Tehama District Fair-last fair of the season

The Princess with our vendor Friend Michelle...she gave them all the accessories you see...our sound man is on the phone behind them.

It's nice to end our Fair Season with a fair close to home. Last year we closed it with a fair in Texas. Still only 60 miles from home...no motels...no fast food. Don't get me wrong, we love traveling but after a very busy and successful season a slower pace is nice...at least for a short time. We start our theater and corporate season October 10th. (We still do an occasional festival or theme park during the theater season.)

The Red Bluff fair has great audiences but the stage there sucks. It's tiny, it holds heat in, and it has low ceilings. We haven't performed here in six years. We've resisted until this year....I gave in to the money...I feel so dirty.

We have come a long way these past six years. We've learned to acclimate ourselves to any stage...and if we can do it here we can do it anywhere. Instead of using their back stage we set a tent on the side with our trailer and we are working out of that.

The stage is skirted with cheap plastic birthday party plastic skirting and it's not fire-rated. So when it caught fire when a drop of fuel grazed it I had to pat it out....dumb....burning plastic sticks...and burns. There was no danger of a fire engulfing the place, and I should've used a towel to smother the fire....I have icky burns on my pinkie and ring finger now. OUCH! It's not too bad but it hurt.

the two Little Princess' drew first blood when it comes to being treated by vendors. The Aloha Smoothie people took a liking to the girls and the got little plastic tieras, magic princess wands, leis, and little stuffed dolphins, and a smoothie each. We have know these people for many years as we have worked events they have vendored at. Just last year we worked with them at the Sonoma County Harvest Festival. Like us they bring their child on the road with them. Really nice folks.

The Swan Bothers are here too (the clowns who perform a cute program for kids). We work with them at least twice a year.

Two bands that are regulars on the Norcal circuit are Wylde Side and Cottonwood. Wylde Side are the ones we worked with at Modoc. We share the same hometown. Cool dudes. Cottonwood we worked with at Silverdolalr Fair. Made the mistake of talking politics with them. I am a right wing Christian Nut and two of them are cool-aid drinking lefties (all said with smiles and a wink) bless their hearts. They told me straight out that ABC News and the New York Times don't make mistakes and are not slanted toward any party. HAH! That's like saying Fox News is the all Obama station. (By the way I am not Republican or Democrat. I am one of those Independents the candidates are courting.....man I have no dog in this hunt.)