Hi, Ben.
Sorry for the delay. Am finally back home but had three shows back to back upon my arrival - not complaining at all, though!
Final tally: Audience count for the summer was about 13,000 people. Gave several different presentations at the different venues - a stand up mind reading show, a hypnosis show, and tons of close up.
Hammered out some new bits for the hypno show - one of them is a major keeper and the other is perfect for certain audiences - so that was good. Close-up wise I spent a lot of time on the shell game. Have a client for whom I am using it as a customized piece, so I got several hours of flight time in on that. Came up with a cool card change premise at the very end of my tour I am starting to think about. Might be ready for real consumption in a year or so. Also, spent some time with Daley's last. I have never been a big fan of the trick as it is usually unmotivated AND it is over-performed. Came up with an interesting way to lead into it that makes it a nice little capper for a longer routine.
My regret is that I didn't spend more time on some of the more knuckle busting war horses in my repertoire. I actually do some pretty tough, extended feature style routines and usually I get to spend a lot of time with them over the summer. Didn't do that so much. Did spend some time on a cool under done Fechter trick I am hoping to add to my regular set. PLUS, got an advance copy of the Hanussen Contact Mind Reading book. Was a lot of fun using those techniques throughout the summer. Got ok at them. Still not performance ready.
Have a super big customized event I need to go work on, then it's the convention in England and a show in Russia!
So, it's out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Popped in every now and then to check in on you guys. Lot's of "interesting" threads.
Later guys,
Brad
