(Note: See my Viva Trip on Wednesday & Thursday & Saturday & Sunday)
It’s Friday! Vintage Hairstyle day and the Men’s Vintage Swimsuit contest at the pool (my fav).
My friend Liisa was such a doll and offered as a gift to myself and a mutual friend to have our hair done by the magical and amazing Teresa of “Beauty by Teresa Song“. So I zipped done to their room with Champagne and Orange Juice in hand and prepared for some pampering and girl talk.
I have never had my hair done all fancy by anyone at Viva, I usually tackle this process by myself and hope for the best. I by no means am a Vintage Hair Style wizard, but Teresa..was. She took my mess of hair and turned it into this…
Kidding! This is what she did…
Voila! The Finished Product. Teresa you are amazing and I 100% recommend her to anyone looking to get their hair done next year. She works fast, was professional and really nice.
Okay I’m done, it’s my friends turn now.
Above turns into the below..like Magic.
Drea’s turn.
So pretty, mini victory roll and curls.
We are 3 happy ladies, full of champagne and orange juice and lots of girly time. Thanks again Liisa!
Now we are all done up…time for the Pool and the Men’s Vintage Swimsuit contest especially now that sun was out and it was finally hot.
There was even a live band-The Sabres to set the tone for the afternoon.
Pool Time is Friend Time!
Time for the Men’s Swimsuit Contest! Here were some of my favorites:
Our host (man with the microphone) plays Carl Perkins in the Million Dollar Quartet in Vegas.
What a great contest, the men really had wonderful vintage swimsuits and it was a fun afternoon. But all good warm and sunny day’s have to come to an end and so we packed it up and got ready for the evening ahead.
My Friday Night Outfit. 1940s Vintage Seersucker dress from “The Best Vintage Clothing” online store.
First band of the night and now one of my favorite singers, “Kay Marie“. Her sound channeled the spirit of Americana trailblazers with powerful and passionate vocals, and had this old school vintage feel that I just loved. I danced almost to every one of her songs and it was fantastic to see the room so packed for her show.
After Kay Marie it was time for one of the big shows in the Ballroom that I was really really looking forward to… Bobby Brooks Wilson, the son of Jackie Wilson. If you have time click on his name and read about his story about how he found out he was Jackie Wilsons son, it is pretty incredible.
Speaking of incredible…his show was incredible! I thought I was listening and watching Jackie himself. Such an amazing talent and a ridiculously good show. A highlight was when one of the past singers of the Platters came on stage to sing “Only You”. Check out my video to experience what I experienced that night.
After my mind was blown for an hour and half, I still had tons of energy to zip off and support a favorite band of mine (and the Toronto Rockabilly Scene), Jittery Jack. Jittery Jack’s band always puts 120% into their shows and once again this was another good one.
Only one person is having fun here..can you guess who (and it’s NOT Bill from the Hellbent Rockers lol)? Cheer up Drea..the night is not over yet, it’s time to hit up the Ballroom!
I ended my Friday night checking out the final performance EVER of the band “The Chop Tops“. The band coined the phrase “Revved-Up Rockabilly” to describe their wild, upbeat blend of rockabilly, psychobilly, old punk, teddy boy, and surf music genres (source) and have been playing together since 1995. This final show was going to be nothing but amazing and filled with surprises at every turn. And it was!
One of those surprises was bringing up Mario Valens the brother of La Bamba singer Ritchie Valens. That was a real highlight of the evening for me.
Here is Mario singing with the Chop Tops a tune you might all know….
And that friends was Friday of VIVA 18. Stay tuned for Car Show and Dion (The Wanderer) day aka Saturday.
Those who went to VIVA….How was your Friday Night?
Further Reading:
- Vintage Vegas-Neon Boneyard Park
- The Dancing Side of the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend
- Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 18-Wednesday (Pre Viva day)
- Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 18-Thursday
- Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 18-Friday
- Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 18-Saturday
- Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 18-Sunday
- Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender 16-The Friday
Liz 🙂
Sounds like a great weekend!!!
It was..so much fun!
Your hair looked absolutely breathtaking, as did the rest of you, dear Liz. It’s sooo cool to see this year’s Viva shared day-by-day here and to get to enjoy the fun of it vicariously after the fact. If I’m ever fortunate enough to attend, I’m going to follow you lead and blog about it big time afterwards.
♥ Jessica
Ahh thanks Jessica 🙂 Well there is so much that happens at Viva that I feel like I need to share like I do. I know many people like yourself cannot always attend so I want to pass on the fun to you afterwards. Saturday and Sunday will be up early next week! Liz 🙂
Your hair is amazing. Glad you enjoyed mimosas while you got your “hair did,” as they say. How have you decided to stop aging? Your skin is flawless. Do people not age in Canada? Come to think of it, Jim Carrey and Mike Myers seem frozen in time as well. That is not fair. You never get to see men in vintage swimsuits. What a fun idea. I like how you and your friends represented the three color groups. You always look swell and keen!
Secret to not aging…photoshop lol! Kidding I don’t know but thanks so much for being so nice!
The vintage men’s swimsuit contest was my absolute fav..as you can tell. Next year, I’m getting a front row seat 🙂
LOL! I never noticed the colour groups on our outfits, what a good eye. Not planned but totally awesome anyways.
Your hair looks amazing and I love your outfits too!
Sitting here in front of the fire, I could really go for some sunny lounging by the pool and watching a vintage swimsuit competition right now!
Thanks Tanith! oh dear a fire..brrrrr. Keep warm my friend!
Fantastic hairstyles. What a lovely treat that must have been! I love all the outfits too. Sounds like another really fabulous day. The men’s swimsuit contest must have been hilarious.
The Men’s swimsuit was seriously fantastic and yes pretty funny. Especially the man wearing the jungle suit lol!