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So that's what Canadian Gypsies look like...and other weekend activities
Got a phone call on Saturday evening. I usually won't answer my phone if I don't recognize the number, especially from surrounding area codes (of which there are about four). As it was from the 818 area code I definitely was going to let it go to voicemail, but I remembered something...
dangero's take on phones: A necessary evil I could do without. I especially don't like calling people. I dislike not being able to see the person on the other end, wondering if I am interrupting them (as we always are--usually myself included -- right in the middle of watching something), if they are making faces on the other end or sharing the call with a friend for laughs (not that I'm that paranoid). And while I'm happy to hear from most friends, even touched by their thinking of me, I don't like to spend long amounts of time on the phone either. (I'll spare ye all of popular rants: ie. cell phone charges, drivers on cell phones, telemarketers, etc.)
I answered and it was an associate friend, "J". He recently started working for a Canadian show in Santa Monica and asked if we wanted to attend that night's 8 o'clock performance. Hell yes!
The show is called 
and is billed as A Magical Encounter between Man and Horse (I know what some may be thinking, but No). So I got him to hold 4 tickets for us and we drove over to Santa Monica Pier where Cavalia is being held, under the White Big Top tent.
Amazing, beautiful, funny, spellbinding and magical. The circus was performed by beautiful men, women and horses. Around the back of the "stage" was a screen upon which images, both still and moving, we projected. Behind it was a live music group singing and performing what could be aptly considered haunting new age music.
They did tricks on the horses, performed amazing feats of flight and acrobatics. The entire presentation was simply amazing
I took these photos (discreetly) while a Santa Monica police officer sat nearby. Shot with a daylight digital camera, they came out surprisingly good, and it does give one a tiny idea what the show is like...
When I read the first passage that was illuminated by yellow light splashed across the red curtains, I was hooked. Something to the effect of Man's Historical Partnership with Horses (not remotely close to verbatim - except for maybe man and, I'd say, definitely horse). It was true, at the end, what I thought at the beginning -- a better appreciation of horses
Snippets of conversations:
Entering the Big White Tent:
"Since you work here, can you take us through another flap? You know - avoid the peasants" (you know, the ones that actually paid the $75 each for tickets! : )._
Reaching the Concession Stand:
"So is this where the gravy-train ends, or do we get VIP cotton candy, as well?"
"4 bucks for a bottle o' Pepsi? Cotton candy must be a fuckin' fortune!"_____
Inside the Big White Tent:
"Is it true there's some sort of sacrifice performed at the end?"
"J"...are they Canadian Gypsies?" "Yeah." "So that's what Canadian Gypsies look like? They some good looking Canadians."________________________________
Outside at Intermission:
"You're can' t take pictures." "I know, I used 'em all up. That's why I want to run home, download them and come back for the second half."
Standing In the Center of Restroom Trailer Square:
"Doody Digital Surround-Smell!"
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amazingly cool sounding show...
cell phone charges??? -=) i never use up my minutes (probably due to me not talking so much, um, maybe or roll over minutes, maybe or mobile to mobile! that would be it!)
will be back for the update!
12/20/04 7:41 PM
my pc is freezing up when i try and view the pic's larger... so i will have to wait on seeing the view of them all... looks kewl though.
good thing i dont have your number- i would be mad if you didnt answer!!! lol
ray