Local fairs mean we have to drive in and out to home instead of a hotel. There are pluses and minuses to this. Hotels are usually just a few minutes a way and a local fair we define as being within 2 hours from home..Glenn Co Fair is 50 minutes away. There is a ton of family related stuff that has to be taken care of if we are staying at home as well. A big plus is we can bring dirty clothes and costumes home for a quick cleaning (at hotels you have to use their laundry room if they have one and if it isn't being used by others.) The minus is you can easily forget those items at home and then discover your kids are missing theirs costume or part of the costume....like today. Victor Jr had no costume and the girls had no shoes.......So the first show went on with Princess Amelia in flip flops with a Burgundy Victorian dress and Princess Olivia with brown Mary-Jane's with a red sequence show girl outfit. Being a local fair meant I had Friends nearby and Uncle Bill, my good magician friend, was home. He went to my house and grabbed the items from my wife and delivered them to the show.....Praise God for him. Thank you Bill. A heart of pure gold.
While yesterday was a great day with almost no problems today had a few. The 100+ degrees of dry California heat meant we were hot and dry all day....it should on all our faces during the 4:30 show and I felt sorry for the audience who faithfully sat through the whole show. We had a bunny prop that the bunny learned to work and escape from. The kids forgot to bring the glass out for the walking on glass routine and I had to fill the time with an emergency trick....I keep several of those in my cart for just such an occasion. Princess Olivia after walking on the glass went back to the side of the stage and sat down to put her shoes back on (no the correct ones) and unknown to me at the time started sucking on a toe. She gave the impression a piece of glass got in there. Turned out she was just being silly. The impression of left over glass in the foot was exacerbated by her walking on her heals instead of the full feet when she marched out to sing. Turned out she was still just being silly.
Found out yesterday that that the two construction reps who had a booth of sorts next to the stage were scared of Princess Olivia's snake. The management asked us not to walk by their booth with it as one of the tow had " a major psychological problem" with snakes. These men look like they eat nails for breakfast with battery acid as a chaser so it struck me funny that a 3 year old girl's ball python (notoriously friendly snakes) would cause such a reaction as to get management involved. I went over later and applogized and explained we didn;t realized her snake had scared the, They back pedaled and said that it really didn't bother them....Ego? Hmmm I don't know.
Princess Cynthia is still nursing her foot. She spranged the ancle 4 weeks ago and the heavy schedule and her not using her crutches has kept it sore. So we have been enlsiting a local youngman to help the load in and out paying him with items from the show store. He's a really nice boy and I am just to tired to recall his name. I should mention that I write these blogs late and while everyone else showers so my mind is not as clear as it would be any other time.
It has also been fun hanging with the other acts. Met with Jim the puppet car driver, Dilly-Dally the clown, Dennis the Baloonacy guy and Zippy and his brother Hi-tops several times through out the day. Fun stories and by 8pm everyone looked beat. The heat took it's toll today.
As far as the crowds I am told we are bringing the biggest crowds out of all the shows and we are holding them. In spite of the heat most are staying for the full 50 minute show. I wouldn't and I like my act a lot. Lots of wonderful people as well. We chit-chatted with many nice folks a many brothers and sisters in Christ.
See you at the fair.
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