12-01-2012, 04:43 PM
Maybe I needed to be under the influence? Maybe DM and I are experiencing to completely different realities? Speaking of drum solos being way too long . . .
But first what is really important. They had your ads in the back of the pamphlet. I have two of them. There was a KFM slide being rotated through all their other sponsors being projected on the screen before their performance. And Daniel, their producer, while introducing 'The Jacket' mentioned all the sponsors including KFM. Go KFM!
From when they monofilament broke that was supposed to raise the jacket out of it's holder at the start of the show to when they were dropping their clubs during the juggling routine at the end of the show, I'm going to have to go with the show needs a lot of rehearsal time. I'm sure for a Ren fair type of environment this was probably a pretty good show. There was juggling and mime and sound effects and sword fights without swords and a weird story about a magic jacket. But the whole thing sort of gets lost on a bigger stage. I kept thinking there should be more stuff on this stage.
There were some bits that were funny. I did like this two man juggling routine but it was one of the things I had seen on youtube. I like the bits with the robot but again needed a bit more rehearsing because everybody kept caught in the laser beams (Also known as red painted wires).
And they needed a bit of editing. Every scene seem to go on too long. Who said they were great martial artists? I saw a lot of flailing about but I didn't see anything that made me go ooh.
the problem might have been the small crowd. The house was only half full and the troupe might do a lot better in front of big raucous drunk ren fair crowd. I fear that in the coming shows the crowds might get smaller if that was all they could drum up for opening night, even after doing two morning TV shows.
But we got to see juggling. Lots of juggling.
There was an opening act. His name was Brankor Lee. He goes by Brankor. He is the human beat box juggler. Holds the record for juggling six balls off the ground for an hour and some odd minutes. Nothing fresher than juggling and beat boxing. And not at a really stunning level. He was a bit more polished and his act more cohesive than the Nanda guys. Probably a result of all those Disney Cruise Ship shows.
So we saw a bunch of juggling. Have I mentioned that. Some mediocre fight choreography with some amusing sound effects. And a troupe that needs more practice.
On the up side. I left my house to disprove that whole rotting hermit theory. The Queen got all dolled up and had wine like a big old grown up. So, that was all good.
But first what is really important. They had your ads in the back of the pamphlet. I have two of them. There was a KFM slide being rotated through all their other sponsors being projected on the screen before their performance. And Daniel, their producer, while introducing 'The Jacket' mentioned all the sponsors including KFM. Go KFM!
From when they monofilament broke that was supposed to raise the jacket out of it's holder at the start of the show to when they were dropping their clubs during the juggling routine at the end of the show, I'm going to have to go with the show needs a lot of rehearsal time. I'm sure for a Ren fair type of environment this was probably a pretty good show. There was juggling and mime and sound effects and sword fights without swords and a weird story about a magic jacket. But the whole thing sort of gets lost on a bigger stage. I kept thinking there should be more stuff on this stage.
There were some bits that were funny. I did like this two man juggling routine but it was one of the things I had seen on youtube. I like the bits with the robot but again needed a bit more rehearsing because everybody kept caught in the laser beams (Also known as red painted wires).
And they needed a bit of editing. Every scene seem to go on too long. Who said they were great martial artists? I saw a lot of flailing about but I didn't see anything that made me go ooh.
the problem might have been the small crowd. The house was only half full and the troupe might do a lot better in front of big raucous drunk ren fair crowd. I fear that in the coming shows the crowds might get smaller if that was all they could drum up for opening night, even after doing two morning TV shows.
But we got to see juggling. Lots of juggling.
There was an opening act. His name was Brankor Lee. He goes by Brankor. He is the human beat box juggler. Holds the record for juggling six balls off the ground for an hour and some odd minutes. Nothing fresher than juggling and beat boxing. And not at a really stunning level. He was a bit more polished and his act more cohesive than the Nanda guys. Probably a result of all those Disney Cruise Ship shows.
So we saw a bunch of juggling. Have I mentioned that. Some mediocre fight choreography with some amusing sound effects. And a troupe that needs more practice.
On the up side. I left my house to disprove that whole rotting hermit theory. The Queen got all dolled up and had wine like a big old grown up. So, that was all good.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit