The Big Easy Rollergirls are rollin' in from the bayou on Saturday, May 15th to take on Assassination City in a grudge match where the results are sure to be heard all the way from Dealey Plaza to Bourbon Street.
It was only a year ago that AC Derby's Special Ops defeated the Big Easy Rollergirls by a mere 9 point spread.
The Big Easy Rollergirls
Special Ops
Also playing in the double header are the Big Easy Crescent Wenches who will take on Assassination City's Dirty Little Secret Service.
The Big Easy Rollergirls filmed two guest spots with fitness guru Leslie Hoffman on her show Get Fit with Leslie.
Our debut airs May 8th at 8:30 AM on Cox 4.
The program will also run on Cox 4 for the next month on Mondays at 7 PM, Tuesdays at 9 AM, Wednesdays at 9 AM, Fridays at 5:30 PM and on Cox Sports TV on Mondays at 5:30 PM and Wednesdays at 6 AM
In 2005 we took a little trip Scattered all across the country up the mighty Mississip We brought along our wheels and we packed up all our dreams And we beat that bitch Katrina and came back to New Orleans
CHORUS: We formed our pack and the skaters kept a-comin’ There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired our jammer through and she began a-pumpin’ On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We strapped on our roller skates before the banks were dry And BERG was up and rolling through Hell and Water High At the World of Mardi Gras BERG founded all her teams With axle-grease and glory, the pride of New Orleans
CHORUS: We formed our pack and the skaters kept a-comin’ There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired our jammer through and she began a-jumpin’ On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
BERG skated ‘cross the country a-whoopin’ all the teams If not out on the skate rink, then always in our dreams. If points be scored with fashion, and jams be won by style BERG would be number one of WFTDA’S rank and file…
CHORUS: We formed our pack and the skaters kept a-comin’ There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired our jammer through and she began a-slammin’ On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah, we skated through the sprains, and we skated through the bruises And we skated through the blisters, but we kept our asses low We skated so fast that the Devil couldn’t catch us On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Our girls are everywhere, all over New Orleans Our legend keeps a-growing, there’s not stopping this machine. Lawyers doctors writers singers fighters on four wheels Representing, ever growing, BERG it is for real
CHORUS: We formed our pack and the skaters kept a-comin’ There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired our jammer through and she began a-scorin’ On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah, we skated through the sprains, and we skated through the bruises And we skated through the blisters, but we kept our asses low We skated so fast that the Devil couldn’t catch us On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Photos by: Sally Asher, Andreas Koch, Scott Stuntz Lyrics by: Sally Asher & Matthew Morgan. Additional tweaking by John Haffner Woody Dantagnan: Drums Scott Frilot: Acoustic & Electric Guitar Neil Heusel: Bass Kathryn Hobgood: Vocals Jack Miele: Electric Guitar Video Arranged by Sally Asher Produced and Mixed by Jack Miele of Fudge Recording Studio, 1536 Terpsichore
Last Year's show featured Sophie Nuke 'Em, Ibeatya Amber, and Wit Vicious.
Ibeatya throws a deadly look to the crowd
Ibeatya and Sophie scrap it out for the beauty queen title
Sophie and Wit race around the stage
This year's show promises to be bigger and better, featuring a wonderful sample of "only in New Orleans" entertainment. Plus, as a thank you for your continual loyalty and support, Dirty Coast is giving away a weekend pass to New Orleans Jazz Festival.
The show takes place Saturday, April 3rd at 9 PM at One Eyed Jacks located in the French Quarter at 615 Toulouse Street. $10.
It's The Big Easy Rollergirls' first bout of the year!
The season opens with a double-header beginning at 6pm on March 6th, 2010 at UNO's HPC Center located at the corner of Elysian Fields and Leon C. Simon Drive.The HPC offers nearly 15,550 square feet of playing surface, telescopic bleacher seating for up to 1,200 fans, concessions booths, and a balcony area for aerial viewing.
The Crescent Wenches start the action at 6PM with a new roster of our toughest rookies. Watch all the action as they host the Dixie Derby Girls of Huntsville, Alabama.
Enjoy the bout, and a Nola Brew, the official beer of the Big Easy Rollergirls.
Doors open at 5 pm. $12 ADVANCE TICKETS, $15 at the door, $6 for kids 5 and up.
Enjoy a whole season of derby for only $75. Individual tickets to the eight bouts this season would cost would $96 - that's a $21 savings for all the derby you can handle!
This is BERG's first bout of the year, and thus far Mississippi is undefeated this season. Which team will take home the goods after some Roller Derby Take-Out?
The Big Easy Rollergirls
The Mississippi Rollergirls
The doors are at 6PM. The bout starts at 7PM.
Tickets are available at the door. Adults are $10 and kids 12 and under are free.
Afterparty at Venues Ultra Lounge located at 100 Caillavet St in Biloxi (across from Beau Rivage).
Also, this will be the virgin bout for some of our newbies who have now been escalated (through hip checks, shoulder slams and body knockdowns) to rookie status.
Come and cheer on Anne goLA, Megumi Nasty, Tchoup'er, and Rogue Roulet as they make their official bout debut. Way to go, ladies!
In January, The Big Easy Rollergirls held tryouts for spots in our league.
Over 50 girls came out to see if they had what it takes to strap on skates and become a rollergirl.
Rookies and Vets ran The Fresh Meat through some drills: basic skating, time trials, stops and falls. All of the women performed amazingly well! There were even some standout stars!
Membership manager Deb U Taunt stated, "We saw a lot of great talent and potential and can't wait to get started training with the fresh meat. Fans watch out, we have some new rollerstars on our hands!"
Congratulations to all Fresh Meat; we hope to see you out on the rink soon!
We are thrilled that once again, Muses is extending their parade route!
The parade will start at Magazine and Jefferson, and will proceed down Magazine to Napoleon, where we will fall in behind Babylon and Chaos and pick up the traditional route. Babylon and Chaos will start as usual on Napoleon.
And once again, The Big Easy Rollergirls will have special throws, beads, and if you're lucky, one-of-a-kind decorated wheels!
Come out and cheer us on as we take a break from training for our March 6th bout to join in on the MardiGrasMadness!
The Big Easy Rollergirls are rolling in the Mystic Knights of Adonis this Saturday, February 6th at 10:45 AM on the Westbank.
They will be debuting their own ADONIS DOUBLOON, and a Captain’s Doubloon.
They have as their Grand Marshal, David Bologna, direct from Broadway, just completing his role as Michael in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical. We will also be joined by 15 bands and marching groups, and the LA Rough Riders.
Last year, The Big Easy Rollergirls were fortunate to welcome two veteran skaters from other leagues: Bang Crosby and Peaches Rodriquez, as well as a new referee Johnny Crash.
Bang, Johnny & Peaches
Bang moved here from Austin, Texas in October. She started skating in March of 2008 with the Texas Rollergirls Rec-n-Rollerderby. In September 2008, she tried out for The Texas Rollergirls and was drafted by the Hotrod Honeys. The Hotrods, two-time Texas Rollergirls Champs, are renowned for their teamwork and hardcore training. Bang learned to play derby with some of the best skaters in the country, including Rice Rocket, Cat Tastrophe, Vicious Van GoGo, Lucille Brawl and Crackerjack. She also learned a lot of the business of running a derby league as an assistant to Rice Rocket and Electra Blu, the Chief Operating Officers, and later as Program Coordinator of the Rec-n-Rollerderby and the Texas Rollergirls Junior League.
The Hotrods only lost one game in the season Bang played with them, and it was against the Oly Rollers Cosa Nostra Donnas (Current WFTDA Champs).
My scariest and favorite moment on the track was lining up against D-Bomb and coming out of it alive. My first bout was against the Nashville Rollergirls All-Stars. I was nervous and excited and the crowd of 1200 people booed us and we won 156-40. It was a great night. I learned so much and had so many wonderful experiences with the Hotrods, but I'm definitely still learning my place on the track.
Bang usually plays Blocker 2 or 3, and hopes to play pivot and jammer as well, with Big Easy. Currently, Bang serves on The Training Committe and Interleague Committee.
My goal for our league is to really come together, skate hard, and make it to Regionals.
Peaches transferred from Tucson Roller Derby/TRD in Tucson, AZ. TRD is the Third oldest Roller-Derby League in the World. She started skating for TRD during it's 2005/2006 Season and was placed on it's flagship Team the Furious Truckstop Waitresses as well as their Travel Team the Tucson Saddletramps. At the end of the 2008/2009 Season, Peaches received the "FTW Best Jammer", "FTW Best Pivot" and "FTW MVP" Awards.
Following a total of eight months off of skates, Peaches transferred to BERG and returned to Roller-Derby.
I am very excited about playing for BERG and the Southern Region. I would very much like to see the Southern Region become as competitive and fierce as it's Western and Eastern counterparts and want to help BERG however possible to smash it's way to the top of the Southern Rankings.I and am very grateful to have been given the chance to be a skating representative of the great City of New Orleans and fully intend to give BERG and NOLA everything and anything I am physically able.
Aside from her expertise, Peaches also brought along her husband Johnny Crash.
Johnny was TRD's Head Ref for over 2 Years. He is one of only five Level 4 WFTDA Certified Referees in the country! In 2005, Johnny officiated at the very First Dust Devil in Tucson, AZ (Roller-Derby's very first National Tournament), as well as the Second Dust Devil in 2006. He Reffed at WFTDA Nationals, the Texas Shoot-Out in Austin TX. in 2007 and the WFTDA Nationals, the Northwest Knockdown held in Portland, Or. in 2008. Johnny has also Reffed at least 7 Regional Tournaments across the country and truly is one of the most experienced Roller-Derby refs in the world. Johnny's first trip to New Orleans, LA was for the WFTDA Rules Conference in 2007 (NO-CON).
Welcome Bang, Peaches and Johnny. We are so happy to have you part of The Big Easy Rollergirl family.
Tickets are on sale now via your favorite Pussyfooter, 610 Stompers, Miss Claudia's on 4204 Magazine St., or though PayPal
TIckets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.
This event is a fundraiser for Metro Center for Women and Children, whose mission is to break the cycle of domestic violence and aid survivors of sexual assault through advocacy, intervention, empowerment and transformation.
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