My Monday morning started early with a “pick up” from Enterprise Rental Car in Fayetteville.  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.  On the way to the rental facility, our driver decided to give us a tour of Fayetteville that lasted about 40 minutes.  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.  We met Jason Suel who works with the Trike Theatre Company in Bentonville.

Our first day was fantastic!  Jason is a great teacher and really connects with the kids.  We have a small group in the morning and our larger group in the afternoon.  Day One we concentrated mostly on some simple magic tricks using rubber bands, paper clips, and cards.  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.  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.  Ethan’s not in the picture because he’s the one taking it!

I’ll post a picture of our afternoon group tomorrow.  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.  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!  Tomorrow, new adventures are ahead!!  Do I have the best job in the world or what?