{"id":132,"date":"2004-10-19T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-20T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/19\/first-aerial-performance\/"},"modified":"2015-04-09T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T18:44:39","slug":"first-aerial-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/19\/first-aerial-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"First aerial performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, I started taking aerial classes with Lara from Circus Contraption. I just <em>took<\/em> to it and it turns out I can pick that stuff up pretty fast. Maybe sometime I&#8217;ll write more about what a revelation it&#8217;s been to find a physical activity that I&#8217;m naturally good at, not to mention thrillingly fun. I&#8217;ve been playing soccer for almost 6 years and am still not that good (and that&#8217;s more the norm for me).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, in September, Lara put together a new aerial troupe and asked me to be in it! She made a deal with Seattle Center for us to perform in the Center House (accompanied by the Circus Contraption band) at the end of December, and since then we&#8217;ve been practicing three times a week for three hours at a time.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got one number finished, and will be performing it at Circus Contraption&#8217;s big Halloween bash on Friday, October 29th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CIRCUS <\/span><span style=\"color: #808000;\">CONTRAPTION&#8217;S <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">HALLOWEEN <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BLOWOUT<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>Friday, October 29, 2004<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>Doors @ 8pm<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>Building 30, Sand Point Magnuson Park<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>21 &amp; over only\/Full Bar<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>Tickets- $12.00 Adv., $15.00 day of show<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact info:<\/strong><br \/>\nGeneral &#8211; 206-442-2004<br \/>\nTickets &#8211; http:\/\/www.brownpapertickets.com &#8211; 800-838-3006<\/p>\n<p>Circus Contraption is going to freak your rotting corpse with an evening of Madness, Music, Mayhem and Apocalyptic Mirth! We are taking over an entire airplane hangar at the old Sand Point Naval Base and turning into our Halloween Blowout.<\/p>\n<p>Very special ghouls who have kicked open the doors of their coffins for this event are:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">INFERNAL NOISE BRIGADE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>Back from their &#8220;arresting&#8221; performances at the Republican National Convention.<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">THE AMAZING RUBBERBOY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>Contortionist extraordinaire &#8212; Guinness World Record Holder and featured performer on the hit HBO series &#8220;Carnivale&#8221;.<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>http:\/\/www.therubberboy.com<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">THE BUTTERSPRITES<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nJapanese pop Seattle-style, by this five-piece all-female troupe.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.buttersprites.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">THE AERIALISTAS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nA sultry, sensual aerial cadre of naughty nymphs certain to make parts of you rise from the dead.<\/p>\n<p><em>And of course,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">THE CIRCUS CONTRAPTION BAND<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nDoing the voodoo that they do so well<\/p>\n<hr width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>There will also be roving performers, a pumpkin shrine carved by local artists, a beheading at the stroke of midnight (Gee Whiz or G.W., who could be losing their head?), a D.J. to provide spooky dance tunes throughout the night, and our annual re-creation of Michael Jackson&#8217;s Thriller dance!!!!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\nDarkness Falls Across The Land, The Midnite Hour Is<br \/>\nClose At Hand, And Though You Fight To Stay Alive, The<br \/>\nMasses Start To Shout, For No Mere Mortal Can Resist,<br \/>\nThe Evil Of<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CIRCUS <\/span><span style=\"color: #808000;\">CONTRAPTION&#8217;S <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">HALLOWEEN <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BLOWOUT<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">!!<\/span><\/strong>?<\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, I started taking aerial classes with Lara from Circus Contraption. I just took to it and it turns out I can pick that stuff up pretty fast. Maybe sometime I&#8217;ll write more about what a revelation it&#8217;s been to find a physical activity that I&#8217;m naturally good at, not to mention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-circus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}