Well one last blog from the road. We had our closing show today and last load out. It was bittersweat for sure. I am going to miss being on the road, but I am happy about coming home. During the last show, one of the skaters decided to get the crew to come out during finale to give one a bow. It was a nice jester. And very nice to go take a bow. We worked hard for it. Most of the guys on tour who have been on tours for a long time, said that this was one of the hardest they've ever done, even worse than South America!! So we made it. And set the company record for fastest load out! 1:49! It feels like I've been gone for years. BUt I am ready ... read more

Good evening from Rapid City, South Dakota. Well, were back in America, which is great. We were in Billings, Montana last week. We arrived around 11:30 am last monday there and it was 50 degrees and sunny. We all went crazy. We haven't had that kind of weather in a long time. By 1 in the afternoon it was in the 60's and we were all outside in lawn chairs, grilling. And then some one bought a wiffal ball set and we played the rest of the afternoon, even when it starting hailing and raining. We didn't care. It was that much of a relief to not be in 40 below weather! The next day it dropped to 35 degrees and I went ouside and was warm. It blew my mind that 35 felt warm!! I ... read more

Hello from Regina, SK. A very cold, flat place. Reminds me of Iowa in the winter! We have a split week this week. So we go back to work tomorrow after just loading out in Grand P. last night. And then we load out here Wednesday and head to some other forsaken and cold Canadian town. It's our last week in canada. Next monday we fly, thankfully, to Billings Montana. I am very excited to get back to the states and to Montana. First, it'll be nice to walk up to any atm and get money, instead of searching the entire city for one that takes visa!! And it's America, oh yeah! So, after packing every week for the last three months, in that confusion I've lost my blackberry. So another blackberry bites the dust! I ... read more

Greetings from Prince George, BC. We just arrived a couple of hours ago. Penticton was bittersweet. Right before the first show on Saturday we had a company meeting in which they annoucned that Feld was shutting down all three HSM tours. So we all got fired, essentially! The orginal plan was that they would keep at least one tour open, ours. So after March, we would have the summer off and then go back on Tour in August. But now, the tour is over in March for this crew. We also learned that they are shutting down one of the stage shows as well. I guess the bad economy has finally started to take it's toll on the entertainment industry. As crew this is really bad news. With four shows closing and only one new show ... read more

This is the second attempt at this blog, the first crashed!! Well, here I am in Penticton, British Columbia, after the best travel day ever. I'll get back to that. Victoria, BC was beautiful. IT was a quiant little town on the harbor to the Pacfic. IT was a lot like Charleston in that they try and keep the old world feel with gas lamps and cobble streets. The weather was magnificant. So we got good chances to walk around and see the town. They rarely get snow there, because there so close to the ocean. Which is weired, but we were not complaining. It was nice to not be stuck in a blizzard! So yesterday morning we jumped on three large transit coachs and headed towards another harbor for about an hour. We got there ... read more