Zombie-Hand Earrings!
Last month, Jenna told me that she had the best Christmas present for me ever and that when she saw it, she HAD to buy it. Ok, you have my attention. But she wouldn’t tell me what it was. “Just don’t make plans on December 26th,” she said. Well, I obviously knew that we were going someplace, and it was probably tickets of some kind.
On Saturday, December 26, 2009, at 6:15pm, Jenna pulled into my driveway, walked in, threw something at me and says, “Put this on,” a Michael Jackson t-shirt. I did and then gave her the Christmas present that I bought her, handmade Zombie-Hand Earrings!
Ticket to The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience
Then she told me where we were going – TO SEE JOBY ROGERS – THE ULTIMATE MICHAEL JACKSON EXPERIENCE! If you have never heard of Joby Rogers, he is the best, hands-down, Michael Jackson impersonator around, not only that, he’s from Meriden, Connecticut! And small world, Jenna’s boyfriend use to work at Tommy K’s in Meriden, where Joby would frequent back in the day.
Since the early 1980’s, since he was 17 years old, Joby Rogers has been impersonating Michael. At some point after the kid’s birthday parties and Broadway shows, he was chosen by Michael Jackson, himself, to serve as his official double based on Joby’s appearance, mannerisms, voice, and dance moves.
Excited for the show!
The show was absolutely amazing. The place was packed and I’m not sure if I saw a single open seat from where we were sitting! Joby would perform a song or two, then run off stage, where I could only imagine he was doing a quick costume change and having his makeup reapplied. You see Joby is actually a dark skinned man, so to impersonate Michael later in his career he must get airbrushed frequently. While he was offstage they played one or two of Michael’s music videos or they had the dancers perform to one of the songs alone to entertain the crowd.
And to top off an excellent night, afterwards we went and played the slot machines. Jenna was only on for 3 minutes and the machine was eating her money like crazy, but THEN SHE HIT FOR $300! A lucky end to a great MJ filled night!
Oh – And of course they did “THRILLER!”
-Shelby
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