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October 2018-April 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I know I said I was going to break these up into quarters but not a lot happened in the months after the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.
2018 ended the way it should have, surrounded by friends and family and lots of wishes of grand adventures in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We were notified that Norman Medieval Fair was not hiring Marvelous Matt this year. I was one of the newer acts and they had had several years of falling revenue so I was cut. It was a solid blow to my ego, but I said it over on Facebook and I’ll say it here again, “No hard feelings.” I understand budget cuts and tightening one’s belt, but for some reason it just felt personal.
Applications for the 2020 Fair are open now and my application has already been submitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I performed again at the Kansas City Magic Showcase<\/a> in February. This time snow was forecast for the evening so almost nobody showed up. Besides my own act, I also teamed up with longtime friend Rod Sipe to walk on a bed of broken glass. By the time the show was over there was almost 4″ of snow on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The red pom-pom is connected to the white pom-pom which is connected to…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

March 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Guess what? I’m coming back to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival for 2019. (ha ha)
The festival had a shindig to announce all the returning acts as well as audition dates for street cast. It was good to see those people I only see at KCRF in street clothes. They also announced the return of The Lord Mayor’s Company, which my wife is a part of.
At this point things are coming together for the spring and summer 2019 events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I returned to the Great Plains Renaissance Festival in Wichita for the first time in many, many years. It ended up being a cold and windy weekend, but no rain, thank goodness. All shows seem to be well received and the festival was pretty well attended from my point of view. I made a few changes to pacing in the show and it really seemed to help keep moving things along.
They also do a fall festival and asked about my availability, but KCRF was already booked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n