MISCELLANEOUS RAMBLINGS ABOUT THE EXTRAVAGANZA
by Rambler
The Rambler/Dragon account of their day out.

I was very nervous when I arrived at the hotel. I got there early, and 
it took me about 45 minutes to get up enough nerve just to go to the 
registration table. I felt like a fish out of water, completely out of 
my element. 

When I did spot a few of the ladies, they were bigger and more beautiful 
than I had ever expected. My blood pressure was surely off the scale, 
and my heart was constantly skipping beats. Maybe I gained a few extra 
hours of life that day! 

My soon to be friend Dragon spotted me and introduced himself. I felt 
just a bit more at ease. He saw Annie Rivieccio and asked her to pose 
for him. As soon as she opened her mouth I knew she was completely 
feminine, dispelling the masculine myth I may have had about her. She 
was huge, to say the least, and she posed for me, too. With Dragon 
leading the way,  we were able to get many of the ladies to pose for and 
with us. They were all just as lovely as could be. And very, very 
feminine, even though some had deep voices. They were also very sexy, 
pardon my Chauvinism. 

We went into the ballroom for the start of the show. Don't ask me what 
the format was. All I know is that every time I looked up, there were 
beautiful ladies on stage, from the sleek novice fitness girls to the 
amateur bodybuilders to the huge ladies competing in the strength 
contest. Beauty and muscle at every turn! Some of the more impressive 
moments from the first half of the show: Some of the dance routines for 
the fitness girls looked very similar to gymnastics floor routines 
without the compulsories. All were very well done. The strength contest 
was awesome. The girls were huge and beautiful. We were really turned on 
when they started pumpimg those weights! These ladies are incredibly 
strong. Make no mistake about it. There are also very lovely. All of 
them.  

We met up with Al from the website who was wearing his Diana the 
Valkyrie badge. We introduced ourselves, and it was as if we were old 
friends right away. He led us over to Nicole Bass, who had her own table 
and was very easy to spot. She is one huge lady, and we talked and 
joked. Someone wanted to get a picture of me with Nicole, probably 
because I'm only about 5'5" tall, and they wanted to show just how big 
she really is. She draped her huge right arm around my shoulder, and as 
the cameras started popping I felt her gently lift me up with just her 
right arm! I put my left arm around her shoulder to steady myself. She 
was holding me as if I were a feather, feet dangling about 8 inches off 
the floor. I felt no pressure or pain as she held me. She didn't have to 
grip me tightly at all, she's that strong! And gentle, too!  The cameras 
continued to pop, and finally she let me down. But as I write this, I 
still feel that I'm still several inches off the ground, floating gently 
in her huge right arm. It was a thrill I'll never forget, and I can only 
dream about the day it might happen again! 

At the intermission we had an opportunity for more photos and posing. 
With Dragon leading the way, we were able to get lots of photos. The 
ladies talked briefly with us, and my blood pressure and heart rate were 
at a constant fever pitch. You cannot imagine the thrill of having these 
ladies gently drape their huge arms around your shoulders or waist and 
gently hold you as you pose for a picture. You can just feel their 
strength, their gentleness and femininity. It's something that has to be 
experienced. 

I spotted Cheryl Harris and introduced myself. She had previously sent  
me a message on her Message Board that she would like to get together.   
She seemed very happy to meet us. Again, we talked and joked, and she 
said she was busy with sessions. Like all of the other ladies we met 
that day, she was just as lovely as could be.  She gave me a bear hug 
the likes of which I'll never forget!   Maybe someday I'll be fortunate 
enough to have a session with her or one of her Iron Belles. 

After lunch, Dragon and I went back to the hotel for more photos and 
introductions. The ladies seemed very happy to pose with us. We posed 
with Christy Wolf, the eventual winner of the strength contest. She had 
long, beautiful hair, and of course, those muscles! We met another 
bodybuilder, Annie Klepacki, who told us that her father was a 
bodybuilder. She was in the Heavyweight division, I think. She was about 
5'9" tall, beautiful and very well muscled. I thought she was in Diana's 
Gallery, but I couldn't find her later. Hopefully we can rectify that 
situation. 

Dragon had previously rented a room in another hotel, as he had planned 
to stay overnight. We went back to his hotel room to clean up and change 
for the second half and the evening festivities. He wore a sport shirt 
and slacks, while I went the whole route and put on a suit and tie. We 
made our way back to the Hilton and took some more photos. One of the 
ladies who posed with me was Gail Moher, a competitor in the Strength 
Contest. With her lovely British accent she seemed very classy, very 
intelligent. And of course, I was in awe of her strength! I, for one, 
was still totally amazed with the beauty, muscularity, and femininity of 
these ladies. 

I couldn't help but compare these ladies to the ladies I've seen on 
television in the Miss America Pageant. Yes, the Miss America ladies are 
quite beautiful, but the ladies we saw at the Extravaganza had just as 
much facial beauty, charm, perfect makeup and long, gorgeous hair as 
Miss America contestants. Plus they had all that fantastic muscle. In my 
mind, the Miss America ladies don't hold a candle to these wonderful 
musclegirls. It's not even close. 

The second half of the show started, and again, I couldn't follow the 
format. All I know that there were beautiful, muscular ladies every time 
we looked onstage. Dance routines, fitness posing routines, bodybuilders 
flexing and posing, and the awesome strength contest all followed in 
sequence. There were guest posers and routines. Debbie Kruck did a 
fitness routine. She has to be one of the ten most beautiful woman on 
God's Earth, no doubt about it! Maria Gonzalez also did a fitness 
routine, and it was very well done. 

Mixed in with all of this activity was the guest posing by bodybuilders. 
It couldn't have been any better, as the female guests were none other 
than Christa Bauch and Tazzie Colomb! Christa was first, and she came 
dressed in a beer garden waitress costume. As the routine progressed, 
she got down to just a skimpy posing outfit. Christa is only about 5'2" 
tall, but she was without a doubt the hardest, most defined woman there! 
Every muscle on her body is huge and tight as can be! I talked to her 
later, and she was just as sweet and lovely as can be. It's hard to 
believe that she's 49 years old!  Shortly after came Tazzie Colomb.  She 
started her routine in a mans shirt and tie, and things got much better 
as she posed and danced. Tazzie is a big girl, with muscle size that 
would envy any man. But she's breathtakingly beautiful! No mistaking her 
for a guy! Her routine was as sexy as sexy could be, and all of the men 
in the house were sweating bullets by the time she ended. Another sight 
I'll never forget! 

As the winners of each event and division were announced, they came 
forward to accept their prize. I couldn't help but think that there were 
no losers today and tonight. Each one of these ladies was a winner, with 
grace, beauty, poise, and strength and muscularity, plus the femininity 
that defies description. Dragon and I, along with Al, were to find out 
just how sweet and lovely these ladies really are. 

The show was over at about 10:00, and we headed for the sponsors buffet 
and cocktail party. We circulated the room to see who we could see, then 
headed for the buffet line.  As the line moved we watched as each lady 
daintily filled her plate with food. I was amazed to see that they were 
actually eating the same foods as me. No special diets tonight! Dragon 
and I looked for a place to park ourselves. We found empty seats at the 
same table as Vicki Cole, Lisa Smith, and Annie Rivieccio. Dragon sat 
between me and Vicki, with Lisa and Annie each to Vicki's left. 
Everytime I looked across the table I was in a direct line with Annie. I 
was in awe of her, as every time she lifted her fork to her mouth her 
huge bicep would flex slightly, sending shockwaves to my brain. Then her 
eyes would meet mine, and it was like a ray gun blast! Next to her sat 
Lisa Smith. And I was in awe of her as she ate and realized this was a 
highlight of the show for me.  Lisa Smith's eyes.  

After dinner Dragon and I circulated and he got pictures of nearly every 
lady there!  I was wishing I wasn't so shy. But I managed to get plenty 
for myself. Many of the ladies I didn't know, of course, so I just 
said,"Pardon my ignorance, but what's your name? I'd like to get a 
picture......."  Dragon and I took turns snapping each others pictures. 
I'd get him with his camera, and he'd use my camera to get my pictures. 
It worked out really well. Thanks, Dragon! You got some great shots! But 
you have to give me the one of Vicki, Lisa and Annie at the table. 
Meanwhile, Al was busy taking pictures and getting interviews. It was 
busy, busy busy, the whole night!  We also met Don the Dragon who is a 
Martial Arts movie star, and Jeff Everson, star of TN2000. Also, Dr. 
Pete from Bodydhaping was there, as was Steve Stone, host of 
Musclesport. We got photo after photo, including Tammy Simpson, winner 
of the middleweight bodybuilding division (I think), and the winner of 
the heavyweight division, whose name I honestly do not know, but I do 
know that she was strikingly beautiful! I was sandwiched between her and 
another blonde. Then we got Amy Pazzo, and a lady named Kim and whose 
last name I didn't get, and again, they put me in the middle. Wow! I was 
in the middle of not one but two blonde sandwiches!! But the ladies were 
definitely the best part of each sandwich. I had a brief conversation 
with Amy and Kim. As it turns out, Amy is from eastern Ohio, and I was 
there last year for a car show. And Kim is from Madison, Wisconsin, and 
I know people there in my car clubs. Small world, indeed. Both these 
ladies were as sweet, pleasant, and  charming as could be. And they had 
great muscle!     
  
The night flew by, and we got as many photos as we could. I ran out of 
film. Another lesson I learned. Bring as much film as you can carry! I 
talked with Lindsey Hennesey, a former fitness model, who told us about 
one organization that is not paying out prize money to the ladies. She 
is in the process of taking action against this organization. We saw 
Tazzie Colomb again but couldn't get photos. Close up, this is one huge 
lady! Now Dragon and I both understand what the Tazzie thing is all 
about! And all through  the evening, I still could not believe these 
ladies were as sweet and feminine as could be, while still packing all 
that muscle! 

At this point I find it important to thank the sponsors of the 
Extravaganza. They were Kenny Kassel, Antoinette Fiore, and Bob Bonham. 
To me, they did a great job, in spite of a few small glitches, which 
every show has. My hat's off to you people for a job well done, and 
please, please do it again next year! 

But all great things must end. As the ladies drifted back to their 
rooms, Dragon, Al and I, along with the fellow who sells the Valkyries 
shirts, talked for about an hour about the state of the "sport."  As it 
was approaching 2 AM, I figured I'd better get on the road, as my drive 
home was about an hour and 45 minutes. I said goodbye to the guys, and 
promised to be in touch on the website.  All during the ride home, I was 
definitly NOT sleepy. My adrenalin continued to flow just thinking af 
all the wonderful people I'd met. Once home, I found it difficult to 
sleep, as visions of beautiful, muscular ladies danced through my head.  
If  I'm still on Earth next year, I'll be there! The things that stood 
out in my brain. Being lifted by Nicole Bass. The awesome Strength 
Contest.  Getting bearhugged by Cheryl Harris. Watching Annie Rivieccio 
move. Lisa Smith's eyes.