Monday, July 26, 2010

Owensville, Ohio Here we Are!

After a crazy hot humid week we were granted a reprieve today when we drove 4.5 hours to Owensville, Oh, a suburb of Cincinnati. It was a cool 83 degrees today and almost no humidity. The crowds were fantastic. We got here at 11:30 AM and after hunting down the manager we set up and performed our first show at 2:30PM. Crazy right, no day off...driving or performing. But everyone did great. We are tired but the great response from the crowd really spurred us on.
Our hotel is OK, nice even. But after the royal treatment of a spectacular suite in BG.....mmm, mmm, mmm. Well, I'm not complaining. Nick, Miles and Victor are Rving at the fair.
The fair is a medium sized one. It has a ton of vendors, rides and activities crammed into a fairly small area. But, like I said, the crowds were exceptional. Our stage is set up under a maple tree and at the very end of the midway near the back public walk in entrance. I don't think they expected us to draw the crowds we have been drawing because the area is a bit tiny. Our crowds totally blocked three directions of walkways.
We do two shows on our own stage (pictures tomorrow) and one on their entertainment stage. Their stage is under a tent. Their stage riser is 24" like ours but the tent slant comes down to 8' along the sides from 20' in the center. That means that the slant cuts to 6' at the back of our stage and with my top hat I have to duck along the back. Still as masters of adapting to any stage we pulled it off. With the tree and the tent at the two venues I have to be very careful with my fire-eating.
Since we lost an hour we were surprised how quickly 9pm arrived. It feels earlier. But we will stay on Eastern time until September so no more time jumps.
It's amazing how a river separates southern twangs from damned Yankees. Ohio folks seem to have a neutral accent, but Kentucky has that pleasant down home southern "drawl"....gotta love it. There is something homey and nice about that accent.
Oh, they do tractor pulls here too. infact, I think some of those guys do a circuit because I recgonized someo of the "tractors" from London.


More to come.....

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