Lefty Lucy, Vice President of Miss Coney Island USA and Dancing Doll Miss Coney Island, May 26, 2012. Photo © Tricia Vita
Looking for a photo of the Tilt-A-Whirl in action, we came across this unpublished pic from last summer that’s too delicious not to share right now. On the left is Lefty Lucy, winner of the Miss Coney Island 2011 title at the burlesque beauty pageant and now Vice President of Miss Coney Island USA. “Miss Coney Island” on the right is the dancing doll whose motto is “Don’t Postpone Joy” and “25 cents to fall in LOVE.”
Coney Island USA’s burlesque beauty pageant was started by Bambi the Mermaid in 2003. Miss Cherry Delight is the titleholder for 2013. The dancing doll known as Miss Coney Island made her debut on Jones Walk in 1998 after a previous career as an Indian Princess automaton at Connecticut’s Danbury Fair. Now located in a window on West 12th Street near the entrance to the Wonder Wheel, the dancing doll and her dancing cat open for the season on Coney Island’s Opening Day, March 24th. Lefty Lucy is teaching a workshop on stage kittening this Saturday at the New York School of Burlesque.
ATZ has previously interviewed both Miss Coney Islands here and here.
Related posts on ATZ…
December 8, 2012: Sunday Matinee: Princess Rajah’s Chair Dance (1904)
September 13, 2012: Video: Coney Island Dancing 2012 by Jim McDonnell
August 19, 2012: Dance Video: Coney Island Dancers Street Festival
August 16, 2011: Video of the Day: “IT Girl” Clara Bow in Coney Island
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Hi Tricia, I’m new to your blog. A Brooklyn ex-pat living down south, I scour the net for blogs on New York City … especially Brooklyn. It’s so good to see that some of us who grew up in Brooklyn have taken up the gauntlet of reminding the world of the many wonderful places to visit. And Coney Island was on the top of my list along with the bike path along Shore Parkway.
Hope to visit often :)
Thanks for dropping by, ramblings! Pleased to “meet” you. Always meet a lot of NY expats when I travel