Cute little town...

Well, it's been almost 2 weeks since my last post. I've been busy as hell. Performances of magic and music from The Hotel Hershey with a swing band to strolling magic and restaurants and corporate events. Our night at The Hotel Hershey was fantastic. A convention of PA dentists and orthodontists. What a very fun group. We were lucky enough to be joined by some great dancers from the Central PA Swing Dance Club. These guys and gals put on a great demonstration to our tunes like In the Mood, Tuxedo Junction, and some REALLY mean lindy hoppin' to Sing Sing Sing. After their demonstration, the dance floor was opened up to everyone and we saw that this group of dentists could really get down. We do our best to take requests, as I said in a post a few months ago, I'll need one of you to come to a gig and suggest a polka sometime. A few of the guys kept asking if we did any motown. Now that may seem a bit weird, but there are quite a few rock, motown and pop songs arranged for big band. We have a few in our book and have rehearsed them a bit. Well, to my surprise our leader Dale called an audible and we pulled up Proud Mary. Yes it was the Ike and Tina Turner version, not the CCR version. MAN did it cook!

This past weekend, I discovered a great little town near Trenton NJ, New Hope PA. I know one of my readers, (Hi Ericha!) will recognize this as the home of the Bucks County Playhouse. It reminded me of other places I have been like Rehobeth DE, Mt. Gretna PA, and Lake Chataqua NY. On my way in, I saw nothing but antique shops, art galleries and cute little bistros. (Oooh, I wanna stop there, and there, and there!) Of course, I was there to work and had NO time. I had been booked for a party thrown by a financial planner for all his clients. 3.5 hours of magic, I was beat, but what a great crowd. I had a feeling there were some REAL heavy duty high rollers in the room. But all of them were very down to earth. If you're ever within driving distance of Philadelphia and have some time to kill, take a spin through this little hamlet. (That is really the only way to describe it.)

The next few days see me performing my regular gigs at Texas Roadhouse and Scott's Grille. Saturday night, I'll be at the Carlisle Country Club performing for a casino night function, and then 8AM on on a plane to Vegas! I'm sure I'll have plenty of pics and video. My sidekick Scott Sullivan is attending the convention with me and we host a podcast dedicated to magic history. It would probably be boring to anyone who's not a magician, but if you'd like to check it out, do so at www.reelsinmotion.tv I'm sure we'll get lots of material there for the show. On May 3rd, I'll be performing at a fundraiser for the Jump Street organization. This is a group that promotes art and artists in the Central PA area. Their big fundraiser for the year is an event for the Kentucky Derby. I've never performed at an event like this, so this should really be fun.

Until next time, take care...
Pep