{"id":21793,"date":"2010-05-16T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T17:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=6708"},"modified":"2016-09-15T11:43:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T08:43:15","slug":"pre-season-fun-at-gerties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/pre-season-fun-at-gerties\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Season Fun at Gerties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was the first set of can-can shows at Gerties, kicking off the summer season. I went with a gang from work, including a gal who grew up in Dawson but is now from Nova Scotia, and whose mother used to have the contract to make all the dresses for Gerties shows.<\/p>\n<p>This year, there are two new dancers, but &#8216;Gertie&#8217; herself is the same. I was thrilled to see this because the singer\/actress was born for the part and is an excellent host.<\/p>\n<p>The shows and costumes were comparable to last year, but the songs were different. The song I remember best from last year was &#8216;Anything Goes&#8217; (from Indiana Jones) and this year&#8217;s most memorable is &#8216;Moon River&#8217; (from Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s).<\/p>\n<p>There is something about that &#8216;Gold Rush&#8217; music that sends a shiver down my spine. Combine that with the colourful swirling skirts and the mile-long legs kicking sky high and I&#8217;m pretty sure I won&#8217;t be getting bored with Gerties any time soon!<\/p>\n<p>I tried to take some pics and video, as I did last year, but I don&#8217;t have the equipment to take pictures in the dark. There are some good ones on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawsoncity.ca\/klondikeattractions\/diamondtoothgerties\/\">Diamond Tooth Gerties site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was the first set of can-can shows at Gerties, kicking off the summer season. I went with a gang from work, including a gal who grew up in Dawson but is now from Nova Scotia, and whose mother used to have the contract to make all the dresses for Gerties shows. This year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632,1126,635,5,3,1040],"tags":[1473,717,1469,779],"class_list":["post-21793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-dawson-city-yukon-canada-travel","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel","category-yukon","tag-casinos","tag-experiences","tag-klondike-highway","tag-theatres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}