Kent Family Magic Circus Daily Blog: Revised Summer Dates-----Fortuna Show----Uncle Eddie

Good Friend Ed Rapoza, known around here as Uncle Eddie, has arrived from Japan for a visit and for research into moving back to the States. He is a fantastic mentalist and entertainer in general.
He performed with us at our Fortuna Fundraiser last week and did a fantastic job. He told me he has been using Japanese almost exclusively for the past 10 years it was tough to get his mind into English.

Eddie and Good friend Bill Jackson...seems being bald with a goatee are requirements to be called friend in my house.

I gifted Eddie with his very own child. It was a gremlin like latex doll I picked up a few years ago with the intention of using in a show or not. Since he liked it, i gave it to him and he now has a son. Looks a lot like he has Eddie and Obama DNA.

Where is Alf?

Here is a shot of the audience, or part of it. The organizer did a fantastic job securing us a very old beautiful theater and creator a fabulous poster. She advertised the show allover the place but forgot the number one rule in sales...advertising does not equal sales. Instead of pushing the sales-approach, she advertised and hoped for the best. Turned out to be very small audiences. In contrast we did a fundraiser in a town 1/4 the size of Fortuna (Laytonville) just 20 miles south of Fortuna and for three years in a row packed the house. The advertising was weak but the sales were off the charts. Students, teachers and staff all sold tickets. A ticket sales contest was held.

Notice to the right Olivia was asleep on the floor between shows as Alf runs amuck on stage.

This is cat Clark. I performed for her girl scout troop about 15 years ago near Mt Lassen. Then a few years later at her school in Quincy. Then again at a fair a couple of years ago and now tonight. All together 4 different towns all over the state. I would call her a stalker.

Eddie tries on my hat.....OK I have a big head.