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What People Are Saying...
Good Morning!
As a parent of one of the performers in last night show at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida - YOU ALL ROCK!
What an amazing experience it has
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Ongoing
Some of the Starfish staff perform with the Aerial Angels. Check our touring schedule at www.angelsintheair.com
March 12, 2010
Thinking about our students in Fort McMurray, Alberta! We had a great time!
December 26, 2009
We're planning a nine-day Starfish Circus in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada in February. Starfish Circus will be part of their Events Wood Buffalo WinterPLAY Festival 2010!
January 17th, 2008
Just finished Starfish Circus at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. The 90-minute show sold out - there were people in the aisles, on the stage apron, and sadly, turned away from the parking lot. Next time - two shows! We used our extra time in this fourteen day residency in a couple of fun ways:
- we started the process with an open Play Day, where any student who wanted to could drop in and play on the equipment in a low-stress, not-an-audition atmosphere.
- extra rehearsal time was used to give each act a theme and special music and costumes. Contortionists were elegant diners in a fine restaurant, rolla-bolla/globe/balancers were on a playground, and the aerial hoop artists were tango-ing zombies!
We also learned a few things:
- we really need two shows when there are 78 kids.
- we really need to put numbers on kids when there are 150 auditioning. On the up side, we loved our bonus people-with-the-same-name, and got some great extra performers that way!
Thanks to everyone who participated, and especially to our housing hosts, the McDaniel family. Can't wait to see you all in two years!
Zay, MelissaMarie, Allison, Todd and Alex
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