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Back On Stage After 30 Years, Burlesque Dancer 'Prays To God Tassels Don't Fall Off'

For a brief period in the 1970s, KPLU's own production manager Nick Morrison ran a strip club in downtown Seattle. It was called The New Paris Follies and it employed a number of dancers including local burlesque favorite, Eartha Quake. She heard Morrison talking about his time at The New Paris Follies on KPLU and decided to call in about her own story.

Eartha Quake, a.k.a Michele Mulholand, left the world of burlesque for nearly 30 years after working at the Paris Follies. She had a day job and raised her daughter, who was affectionately nicknamed "Cup Quake."

However, after several decades away from striptease, she got a call from some fellow performers that wanted to put together a tribute to the dancers of the ‘60s and '70s.

Sound Effect contributor Arwen Nicks talked with Mulholand about what it was like to get back into the game.