Clark Family Christmas 09!!

Opening of the show!

VIVA ELVIS december 16th 2009

And finally my 2 year contract and show pay has started!! haha just kidding. What a relief to sit here today and think back over a year ago when I got the call about this show, to finally be here getting it on its feet. It was more work then I ever imagined and there is still work to come.But more than anything it has been a huge blessing in my life. We have had an awesome opening week and I am so grateful my sister could be here with me. Her opinion and support means so much to me. I love you Louise!! I can only hope these next 2 years will continue to help me grow and change as person and dancer. The crowd last night started off a bit lame being full of rich men and woman who had big expectations to people having fun, standing up and dancing with us by the end! It makes me so happy to see people feel and love his music just as much as we are. Getting to hear from Priscilla Presley again was also amazing. Hearing her tell how proud Elvis would be of this show is so rewarding. I'm so looking forward to the many opportunities this show will bring over these next few years! I hope everyone gets a chance to see it just for a night of fun, good music, and entertainment! VIVA ELVIS- xoxo a girl in the city

Only 48 hours until hopefully my life will get semi back to normal. I have not been myself lately because of the conditions we have been working in. We renamed Cirque du soleil, Slaves du Soleil = Slaves of the sun...kinda catchy we think! haha But really I am emotionally and physically gone. Sometimes I think I am sleeping with my eyes open while learning a new dance the day of a run through. I know it will get easier and just yesterday I was kindly reminded that all this will turn into a beautiful experience soon enough. These rough patches are just part of the process. There are a few bright sides like walking in today to Entertainment tonight news reporters interviewing Priscilla Presley on our stage. Or finding articles like the one below in the LA times of one our rehearsals. Those are always exciting. Anyways among feeling drained and a bit lost I took a moment tonight to reflect on my blessings. I sat down and read some letters from some of my beautiful friends and family. Most of them of expressed love and excitement about this adventure I would be having. But one thing almost all had in common was the reminder of where my "HOME" and the people who really love me are. Friends are family are SO important. I know I have complained a lot about feeling lonely or not finding friends but deep down I know my Heavenly Father is glued to my side and here with me every step of the way. Its amazing how pieces of paper filled with love and heart felt thoughts can really turn your whole day around. I am so grateful for these letters. I am so grateful for my HOME , family, and friends who keep my grounded. I am so grateful for the support I have received during this whole process. I need it! Knowing that I have people cheering me on is sometimes what gets me through the day. I am grateful to be apart of this show. I am growing here in ways I never thought possible. I hope that over these next two years each of you get a chance to come out and experience VIVA ELVIS! I love you and if you reading this I definitely miss you!! xoxo- a girl in the city

Article in the LA times!!

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First of all I have to thank my parents and Norm and Michele for coming last night. Having people you know in the audience is the most rewarding thing. Somehow its makes all this stress and craziness seem worth it. I am glad they got to be apart of this creation process. Now when they come back they will see all the CHANGE that happens in a show like this. In my mind they were lucky to see that show cause next time it will be a whole new one haha. I know it was a long and snowy drive and I am very grateful they would do that for me. I love you guys! Now we are at the 7 day mark. I have no clue how that happened. I remember last christmas thinking my show would be opening in a year from then. Now...7 DAYS!!!!!! AH! I am emotionally and physically exhausted. Some days I wonder how I got out of bed, let alone running the show and making changes all day. I found myself close to tears more than just once today. I feel overwhelmed and a bit bipolar, but deep down in some weird messed up place I wouldn't change being here for the world. Working with Napolean and Tabitha has been exciting and we are doing our best with the amount of energy we have. I think they are helping to really pull this show together! I think by January 29th this show will be somethin special. Until then I must stay focused. We did find out a small ounce of good news today though. On January 31st Viva Elvis is scheduled to be performing on the GRAMMYS!!!!! How cool is that? Anyways I have lots work to do before then.I love you all and really really miss my friends, my family, and sleep. UGH. xoxo- a girl in the city

First off..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweet cousin Brynie!!!! I miss her so much! We have gotten really close these past few years and the older we get the more I like her:) HAHA We seem to have this weird connection I dunno something like an LL...Weird! She is amazing and I hope her one birthday wish was trip Vegas..thats all I'm sayin! On a different note I must vent about this evening. Talk about two extremely talented, productive, inspiring people. All I wanna know if where have Nappytabs been for the last 7 months?! We only finished about half of the opening number and already the show feels fresh and fun and energetic. This was a little pick me up the Elvis cast really needed. I am so looking forward to what else these two have in store for us. Tomorrow should be a great day! I am going to be so sore with no warm up or class but FULL OUT PCD dancing tonight. Atleast it was all worth it! xoxo-a girl in the city

.....you don't know what you got till its gone!

I remember when sundays used to be a day of rest! A day where you had no worries. All you had to do was go to church, take the sacrament, and feel the spirit. I loved coming home and putting on my sweats and watching movies all night. Man I miss doing these 5 things more than I can even explain. I am SO looking forward to the day when I can have a normal schedule like that again. Right now all my days are confused and my weeks are mushed together. Only 2 weeks left and I should all be back to normal. Its a fun filled 2 weeks though so I will do my best to live and enjoy the moment. My mom and dad are coming for our Monday dress rehearsal and I am so excited. A hug and their smiling faces are just what I need. I received the most WONDERFUL surprise today in the mail. Kati send me a Christmas package full of christmas joy!! Ah It made my day:) I baked the cookies tonight and took them to my friends who were setting up their Christmas tree. It was a fun December night that actually felt a bit like christmas! xoxo-a girl in the city

Oh mother dearest!!

Is giggling that my mother some how got a hold of my blog page and changed my "about me" to "about my family". HAHA I think one of you Utah bloggers needs to show her the way! I still love you mom even though you are not the best on computers.

Nappytabs!!!

Today we found out some very exciting news! Tabitha and Napolean from So you think you can dance will be here to choreograph some of our show! It will be so refreshing to have some new creative ideas to play around with. Its going to be a tough weekend having them come on Friday and then performing our first dress rehearsal on Monday. Cirque works fast so I am just trying to keep up. I love these news challenges they keep throwing at us. I am only growing as an artist, person, and performer. My body doesn't love them so much but I think i'll make it. Off to bed cause another hard week is in store! xoxo-a girl in the city