So I have teamed up with a a few performers I have toured with before and a few new faces to bring to life a grand journey this next summer. Members of the SPAZ circus- Circo Mutante and others are in the midst of putting together a circus project with the intention of touring this comming summer. Right now there are 4 people in a "planning committee" of sorts, and our vision is less than 10 people in a show that infuses the best of sideshow acts, traditional circus skills, fire performance, theatrical activism, street performance, heavy on the musical tip, vaudeville influenced variety show with a merch table of art, zines, screenprinted patches and clothes, and circus gear like fire and juggling equip. As things get more solid we're going to get together a website, record a cd, and have some good photos maybe video clips on the site. We are looking for a few extra circus folk who are interested in working together. Optimally a good addition would be someone with as many facets to there performance ability as possible (i.e. juggler, musician of some type-or willing to ring a cowbell or kazoo from time to time- clown, aerial artist, sideshow acts, acrobat) in addition to interest in prop and costume making, set design, promotional materials, organisational skills and what not. We have guitars, clarinet, trumpet, harmonica, banjo, possibly a homemade calliope piano if not we would like a good accordian player, and we're hoping for a stand up bass, saw, washboard or any other obscure instruments. I am going to do fire performance, stilt walking/dancing, and a few random sideshow spectacles, random clownin and music. This is a collaberative effort and its what we each make it and it may take many different shapes and we are in the process of designing the "show". We are going to put on a circus show as part of a benefit at our warehouse in forest grove- The Nightmare Collective- and if there are any performers who would be interested in collaberating in that show contact me directly and we can see if we click and chat about ideas for a continuing things together. We are practicing and making props out here as we speak- we all live together and talk circus everyday. We have a veggie powered tour bus and intend on hitting destinations like festivals, clubs, bars, community art centers, and a lot of street performance in between and crossing paths with other fellow circus folks and cool bands booking shows together and culminating at Mutant Fest 2006 in August. We will definately be all up and down the west coast with connections in Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Eugene, Northern Cali, Bay Area, Santa Cruz, Monteray, L.A. and further inland perhaps places like Tahoe, Reno, SLC, Boise, Missoula. Depending on route and how far we want to travel we could hit up old connections from last summer in Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Lawrence Kansas, Milwaukee, and Madison Wisconsin. The idea is to have a main show, but a formula that can be rearranged and broken up/improvised to accomadate the setting (i.e. street performing to full length theater show) There are some random photos of last summers tour in my photo gallery, as well as the spaz.org "on the road gallery" if your curious. So the first step is to collaberate on shows in portland and the Pacific Northwest area and spend the next 4 months getting ready to hit the road! Also if you would just like to just help us make props and crazy costume stuff but not go on tour we would love the slave labor:)

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