Wow, another very busy but highly productive day in Somerset! We were up early – again – to head over to another one of the local elementary schools, Southern Elementary. We started at 8:30am with another workshop for the special needs teachers and a few of the aides. They learned quickly and were very enthusiastic about getting these techniques and strategies implemented with some of the students.
I took a quick break between the workshop and the first session with students to do a radio interview with a station in Hopkinsville, KY to promote our Saturday evening show at the Alhambra Theatre.
After the interview, the first group of students made their way into our classroom. There were about 10 students in this group and, once they realized they were going to be learning some magic tricks, they became very excited! They jumped right into the task, concentrating and learning every step to make the tricks “magical.”
And with each successful attempt, they moved on to something more difficult – proud of their accomplishments and ready to perform for family and friends. You could hear the excitement in their voices as they said, “I can’t wait to show this one to my dad!”
We finished up with our last group of students (four groups total) around 2:30pm. Ethan and I gathered our things and Dianna dropped us off at the hotel. We changed our clothes and all of us (me, Cindy, Ethan, and Keith) drove over to THE CENTER to unload a couple of cases onto the stage. The show is not until Friday night so it was nice to get in a little early with a couple of our illusions.
After loading in, we were starving and drove over to the KING BUFFET Chinese restaurant. The night before, we ate at the Tumbleweed Restaurant where I was attacked by a giant fish (you might remember the giant bear that attacked me in California). That didn’t happen tonight!
A quick stop at the local Walmart to pick up a few supplies and we were on our way back to the hotel to relax for the evening.