Good morning – it’s amazing how much better you feel with a good night’s sleep; although someone from America must have tried to call my cell phone – it rang at 3:30am (that’s 2:30pm on Christmas Day at home). I’m not sure who it was but I disconnected them in my sleep-enduced trance. Sorry about that!
The show at Yuen Long last night was a wonderful audience. There were some things that we had to work through during the day and some of the new power strips we purchased for this trip didn’t do what we thought they would. We’re running everything through Power Transformers to covert us from 220V to 110V. Nolan tested and ran an extension cord for the intelligent lighting, powered it up and “What’s that smell?” just before we saw the flames of the fire burning the power strip to bits! He and Keith continued working until everything was in good condition.
David had lots of space yesterday to move around and set up props. He worked hard getting everything in order and fixing whatever things had been dismantled in the 15,000 airplane ride from JFK. Kylie was busy with the backdrops and intelligent lighting as well.
Cindy worked hard to get the magic set, the hazers in place, the waredrobe put together (another little airplane disaster) and the sound and music ready to go.
And the crew and Yuen Long was very efficient! They really worked well together so the day went very smoothly.
After the show, I had the opportunity to meet several hundred people from the audience who waited patiently in line for an autograph. The smiles, comments, and applause were all very special. I had my picture taken with so many people! I want to share one of the photos with you that the family emailed to us. They were the last people that I met after the show and they waited a long time.
His name is Shun Ping (the name means Faith & Peace) and is just five years old.
He started learning magic last Christmas. His mother and father wrote to us, “Your show was his best Christmas gift!” How humbling is that? What an honor and a privilege it is to do what we do – to bring a smile to someone’s face and brighten their day in a small way.
We hope all of you had a Merry Christmas. Today, our show is at Tai Poe Civic Theatre – SOLD OUT! I’ll write more later….