The Season of Showcases!

In my job, I’m occasionally asked to perform a “showcase,” where I do a small bit of my act for talent buyers so they can decide if they want to hire me for their events. They’re incredibly stressful performances, knowing that you’re doing your act full of a room full of people who’s job it is to judge you. It’s like being on America’s Got Talent, except without the red X’s. I’m happy to say that all of the showcases went well – especially the last two – and I made it through without Piers Morgan saying anything particularly nasty about me. I know 2010 isn’t over yet, but I’ve already got some fun & exciting things planned for 2011. I can’t remember a year in which I had so many DIFFERENT types of events already on the calendar for the upcoming year at this point in the previous year. We’re talking Workshops, Weddings, Summer Camps, Motivational Talks, Colleges, Theaters, and more!



It also never fails that at this time of year, I start getting bombarded with emails and calls for performances on every Friday and Saturday in December (Christmas/Holiday Parties). I still have just a couple December dates left!



In other news, I recently attended the Ohio Arts Presenters Network Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio along with fellow Fresh Variety Artists Jonathan Burns, and Mark Hayward. On Monday night, we were asked to collaborate with other OAPN artists to come up with some entertainment for dinner. The only rules were that it had to be something Fresh, new and collaborative. Jonathan and I put together a fun bit in which I made orange balls multiply, then disappear and reappear in Jonathan’s mouth. We did this to the accompaniment of Jason Farnham and Mark Dvorak on Toy Piano and Banjo. A lot of fun! The kick to the routine was making one of the orange balls appear in the banjo player’s mouth! The audience loved it, and I really enjoyed the pressure of putting together a 4 minute collaborative performance between 4 artists in under 4 hours. I hope to have blurry, shaky video of the routine up soon.



This week, I have a performance in East Lansing, MI at Michigan State University, then I’m actually HOME for Halloween. This is the first time I’ve been home for Halloween (my favorite holiday) in at least 5 years. I’m pretty excited!



peace, love and orange balls,
MK

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