Crowdsourcing Chautauqua

I've mentioned my blogging catch-22 before: when I'm doing something really worthy of blogging, I barely have time to make good posts, but when I've got time, I often don't have anything exciting going on to blog about. Well, I'm decidedly in the former situation these days—life is exciting but blog posts are few and not so good*. Anyway, since I've been busy (mostly in the "kitchen"), I thought I would point to a few place online where others are publishing their experiences, photos, stories, etc. about this shared adventure that we call Chautauqua. Facebook photos by our tour photographer. I don't think you have to be a member to join. A Collective Blog which is meant to be both a conglomeration of news articles and other outside information related to tour and a place for new content. NOTC*'s website: This isn't updated realtime, but has good general information about our group, etc. Anyhoo, I hope to get a [good] post or two up in the near future, but in the meantime, explore these other sites if you are interested in getting a fuller picture of this adventure that I'm on.

Tuesday June 29 2010

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on Tue 29th Jun, 2010 10:06 pm PDT Mom said: What talent! What fun! However the Kitchen Buckstopper Extaordinaire doesn't look like he is enjoying himself as much as the rest of the troop. Too bad. ************************ on Tue 29th Jun, 2010 10:14 pm PDT Wren said: As it turns out, the Kitchen Manager* isn't having as good a time as everyone else. But that's a different story. ************************ on Fri 02nd Jul, 2010 05:12 pm PDT Brandy said: Its too hot for that gnarly beard. You have the most interesting life, I love traveling the world vicariously through your oh so entertaining blog posts! ************************

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World Juggling Day 2010

Last Saturday was World Juggling Day, a holiday* to "help spread the fun of juggling and to bring jugglers together all over the world". The idea is to celebrate by, well, juggling. Outside of a juggling festival, Chautauqua is about the highest concentration of jugglers I've ever been around. Eighty percent of the band juggles, many of the truck drivers juggle, and lord knows the cook juggles. So in a brief moment before we packed up the trucks to head to our big show, I ran around camp announcing a big group juggle. This is what came out. I'd say we did World Juggling Day proud.

Friday June 25 2010

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on Fri 25th Jun, 2010 08:01 pm PDT Mom said: dizzyingly impressive! ************************ on Sun 27th Jun, 2010 12:08 pm PDT mely said: gorgeous. ************************ on Mon 28th Jun, 2010 10:46 am PDT Ryan said: Jealous. ************************ on Mon 28th Jun, 2010 10:55 am PDT mindi said: I love the big grin in place on your brightly lit face. It warms my heart to see that you are having fun on your most recent journey. ************************ on Mon 25th Jul, 2011 11:13 am PDT Aurora said: Add one more juggler to the list! ************************

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Redwood Vaudeville Tour

Are you in Northern California? Do you live in a little town that doesn't see a lot of entertainment? If so, the New Old Time Chautauqua might be coming to your town. Come enjoy a vaudeville show filled with energy, juggling, music, acrobatics, comedy, and lots of last minute improvisation. (For example, the power went out due to a truck hitting a power line here in Pt. Reyes Station, CA. Luckily, the Dance Palace here has a little solar backup system so we at least had lights.) But on the other side of the stage, it is more than shows. There is camping, parades, workshops, swimming*, and all sorts of intangibles. And then there are the stories. After just one year, I've got my fair share. The people that have been here for all 29 years have that many more. Yep, Chautauqua: the Redwood Tour. Such an experience I can't even put together a cohesive blog post.

Wednesday June 23 2010

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on Mon 28th Jun, 2010 07:30 pm PDT yo its chelsea! said: I love N. California!! Particularly Pt. Reyes! Hope its been awesome :) ************************

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