A Few Pictures

Back in the old days of this blog, I used to post pictures from time to time. I'd like to get back to that a little bit, so I'm going to show just a couple things from my performance at the festival a couple weeks back. As in the past, I've edited the pictures a bit to remove my face and other things that might identify me. I'm still trying to hold on to anonymity (probably stupidly and fruitlessly) for the time being. Enjoy!

Pitch from the first day.

This is my pitch from the first day, taken at the end of the day when I had given up on the escape show and started doing the straitjacket and rope escape. You can see my donation sign on the chalkboard with the money bag clipped on the back.

Straitjacket escape.

Mid-escape sometime in the middle of the day. Decent crowd. By this point I had bent the chair in the background, which is why I'm standing on the ground.

Another angle.

Another angle of the straitjacket escape. I honestly couldn't tell you what number this one was, but I can safely say I was feeling the heat and the exertion by this point.

Rope escape.

Finishing off this set with the rope escape. You can kind of see that the crowd dwindled a bit by this point, which was a problem I had all day. Thinking of this now, maybe I should do the rope escape first and close with the jacket. This was actually a decent tie, done by a former Scoutmaster. The last tie of the day was done by a couple kids and it was...not good.

Funny sign.

The second day, about mid-day with my turning tricks sign. This pitch was a lot cooler, at least in the morning. My setup was a bit more streamlined this time since I was working primarily out of the briefcase. The jacket and rope were still in the backpack under the whiteboard, just in case.

Well, there you have it! Hopefully these help illustrate the story of the festival a bit better. If I missed something identifying, please don't track me down. Not that anyone's actually reading this at this point anyway.

- Andster