The Last Frontier

Phoenix, Arizona

There’s nothing like coming to the same place for the third time.  It honestly begins to feel a lot like home to be honest.  Things are so familiar and you don’t have to worry so much about how to get around and instead can focus on the more important things.  Such as how its warmer here than what it was in Las Vegas and even California and how it doesn’t get dark near as fast… thanks to the state of AZ being the only state to NOT observe Daily Light Savings Time. 

And even though we had all this beautiful weather and more sun than rain, we had very little time to enjoy it.  We were still going strong for about seven weeks now with only one day off and the crew even longer without any days off not to mention all the Monday hold-over shows.  So, its no wonder that it all hit this week and most of our bodies gave in to the stress and if it wasn’t to an injury it was to illness.

However, we survived and recovered and at least have a few good things to look back on from sunny AZ like how amazing the audiences were!  So far on the West Coast tour, this city claims the award for best audiences.  They are loud and interact with the performers and truly make our jobs easier.   Making it even a little more special, Ben Agosto, who helped us with the choreography and piecing the show together was finally able to see it; for the first time!  Sometimes there is nothing like the first time. 

And even though this may not have been my first time here, I still try to see something new each time and that’s just what happened this time around as well.  It was off to South Mountain we went.  Unfortunately, based on recent storms, the entire mountain range and park was not open to the public, but the views we were still able to see and just being in the fresh air was more than enough for me!  It still amazes me how you can be so close to the city and yet so far removed at the same time. 

Ahh…Arizona the memories you have instilled in me and the ones that are yet to come; I will be back.  Until next time, see you in San Diego.