Your 2016 Buffalo Bandettes!

Your 2016 Buffalo Bandettes!

Friday, October 23, 2015

2010 Buffalo Men's Show-revisited

In 2008, 97Rock and 103.3 The Edge helped sponsor a new event called the Buffalo Men's Show at the Agri-Center in Hamburg. Following the 2009 NFL season, they put one together again but at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, NY. Before even going up, I was exchanging texts with a former Jill who was slated to be there appearing onstage signing autographs as a swimsuit model. 2006-07 Jills alum Jessica D was happy I'd be there since she didn't think too many people would want to see her. When I arrived, the 1st person I ran into was Kristen, who was helping run the booth for Zoladz limousine where they had a contest going in which the winner would get a tailgate party with some of the Jills that coming fall. If Kristen had been one of the Jills at the tailgate party, she would've had everyone fired up...she's one of the most positive people I know.
Kristen at the Zoladz booth
After visiting with Kristen for a bit, I started checking out the various booths around the event and found most of the Jills near the stage signing autographs and posing for pictures.
Christina, Lisa, Omarlla, and Ayeshia
I kept making rounds around the event to check out some more of it and greet more of the Jills when they arrived, including Amanda and Courteney, the latter of which joined Kristen at the Zoladz booth. She was a fitting choice since her positive energy ranks right up there with Kristen's. I also saw Jessica, briefly, before she was due up onstage for her autograph session alongside another NFL Cheerleader alum, Jaime Edmondson, a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader who had been named Playboy's Playmate of the Month just a few months prior. Speaking of Jaime, she and I have a friend in common...Pro Bowl Dan. who was up in Buffalo again for this event because of Jaime's appearance
Amanda F, Courteney, and Kristen
Vincenza and Keisha
Besides the Jills appearing at various booths around the show, they also had a couple of appearances onstage to do with the 1st appearance being group photos with the fans. All but a few girls were onstage for that and after taking a few photos, I took a walk around the exhibits and ran into Jessica, accompanied by one of the workers for the show to watch out for her as she was posing for photos and signing autographs. Needless to say, I made a point of joking with her about her earlier assertion that no one would wanna see her at all. I took over for her escort for a little while before she headed backstage again after her mother showed up, who I talked with while she waited for her beautiful daughter.
the Jills onstage
Not all the celebs that were on-hand for the event signed autographs onstage. Former Bills G Ruben Brown had his own booth to not only to sign autographs but to talk to people about his annual motorcycle run which raises money for children's athletic programs. You can learn more about Ruben's foundation at http://www.rubenbrownfoundation.com/
Angelina with former Bills G Ruben Brown
After their photo session, it was time for a Jills performance and they kept the crowd enthralled before what was coming up next...
Shortly after Jessica left, the Jills took the stage once more, but not as Jills. Several of the Jills onhand for the day volunteered for the event's Bikini fashion show. Sorry, we don't have any pics to share of that but you can see all the rest of the pics at https://buffaloprocheerbuffalojills.shutterfly.com/pictures/7375
From the Bandettes comes a photo from the April game against the Vancouver Stealth when the Bandettes were doing the annual lacrosse ball sale to help fund the organization. Shown posing for the camera are Stephanie and Abby. Going into what will be her 5th season on the squad, Stephanie is now a captain. Abby, sadly, despite loving her experiences her rookie season, called it a career and won't be joining Stephanie on the 2016 Bandettes.
Stephanie and Abby

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