating this enchanting night. My fourth NOTS and my first year performing and I can't believe I waited this long to do it...what an experience!

Any chance this show was videotaped?

"I will not forget this night."

Thanks again...purple gypsy
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Originally posted by Chi Chi:
Amber my dear-

No, I never found the charm, but it all worked out - EXCEPT our achy-breaky feet!! We'll have to do a staircase chair, an upstairs balcony dressing room, or something for performers, cause in most other ways this venue is the best for the event AT THE SIZE IT HAS BECOME.

And barring a complete change in management there, I would say we will be returning to the Knit next year. Heat being a factor, we may move the date up to late April, as it used to be...

Anyhoo, you were such a lovely part of the show and thanks for the oh-so-thoughtful gift - Im still enjoying it!


Hey, http://groups.msn.com/AngelsGypsysSarasRhiannonsofStevieNicksfans is my website! I can post my review there it's my site.
Well, Jenny, you were obviously welcome to post your review here as well-- it's still up after all these months, after all-- Just as others were welcome to post their responses. It's all about discussion here. We are a large group with many differing perspectives and opinions about many, many topics. And not just Stevie.

I looked at your MSN group and I must say-- regarding the recipe section-- you sure do like the sweet stuff, lady!

Best,
Hattie Hathaway, Co-producer NOTS

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