The Inflammable Circus Show!

This Memorial Day/Ski to Sea weekend, I had the privilege of performing in the Inflammable Circus Show! Chipp and Greg asked me to MC, and I don't know what it was, but I just couldn't say no!

It was awesome. I got to MC for my friends, sing my moustache song, and do rope tricks all with the live and lovely accompaniment of Maria in the Shower!

There was Laura...

Pedro...

Chelsea...

Clair, Maxwell and Chipp...

Reby (on her silk/trapeze)...

Strangely and Jeremiah...

Kayla (but as a zombi-ish gal)...

Taylor Lee Werner...

Dream and Anneka...

and Pokey!

Our curtain call!

One of the things about being part of the show is the preparation.

I was so stoked to MC this show, i wrote an "advertising" song for it! It goes like this!...

Come to the Inflammable Circus Show

It's Saturday Ski to Sea weekend

There'll be lots of fire tossed too and fro

And aerialists, acrobats, jugglers, stilters, portapotties and a beer garden.

Come to the Inflammable Circus Show

We're gunna heat you up

we'll get you fired up

Inflammable Circus will burn a lot of awesome into your eyes.

Come to the Inflammable Circus Show

It's gunna be so hot

You could roast a marshmello

Inflammable Circus could be the show that melts your heart.

NOTC on Vashon Island

The New Old Time Chautauqua had a benefit show on Vashon Island recently, and I got to come along and perform for a quaint community with some really fine folks. Here's the awesome poster for the show!

One of my roles was rotating MC, and sometimes you have to stall when an act isn't quite ready... this sweet girl come up and told a joke for all of us.

One of the notorious Vaudeville traditions is getting a pie in the face on your birthday, so here's Harry being celebrated in style.

 Godfrey Daniels was there.

 As well as poet, Kevin Murphy.

 The Flying Karamazov Brothers with Smirdikov doing one of my favorite bits he does called "Pass the Buck" where he's just "too darn busy" to reach the club.

Justin Credible.

 Wren and I performing Yippie Kai-yay.

 Once again Sam performing a favorite of mine... Old Fat Juggler, sung to the tune of Old Man River. The first time I witnessed this, I actually fell out of my chair laughing.

Thanks Sam and Chautauqua benefits for all the laughs.

St. Maarten and Tenerife

After just one day on our trans-Atlantic cruise adventure, we had port! We enjoyed our breakfast buffet, then walked the boardwalk into St. Maarten.

Fun facts: this island is in the northeast Caribbean (approx. 190mi east of Puerto Rico). The 54 square mile island is divided roughly 60/40 between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands; they are roughly equal in population. It is one of the smallest sea islands divided between two nations, a division dating to 1648.

We only went to the Dutch side, but there, we found two geocaches. . .

and met a coconut merchant named Dexter who had quite an inspiring story about hard work and dedication... mixed with a lot of humor... he was great. Back on the boat we met these two... Tostin and Elisabeth. They came up to us laughing, and with German accents went on to tell us that we had stayed in their same hostle and been at the same beach in Puerto Rico! They were super fun and nice and we ended up chatting with them every day.

 After 7 days at sea, we made our second port call at Tenerife. This is the largest and most populous of the Canary Islands at 784 square miles. It is home to the oldest university of the Canaries, and also has the highest elevation of Spain, a World Heritage Site that is the third largest volcano in the world from its base, El Teide.

 We walked to the awesomely shaped "architectural symbol of the Canary Islands" the modern Auditorio de Tenerife.

From the view from there we saw rock paintings, seemingly honoring famous musicians.

We looked, unsuccessfully, for a geocache and made our way back to the ship in time for Wren to take his victory tour of the bridge after his team won the progressive trivia on the ship! Go international Mercorn!

(INSERT PHOTO OF THE TEAM HERE)

Time on the boat

There were so many things to do on the boat! Eating being a "big" one, but we also participated in a game called "what's in the bag" where you could submit your guesses to win the mystery prize. We never won, but it was fun, nonetheless. We also watched three movies (Bourne Legacy, Dark Knight Rises, and Sherlock Holmes 2) in the on-ship theater. We went to lectures, hot tubbed, learned napkin-folding, read, played chess,

played trivia and gambled, took a waltz class, lounged in the sun, used the gym, saw more shows, juggled,

watched (twice) the show by jugglers, Paul and Alexa of Airborne,

and was even in a show!

Wren and I (now "international" performers!) performed our Yippe Ky-yay duo rope routine, and below is a picture of  me doing the Chair Dance in the show!

What a great time. Travel by cruise is way more fun that I imagined... and speaking of fun, Wren was even practical joked from across the world with this little number from his mom. Fake poop... you so crazy!

I'm on a Boat!

Getting on the boat from our hostel in Puerto Rico was hilarious... we bused into town to find out you can't get to the ship from this side of town, thought it was a mere short walk from where we were, walked for EVER, then it started pouring... we ducked into a bus stop and hailed a taxi. Then we're there, in line "ready to board cap'n!" Oh, wait, we're trying to get on the wrong cruise ship? HA! We finally make it to our destination. . . The Brilliance of the Sea.

We are escorted to our room, then head straight for the buffet! And though there were other "complimentary" eating options, we typically ate here for at least 3 meals. =)

Yummy food of different types (sandwich-makings, soup, salads, pizza, burgers, meat n potatoes, pasta, Indian, fruit, desserts, etc.). The best part was watching Wren at his favorite place on the boat...in front of the soft-serve ice cream machine!

Next, we hit the pool (shown here is one of two, plus a kiddie slide with pool)!

On to the mandatory safety drill, then we watched us set sail! We went to dinner (one of 3 times) to the "fancy" dining hall where we met three of our assigned table guests Lisa, Kenny and Gerome. After dinner we watched our first show on the boat that included acrobats Donovan and Rebecca.

The theater was just gorgeous, and the entire show (which included the Brilliance of the Sea's singers, dancers, and orchestra) was so professional and entertaining! We were so happily surprised by everything! Hooray for travel, and adventure!