Mudbegging!
The mudbegging season has officially started. Last year I did a total of 3 days' worth of paid gigs, plus a couple of weekends of "visiting" at faires where "The Bonnie Weaver" was vending/demo-ing. This year? 16 days of The Great Unwashed, 6 days of Rufus, and 1 day of "Rufus the Town Crier" (should be interesting...), all paid, plus 1 day of "just visiting." It's going to be a busy summer.
I've already done 2 weekends at The Silver Kingdom Faire. The visit to the ER was ... um... fun. That was the first day - 96 degrees - and I was victim #5. Naturally, dehydration only happens to young, stupid people, not us olde, wise ones. Oops. Well, there was no harm done - the ER pumped 2 liters of saline + electrolytes into me and I was good-to-go. Then I spent that Sunday and all next week telling everyone that, "Yes, I'm just fine now" "Yes, I'm drinking plenty of water" "No, thank you, I just had some water" "..." Let that be a lesson to all of us. If you don't want to spend 8 hours a day being asked the same question over and over again, drink water!!
I've got another Rufus-only gig in a week (Winslow Farm - http://www.home.comcast.net/~bumblyphinn/site) and then it's time to really get serious and start rehearsing for 3 faire weekends in a row - 2 in Maine and 1 in New York. Of course, it would be nice to have a cast! I'm still missing key performers. It's very frustrating. I send out email after email begging people to at least reply to let me know they've read the thing, and only 2 or 3 do. I ask someone, "Are you available for ...?" and his/her reply is, "Hi! How are you?" grrr
I'm also working on 2 "books" I hope to have ready soon. Be afraid, be very afraid. Most of the text is done, but the artwork sucks. I guess you can only do so much with Microsoft Paint. So, my next step is to either get better software or find an artist (hint, hint) willing to help out.
I've already done 2 weekends at The Silver Kingdom Faire. The visit to the ER was ... um... fun. That was the first day - 96 degrees - and I was victim #5. Naturally, dehydration only happens to young, stupid people, not us olde, wise ones. Oops. Well, there was no harm done - the ER pumped 2 liters of saline + electrolytes into me and I was good-to-go. Then I spent that Sunday and all next week telling everyone that, "Yes, I'm just fine now" "Yes, I'm drinking plenty of water" "No, thank you, I just had some water" "..." Let that be a lesson to all of us. If you don't want to spend 8 hours a day being asked the same question over and over again, drink water!!
I've got another Rufus-only gig in a week (Winslow Farm - http://www.home.comcast.net/~bumblyphinn/site) and then it's time to really get serious and start rehearsing for 3 faire weekends in a row - 2 in Maine and 1 in New York. Of course, it would be nice to have a cast! I'm still missing key performers. It's very frustrating. I send out email after email begging people to at least reply to let me know they've read the thing, and only 2 or 3 do. I ask someone, "Are you available for ...?" and his/her reply is, "Hi! How are you?" grrr
I'm also working on 2 "books" I hope to have ready soon. Be afraid, be very afraid. Most of the text is done, but the artwork sucks. I guess you can only do so much with Microsoft Paint. So, my next step is to either get better software or find an artist (hint, hint) willing to help out.