Saturday, July 30, 2016

Happy Little Farm

We love the Happy Little Farm (this is Casey and Shelly who have this sweet annual event, aka The Giver by the River)!
 This was our 5th-ish year (I say 'ish' because I missed performing in 2014 because of my torn calf muscle) performing for this sweet family-farm celebration.
The lineup went like this:
Chipps - Intro
Esther - Slackline
Della n Wren - Hat
Heidi - Aerial
Chipps n Sadye - Acro
Wren - One Trick Pony
Justin - Mime/Sword
Dream - Aerial
Della n Sadye - Tap
Chipps - Lasso
Strangely - Song
PJ - Aerial
Della - Pig
It was a wonderful show as usual, and many said the best so far! Go circus!

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Wren and I traveled with the New Old Time Chautauqua again, the place we met 7 years ago. We have taken the last 2 years off, but decided to go for just a week for this tour that went to State parks in Washington and Idaho. Here is the bulk of us, after our show at the Westgate Prison.

With the Nez Perce Tribe.

Our final day and show that we were with Chautauqua, was in Dayton Ohio.
We performed the rope act, along with the pig act (and Michelle captured this sweet move that I don't even remember doing!).
After the show, this sweet gal, Zella, and I met and shared some good juggle club time together.
After we returned home, there was the most flattering piece of "fan mail" to Chautauqua, highlighting the pig act... What a compliment!
"Your evening entertainment in Dayton was excellent. The pig dance with the fans was the funniest thing I've ever seen - and I'm 73. I laughed until I cried - had tears running down my face. Thank You! Barbara Carlton"