Addendum: The Long and Winding Road

Tonight, we sleep in Mt. Orab. This is eighteen miles from Russellville, OH, where tomorrow morning we perform Tom Sawyer.

This is the same school from our earlier story, in which we failed to make it to the show on time because of traffic, misplaced paperwork, and a road which disappeared into bridge reconstruction. We are here tonight, and will be there tomorrow, to remedy the situation.

The whole purpose of ArtReach, after all, is to bring the show to the school, as opposed to many children's shows that only take place in a single location. Our mobility is our greatest strength, and our strongest selling point. This trip is all about working out that strength, stretching our abilities.

And, of course, about doing a good show. That is always our first goal.

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It is rainy and gusty this evening at the Best Western. We met at 6:30 and made the trip in a little over an hour, despite heavy traffic near Cincinnati. After relaxing for a few minutes in the rooms, we have reached a decision:

Even though the wind is chilly and the rain comes and goes, we will brave the brewing storm for ice-cream at a local dessert shop.

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In addition to the show at Russellville, we have two more shows in the afternoon. This makes for our first three-show day in a long time, maybe the first since Robbie and Caitlin joined the tour. The hardest part about those kinds of days is keeping up the energy, but as we are here with plenty of time the night before, we should get have more than enough rest to surge through it.

This weekend is the last one that we don't have off, too: From Monday on through the end of May, we have all Saturdays and Sundays free.