<\/a>Former dancers…\u00a0<\/strong>some are professional, some are far from it, and some help\u00a0us write company policy by their actions.<\/p>\n Raine, one of the originals\u00a0<\/strong>being one of the later.\u00a0I mean PD Company Policy<\/strong> was written and amended due to her actions throughout our first\u00a04 years.\u00a0Sure some changes get made every so often but the bulk of the entire policy was written\u00a0as she… happened.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For example the “Drinking Policy”<\/strong> was enacted due to one crazy incident that happened in 2001 involving the Caribou Motor Lodge and a cast of characters, the Caribou Police Dept. and of course the star of this story… Raine (Fire Woman).<\/p>\n In 2001<\/strong> we had booked the Caribou Motor Lodge’s<\/strong> lounge for a 2 night weekend gig with\u00a0promise of future gigs if things went well.<\/p>\n Your probably thinking… <\/strong>Wow that’s a long way to travel but let me assure you developing these show sites is far from easy. PD booked 2 nights back to back to support the 4 hour trip one way and it was agreed. These first two shows would include 4 dancers to test the waters and the attendance. Ok then… let’s go to Caribou.<\/p>\n Arriving that Friday<\/strong>\u00a03 hours before show time allowing for logistics we took time to settled into the Caribou Motor Lodges comfy rooms. Actually real nice, very accommodating. in the lounge I set up the our show, the dancers being Raine, Cherry, Paris & Passion prepare for work. Please no loose ends ladies, it was to be only a topless show due to it being the first show, the first one. And we didn’t want to scare the customers in Caribou to death (Maine’s bible belt) with anything but a well run event. A nice thought huh ?<\/p>\n Ok… 9 o’clock comes<\/strong> and the show kicks off in pure PartyDancersUSA style, rocking out and dancer previews, tops off and the\u00a0“696”… \u00a0ok all good I must say. Everything is going according to plan so far and the crowd is multiplying by the hour and I see all smiles from the owners. Little did I know !<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>Come midnight I notice<\/strong> Raine is intoxicated. Not good ! I was well aware\u00a0she had a bad drinking problem and being corrected about it made it worse.<\/p>\n To even mention <\/strong>“Cooling it”<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>will bring the monster to life and she had agreed to follow the rules ?<\/p>\n I continued to watch <\/strong>for a few minutes to see where she’s getting the alcohol because the bar agreed not to serve the dancers… ok watching,… watching… right there ! She’s getting her drinks from the house DJ\u00a0and he hasn’t a clue what he’s done.<\/p>\n <\/a>I make it over to the DJ<\/strong>, explain he had better stop feeding her shots… he denied it but he didn’t feed her anymore. To late, the damage is done, Raine is smashed !<\/p>\n How she’s standing up<\/strong> nobody knows and we have 20 mins left. Damn,\u00a0I decided to shadow her on the floor hoping to avert any trouble she may cause with anyone else who’s in her same condition.<\/p>\n Somehow I manage <\/strong>to coax everyone through the end of the show without major incidents. Phew, finally the dancers are off the floor and upstairs we go to the rooms. Safe !<\/p>\n We’re there for no more<\/strong> than 5 minutes\u00a0when the party goers who Raine invited upstairs to party\u00a0after the show\u00a0arrive knocking on the doors with bottle after bottle of alcohol, mixer, ice and whatever else.\u00a0Now, I’m not talking <\/strong>10-15 drunk people expecting to party but realistically like 35-45 smashed up party monsters, half of them not seemingly to know where they are. Now what do I do ? I gave up and invited them in for what I hoped would be a short visit ?<\/p>\n <\/a>I believe before the<\/strong>\u00a0moment when the party monsters arrived I had 2 beers all night and once this crowd got to our rooms I opted for no more drinks.<\/p>\n Well, there I am <\/strong>all alone\u00a0trying to keep an eye on 3 dancers (1 locked herself in the adjacent room) and\u00a0entirely too many people otherwise.<\/p>\n An almost impossible job<\/strong> but I’m managing up till Raine decides to leave the room and head down the stairs leaving me with an option go after her or keep an eye on this barnyard up here.<\/p>\n Luckily right then an off <\/strong>duty cop who happens to stop by seeing what was happening agrees to stay at this room while I check on Raine. Off I go running down stairs only to\u00a0make it outside and look… WTF ? Where’s Raine ?<\/p>\n <\/a>I’m looking, getting worried, thinking the worse <\/strong>and all of a sudden she steps out from behind this guys car. She says<\/strong> “We were getting some more to drink from the trunk of his car”. REALLY, NO SHIT ! This random guy starts<\/strong> to say something and I waved em off while I insist she gets back inside that moment (I’ve got more upstairs to deal with and my patience is long gone). While I’m corralling her<\/strong> towards the door\u00a0all the while\u00a0waving off the dude Raine decides to punch me in the face full force ! Somehow I still manage<\/strong> to get her inside the door when she punches me again but THIS TIME <\/strong>we hear “Ma’am don’t hit him again” ! <\/strong>It seems the Caribou Police had been standing pretty close to this whole scene and had watched\u00a0the action\u00a0unfold.<\/p>\n <\/a>The cops are making<\/strong> their way past us at the bottom of the stairwell while they quickly\u00a0climb the stairs while looking over the railing directing warnings\u00a0at Raine to keep her hands to home. DID SHE ? Hell no, in fact she said “FUCK YOU”<\/strong>\u00a0 and punched me even harder, this time in the mouth to which\u00a0one of the\u00a0cops\u00a0promptly turns around, ran down the stairs and cuffed and stuffed Raine. BOOM SHE’S GONE !<\/p>\n I just stood back as the Caribou Police<\/strong> cleared out the room, hallway, stairwell and any other place any party monsters were hiding then smiled and turned the room back over to me. I immediately\u00a0checked<\/strong> on the other dancers who had at my prompting before I left the room insisted they go the adjacent room and lock themselves in till I got back. This time they actually listened<\/strong>, thank you ladies !<\/p>\n I went to bed not thinking<\/strong> about anything but “what the hell just happened”? I woke to two dancers<\/strong> innocently sleeping with me because they were a little overwhelmed by it all. We talked and worked<\/strong> through the upset, decided we would finish the booking if the lounge was willing. I\u00a0convinced the dancers to return to their room, I\u00a0made some coffee and before I could enjoy it someone is “KNOCKING AT THE DOOR AGAIN” !<\/p>\n <\/a>Looking through the peephole <\/strong>I see a uniform and two suits. Hell what now ? Alright I open the door shaking my head… “Hello Gentlemen” “What’s Happening Today”? They introduce themselves<\/strong>, I have the pleasure of meeting the Caribou Mayor, Caribou Police Chief and the\u00a0Caribou Motor Lodge owner\u00a0himself. “Can we talk”? they ask ? I\u00a0simply replied\u00a0“Yes of course, come in”. A stranger visit I’ve never had out on the road.<\/strong> They were extremely nice, professional, to the point, a little confused about how this all went down BUT and here’s the BUT they saw “Raine” in action which made them sympathetic. I’m not talking about her punching me (They did ask and I refused to\u00a0offer a statement) BUT when they got her to the Caribou Police Dept. she showed them ‘JUST HOW CRAZY’<\/strong> she could really be. <\/a>The police chief<\/strong> with a long look on his face explained she had caused roughly $1500 in damage to the cruiser, the station, radios and etc. He then asked me “If I would bail her out, it’s only $60”\u00a0? <\/strong>NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. Then he surprised me by basically begging me to please bail her out because\u00a0they\u00a0didn’t\u00a0want\u00a0her ! I didn’t blame them<\/strong>, but I had one more night to in Caribou (The lodge owner agreed) and couldn’t have her around. The police chief said<\/strong> he’d have to transport her to Houlton (County Jail), the Mayor didn’t have much to say,\u00a0 he seem to be just observing this whole bizarre scene. We shook hands and away they went.<\/p>\n We finished up<\/strong> the second night with a great crowd and no problems at all. My face healed<\/strong> up just fine, no damage to anyone else except The Caribou Police Dept.. We’ve been back<\/strong> to the Caribou area many, many times over the later years but for some reason we never performed again at the Caribou Motor Lodge \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n