The Start of Fall Semester 2009!!!

Well, summer was great. The weather was perfect for performing outdoors and we had some really great times.... But now it's fall semester and time to buckle down for our busiest semester so far in the SHOWOFF Show's! history!

I'll go ahead and get us caught up to what we've done so far. First show of the semester was on August 15th at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI (which isn't a mountain at all, but it is fairly pleasant). The show was a double header with our best buddy Michael Kent topping the bill in front of an audience of 1,700 students! In fact, there were so many people at the show that they had video cameras running on the show, projecting the action up on big screens. One of the prop cases failed to arrive on time (thanks, Delta), so there was a scramble to drive around to Target and Home Depot buying things to replace the missing props in the show. In the end, it worked out pretty well!

Only a couple pictures from this one:

A week later on August 23rd we appeared at Done College in Crete, Nebraska. So many things to talk about from this one.

First off, this place felt like it was in the middle of nowhere; it didn't have cell phone reception, and there were only a couple places in town to get a bite to eat. We had lunch at a small but tasty Mexican eatery where nobody spoke English (authentic!), and none of the other patrons talked to each other (kinda weird).

Then, a couple blocks from our hotel, before the cornfields started, we noticed a lot of police activity. Turns out there was a hostage situation! We didn't find out how it ended.

The show at the school turned out to be awesome. The stage we got to perform on totally kicked butt and the kids at the school seemed to really enjoy our stuff.

Something we learned about Nebraska is their enthusiastic love of a local fast food chain called Runza, and specifically the namesake "delicacy", "a Runza". Nebraska, we don't want to judge, but you need to get out more.

Next on the Calendar was Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA. This was our third time performing at the school that looks like Hogwarts Acadamy, and we always love it there.

And finally (for this blog post) was our freshman orientation show at Norbert College in Green Bay, WI on August 27th. Obviously, the show rocked; but the real highlight for us was seeing George, the campus' own albino squirrel! Unfortunately, George didn't pose for a picture, but he does have a Facebook group page.