Sunday, July 24, 2011

Miles Cynthia Lukas Jim Nick Midori report








7/24 (Sun) @Beach Bend Park

Today the park opens hour later so it was nice for us to have an extra hour to sleep and relax at morning. We had better weather than yesterday, little windy and less hotness. It was a last day of Brandon performs with us... it's sad to loose him. He is always cheerful, challenging and helpful both on stage and backstage. Today we also had a special guest performer form Beach Bend Park, Grant has been practicing whips -taught by Indiana Miles- and show his result on third show today. It is impressive how kids gain new skills in short term. Bamboo trick is getting smoother each time. Victor and Brandon didn't like wearing skirt-type costume, but girls loved to add a flower on hair. (Bell does too!)



Hello, this is Miles, today was good, but it was a little sad at the same time. It started as any other day started, and it was as humid and hot as the other days this week, so it was pretty much a normal day. Except today my second cousin once removed Brandon left to go back home. L It was sad but he needs to go back home and see his family also. But anyways other than that it was an A OK day.

Hi Victor Kent here. We lose Brandon today. he returns to Toledo as we prepare for our last day in BG tomorrow and head west to Le Mars, IA for the Plymouth fair. After all this heat a change of venue will be nice though we love Beech Bend Park and the family that runs it. Brandon may join us for our NY show but we will have to wait and see. He was a great plus to the show.

My friend Lloyd, a friend since childhood surprised us the other day with news that he had suffered a mild heart attack. makes my complaining about the weather seem trite. He is doing well but will be monitoring his heart for the rest of his life. Our prayers are with him and his fam.

We have been working on our Bamboo or Bananas to the Beat Illusion and I will have a video for you call soon.


(from Lukas)

Today was brandon’s last day here, it’s funny I didn’t realize he was leaving till half way through the day. This morning I had some fun with the the ostrich costume it’s pretty awesome. Between the second and third show today james, ashley, shanon, and I got to go on some legit rides lol we rode this ride called the sea serpent like five times in a row(it was a ride from neverland by the way and my favorite ride here at beech bend). The show’s went well its always fun haha it’s cool I enjoy seeing the show just as much as I did in the begging of the trip. Miles and myself have been making videos recently and we have a blast in the process. We often watch them around three times before uploading them haha we want to make a youtube channel for this MI&LU project. I think its possible for us to get a following haha well that’s about it for today. God bless and prayer is always appreciated -Lukas V.-

Cynthia Report-

So this morning started off nice because it is Sunday and we got to sleep in an extra hour. Everyone needed it especially with the later night last night. Breakfast was normal with banana muffins and milk.At the park the day started as it always does with strollers at the rrint gate. Midori went out as the penguin because she loves being the penguin, Lukas went out as a guy riding an ostrich, and James went on stilts. Today's schedule was really weird for show times. The times were 11:30, 2:15, and 6. Right before the first show daddy noticed he did not have any pants so he left to go to the hotel so us kids had to run the first show. There was one problem with that because James, Lukas and Midori were all at the front gate ten minutes before the show. I had to send Brandon out to get them. Brandon came back with Miles, Midori, and Lukas but James was no where to be found. Brandon only told Lukas to come in and nobody told James. So, I had ot send Brandon out again to go get James. It was not until three minutes til that James came in on his stilts. We decoded to let James get ready so we started the show eight minutes behind schedule but the show worked out fine. That is, it worked out fine for going on thirty minutes after the park opened on the opposite side of the frint gate, with the performers showing up minutes before the show, the show starting late, and having only ten people in the audience. The second show, however went better. After that we had a three hour break so the kids and daddy went swimming. I have no idea what James was doing but I was positive he was not at the stage because he never is unless the show is going on, He is mister social. I also don't know what Miles and Lukas were doing. I think they may have been hanging out with Christine, Shannon, and Ashley (the peoples from Ohio). Nick took a nap on a bench and I took a nap on another bench. That is until I fell off...then I moved into the tent to lay in front a fan and sleep. Much more comfortable, nothing to fall off of. I did not wake up until thirty minutes before the last show and no one woke me up. The last show went fine. After the last show we packed up as usual but also had to say goodbye to the Ohio peoples and Brandon. It is going to be weird not having him with us but we will adjust eventually. He may join us when we go up to New York. We also had to say bye to Grant because we will not see him tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day and Beech Bend. It is kind of sad but it its time for a change of scenery. For now we will enjoy our last day and make the best of every moment. See ya!

Jim:

Blog:
Hot, yes. Today was a wonderful day of strange weather, cooling temperatures in the afternoon with a storm front moving in. Sunday starts off an hour later than any other day of the week and I am ridiculously happy for the greater amount of sleep we get. Strolling at the front gate at Beech bend today went well, though I am sure all of us were sweating profusely. The two other strollers left about 10 or so minutes before I actually left to go to the stage. Looking back I think it would have been a great plan to leave with them considering that by the time I got to the stage we had to start a show. let me explain, last sunday our show was rescheduled from 11:30 (30 minutes after the park opens) to 12:30 because we are located on the opposite end of the park and it would be nearly impossible to get a crowd. I was expecting the same thing today for the same reasons but due to a lack of communication, we started our show at 11:30 with a very small auidence. Now this first show was unlike our regular show, primarily because I had to sprint off the stilts, dripping with oh so lovely sweat and change into my show costume in order to lead the show because father was unable to make it to perform at the first show for whatever reason that may be. And to this point I am still unsure of the reasons, none the less, I performed and led the show without too much awkwardness and to the joy of the 12 people total that were at our end of the park at 11:30. Following the show i went over to the other stage and the break room to recover from the massive rush of stilts and performing with no rest inbetween. THANK YOU AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!!!!! The 2:15 show as far as my mind recalls, went without any hitch or issue. And during our break from 3:00 to 6pm Lukas, Christine, Shannon, Ashley and i went to hit the rides and get some ice cream. Apparently it is inevitable for me to draw some sort of attention wherever I go, and in the Rumbler cafe i was an absolute show doing all sorts of comedy for all there to enjoy. It was a blast, unintentional though....really. Thrid show rolls around after a few trips on the Sea Dragon and the Dinky Gowen magic Show. It goes off smoothly with the exception of my rancid little samoan fire routine which gets three drops from excessive fuel on the handle. Maaaaaan, that buggered me up for at least half of the show. One of these days i will actually master that darn routine here. hahahah. No worries.

Nick's Report:
Flying out of bed and sprinting to get ready is only a good idea if you don't have an extra hour to sleep in. This I remembered after about a minute of frantically packing my bag. Needless to say it set the mood for the rest of the day, in addition the weather was mostly hot and the run hear at Beach Bend is almost over.
Today Jim ran the first show in Kent's absences due to errands. The show went well with an audience of maybe fifteen people(nobody was on our side of the park that early in the morning), plus we started the show fifteen minutes late because our strollers came in six minutes to show time and the only people in the audience at that point were stalkers. Second show went well with no mishaps. The four hour gap in the schedule between the second and third show went by quickly considering I slept through most of it. Third show went well with the addition of Grant doing a bull whip routine and the final performance of Brandon before his departure to home. Things are really going to seem quiet around here, I already feel it. Okay I'm constantly around thirteen people for two weeks and eleven for six months. You notice when one of the troop departs. Anyway I can't wait to move on to Iowa. Tomorrow we pack up and get ready to hit the road again.
I love you Kentucky but you've made me sweat a river so I must leave you and go out west. Heat waves are soooooo much fun I can't contain myself.
NRA Candlish

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