SF - Vegas - Cedar City, UT

We packed up and hit the road on Thursday, April 28.  Of course our 9:30am take off time was significantly pushed back after dancing through morning traffic, picking up our T-shirts at Ashbury Images, delays at the rental vehicle office, and general "personal traffic."  And, as usual, David was overly particular about how the truck was packed.

Actual departure was 12:34pm from Fruitvale in Oakland, burritos in hand, after finally dropping off JB's car in a secure location.   Tristan, Ariana, Abigail, and our new tech man (and documentarian, nori wrapper and bee keeper who also happens to travel with a Vitamix, ceramic water cooler, 10# of quinoa, walkie talkies, and...amazing what Craigslist can do) traveled in the rental car as David and Mark navigating the Penske.  We arrived in Las Vegas around 10:30 and had a good time navigating botched up reservations at Circus Circus Casino  - where else would we stay?

 A sugar depleted lil' circus company isn't a pretty sight on the strip.  Trekking between three different restaurants and finally settling on the Peppermill was shameful.  Ariana was the smart one for going to bed early.  JB starts by describing the PM experience: The ultraviolet matrix of Cisco food distribution systems served by Vegas  excessively rouged and overly scented automatons.... It left all of us well ground and gave David road gut the first 24 hours on the road.  Not recommended. BUT easily forgotten after a couple discounted adult beverages and a good ground of nickle slots.  Most of us ended up on top.

Early morning departure for Cedar City on Friday.  Rolled up to the loading dock of the Heritage Center at 1:20pm to be greeted by the tech director, Jason, who's on point and been great to work with.  Wow, CB in a classy theater.  Set up went smooth save for some challenges getting the water barrels for the slack rope act to stop sliding ( human ballast), checked into the hotel, ate dinner, and SLEPT - ready for a 4-show day....

We Look GREAT in a theater!

Our name in Lights in Cedar City, UT!!!!

Preparations

Painting the boxes for 'The Hoist" in the rag tag workshop....

Here We Come!

Well this is quite a sight!
As a relatively new company, it's a lot of fun to see how we are presented to world.

Welcome to CB's Blog!

At last, Circus Bella is starting to document and share its goings-ons and adventures.  We started CB in 2008 because we saw a void in the Bay Area for a traditionally staged, one-ring circus since the folding of the much loved Pickle Family Circus and Make*A*Circus!  The Bay Area is a significant hub in the United States for training and performance so it just made sense.  Plus, we wanted to be performing more closer to home!

This Spring seems a good starting time to finally start this online journal because, for the first time, we are packing up with a company of five artists and one crew member and embarking on our first "tour."  In just over a week, we're heading out to southeastern Utah to perform thirteen shows in six towns over the course of nine days.  We'll also be posting updates on our Circus in the Parks performances taking place this summer in San Francisco, Oakland, San Rafael and Marin City. 

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