Change of plans

Like we had plans anyway.

Jules is going to be a Mud Bay Juggler! Jules is going to be Harry. So... as you can see the vague idea of what we were doing has changed. Jules flies to Olympia on Friday for a week of rehearsal and then a tour with the Mud Bays up in Canada. Kelsey will stay in San Fran area and try to make some money/ learn new stuff/ have lots of fun.

As of now, we are in Oakland, CA staying at Kelsey's friend Jana's house having just arrived today I can't give any impressions of the place yet, although the house is nice. We drove down in two days, on the windy but amazing route 1. It was cloudy and drizzling but the ocean was gorgeous. Crags of rock sticking out of the foaming sea, trees bent over under constant presure from the sea breeze, and all those quaint tourist towns huddled under the clouds.

We just spent the last few days checking out the physical theater school Dell' Arte in Blue lake.
Impressions:
1. It is expensive, but worth it. When it comes to class hours you pay about $12 an hour, (as the Joe the head of recrutement put it.) thats a pretty good deal for the training.
2. It takes over your life. Good and bad, but mostly good because that is what you are there for. bad because it is such a small town and where do you go to escape?
3. The training works. From the classes that we sat in on and the performance lab we watched on friday it is obvious these studnets have learned a lot. I laughed quite a lot more than I was expecting to and I was prepared for funny.

So lets say we are tempted. Not next year but possibly in the future.

This week we are going to check out the circus school here in San Fran and I will post my impressions of that once I have a better idea. Jules is also going to try some street performing down at the wharf and maybe some other places before he leaves on Friday.