Our trip into Idaho was fairly uneventful. We came through the Port of Entry Weigh Station with our Permit prominently displayed in the window. They didn’t even bother to weigh us. As we crossed the scales, they never changed from “0 Pounds.” And the officer just smiled, waved, and motioned us on.
The weather continues to be a little wonky. There was a chance of snow this morning in Twin Falls but it’s supposed to get up to around 50 degrees today. We’re leaving Twin Falls this morning to head to Rexburg. We have two performances there tomorrow on the campus of Brigham Young University – Idaho Campus. Ticket sales have been very strong and both shows are nearly sold out. After BYUI, we’ll head to Blackfoot for a performance there on Saturday night….and then to Utah for what could be a challenging performance in Monticello.
UPDATE – 5PM
We’ve arrived in Rexburg, ID after a crazy day of weather! Forget about those 50 degree temps – it never got above 35 degrees! As we drove north on Interstate 15 toward Idaho Falls, the sky started looking very dark ahead of us.
By the time we made Idaho Falls, we were in the middle of a major snow episode! We stayed in the snow for about 30 minutes, all the way into Rexburg. Flakes were huge, wet, and acculumlating on the ground AND on my windshield. What’s this all about? It is APRIL!!
We are excited about the performances on Friday night. We have two – one at 6pm and one at 8:30pm. Ticket sales have been very strong and both shows are SOLD OUT. We’ve already had some media exposure in the area and there should be articles in Friday’s local papers – the Standard Journal and the Post Register.
We did notice one tease at the bottom of the Standard Journal that read – Two magicians, one night. And as we walked into the local grocery store to pick up a few items, there was a banner over the entrance that shed some light on those words. Turns out someone hired another magician to perform in Rexburg, ID at the Mormon Tabernacle on the same night that we are performing at BYUI Center Stage Artists Series.
Now the “tease” makes sense – two magicians, one night. I guess the article will talk about both of our shows. We’ve been booked for this event for more than a year. It doesn’t make any sense to me that someone would book another magician to perform on the same night in a town of slightly less than 13,000 people. But they did. It doesn’t seem like a smart thing to do – splitting the potential audience between two magicians who are very different performers. But maybe having a choice is never a bad thing!