[Fiona] Fun With the Twins

I went out last Friday night to the Manor Restaurant in West Boylston. A few girls from work had an idea about going out as a group to try something different. What a time we had. Dinner and drinks with a show. The Edwards Twins were the act. Identical twins well, almost. This dynamic duo of brotherhood perform an act they call "Celebrities on Stage". According to their website they do something like 150 different celebrities between them. Eddie handles the women while Anthony tackles the men.

Speaking for myself I didn't know what to expect. I drove to the Manor with mixed enthusiasm. The only celebrity impersonator I have ever seen (and he was on Merv Griffin at the time) was Jim Bailey. His impression of Streisand,topnotch. The memory of his performance played through my mind as I waited in the parking lot for my friends to arrive. Could this show be any good?

My gal pals arrived in plenty of time to enjoy cocktail hour. We were ushered to our seats, front row center. Damn Excellent Seats. I dare say the best seats in the house. Seating for six. We introduced ourselves to our table mates. I will call them J and K (to protect their innocence [wink wink nudge nudge]) nice people really. Easy dinner companions if you will. Through casual conversation we realized we all the know same woman. I should tell you that my gal pals and I all work for the same company and J ,of the now famous J and K Duo, works for a waste disposal company that services our company. It is indeed a small world, six degrees of separation and all that.

I do not want to bore the reader with endless details of what was served up for supper. Suffice it to say it was hot, tasty and came with chocolate cake and coffee. On with the show...


Good evening ladies and gentlemen....back story on the Edwards Twins...out pops Bette Midler.

Eddie hit the stage first as the Devine Miss M. He explained a little about their act and made a few witty remarks and then launched into his first skit. I was very impressed. His makeup, mannerisms and chat were Bette enough that it was easy to become lost in its effects to the point I cried when he broke into a rendition of "Wind Beneath My Wings". Anthony hit the stage next as the "Piano Man" Billy Joel. Very smooth; makeup right, hair/beard right...piano work excellent. I found myself clapping and singing along and really enjoying myself. The audience was treated to Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Kermit the Frog, Elton John, Cher with and without Sonny and... well you will just have to catch a show to see who else showed up.

The answer to my question. Yes, the show was good. It was better than that. It exceeded my expectations; I would love to see their show again.

[Shrek] Doing a Little Housekeeping

I've edited the blog a little...odds are you won't notice unless I mention what I did.

I've added a couple things to the links menu. The first is Sharkspage, the sports blog I post to covering the Worcester Sharks. The second is Fiona's Large Marge blog about her weight loss.

I've also trimmed the amount of blog entries shown on the main page to ten. It was getting a tad long the way we were doing it, and with the links to older posts on the right it seemed silly to have them all listed.

And lastly, I edited the title to show that we're ogres, not trolls. The "real" Shrek and Fiona would want it that way. ;)