Amber.....Dancer, Actress, Author, Teacher

“Classexcellency & Sexellency©” Personified

BIOGRAPHY

    Amber has been performing her signature performance in a One Woman Show as Sally Rand; bringing to life all the wit and charm of the American icon for over 10 years. She has performed from coast to coast and for four generations of Sally’s family. Her portrayal includes the beautiful and ethereal Fandance.  Amber has been dubbed “The Master of the Historic Double-Take”! Her most unusual performance....Amber was a “Mermaid in a Fishbowl” an illusion by Kansas City Magician Steve Payton. She also traveled one Summer with a Professor Stu’s World of Magic as a featured dancer and the Professor “burned her alive” as Darth Vader in an over the top illusion!

   She has a dance and theater background of 20 years, dancing professionally as a Middle Eastern Belly Dancer, Polynesian and Fandancer, dance teacher, co-hosted the lively and informative Talk Radio show “What’s Cooking! With Amber & Chef John” for 4 ½ years, established the first scholarship for Search and Rescue Dogs in America, has appeared on film in “Truman” with Gary Sinese and was the director and founder of the Sally Rand Museum in Sally’s native Missouri.

   In addition, Amber has also portrayed the Hollywood star: Ginger Rogers and the blonde bombshell: Jean Harlow in One Woman Shows. The Sally, Harlow and Ginger shows made up her “Famous Missouri Women of the 30’s” Series.

   Amber is a regular feature on the local ABC Affiliate’s “Hometown This Morning” program with a culinary segment. She authored her first cookbook in 2006, has written three children’s books, tentatively slated to be out for Christmas 2008 and served her Country in the United States Air Force Reserves as an Air Passenger Specialist.

   She has a dance and theater background of 20 years, co-hosted the lively and informative Talk Radio show “What’s Cooking! With Amber & Chef John” for 4 ½ years, established the first scholarship for Search and Rescue Dogs in America, has appeared on film in “Truman” with Gary Sinese and was the director and founder of the Sally Rand Museum in Sally’s native Missouri.

   In addition, Amber has also portrayed the Hollywood star: Ginger Rogers and the blonde bombshell: Jean Harlow in One Woman Shows. The Sally, Harlow and Ginger shows made up her “Famous Missouri Women of the 30’s” Series.

   Amber is a regular feature on the local ABC Affiliate with a culinary segment. She authored her first cookbook in 2006, has written three children’s books, tentatively slated to be out for Christmas 2008 and served her Country in the United States Air Force Reserves.

APPEARANCES....just to name a FEW!

• Rolling Hills Library Series
• Red Square, Bing Bamboo Room Burlesque, Albany, NY
• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, KCMO
• Café Acoustic, SJMO
• YWCA, SJMO
• KCUR NPR Radio, The Walt Bodine Show
• The Folly Theater, KCMO
• The Saint Joseph Museum, SJMO
• Wyeth-Tootle Museum, SJMO
• Pomme de Terre Rendezvous, Sally Rand’s Birthplace Hickory County Missouri
• Burlesque Review with Sugar Puppy & the Lovely Dumplings
• UMKC’s Outside the Box Series
• Paseo Arts Festival, OKC
• Martunis, with Houston Allred, SFCA
• ABWA Spring Conference, OKC
• The Historic Savoy, KCMO
• TWA Heart of America Seniors
• 451 Bombardment Group Reunion
• 41^st Infantry Reunion
• The Missouri Theater
• Army and Air Force Officers Clubs
• Starlight
• Kansas City Renaissance Festival
• Worlds of Fun
• Dorcy Productions
• St Joseph Museum

Famous folks who have been entertained by Amber...

• John Denver
• Lou Rawls
• Ginger Rogers
• Orson Bean
• Heather McRae
• Charleton Heston
• Victor Borge
• Barry Williams “Greg Brady”
• Roberta Flack

TRAINING

• Middle Eastern Belly Dance with Zaina Ali, Morocco and others
• Actors Craft Studio with Richard Alan Nichols………………3 Years

SPECIAL SKILLS

• Ballroom Dancing  
• Fandancing
• Middle Eastern Belly Dancing  
• Hula & Tahitian Dancing
• Acting
• Voice Overs    
• Public Speaking

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT AMBER

• “Amber, I just wanted to thank you again for your classy performance in our show Monday. It was truly an exceptional, wonderful addition to our show. As you know you are welcome any time. I can't wait to see the photo of us. Please, keep in touch and best of luck.”  Mark Rennell aka “Guy Smiley” Master of Ceremonies, Bing Bamboo Room Burlesque.
• “You are sooo Sally!” L. Grove, Sally Rand’s Cousin
• “Watching Amber perform as Sally Rand is to recall Sally at the height of her career: A great deal of sophistication, a bit of titillation and an enormous talent!” Howard Haynes, a personal friend of Sally Rand
• “A loving and classy recreation of Sally that made our family very proud, it was as though Sally had been given back to us!”     B. Schmidt, Sally Rand’s Cousin
• “Spending an evening with Amber as Sally Rand was like being transported to another time with the lady herself, for an intimate and highly entertaining glimpse into her life and memories.” Joyce Little, TWA Seniors
• “WOW! Is the best adjective to describe Amber’s portrayal of Sally Rand.” Charlotte Osborne, Chairwoman 2004 Oklahoma City ABWA Spring Conference
• “She always had a flair for the dramatic!” Amber’s Mother
• “Its a phase, she’ll grow out of it.” Amber’s Dad (ps Pop, not a chance!)

A FEW PUBLICATIONS THAT HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT AMBER

• Star Magazine     
• St Joseph News Press
• Discover Mid-America  
• The Riverfront Review
• The Index   
• St Joseph MO CVB
• Kansas City Star  
• The Pitch
• Oklahoma Woman Magazine 
• Kansas City Magazine
• The Daily Oklahoman   
• Denver Post
• Sedalia Democrat  
• Independence Examiner

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