Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies

Zebras on the rampage!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:04:00 +0000

So I think it is safe to say an excellent time was had by all at the Bizarre Summer ball 2011! We had a great time and met some lovely folks as usual. Pictures for the whole event can be found at http://www.bizarremag.com/ be sure to go have a peek!

Bizarre Ball 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:37:00 +0000

There's still time to get a ticket for this years Bizarre Ball! We are very happy to be once again attending this fabulous night of fun, frollicks and freakery, so be sure to catch up with us and say hello, next Saturday 21st May 2011!!

Click below for the more info and the lineup:

www.bizarremag.com/bizarre-events/bizarre-ball

Biz Mag May 2011- that's right, we're in it!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:33:00 +0000

If you've not already got your mitts on a copy of this months edition of Bizarre magazine then hurry up and go get one, flick to page 25 and lo and behold, Good Gracious, Daisy Duke, Tabitha herself and Tyla the boa constrictor!!

The Secret Boudoir

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:18:00 +0000

We recently completed a fabulous shoot at Cambridge's Secret Boudoir- an alternative photography studio that caters for clients who want fun and beautiful portraits with a bit of a twist. Lousie Young who runs the studio was just lovely to work with, and as you will see from the images, got some wonderful shots, more of which will follow in the coming months.

Secret Boudoir run pamper parties for girls wanting to do something a little more unusual or luxurious for birthdays or hen parties, and other offers and events are available too! Check out their website: http://www.secretboudoir.co.uk/ or find them on facebook!

What's more, Secret Boudior and Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies are teaming up, so if you would like to accessorize with some slinky serpents for your own photo shoot, then simply make an enquiry when you book!

Working with Michael Hughes

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:05:00 +0000

Have just seen the result of the photoshoot we did with Michael Hughes and its really funky! Check out his whole project here: http://www.tweeterstreet.com/ or look him up at http://www.michaelhughesphoto.com/ what a lovely chap he was to work with! he also took a snap of Tyla for his "360 days" project, that you can view here:http://michaelhughesphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/365-Days-In-Pictures/G0000e0_jdIUVXcw/I0000T7.160Am48Y

'Pictures' Official Video (HD) - Benjamin Francis Leftwich

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:34:00 +0000

So here are the fruits of our wonderful day filming with Ben a couple of weeks ago, and I think you will agree it's turned out rather nicely!! Thanks to all at Pulse films and the whole cast and crew for making it such a good experience! Enjoy...

A film shoot to remember!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:49:00 +0000

This week we have had much fun and excitement in the form of a music video shoot for singer songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich. The shoot took place in a beautiful Georigian house in its original state, and as well as myself and the snakes being shot for it, there was also a gorgeous fire swinging spanish girl and a burlesque dancer, among other interesting and striking looking models. All in all it was a fantastic day, everyone was lovely, the snakes (Tabitha, Talulah, Tyla and Inca) all behaved superbly, with Tyla proving herself to be the star of the show, and Inca doing exceptionally well for it being her first ever proper job!

With a shortage of crew members available on the day, our costume designer Kim stood in to assist me and did an amazing job (thank you!), and we would also like to thank everyone at Pulse Films for having us and being so great to work with, we look forward to seeing the final video when its released in two weeks, and from what I saw on the playbacks its going to be quite spectacular!

Autumn and Winter busyness

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:42:00 +0000

Another well overdue update! Thanks for sticking with us snakey followers, and if you’re new to the crew, then welcome!

It has been a very busy autumn-winter season for us here in and out of the snake den! Throughout November and December we were out almost every week, using carpet pythons Chainsaw and Misha, and boas Tabitha, Talulah and Tyla, for a mixture of photo shoots and live events. It has been nice for Tabitha to get out as she usually stays home due to her massive bulk making her rather impractical for toting at events, and also difficult for most models to handle. However, when a job came in requiring a large snake to sit on the floor for a shoot she was the only choice for the job! And due to the nature of the method of photography being used by the client, we got called back twice more after the initial shoot! It was this same shoot that got Chainsaw out of his vivarium. Those of you who follow the blog or twitter will know that Chainsaw semi-retired last year when the flirtatious Tyla joined the team, since he doesn’t really like doing live events, and it is very important to us that all our animals enjoy their work and are not forced to do anything they do not want to do. So Chainsaw only does occasional photo shoots now, which he doesn’t seem to mind.

We debuted a new outfit at Cambridge’s famous Salon Rouge burlesque event, strutting our stuff in gorgeous Egyptian outfits that will hopefully get more calls. It was my first time using a wig with the snakes, and I must admit I was rather anxious that the snakes might attempt to pull it off, but thankfully all went smoothly and there were no mishaps to report!!

At home, Wotan the bullsnake and Ripper the California kingsnake are both fully into their brumation period now. This is a period of deep sleep they would naturally undertake in the wild when temperatures drop and food is scarce. It is also an important stage of their reproduction, necessary to stimulate the females’ ovulation in preparation from spring mating. I plan on pairing Wotan and Ripper to create what I believe could be a possible UK first- “King Bull” hybrid snake babies! There is a record of a wild hybrid of this combination being captured in 2005 but that’s all I can find in the literature on them, aside a few people possibly breeding them in the states. I’m quite excited!!

Salon Rouge Nov 2010!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:21:00 +0000

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Originally uploaded by Salon Rouge

Daisy Duke with Tyla and Good Gracious with Talulah

Walking like Egyptians tomorrow night!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:32:00 +0000

We are happy to announce that we will be in attendance with a couple of reptillian beauties (and gorgeous snakes!) at The Junction's monthly Salon Rouge burlesque night in Cambridge. Unfortunately the popular event has sold out as usual- for more info visit http://www.junction.co.uk/artist/334 and be sure to get an advance ticket for next time!

This month we have had an Egyptian theme requested and are much looking forward to trying out what will be a new look for us! Pictures to follow.

Yours slinkily,

Good Gracious x

Latest photoshoot

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:12:00 +0000

We had a fun time shooting with Lottie Ettling this afternoon, despite the cold, failing light and technical hitches! She was kind enough to run off a few nice shots of me and Chainsaw at the end, and the rest of the shoot team (see below, Rami, who was assisting).

We are much looking forward to seeing the final "Eve" themed pictures when they are done and dusted (watch this space) and are very happy to have been asked for additional near future bookings with Lottie to work on the project further. Nice one!!

A Bridget Jones Moment

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:09:00 +0000

Dear readers, my most heartfelt apologies for the lack of news updates lately- it is not that there is nothing to report, more like not enough time with which to report it!

As usual we had mulitple jobs for Halloween, which this year was celebrated by most on the 30th rather than the 31st, the former date falling on a saturday night. What was unusual was that although we had three snakes and ladies out, two of them were not actually attending a Halloween party but a Hawaiian themed wedding!

Kitty Kat took Dhara to a halloween party in Corby, and wore her best, raciest burlesque outfit, teamed with slinky halloween gloves and gothic makeup, only to find when she got there... it was a kids party!! Needless to say I was mortified for her, but thankfully noone was offended by her lack of clothes, and she saw the funny side!!

This saturday coming we will be doing photo shoot with Lottie Ettling http://www.lottieettlingphotography.co.uk/ with our largest reptile, Tabitha, as the shoot requires a snake to be positioned on the floor by the models feet, so a big, chunky (and reliable!) snake is a must to give the most dramatic effect. It will be great for Tabby to get out and about as due to her weight (about 22kg) she is unsuitable for most walkabout jobs these days.

Autumn is here

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:12:00 +0000

Hello all, apologies for the absence! The Great Amazon Raft Race was a huge success for both myself and fellow snakecharmer Fyful Smith, and out two brave teammates who joined us. Between the lot of us we raised around 10,000 dollars!! For a full account of the adventure, go to www.grace-eye-view.blogspot.com

So what does the Autumn/winter season hold for the snakes and ladies? Well october is upon us, which usually means a busy time with Halloween parties, but this year we only have one halloween party to go to! Kitty will be heading up to Corby with Dhara representing Explosive Events in her best burlesque halloween finery. we are double booked on that night although the other event is in fact a wedding party! Myself and Alexandra Perrina will be donning our grass skirts for the hawaiian themed event and most probably taking along the two 8 foot boas Talulah and Tyla.

We also have an photoshoot coming up next month, in which our big girl Tabitha will star, that will be great as due to her size and weight, she doesn't get that much work these days, so she'll enjoy a day out. Finally we have an event pencilled in for early december, so it's all go in the office!

Snake den wise, Inca is getting bigger by the week and will be ready for live events by the new year as our first golden snake on the display team. We are fattening bullsnake Wotan up for a winter hibernation, after which we will get her back together with Kingsnake Ripper, and try for some fertile hybrid eggs, which could be a UK first if we are successful!

Plans wise, myself and our stand up friend Tommy Ettling are in talks about a short sharp stage show that will involve a victorianna magic and mystery theme, with plenty of dark comedy, danger, and blood and guts... watch this space!

I made the news!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:22:00 +0000

I made it into the Cambridge News this week with the story of my forthcoming charity raft race!! Please support Action4Cancer by donating now!!

Internet Banking:

account number is 81502379

sort code - 402602

make sure the reference DONATE GRACE.

Thank you so much!

Book a snake now and 50% will be donated to charity!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:14:00 +0000

Just like the title says folks, there has never been a better time to book a snake charmer for a live event. For the next two months, we will be donating 50% of our booking fee to Action4Cancer.

If you would like to help out without getting friendly with a reptile, you can buy a Tabitha's T-shirt, or simply make a donation. For more information on what we are doing to help this charity or how you can sponsor us, scroll down to view our previous posts, or follow Tabitha's MD Good Gracious on her personal blog www.grace-eye-view.blogspot.com

Many thanks :)

25% off all sleeveless tops at Tabitha's Tee Shop this August!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:03:00 +0000

Thats right! The wonderful people at spreadshirt who host our online shop are kindly giving all our customers 25% off all sleeveless tops until 17th August, so get your orders in quick!

To give you a helping hand we have converted a bunch of designs (and added a few new ones) onto gents tanks, ladies tank vests and spaghetti vests so you will save money AND look super cool this summer!!

All you have to do is use the voucher code NOSLEEVES at the checkout!!

Better still, by purchasing any item during the next two months, we will be donating 100% of our comission to Action4Cancer so not only will you be pledging your allegiance to Tabitha's Cold Blooded Crew, you will also be supporting this most worthy breast cancer charity.

Go to http://www.snakesandladies.spreadshirt.co.uk/ now to bag yourself a bargain or use the "shop" button on our website.

Alex goes solo!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:42:00 +0000

This month Alex is going solo for the first time! Dropped in at the deep end our latest member of the team, the Swedish blonde bombshell will be representing Calmer Karma entertainments at two events, both (by strange coincidence!) in Ipswich, this saturday night and also next saturday night, the latter of which I had originally booked myself onto before something came up. Both events are bollywood themed and Alex will be showcasing a brand new bellydancing outfit in royal blue and burgandy. I look forward to hearing the feedback!!

Tabitha's supporting Action 4 Cancer- please sponsor us!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:20:00 +0000

Let the training begin! Myself and fellow snake charmer Fyful Smith have taken on the challenge of a lifetime, in order ot raise much needed funds for our friends breast cancer charity, Action4Cancer, we will be flying to Peru in September to compete in the Great River Amazon Raft Race 2010!! This entails building our own raft from logs and paddling 112 miles down the river Amazon- in just 3 days!!!

Please please support us by donating anything you can spare- we each aim to raise £2000 for thismost worthy of causes.

Cash and cheques made payable to "Action4Cancer" can be sent to:
Tabitha's Snakes And Ladies Raft Race
134 Cromwell Road
Cambridge
CB1 3EG

or by internet banking using the following details:
account number is 81502379
sort code - 402602
make sure to reference your donation: DONATE GRACE (so as not to confuse the accountant!)

You may also find collection boxes at the following locations for dropping your loose change into:

Billy's Bike Shop, Burleigh St, Cambridge
The Zebra Pub, Maids Causeway, Cambridge
Shepreth Wildlife Park Education centre, Station Road, Shepreth
The Cross keys Pub, Madoc St, Llandudno
Pythons Lair, Drayton Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Many thanks to these kind establishments for their support!!

Thank you so much!!

To follow my training and fundraising antics you can follow my personal blog:
www.grace-eye-view.blogspot.com

and join my facebook group at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=134736266557666&v=info&ref=ts

Furthermore, 25% of the profits from all snake jobs in the next 2 months will be donated to the charity (more reason to make a booking!) and 100% commision from all tshirt and apparrel sales from our shop, Tabitha's Tees will be donated to Action4Cancer. Visit our shop via the website.

Thanks again,
Squeezes,
Good Gracious. xx

Back online, and thinking about spring cleaning

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:15:00 +0000

Oh it's been quiet from us here in the snake den, but not because things have been quiet! Quite the opposite infact, June proved to be crazy busy not only the the Bizarre ball, but shortly followed by a gig in london for our friends at Explosive Events and two may balls. Durning this time new chap Dhara was put through his paces some more and proved himself to be a true star taking it al in his stride, and he wasn't the only one...

This year we have seen more mish mashing of snake handlers than ever before due to all kinds of different things- anyhoo at the very last minute I was truly stuck for a male handler to don our aladdin costume and assist me for the Explosive gig. As fate would have it, while phoning round at 11pm the night before the event and at the pinnacle of my stress capacity, my old friend and at that time soon-to-be Cold Blooded Crew member, stand up comedian, Mr Tommy Ettling came to the rescue. Now myself and Tommy had been in talks about drafting him in as our compare/ring master for our forthcoming circus stage show for next year, but he has now proven himself as an accidental but wonderful snake handler! It makes sense in retrospect, the guy has been handling snakes since we were 14 years old and used to hang at my house after school... anyway, thanks Tommy, a true life saver and a great friend. Here's to more future gigs together!

We have another last minute newbie in the form of Swedish Blonde bombshell Alex (still working on show name- all suggestions greatfully recieved and considered!), a lady I met through my previous employment as an animal wrangler, who by chance has now taken up employment at my current day job. She and Dhara have hit it off and he is now under her full time care. She made her debut at Clare college may ball in belly dancing get up and was an instant hit! Funnily enough, at the same event was a chap with camels, whome I used to jockey camels for at public races- small world!

In other news Wotan is recovering well from laying 9 eggs and is eating like a horse to make up for her loss on condition, Dhara has settled in well in his new home at Shepreth Wildlife Park adn Inca is growing mighty big and fast!

You may have noticed our main website (www.snakesandladies.co.uk) has been out of action for sometime- this is thanks to the service provider going bust and not telling us about it. Thankfully all is sorted and pretty much in order again. Our most sincere apologies for any inconvenience our lack of availability may have caused. Now wer are getting back to normal we can get on with sorting out our handler profiles and gallery, which will come as a welcome relief I'm sure. Watch this space!

Squeezes,

Good Gracious x

video from the Bizarre Ball!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:56:00 +0000

So the Bizarre Ball 2010 was a great success and a fabulous evening was had by all. Check out a video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB_p-hAMYAU

We also showcased new male handler Tommy at a Bernados silent auction evening in London on thursday on behalf of Explosive Events, which also went down rather well- we saw Nicole from Girls Aloud there!!

Tonight we have two teams out for Cambridge university may balls- two at Clare college in belly dancing outfits and two at Jesus in their circus gear!!

Will be updating pictures to our flickr site as and when- watch this space!!

G :)

Tyla in this months digital photographer mag!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:52:00 +0000

Originally uploaded by _Sophie Ellen

We are very pleased to announce that if you pick up a copy of this months Digital Photographer Magazine, you will find a lovely big picture of our newest boa constrictor, Tyla, as photographed by Sophie ellan Lachowycz, who is their photographer in focus. :D

Hello Dhara, goodbye Tigerlilly

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:05:00 +0000

So, snake number 13 in the Cold Blooded Crew is settling in, ate a meal of two large rats last week, has struck at my through the glass but also given me a good hour of quiet cuddles! We're still getting used to each other and the busy bee has also done a good and thorough job of wrecking the interior of his vivarium.

We definately have a character on our hands, and because of this he has thus proven the hardest snake I've ever had to name. After wracking my brains and nothing off my favourites list suiting, I consulted an old school friend, who's fiance is Sri Lankan (same origin as the Burmese python) for some authentic suggestions. They got back to me with Dhara, which means strong and mighty, which just seems perfect, so Dhara it is! Well done Helen and Chaminda for their idea!

On rather a sad note, one of our longest standing crew members Tigerlilly has decided to hang up her grass skirt and call it a day. We understand that a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, and are so very appreciative of all her hard work, dedication, input and support to the company and our animals- we'll miss working with you!!

new boys, new jobs and a new snake!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:32:00 +0000

What a hectic week!

On wednesday me and Matt (AKA Matthias Bussman Strongman) went down to Brighton to pick up a rescue snake from the RSPCA reptile centre. He is an 8 foot common phase Burmese python (pic to follow when I get one!) and his story is a sorry, but not uncommon one. Likely purchased by his owner without much thought or prior experience he quickly became too large or "aggressive" for them to handle, he was left in a viv under the stairs and pretty much forgotten about. Nervous, frightened and malnourished, the RSPCA took him and have been getting him used to people and being handled again, and getting him in good condition for the last 6 months and trying to find him the right home- which they now have! He is from now going to enjoy a fullfilling career in both education and also glamorous entertainment as he will be lodging at Shepreth Wildlife Park (to be used for daily talks and school visits), while also working for Tabitha's on his nights off! Perfect! At the moment he is quarantining with us in the snake's den before moving to his new home at the park, and his debut will be at the Bizarre Ball on 14th June, with handler Hope Rising.

We are very happy to be working with a new (to us) entertainment agency by name of Calmer Karma http://www.calmerkarma.co.uk/ who have sent an enquiry our way this week fpr a bollywood event that will give us a chance to show off another new costume (above)!

Also this week we have had several calls from the lovely people at Hellfire Entertainment now known as EXPLOSIVE EVENTS http://www.explosive-events.com/ who had a few enquiries for us and who were keen to hear and see more of our male handlers, who I've been doing photo shoots with this week.

Matt has now been joined by Mr Mill Millican Cagefighter, a tattooed scotsman, to aid in his snake wrangling escapades and together they will make a perfect team.

The photos are in editing at the moment but I have a few quick snaps to share today for those impatient from hearing me bang on about them for so long!

Bizarre Ball! Get your tickets NOW!!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:50:00 +0000

Greetings from the snakes' den! We are especially proud and excited to announce our presence at the Bizarre Magazine summer ball on Saturday 5th June 2010 The whole Cold Blooded Crew will be out in force with our reptillian charges, including a new snakey team member (as yet to be announced!)- That will be six snakes and handlers in one venue!!

It promises to be a crazy and wild night- Circus themed, with alternative djs, live bands and jaw-dropping acts aplenty.

If you would like to be there at the Bizarre Ball at the Coronet Theatre in London, find out more and get your tickets now by visiting the following links:

http://www.bizarremag.com/bizarre-events/bizarre-ball-2010/8467/info.html

http://www.wegottickets.com/f/1314
http://www.seetickets.com/see_multi/price.asp?code=444893&filler1=see&filler2=multisee&pgroup=all http://regonline.activeeurope.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=797495

We look forward to seeing you there!!

Good Gracious and tabitha xx

Sponsor Tom- he's climbing kilimanjaro for Marie Curie!

noreply@blogger.com (Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:31:00 +0000

Budding Cold Blooded Crew member, Tom Mean is bravely climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this summer to hopefully raise thousands of pounds for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Tomorrow night he's holding a masquerade ball to raise funds- if you're not doing anything, be sure to pop along. Tickets are £10 on the door with 100% proceeds going to the charity! The location of the ball is:

Seth Ward Community Centre

Luynes Rise

Buntingford

Herts

SG9

We are proud to announce not only our support for Tom but also our sponsorship!! We have two new tops (a gents tee and ladies vest) available in our shop for you to wear so you too can support Tom's Trek, and also to pledge your allegiance to Tabitha's Cold Blooded Crew! Not only that, but for each and every tee sold, Tabitha's will donate 50% of the commission we make to Tom's Trek for the Marie Curie Cancer Care!! What other reason do you need? So slink your way along to Tabitha's Tees and get involved! Go via our website or direct: http://www.snakesandladies.spreadshirt.co.uk/ !!

We've kept the tees nice and simple (but they do all have text front and back) for the pure reason that they're cheaper for you to buy, and we can give more commission to the charity.

To find out more about what Tom's been up to visit him at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=106522530063&ref=ts

GO TOM!!