Sick!

So I have an interesting story. I mean, hopefully most of what you read on the blog is interesting, but this was too.

My friend Don Bursell, who you may have seen perform with the LOL Show that my father and I were also apart of, was scheduled to do a show in Wisconsin this past week. In fact he had been scheduled in this particular spot for the past 17 years. That means I was 6 years old the first time he did a program for them!

Anyway, Don called me the day of his show, because he got the flu, and he got it bad. Now if Don could have done it I know he would have. In fact, I don't know if he has had to cancel a show in the last 20 years. Luckily I was available and was able to fill in. We had a great night, but even though we were able to work everything out with the hosts, the audience wasn't exactly sure why I was there. In the end I won them over and we all had a great time.

So Don. Get well!

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Lifelight!

I just got home from Lifelight in Sioux Falls, SD. If you are not familiar with Lifelight they run one of the largest music festivals in the world. Check them out at www.lifelight.org.

I did a show and packed the tent. Thank you everyone who came out and saw the show! The fun part was that my whole family was there. A good time for a family reunion at the farm. Maybe I'll see some more of you there in the years to come.

Partial Itinerary

Hey y'all,

Just finished up a couple of LOL shows with DonB! and Randy Christensen. And now on to the next thing. As you may have read, I did audition for Ringling Brothers Circus. I'm not exactly sure what will come of it yet, but for now I am planning on the following shows in September. I have also put some contact info of the local spots in case you want to come catch a performance.

9-1 Milwaukee, WI. revkev6701@tds.net
9-4 Lifelight - Sioux Falls, SD. www.lifelight.org/festival
9-11 Elk River, MN. Christina_Tamayo@usc.salvationarmy.org
9-16 Eagle Magic FCE Meeting- Burnsville, MN.

Celebration Barn

I just finished up 2 weeks of training at the Celebration Barn. There were 14 students and it featured training by Avner Eisenberg and Julie Goell. It was by far the best training workshop I have ever been to. There were students from the USA, Canada, Brazil, Columbia and Portugal. It was a great time, but it's good to be home.

Another Ringling Article

There was another article written and I'm the first thing in the video. Here it is.



www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/run-away-with-the-circus-ringling-bros-holds-clown-college-aud/19577889

Circus!

Hey everyone. The last couple of months have been crazy. I did a kid's camp in New Hampshire, trained at the Celebration Barn in Maine (more to come on that!) and auditioned for Ringling Brothers Circus in New York.

The auditioning process was really interesting. I flew into JFK that morning, took a cab to the show, auditioned, grabbed a hot dog, and flew back to Portland, ME. The audition included an hour movement workshop, a time of Q&A as well as a time to show a prepared 3-5 minute routine.

While there I saw a few familiar faces and met a ton of new clowns. Here area a couple of pictures, but if you want to see any video you will have to check out the Wall Street Journal at:

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/08/02/for-aspiring-clowns-circus-audition-is-no-laughing-matter/

I'll find out what they thought the end of this month.