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Bonjour, from "Accident Waiting to Happen"  

I just happen to have this number off, and I felt like posting a little blog.  Im in the booth, running my 370 something show of Drowsy.  After tonight, i have 12 left.  4 here in Denver, and then 8 in Seattle.

Many of you know that, Beth and I will be soon moving to a new tour.  I finish up after the first week of seattle and beth will finish out Drowsy 2 weeks later, when it finishes Seattle.

I am flying back east to NYC to join the crew already in the shop at Hudson Scenic (and now Lighting)  I'll be in there tuesday, and then they want me to go see it twice on Bway on Wed.  That will be a joy and a half.  Thursday we travel to Providence, and then Friday we begin pre-hang and load in.  It all starts very quickly.  Not much time in between projects.  But the good news is, i will be in Providence for roughly a little over 4 weeks.  It will be great because friends and family will be able to visit, and should visit.  I'll be staying at the Biltmore downtown.  

As for other things, not much is going on.  The tour is starting to wind down, and people are leaving for other projects.  By the time it closes in Seattle, there will be only 6 original crew (out of 14) no original stage managers, 1 original company manager, but i cant remember her name and several new cast members will be in place.  

Im looking forward to the new project in Grease.  Working with new people and working on a new show.  It's going to be a fun time because we will be in some new cities and in some familiar places.  It will be nice to walk into a theatre, and have people recognize you, and you recognize people.  

Well, we're almost at the fake intermission!  I guess i should go and deal with some cues.  I believe beth will be checking in this weekend.  I can bet you she will do a big old spell check and grammar fix.  She doesnt care for my "conversational" style writing.  Oh well.  Ben kelley likes it, and thats all that matters.

over and out,

B

Sacramento

Here I am with a catch-up post about Sacramento...

Our 2 weeks in Sacramento were such a blast! For some reason we all had these preconceived notions that Sacramento would be boring and awful with nothing to do. We were seriously mistaken. Sacramento is a beautiful city and we were here at the perfect time of year! We had 2 weeks of perfect fall weather which was great for exploring the many parks and cute neighborhoods in Sacramento. We should have known it would be a good town when we arrived at the airport baggage claim and saw this...

The nice weather was also great for our many company picnics that we held outside the loading dock on 2-show days. We used our fabulous grill we got in Kansas City and everyone brought things - steak, chicken, asparagus, pasta salad, cookies, cakes - you name it! It was a great, relaxing way to spend our time between shows. Getting a bite to eat, playing frisbee or scrabble and enjoying the fresh air.

One of the most exciting things we did in Sacramento was a group outing to Spaan's Cookie Company, about a half hour outside the city. The cookie company is owned by the Spaan family and their son Rick is the roomate of Jennifer, one of our new swings. They were incredibly gracious and gave us an in depth tour of the cookie factory!

Here we all are wearing our hairnets...

We got to watch them mix the dough...

put it into the machine that shapes the cookie, which then puts the dough onto the belt that moves through the oven and even the packaging. Here is Richard peeking through the window in the oven...

Georgia patiently waiting for the cookies to come out of the oven...

Almost here...

FRESH BAKED COOKIES!

We got to eat the fresh, hot Russian Tea Cookies right off the belt from the oven!! At the end of the tour the Spaan family sent us home with several grocery bags full of cookies, bread and pies! Everyone in the company definitely enjoyed the treats!

Over the past few weeks we have been saying goodbye to some of our company members, little by little, as they leave "Drowsy" to start a new project. Here is a photo of Kevin, our Flyman's "Happy Trails"... Corona's and Rootbeer! (AFTER the show of course!)

Overall was a grand 2 weeks - I think one of my favorite cities on the whole tour!

Next up... Denver...

San Diego!

Hello from Sacramento. Week 2. I am checking in to blog about our week in San Diego. It was amazing weather. 70's sunny, light breeze every day. You just can't ask for more. We were staying out at the Holiday Inn Seaworld and that was just a riot, because all the doors faced outside, and with our little building being three floors, it turned into a big dorm atmosphere. It was alot of fun. On the friday, Denny, Georgia and I went to "The World Famous San Diego Zoo" It was so much fun. We got a VIP Tour. First we went to the Koala house, where Jennifer introduced us to Kobe, a 2 year old Koala. See Below


All of Kobe's friends we're asleep. They ranged from being 2 years old, to the oldest being 15. Jennifer brought out Kobe to meet us.
He looked just like a teddy bear, but breathing.
To be able to climb tree's as well as they can, they have 2 thumbs. Its pretty interesting to see.
Next stop on our VIP tour was the Giraffe pen. There we got to meet Travis, a 3 year old male giraffe. We were able to feed him, and hang out for a little while. He was quite the character. A group just before us had been feeding him for quite some time. After they left, he wandered away, but as soon as he saw Georgia and I with the branches, he came right back.

So there's your catch up for San Diego. Beth will be checking in shortly with the Sacramento update. Sunday we have 1 show and then load it out for Denver. Can't wait. over and out
Brian