Clowns Bands Fire and Wind

Victor Posing near our backstage tent with water and pizza provided for us by the fair.
Princess' Olivia and Amelia take in the Swan Bros show
The Swan Bros.
In this candid shot you can see Princess Amelia's new toothloos look. Now we really do look like we come from Oroville.

Day 2 in Fallon, NV. Not much to report except that it was windy today. Many vendors had to refasten their tents..having been in many East-coast and Mid-west thunder storms we had the advantage of knowing how to tie down our changing-room tent securely. Wind in the Nevada Desert is hard and dry so we all used lots of lip balm. And our hair is pretty crispy dry by night fall.
Our biggest challenge this week has been to re-create a show without Jugglin' Jim. He has been such an important part of the show and part of the show character is lost without him. We have even had a couple of people who saw us last year ask about Jim. Without Jim we also have to find 10-20 minutes more material to fill his spot. So far so good. We have been very well received and the comments after the show have been very nice. Good size audiences too.
One hard start today was when our show and the tiger show started at the same time. (A group who teach and entertain with Bengal tigers is here.) Let's face it the mere presence of tigers whether performing or just there will have that natural draw from curiosity. Thankfully there act is short and when finished we got their whole audience. Still we started that show with around 50 people who specifically wanted us.
The Swan Bros have arrived. They are a pair of real brothers who do a lot of goofy silly things and skillful juggling. They have been performing here for many many many years. They have their local fan base. Nice guys too.
The band tonight needed the time that was set for our last show (a 30 minute show slot) to set up so we just performed a cool fire-eating and fire-whip routine. The crowd went wild for the fire. Perfect setting: it was dark. Not the perfect whether: the wind. One back blow from nature engulfed my face in a ball of flame once and my left sideburn lost a little bit of it's fullness. (Not the first time to have this happen...I know how to handle it...respect the flame!)
Miles knocked them dead with his fire whip and the giant fireball it creates. Miles also has taken Jim's sound man duties very effectively.
I almost forgot about the “lunch-box” auction. Just like in the olden days. It was a fundraiser for the local boys and girls club. For a donation via auction you won a lunch made by local restaurants or others and dine with a local celebrity.
Got a call from Jugglin’ Jim today…it was touching…he wanted money for books….ah, college kids.