Walk Like An Egyptian

"Get a room you two" yelled Jody at G-Rod and the naked Debbi as she called the rehearsal to order. The pair were embraced, perfecting their waltz steps. Jody ran through all three opening routines once more and was pleased with the progress. "Ok No-E. You said you'd been practicing your rap over the weekend, let's see your moves !" The backing track began to play and Debbi tried her best bad girl moves before launching into the 'Hey, I'm back' rap. Jody and Lynn grinned broadly. To be fair, it wasn't bad and certainly a vast improvement when thinking back to Debbi's original Rag Week efforts. But the fact remained that it was a successful 26 year old businesswoman making a fool of herself with no clothes on and it was all their creation !

"Well, I can see that you have been doing your research No-E. Keep practicing and that's coming along nicely" said Jody patronizingly. "Now I'll show you the instrumental break routine." Debbi had been dreading this but as Jody explained her choreography, was again left with the impression that it could have been a lot worse. Of course she would still be naked, or at best wearing some minimal costume. But it didn't seem as if she was going to be asked to assume any explicit poses. To bolster the cat theme, Jody had decided to go Egyptian and Clinton had sampled some middle eastern woodwind music to go on top of the basic r'n'b beat. Debbi was to be led around the stage by the King while adopting a bent knee and arm walk, like an ancient Egyptian wall painting. G-Rod would bring up the rear and hold Debbi's tail once she was in costume.

"Letting her off a bit lightly aren't you ?" Lynn was disappointed. "Oh come on, look how silly she looks" argued Jody. "And you're forgetting the finale which I'm not going to spring on her until the dress rehearsal at the studio. She won't be able to chicken out then with all those people there !"

"Ok guys, I think we can skip tomorrow's rehearsal. You can go round to Deacon and Clinton's and record your rap instead No-E" announced Jody at the end. "We'll have another full rehearsal on Thursday after No-E's class. Oh and there'll be a small crew here from the TV people filming some background stuff " she added casually. This was the first that Debbi had heard of that !