4/5/13-4/6/13: Springfield, MO

Our one-nighter week is finally over!  We actually got to spend the night in Springfield and perform the next day!  What?! (lol) - all this is just prep for next season, which looks like it might be almost all one-nighters but more on that at a future date..

The town itself was pretty cool - definitely a college town with some great mom and pop/hip foodie places (including an amazing Crepe place). 

Our shows went well for the most part - even though our audiences weren't as full as we are used to, but there was A LOT going on in town this weekend.  Besides us, there was a national boys gymnastics meet (at our hotel), a Color Run, a Bass Pro event and the Circus was in town.  It was cool to be back though - played here almost exactly 2 years ago as well.  They only hitch we had was during our second show - when one of the locals forgot to change all the batteries on the mics - and so we had to stop the show for 'Technical Difficulties' after the first number and change everything out.  That was a first for me lol - but we recovered well enough and according to the Tweets I was reading after the show, it didn't seem to affect people's good time :)

Now, though I didn't participate, I went out to support the few cast members that decided to run in the Springfield Color Run.  It was an event to raise money for local charities - not timed or anything, just for fun.  The track was just under 5K (ended up being 2.9 miles) - and they had 'color' stations along the way for you to stop and get dowsed with different colored bags of corn starch so when you got to the finish line - you were pretty much a living rainbow.  After the race, they got everyone together for a Color Bomb - where all the racers opened their own color packets and all threw them into the air at once.  The event was a lot of fun - even just to watch - and filled with energy.  I highly suggest trying it sometime if they do one in your area.

But for now - I'm very stoked for our 2 week sit-down- which happens to be in Ft. Lauderdale, FL - and will be followed by a performance in Sarasota where my fam will come to the show!! Very excited - more in 2 weeks!