We have put The Real Food Show in front of a feedback audience, Vaudevillingham, and then a preview show audience. It has been so helpful to have eyes and feedback for the show. We were fortunate enough to have our great friend, writer, and circus-enthusiast, Adam in the audience. He submitted this praise to the Coop, which published it in its monthly newsletter.
Wow! What a great thing the Co-op is
doing in sponsoring The Real Food Show!
I had the good fortune of seeing
the show a couple weekends ago when
Della and Jason Quick gathered people
together at The Bellingham Circus
Guild for a preview performance. What
HUGE fun. I have not laughed so hard
in a long time. It was great to sit with an
intergenerational audience being wowed
by skilled local performers unpacking
an important issue—the importance of
real food in our everyday lives. What
I really respect about this event is that
the performers, Della Plaster and Jason
Quick, combine their wide array of
circus skills with a sincere commitment
to make the best show possible.
I believe that the best forms of
community-engaged art are the ones that
are committed to exploring serious issues
and offering up the most entertaining and
dramatically compelling art possible. The
Real Food Show does just that. You picked
the right clowns for this assignment.
It was clear that people in the audience
were eating up the warmth and ease with
which Della and Jason welcomed kids
and seniors and everyone in-between
to participate in the ebbs and flows of
the performance. The circus elements,
the humor, the images, the audience
participation elements all came together
in one big, smile-inducing way. In
the process, Della and Jason conveyed
an amazing amount of important
information. This show may be designed
for youth, but I know that I’ve been
reading food labels with increased
frequency, avoiding sugar (with a better
success rate), drinking more water, and
eating more fruits and veggies since seeing
The Real Food Show a few weeks ago—
and I am 47 years old.
Another positive wrinkle to this
performance is that Della and Jason
are kind people, reliable people,
generous people. It is not every day
that you can find two emotionally
mature clowns to serve as community
ambassadors.
Please extend my thanks and
appreciation to all those on the board
and on the staff involved in choosing
to commission the creation of this
timely event, and for underwriting The
Real Food Show’s 10-school tour this
spring.
The Real Food Show made me laugh,
it changed my food habits (for the better),
and it made me super proud to be a
member of the Community Food Co-op.
Thanks to all concerned. A collaboration
between public schools, a food co-op,
a local circus guild, and two clowns is
just the kind of local event that makes
Bellingham such a great place to live.
Appreciation and respect to all involved.
Cheers,
Adam Ward, Bellingham
Community Food Co-op member-owner
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Thanks Adam, for such an outstandingly rave review!
