sigh… i’m depressed.
we were supposed to start cirque de flambé performances in two weeks, but apart from not having enough rehearsals, now the guy who wrote 90% of the music that we were going to perform for them can’t be there, so we’ve decided that we’re going to postpone the performances until after burning man, which means later in august. there have been a whole bunch of difficulties with performing in seattle to begin with: the fact that the city of seattle is trying to make it as difficult as possible for us to perform here, the fact that they’re now charging us what they charged us for the entire run two years ago, for one show – that’s right, they want to charge us $800 for one show where they charged us the same amount for a three week run two years ago – and to make matters worse, they want to tell us what we can and cannot perform – no fire cyclone, no meteors, no poi, etc. – and they want to tell us how close we can allow our audiences… and now the guy who wrote most of the music can’t be there, so we’re going to put off the show until things get worked out.
fred works as a musical instrument repair technician for a music store in marysville, and apparently the music store has told him that he can’t take time off to rehearse or do the shows until after school starts. it’s kind of odd, actually, because they said that they were thinking about hiring another repair tech, and i’ve been pestering him about getting me a job as a repair tech, but then there would be two of us that couldn’t make the shows. not only that, but fred’s not completely certain that, even after school starts, he would be able to take the time off to rehearse and do the shows. at the same time, he mentioned to me before OCF that he was concerned about people not being available for shows, about people not being prepared, and not taking it seriously, and now he’s the one who can’t make the performances.
one way or the other, there’s a good probability that this is going to be our last show in seattle, and the cirque de flambé will be moving it’s base of operations to somewhere other than seattle at some point within the next year.
Another prime example of why I’m getting antsy about leaving this “liberal” state and moving someplace irredeemably redneck.
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in fact, no, there are no regulations that seattle has to stick to: surrounding communities, like burien and auburn have expressed interest in being the “home base” for us, and algona has absolutely no regulations regarding pyrotechnics, as compared to seattle, in which all pyrotechnics are illegal without an $800 per show permit (or special dispensation from the city, as on 4th of july, or new years), so we probably won’t be moving far… and we’re not just a bunch of lawless pyros out to do harm to our audiences: we have two state-certified fire safety experts and a lawyer as part of the cast, who take care of all the technical details, and we have been in existance for 10 years and have never had an audience injury, but yeah… it’s really frustrating for me, and the rest of the cirque de flambé cast.
That must be really annoying for you! 🙁
So, there are no regulations that Seattle has to stick to, can they just change things around as they please?
*hugs*