The Teasers at Buckin Buffalo

After the Jills Comedy Show Saturday night, the night was still young and, as luck would have it, a certain Jills alumnus was just about to go onstage with her band just a few blocks away. Buckin Buffalo, a bar on Franklin Street with its own mechanical bull, played host to the Teasers and 2003 Jills alumnus Aimee L Saturday night. Based in Lockport, The Teasers have been rocking Western NY for over a year and a half and cover a wide variety of singers and genres and Aimee, Tony, Brian, and Parker have been doing a phenomenal job with everything they do. If you haven't seen them play yet, they're definitely worth going out to see. Check them out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theteasers and see when and where they're playing next or even request them for a private party.

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Pics from the Jills Comedy Show

One of the big events in Buffalo every year is the Buffalo Jills Comedy Show. The event, which raises money to help the Jills exist, was held at the Tralf Music Hall this year and featured, for a second straight year, master hypnotist Jerry Valley, who's been a featured performer at the Eric County Fair the last 17 years. Last year, several Jills went on stage to be a part of the act but none of them went the distance as far as staying under hypnosis. This year was different as Lindsey and Jaclyn went on stage and Jaclyn was there the whole show.

Jill, Natalie, Melissa, and Myesha working on their routine

Omarlla, Sara, Courteney, and Loren

Jerry Valley gives Alyssa a kiss

Jenny and Melissa

Jills alumni Danielle (2006-09) and Jennifer (2008-09)

After I got there and spent some time talking with Nichole's husband and directing the girls on where to go, I grabbed a few photos of the dancers on stage working through the routine they were going to perform for the fans.Included in the performance was someone who hasn't performed since the Draft party last April...Jill!



















After they finished rehearsing, they joined the Jills Ambassadors in greeting the fans coming in for the show as well as engaged in selling raffle tickets and posing for plenty of photos. Included in the group of people there for the show were a few alumni, Danielle S (2006-09), Jennifer (2008-09), and Stacy (2007,10)























































































After everyone took their seats, it was time for the show to start and to lead it off, the Jills dancers took the stage in 2 groups to perform  Even with a month off, or several months in Jill's case, once the music started playing, the girls showed no signs of rust and the fans loved the performance

Jerry Valley gives a demonstration

Jerry Valley with most of the show participants

After the Jills finished their performance, it was time for the main event as Jerry Valley took the spotlight and, after a few anecdotes about some of his experiences on cruise ships and some demonstrations of his abilities, he brought up some volunteers to submit to being subjects in the show, 2nd year vets Lindsey and Jaclyn included. He ran the subjects through a series of scenarios, weeding out the ones who didn't take to the hypnosis on this try, until he ended up with 7 participants, including the back cover girl of the 2011-12 Jills Swimsuit Calendar, Jaclyn!

portraying vampires for a part in a movie

While most of what they did you just had to be there for or get the DVD, I will share one video. In one of the scenarios, Jerry had the participants convinced Jennifer Lopez was at the front of the audience auditioning backup dancers for her upcoming tour. Jerry had them each first talk to JLo and then put on a performance to the tune of "Let's Get Loud." As shown in the video, Jaclyn's dancing abilities are still fully functioning under hypnosis and drew a lot of cheers from everyone in the audience, not just her squadmates.

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Jerry with the Jills

Jerry and Jaclyn

Coming up next for the Jills, Valerie will be appearing in the Pro Bowl tonight on NBC while Omarlla and Lisa get set to take off in a few days for a troop visit in Singapore! Tryouts for the 2012 squad, slated for April, will be announced in the next few weeks! There will be several empty spots to fill even if every vet who tries out makes it back with 1 girl, Gabrielle, already gone and Murissa leaving after 4 seasons on the sidelines and in front of the camera.

The Bandettes at the Bandits-Wings game

Kirsten's line

Even Buffalo's consistent winning team, the Buffalo Bandits, can have an off night as the team dropped to 2-1 on the season with a 13-10 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Wings. Thankfully, the NLL's premier dance team, the Buffalo Bandettes never has an off night as, with the 2012 debut of 2nd year vet Noelle, put on strong performances all night long including a new routine performed during 3rd intermission.
I started off the evening visiting with Kirsten's line while they greeted fans coming into the game after visiting with Lauren's line the last game.

Noelle, Kirsten, and Chelsea

Kirsten, Carissa, Noelle, Jessica, and Danielle

Stephanie O, Danielle, Melissa, and Krista in action during pregame

Chelsea and Stephanie O, the 2 most active seekers of the camera on the squad

Stephanie O and Jaclyn

Stephanie G, Jessica, Lauren B, Noelle, and Krista

Carissa handing a ball over to Chrissy to be autographed

Amanda, Ashley, and Ria calling out the winning number in the 50-50 drawing

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Coming up next, the Bandettes will be at Buffalo Wild Wings on Niagara Falls Blvd in Tonawanda tonight for a viewing party with the fans when the Bandits are facing off against the Minnesota Swarm. Bandettes will be there at 7:30 with the game to start at 8pm. The Bandits return home with the Bandettes in full support on February 4th as the Washington Stealth, with newly acquired former Bandit Brett Bucktooth ready to face off against his old team.

Bandette of The Week Carissa

This week, we take a look at our first rookie as our Buffalo Bandette of The Week. Carissa spends her gamedays on Lauren B's line and the rest of her time working on becoming a French teacher. News like that makes me wish I were born a lot later than I was. I would've taken more than 2 years of French with Carissa as my teacher, I'm sure. Besides her obvious beauty, she is very driven and has a positive mindset. Even at tryouts, when everyone was learning a routine to perform the next day, she was still wearing her smile as seen in some of the photos I took that day. Apparently she just knew she could do the routine and make the squad and obviously, she was right!You can read more about Carissa at http://www.bandits.com/bbio.asp?bandID=CarissaS  Carissa's secondary photo comes from the Bandettes Meet and Greet the evening after the Open Practice. Shown posing for the camera are Chelsea, Chrissy, Stephanie C, Carissa, and Erin Y.

Chelsea, Chrissy, Stephanie C, Carissa, and Erin Y

Buffalo Jill of The Week Myesha

This week, we take a look at rookie dancer Myesha as our Buffalo Jill of The Week. Spending her gamedays on Omarlla's line between Lisa and Lindsey, Myesha was one of the most advanced dancers among the rookies on the Jills as she and Jenny were the only rookies who performed at the Jills' 9th Annual Golf Tournament. Myesha topped that off by contributing her tumbling abilities to performances on the field this past season. Away from the field, Myesha spends her time shopping when she's not working towards her nursing degree. With her, Jami, and Rebecca representing the Jills and Noelle representing the Bandettes, Buffalo could end up having the sexiest nurses in the country when all is said and done.You can read more about Myesha at http://www.buffalojills.net/article.asp?id=2348088 Myesha's secondary photo comes from an appearance some of the Jills had in Jamestown for the Bills' Opener in Kansas City. Shown posing for a photo outside The Q are Melissa, Jenny, Myesha, and Murissa.

Melissa, Jenny, Myesha, and Murissa

As seen in her tryout video, where's she's shown on the left, Myesha brings more than just stunning beauty to the Jills in the form of some exceptional dancing ability.