Hello all.  Still in Bakersfield, at least we're leaving tomorrow...

So I wanted to quickly talk about the first couple of weeks we've had in California.  I guess this would be considered my professional California debut which is kind of cool.  I was able to see some friends in southern California while I was there and a few people were able to come see the show.  It was so nice to catch up with people I don't get to see very often.

The weekend we were in Long Beach we welcomed a new member into our cast.  Ryan, the original Hjordis, has left the show in order to take a bigger gig.  So Coulby is our new Hjordis.  We rehearsed for the entire weekend in Long Beach which was fine but did take a toll on my voice.  It's back to full strength now but there was a point there where I could feel my voice exhausting itself. 

Last weekend I was able to fly home for Easter which was a very nice (and much needed) vacation.  Last week was a little strange because we only had two shows so it really felt like a very extended vacation.  It's going to be a little difficult getting back into the swing of things.

Next weekend we'll be in San Jose which will be nice to be home again.  A lot of people have tickets for the San Jose show which I'm very excited about.  I hope we can put on a good show for all of you. 

I think that's about it... I'm including a cool picture of all of us in front of the marquee at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA.  Its not often we have our name on the marquee so I'm glad we got a picture of it.  Til next time...

So somehow I seem to post once every month... I actually really wanted to update sooner than this but my website was having issues for quite a few weeks and I couldn't get on to change anything, so this might be somewhat long (with LOTS of pictures!)...

While driving to Arizona from Texas we were on Highway 10 through New Mexico and then went down to a very tiny highway to go down to Bisbee, AZ.  We decided to stop on the side of the deserted road to take some pictures.  The first one is leaving Texas in the mirror behind us.

The rest are us stopped on the side of the road, nowhere, in Arizona.  There is one picture of the van, that is the van we've been driving around in (almost 10,000 miles now!) who we have named Big Mamma.  Of course there are some pictures of us in the middle of the road because that's just how deserted it was.  We were able to actually take a full picture of all of us with nobody coming down the road.

When we arrived in Bisbee, AZ we were staying at a really cool Bed&Breakfast.  These are the pictures of the actual place we were staying.  The town is an old mining town and while we were there we went to eat dinner at the Copper Queen Hotel (of Ghost Hunter's fame!!!). We unfortunately didn't get to go on the Ghost Tour or the Mine Tour but I think this is a place I would love to visit again.

When we were in Phoenix I was able to see both the Demings from St. Jude's and Jon and Kristy Jolly.  It was really nice to catch up with people I haven't seen in a while and have them come to see the show.  The theatre in Phoenix was actually in a round which was interesting but definitely posed some challenges since the show was not made for an in-the-round stage.  But the theatre itself was really cool and it was nice to be able to perform at the same location for multiple days.

The next major stop for us was Las Vegas for the weekend.  Our hotel wasn't anywhere near the strip so half of the cast decided to get hotel rooms in the Sahara Casino on the strip.  We went to visit them on the Saturday and did some gambling.  (I actually came out on top!)

Here are some pictures actually taken during a show.  I'm not going to tell you what's happening during them cuz either you've already seen the show, are going to see it, or it would take too long to explain them all.  :D

That's it for tonight, as I am very tired.  But I promise I will update again this weekend and talk all about our first couple of weeks in California.  Talk to you all later!