My Monday morning started early with a “pick up” from Enterprise Rental Car in Fayetteville. Â Because Ethan and I will be driving back and forth from the Walton Arts Center, we really didn’t want to make the trip in the semi. Â On the way to the rental facility, our driver decided to give us a tour of Fayetteville that lasted about 40 minutes. Â Wow, we just wanted a ride to pick up our car.
Once we had the car, we were on our way to the Arts Center. Â We met Jason Suel who works with the Trike Theatre Company in Bentonville.
Our first day was fantastic! Â Jason is a great teacher and really connects with the kids. Â We have a small group in the morning and our larger group in the afternoon. Â Day One we concentrated mostly on some simple magic tricks using rubber bands, paper clips, and cards. Â Everyone managed to grasp the concepts of the tricks very quickly which means we have much more time to work with them on their presentation skills. Â The group is supposed to perform this weekend in Bentonville at one of the arts festival – they gotta be good!
This is a picture of our morning group. Â Ethan’s not in the picture because he’s the one taking it!
I’ll post a picture of our afternoon group tomorrow. Â We had a couple of students leave early today so I didn’t want to get a picture without the full group being there.
Today, we worked on rope tricks but first everyone had the chance to perform their favorite trick from Monday’s class. Â I have to admit, there are a few hams in the bunch who are going to make really great performers. And everyone is doing a really brilliant job.
I’m excited to see the students remaining excited about learning some cool magic stuff! Â Tomorrow, new adventures are ahead!! Â Do I have the best job in the world or what?