On the road

We have a day off today in Edmonton between our show two nights ago in Regina SK, and our upcoming show in Fort McMurray AB.

This is the only full day we get off on this tour that isn’t filled with hours of driving.  Our typical “day off” consists of driving five to ten hours between provinces and trying to find our hotel before it gets too dark.  Not my idea of a rest if you ask me.

But today is different, we have the ENTIRE day off, no driving, no shows, no media interviews, nothing!”
Last time I flew into Edmonton I got the opportunity to spend a couple hours (getting lost) at the West Edmonton Mall.  Let me tell you, if you ever get the chance to visit the area, take a trip to the mall, it’s well worth the visit, for the shock value alone.  INSIDE this massive mall there are over 800 stores, 100 restaurants, two hotels, a couple mini-putt courses, a few theatres, a HUGE swimming pool and water park, a theme park with roller coasters, an Olympic-sized skating rink and a pirate ship on the world’s largest indoor lake.  Oh, and they also have the world’s largest parking lot with room for 20,000 vehicles and it’s still hard to find parking at this place!

If you can’t tell, I’m very excited to be getting the chance to go back to this amazing place!

See you in a few days in Fort McMurray!

Our venue tonight was haunted!  Stories to come soon…

I LOVE looking out for funny signs during our travels. We spotted this gem today in Regina, SK on the way to our hotel.

See you at the show tonight!

Practice practice practice!

Before we head out on the road weeks and weeks are spent on pre-production, the process of planning everything from start to finish.  This not only includes planning the new illusions, lighting, music, special effects, but also booking the hotels, venues, planning the tour route and hundreds of other details right down to how many thousand feet of cabling we need to bring along in the truck.  Thank goodness for the hard-workers in our Tour Production Office who make our lives easier on the road!

A couple more days of rehearsal are left before we hit the road to our first show this tour in Midland, ON.  Can’t wait to get to work!

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