Monday had beautiful weather. It was full blown spring. There is a flowering tree or shrub out here called the red bud , they have been in bloom for nearly 3 weeks now. Though they are called red bud they are more of a fuchsia or dark pink. In some areas the fill an entire hillside or line long roads. The Bradford purs (look like short squatty cottonwood minus the fluff) are ending their bloom period. These trees are everywhere and for a while it was snow white trees all over the place. When the wind blew large numbers of the pedals would be caught up in the breeze and we would get a pedal snowfall.
The kids of course busied themselves with education and practice. I did paperwork and marketing and then we went fishing. We decided to skip going after the sunfish family fish (bluegill, warmouth, sunfish, etc) and try for bass. Sadly no bass bit our bait and so we gave into the girls and took them to the awesome playground out at lake Reba. So you might say Monday was pretty laid back.
Tuesday James Amelie and I headed 30 miles north to Lexington to perform at a Daycare center. During our surprise bad March James set out to just throw a net out and book whatever kind of booking we could grab. After doing big show for a long time doing the tiny shows can be a pride swallowing thing. But no need for that because it was fun and was proud to do it. The show was for a very old church; the main sanctuary is 198 years old! The support buildings were pretty old as well. The church seems to be a very community active church; they have the day care (for which we performed), apartments for the elderly, all kinds of counseling groups, a food closet, a cafeteria, and more. The day care center is actually in a church on the corner of the same street that was originally the African First Baptist church build in the 1800s, back during segregation. But since it was no longer needed since that type of racism went away the church, which in it's hey day was very beautiful, though today all the pillars and cornices have been painted beige.
James was happy to see that I performed all my old routines from back when my hair was brown and my body was limber. ALthough I didn't move as flexibly as I once did it was still fun to do. Amelia is the only one of the three young ones to have ever seen me do those routines. For the three eldest those routines are fond memories.
Thursday Morning we leave for northern Indiana, Wakarusa. we will do 9 Shows over three days, plus be in their parade and do some strolling. And Oh, yeah, Maple syrup!
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| African First Baptist, no CC Child care Center |
First some pictures from CC and Miles:
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| "Still the best children's entertainer or all around entertainer alive. Its funny how no matter how many times I have seen these routines, I still laugh. (and still quote them "illuuuuuiusion"). Now watching Amelia sitting where I used to sit seeing the classics and it never gets old. Timeless comedy. Hats off to him! Mr. Victor Kent of the Kent Family Circus, entertainer to the deepest parts of a person. And I will also add an amazing father too!" -James from his facebook post |
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| Jim's post of the church. |
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