Well, I'm here. It's not with the same sense of adventure as the last trip, as I am familiar with the Friedrichsbau Variete, Stuttgart, and a bit of German culture. But the sense of adventure has been replaced with a little bit more ease and fun, even though we are very much scrambling to put finishing touches on our acts that can only be accomplished in the theatre space. It's a time crunch unique to performing aerial acts in unique venues, with unique challenges such as a circular rigging arrangement from the ceiling, a VERY close and intimate audience, and a VERY short production "week" (3 days before performing in front of an audience). Our primary concern is safety, not only for ourselves but the audience (trying not to whip them with ropes) and the muscisians on stage (trying not to impale them with giant color guard flags).
The show is called "Welcome to Las Vegas" and is a feature of Elvis and Anne Margaret. The Aerialistas play a large role on stage at most times, singing back up to Elvis, dancing for Anne, and even singing our own numbers, all in addition to our featured aerial rope act and majorette-inspired dance number. Elvis is a local...Schwabisch to be exact. And he rocks. He even has a limo and a truck with his name on it (Ray Martin)! He does a pretty good job pronouncing his 'V's however every once in a while a "Wiwa, Las Wegas" slips from his mouth. Anne Margaret is a master shimmier from Australia, played by Kimberly Trees, who, interestingly, also sings some very intriguing childrens songs (I highly suggest you look her up on YouTube singing "marshmallow twirl").
I hope to chronicle this contract as I did with the last, even if just to spread the joy of our sparkly gold underpants, which I will soon photograph. The plan, Stan, is to rock it all week long and then have some adventures on....(Oh my god!!)...our TWO days in a row off every week!!! Perhaps a trip to Munich? Tubingen anyone? What about a visit to the famous Stuttgart ballet? Keep ya posted...
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