Closing the Utah Chapter, 18 months later.

The blog tinkered over a year ago because we got ripped off in the end.  But it doesn't seem right to not say a few words about the final date in CB's first out-of-state venture.

The show in St. George was way out on the edge of town in a high school gymnasium.  We were competing with the Iron Man competition - a huge annual event for the town.  Circus Bella was barely promoted and we were set way off the grid.  Memory tells me we were schedule to do THREE shows that day.  Our producer was likely thinking two things: 1) this is the most populated area along the route and 2) last gasp to try to try to generate a little cash to make up for the poor ticket sales from the entire week.  I think we did a show and a half.  We got to have the boys locker room as our dressing room - which was eerie and funny and interesting.  

We felt compelled to do a company photo in the green room before our final show.

This was our audience for our final show in Utah.  Didi, always the pro, did her best to raise the energy before the opening act.

JB really did get the hang of setting up the merch table.

This particular group was really enthusiastic about the show.  And for us, this picture reminds us of why we do what we do - in spite of all the busyness and garbage around making the magic.

And this photo now conjures up a plethora of emotions for us. 

After it was all said in done, we only got paid a small portion of the contract.  Our dear producer ran himself dry on this venture and simply never paid us the full amount.  It's a shame - on him for dragging us out to Utah and failing to keep his part of the bargain, for making US pay for his bad business planning - but really more shame on us for following the dream and a carrot and not chasing him down in Nevada more aggressively to get what we were owed.  We did learn a lot of lessons along the way and we got ourselves very well prepared for a fantastic 2011 summer season.

We'll choose not to bad mouth or bash our producer here, but merely remind everyone to take heed that the ol' adage is true:  

no good (noble) deed goes unpunished.