Wilsome

Today I loaded into South Padre Island and then started up with fire almost immediately. 2 shows today. I missed a torchlesss in the first show because I was trying to show off with my mouth on fire. I had great shows otherwise. The Arnolds (a knife throwing show) had told me that the fish netting that was put up cuts the wind to a great extent. And it really did. They raised the bar by playing with the cannon nattle from Pier 19. I buck up, an now i shoot many cannons during a day. The fuel I normally use hid inside the mess of my truck and I blew kerosene fire for the last show. Extra Eww. But I sure love the sparkle of a kerosene fireball. The flame is not as hot so it is redder (is that a word?) and there is a lot of wicked looking black smoke that rolls off the end of the blasts.

The Pirate ship rocks, I feel like I am at home.

Great shows both days. Great rowdy western Pennsylvania crowds. Met Mia and Bella, Kira, Sarah, and got to say goodbye to everyone, even J.R... The Highlight of the weekend was the "Not Dead Yet" show on sunday night. We were tight. We were dangerous. We were backed up by the celtic band called "Celtic Commotion" and blew fire off the flaming drum. We had a final blast of 5 people on the stage. Very fun. Frank, from Cast in Bronze gave us a CD and is letting us use his bells in our promo.

It is time to detoxify. There are a lot of photographs coming so I will keep updating the site. Thanks a lot to the rowdy, fun people of western Pennsylvania.

Saturday was a full on rain day. Sunday started that way but cleared up a little. The people of western PA are downright hardcore. Both days had some crowds. J.R. and his family showed up to whoop and hollar. Temujin was at another event so there was some slots on the Rose stage that were filled by Flourish and Fool and by myself. Not being on the program in Pittsburgh means that very few people show up. The visitors here in PA plan the day according to the playbill and stick to the schedule. Dextre Tripp was present (after his New York gig) and watched a few shows. He is a hero and a legend, so I was slightly nervous. I received some great advice from him during the Sunday night dinner.

The "Not Dead Yet" show always has me excited, living through it leaves me feeling victorious. This weekend, Jules blew his first fireballs. We pulled off the rotating dragon while blowing and juggling fire. With both Jugglers balanced and hanging off my body, I spin in a slow circle (wearing boots with heels on a slippery muddy stage) and they juggle and breathe fire. Loved it. Got some pictures to put up. In fact, I received a few CD's full of images so There will be some updating that needs to happen to my gallery pages.

Blister Count:
Hands: 14
Lips: 1

The last weekend is next and on the final day, we are taking our final show up to the pipe and drum band for a jamming fire extravaganza.

The wind disappeared today. This meant that fire, within reason, was doing what I wanted it to. I had freshly wrapped torches and I blew nearly a gallon of gas. Anastasia Danger was there again! Darlene, her mother, had some recuperation time after a surgery and they were unable to make it on Sat.

We are now calling it "Not Dead Yet" show. The new 5:30 show is getting tighter. We have way more than enough stunts and moved rapidly through them without serious problem. Nobody caught on fire today! You can see some pictures of what we are doing in the galleries and galleria's. It is a real pleasure entertaining the western PA crowds.