The Liberty Misses - Azores - New Year's Eve 1998

It's New Year's Eve and we're rocking in 1999 at Lajes Air Force Base in the Azore Islands!
A little "Boogie Fever" with our 70's medley.
Now nearing the end of our show and the beginning of a new year with our Supremes Medley!

The Liberty Misses - Christmas Day 1998

The picture seen 'round the world! This was sent out over the AP newswire and used in newspapers around the world! It's me dancing with one of the soldiers on Christmas Eve in Kuwait.

We were just having a blast and had no idea this would end up everywhere. The next day, he said his family had seen the photo in his hometown paper - The Laredo Times! This was in our paper - The Hartford Courant.

That night, we performed at Camp Doha's main base for the troops. It was great fun! Here I am singing "Santa Baby" for the soldiers!

They have to stand at attention and the loser has to do push-ups!

At the end of our show, they still wanted more. So, we did an encore with "Old Time Rock 'N' Roll." As you can see, they joined right in. That's me and Stacy in the background.

The Liberty Misses - Kuwait - Christmas Eve 1998

We had just returned from performing out in the desert all day when we found out about a U.S.O. show on base.

The show featured Mary Chapin Carpenter, Carol King and Secretary of Defense, William Cohen. We cleaned up, made our way over and got to meet Mr. Cohen! What an honor! He thanked us for our service to the country! We were also coined by 5 star General Franks!

The Liberty Misses - Kuwait - Christmas 1998 Tour

After meeting up with the Base Commanders, we were taken to town by MWR.
We stopped in front of this sign for a great photo before we headed into town!

The Liberty Misses - Bahrain - Christmas 1998 Tour

Welcome to Bahrain!

Saluting our military at the end of our country medley.

We also got to meet the Admiral Moore of the Fifth Fleet. We had something to talk about - he is friends with Cullen Johnson's father. Cullen and I competed at Miss Virginia America together. Cullen eventually did win Miss Virginia and was 1st Runner-Up to the most famous Miss America - Heather Whitestone.

L-R: Maria, Stacy, Admiral Moore, me (Kimberly), Kirstie and Erin.

Here are The Liberty Misses on base in Bahrain with some of our new friends.

Bowling in Bahrain! Oh yeah - we beat the guys!

Stacy and I had just returned from a snorkel adventure. We had a day off between shows in Bahrain and the MWR Rep. took us out to sea. We are standing here at the Bahrain Yacht Club.

The Liberty Misses - Christmas 1998 Tour

The Liberty Misses - Christmas 1998 Tour - Bahrain, Kuwait & The Azore Islands.

(We were supposed to go to Saudi Arabia & U.A.E. but the bombing of Iraq occurred while we were in Bahrain and we weren't allowed to continue on. We were re-routed.)

Top L-R: Kirstie, Kimberly & Maria

Bottom L-R: Stacy, Erin & Ramona (did not tour)