One more week!

One week down....

We were extremely busy over the weekend.

Saturday: After spending the day updating blog/pictures, we saw two shows: Slapdash and Opera Buffet's Inside the Kaleidoscope. Both shows were at the Ritz Proscenium (the stage we perform on) and we wanted to stay close to the theater for our performance that evening. After seeing those we had dinner at a fish and chip place down the street called The Anchor. Very yummy!

Our show at 10:00 was very full. I have no idea what the official count was, but it looked like there was maybe 100 people there!!! Very vocal, very fun...we didn't have any problem getting volunteers that night! In fact, when I started singing the "Imperial March" the audience sang along! AWESOME!!!

Our host Matthew and his girlfriend Monica, Brion and his fiancee Katie all came to see the show and we went out to the Northeast Social Club down the street from the Ritz. Nice place. Great server.

While Josh and I were cleaning up from the show, a gentleman came up to us and struck up a conversation. Dave Schneider is a local SAFD guy and, once he found we were a combat show, "had to come and see it." He came along with us to the restaurant and is a wonderfully nice man. He is a few years out of college and sounds like he is starting to make a name for himself in the community. Good luck, Dave!!

Sunday:
After staying up late on Saturday, we decided to wake up at 7:00 am to join Matthew and Monica to go to the Minneapolis farmers market. Clevelanders, imagine the West Side Market...now picture it 4 times bigger with independent farmers, Thai vegetables, fruit picked right off the bush/vine and lots and lots of artist vendors. Yay! Fresh veggies!

Afterward, we tried to see as many shows as possible. Unfortunately, we missed a couple. One was sold out, one we just got there too late. However, we still managed to make 4 shows. Three of them were stellar!!! I wrote my online reviews for them on the fringe page. What a great tool that's been!

**One of my complaints of the MN Fringe is that the show starting times aren't staggered. In NY, if you can't get into a show, there is another one starting in 15, 20, 30 minutes and as long as you haul ass, you can see something. At MN, shows start at 5:30, 7, 8:30 and 10 on weeknights and there are a few more on the weekends. If you get there too late, too bad. Find something to do for an hour - which isn't bad if there is a bar near by, but sucks if you are trying to see as many shows as possible.**

To give a shout out to the shows that ROCKED on Sunday: In A Black Mood (dance, exceptional dance), The First Five Minutes Are Slow (an Alice in Wonderland based story that would be perfect in any school auditorium, but more than entertaining for adults), O(h) (a dancing and singing duo that pokes fun at art in general, contemporary dance and themselves - brilliant.)

Today, we're going to see another three plays: Zombie High School or Sincerity Forever (it depends on if either one is sold out), Rachel Teagle Believes in Ghosts, and Bite Me Twilight. The last one is the one we tried to see yesterday and was sold out. We promptly went online and bought tickets for today. Wish us luck!