A very Happy New Year to you from Brighton!! We have been buried deep in snow for the last week as you probably are too! (except those reading this in Las Vegas!). Time seems to go slowly since sport/dance classes, shopping and driving is all off the activity menu. I'm spending a lot of time in my magic studio preparing for an unusual amount of shows this early in the year.

Last week I saw the New Year in entertaining a hotel full of revellers in Geneva, complete with midnight fireworks over the lake. Next week if the snow clears you can catch me at www.cabaretboomboom.co.uk on 16th January up in Walkley, Sheffield and if you happen to be Danish you can see me in Copenhagen at the Danish Magic Circle on 23rd January.

You're probably not Danish though but if you hail from 'up north' and are anywhere near Blackpool, I'm doing a whole week of exciting shows starting with a Brazilian Carnival Ball 13th Feb (yes, I know! in February Blackpool!) and then a week of the 'Queens of Magic' show in the Horseshoe where I'm joined by 2 fellow female magicians, 4 male dancers and our own choreographer - so exciting! www.visitblackpool.com. I think I'll take March off, whatever happened to Jan and Feb being the quiet months of the year?!

Meanwhile back in the Sequin Starship, Bongo the puppy will soon be a much bigger 6 months old and is more of a scamp than ever. My chap John has started a dog walking business www.johnnywalkabout.com and I am his official stand-in dog walker! Not in feathers or high heels of any description! So I am still very much enjoying the country life, today stomping through snowy winter woods as a small snow blizzard was just starting. They say we have another week of white stuff! Here's to the thaw to come!

I hope you are all keeping warm and happy and are looking forward to many good things for 2010!!!!

With warm fireside greetings!!!

Romany xxx