Adobe Summit Tramp Wall Show

The first show on the brand new trampoline wall was Wednesday night. Lance and 7 others performed at the Salt Palace for the Adobe Summit. They performed 3 different acts within an hour, and did filler tricks on the trampolines in between the shows.

They did an amazing job, especially considering that the wall was only completed about 3 weeks ago AND most of the performers had never been on a trampoline wall before!

I didn't get to go to the actual event, but it was a lot of fun to watch the rehearsals.

A special thanks to Voodoo Productions for making this happen. 

Credit for these photos goes to Todd Collins Photography.

the "flybots"

the costumes

a view from the side

Lance

Lance and Savanna

The Tramp Wall

Lance has a new circus apparatus to play around on... a trampoline wall.

Not that I really know anything about tramp walls, but I think this one is pretty sweet.

The first show on this thing will be this week!

notice the bean bag and nasty couch cushions strategically
placed near the tramp...just in case

the wall while it was still being built

Savanna and Lance practicing

there is a trampoline on both sides of the wall

yeaaaah no. My baby may be able to do a back flip,
but I think she should wait until she can at
least walk before she jumps off this thing.

just another view of the tramp set up

there will be 8 people on this thing during the show!

Cirque de la Mer Auditions

On the 15th of January we drove to Las Vegas for the Cirque de la Mer auditions.

What is Cirque de la Mer? It is a summer show that Sea World does that has Chinese pole, trampoline wall, aerialists, clowns, etc, etc.

So anyways, we drove down and spent the night with my grandparents. On Wednesday morning we showed up to Gym Cats in Henderson, where the auditions would take place. This would be the last of 4 auditions around the U.S. for this show.

Jade and I got to watch the auditions, which was really entertaining. First, the acrobats demonstrated their strength and flexibility by doing things like the splits, pushups, pull ups, rope climb, etc. They also had to do some tumbling across the floor. Then there were some cuts and everyone left had to do some tricks on a trampoline and then learn a dance. (I think maybe 20 acrobats started and they cut it down to maybe 10?....not sure.) These last two items in the audition were the BEST EVER to watch. hahaha. Some people flew off the trampoline-which was awesome and watching everyone dance was just fantastic. :) Then everyone was interviewed and were told they'd hear back at the end of the month.

After the auditions, we visited some friends of ours that we used to know when we lived in China. I used to baby sit their little girl while her parents performed in the circus. The dad is now performing flying trapeze in Zarkana at the Aria. (go check it out!) We weren't able to see the show on this trip, but we definitely will be seeing it next time we are in Vegas. It was so fun to visit with their family and to show off Jade. :)

We drove home on Thursday and really weren't expecting to hear back from the audition people very soon. However, on Friday Lance got a call and he was offered the job!! Yay!

Now comes the tricky part....finding housing! And getting rid of all our crap. ugh.

I expect everyone to come visit us and see the show this summer! (Tyce and Mary are in the show too!)

the acrobats' audition

Lance and Jade at the audition

tumbling

the 5 aerialists that auditioned doing their pushup exercises
the 3 ladies in the middle are from Utah!

highlights from China

While we were in Korea, Lance zipped over to China and spent about a week there. Here are some highlights from his trip.

• visiting friends from the circus and church
• having the staff at a favorite restaurant of ours recognize him and give him a free loaf of bread
• jumping the fence to watch the circus TWICE and without getting caught (naughty Lance)
• watching the circus
• eating super cheap food (the same amount of food that would have cost me at least $5 here only cost him $1)
• going to church at the Guangzhou Branch and playing Santa for their Christmas Party (he was staying at the home of the Branch President...so naturally they put him to work!)
• having people remember him as the guy that had blue hair. . . 
• almost not being let back into Korea: Lance had been wearing shorts and a t-shirt in China (much nicer weather where he was) when he got to customs in Korea, the customs guy made him put more clothes on before he'd let him through! 

Chimelong International Circus

The Mayan...

One year ago yesterday, the Mayan Adventure Restaurant closed!

It was really sad because Lance, Tyce, Mary, Mccall and I were all working there together as performers. Lance, Tyce and Mary had been working there for years! It was such a fun job and it provided so many opportunities. . . . the Mayan was the reason Lance was recruited to dive in the circus in China and the reason I ended up learning how to do trapeze, silks and lyra!

When the restaurant closed, we were able to get in to get our equipment, costumes, and to play on the cliffs one last time.

our last day at the Mayan

Some pictures:

me & Lance trapeze

trapeze

looking down from the rafters at me & Lance on trapeze

me & Mary double silks

Lance diving

Some Videos:

Teeterboard show for Adobe

On Tuesday, Lance had a chance to perform in a teeterboard show for Adobe's Halloween Party. He was a ninja!

Teeterboard

On Saturday, Lance got a chance to perform in a little teeterboard gig in Ogden for the Flowrider Championships at the Salomon Center. He had only been on a teeterboard 3 times before Saturday!

Cirque du Soleil Auditions

Guess what everyone?

My brother in law, Tyce, just auditioned for Cirque du Soleil in LA over the weekend and.....he made all the cuts!!!

My understanding is that now we wait for headquarters to watch his demo video and then hopefully we'll hear back from them that they are putting him in a show!

check out his tramp wall demo:

Voodoo Darlings Water and Dive Show

Lance, Mary and Tyce just performed in a water and dive show for Voodoo Productions. Mary performed on corde lisse and Tyce and Lance performed on russian swing and 3 m diving.

Lance in the rafters taking things down

Lance-russian swing

Tyce - Russian Swing

Lance- russian swing

Mary performing on corde lisse:

Russian Swing:

Cirque de la Mer Tramp Wall Act

Here is the video for the trampoline wall act in Cirque de la Mer at Sea World. Mary is one of the dancers in red, and Tyce is one of those dudes in blue.

A Fairy Wedding

Sally and Joie got married! They had a fairy themed wedding up at the Theater in the Pines Campground near Sundance. Everyone had to arrive in costume!!

Holden, Hope, Mary & Tyce
(Tyce's costume was a bit frightening!)

As part of the evening entertainment, Mary performed on corde lisse and I performed on aerial hoop.

I feel so honored that I was able to perform with amazing performers like Mary, Holden and Hope! I feel pretty good about my performance, considering I had a baby 2 months ago! There's lots to improve upon, but it is good to have a starting off point!

Mary's corde lisse performance

Hope's Aerial Silks Performance

San Diego

We took Jade on her first ever road trip/vacation last week! We drove to San Diego so we could visit Tyce and Mary. They have been living in California and performing in Cirque de la Mer at Sea World, so they hadn't met Jade yet!

I was so nervous about taking Jade on such a long drive, but she was awesome! She mostly just slept and only got fussy when she was hungry (I get pretty fussy when I'm hungry too). We spent the first night outside of Vegas in a place called Whiskey Pete's.....oh boy was it whiskey!! .....holes in the walls and ceiling, carpet that must have been put in by Pete himself eons ago...


San Diego was really nice. The weather felt fantastic! We enjoyed swimming, exploring Old Town, going to the Mormon Battalion visitors center, watching the Olympics, and attending shows in Sea World.

road trip time

in the car

at the pool

Jade's first dip in the pool

Jade and Grandma

taking a snooze

Cirque de la Mer

Mary (in red) and Tyce (2nd dude)

Tyce on Chinese Pole

Tyce and Mary on Chinese Pole

Tyce

Mary

trampoline act

Lance, Tyce, Mary and Austin

I think it's funny how their hair kind of sticks up the same

killing time in the hotel

Lance, me, Austin, Mary, Tyce