Fun in the Theater

After one of the production shows, Drew, Angela and ourselves had some fun in the Vista Theater. Yes, we can get bored on ships.

Magician: Daniel Chesterfield

This is 'Magician' Daniel Chesterfield. Watch and be amazed.

ms Oosterdam

We are currently on the ms Oosterdam to the Mexican Riviera. We are having an absolute blast! This run in phenomenal going out of San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. It's nice to be in the warm sunshine after enduring a very cold winter in the different places we had gigs in over the holidays. We have also been fortunate enough to get to work with some wonderful entertainers. In the picture is hilarious comedian Elliot Max and his lovely wife Laura, the spectacular magic & illusions of Drew & Angela (DV8 Reality Magic), and the impressionist/comedian Jeff Burghart. We are all having a wonderful time together and wish we could travel with this group all the time!

On the Road Again...

Happy 2008 to all! We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season complete with a fantastic New Year. We once again found ourselves traveling like crazy around the new year. We began with a gig in Colorado Springs, CO which we drove all of our equipment to (over 20 hours). We had a fantastic performance for USAA insurance. We managed to involve all 800 guests. The CEO told us it was their most successful holiday party to date. While in Colorado Springs, we visited the amazing Garden of the Gods (see pictures). It was freezing, literally, there so we made it a very quick visit!

We then flew back home from Denver to enjoy the holidays with family. Right after Christmas we flew back to Denver to continue our travels. Our next gig was in Houston, so the plan was to drive Denver to Houston with an overnight stop in Oklahoma City. Unfortunately, we ran smack dab into a snow storm and ended up having to drive 40 mph for 8 of the scariest hours we've ever experienced on the road. However, we made it safe and sound to McPherson, Kansas. The next day the plows had cleared the roads and we continued our trip to Houston. Houston was great. We saw a couple dear friends of ours and stayed in one of the sweetest hotels ever (www.hotelzaza.com). After Houston, we enjoyed a short 9 hour drive to Odessa, TX. It was our 2nd year performing for their New Year's Eve gala. We had a blast! It was a great time again and a wonderful way to ring in the new year. We then loaded up all of our equipment and left for our 36 hour drive to Seattle. Yes, 36 hours. We took turns sleeping in the car (thanks to our very comfortable Red Sox blanket), listened to Loveline, ate lots of chex mix and beef jerky, and sang along with the easy listening stations.

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!
from jeff & rhiannon

Greetings to our friends and family! We wish you a very happy holiday season and all the best in 2008. As we travel across the country this holiday season, we want to let you know that you are all in our thoughts. We thank you for your continued love and support.

Top Ten
of 2007

10) We finally got our customized trailer!

9) Jeff began learning mandolin, Rhiannon began the violin

8) Fantastic trip to western Europe!

7) Block party, Rosstoberfest, Murder Mystery, all parties with the 85 stoners (our neighbors)

6) Cruises with family and friends

5) New additions to the world: Leo Helfrich (Jeff's nephew); Kylie Mitchell (neighbor); Owen Kruse (Rhiannon's 2nd cousin)

4) Exploring Alaskan ice caves, glaciers, animals, and beer

3) Red Sox win the World Series!

2) Beginning a new career as headliners on cruise ships

1) We got engaged!!

Microsoft Holiday Party

December 8th, we performed at our first Microsoft party this holiday season. It was for one of the marketing divisions. We had a blast! It was at the new (beautiful!) Pan Pacific Hotel downtown Seattle. We had the busiest room by far with everyone singing and dancing for over 4 hours! We hope that this is the beginning of a great relationship with the Microsoft company.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

The Northwest has been slammed by a terrible winter storm the last couple of days. No, not snow, just rain. In fact so much rain that it is causing major flooding, closing of roads and bridges, and evacuation of businesses and buildings. Yesterday was the second rainiest day in Seattle's history. I-5 (the main interstate on the west coast) is closed between Seattle and Portland. They are rerouting traffic through different roads and highways. What is normally a 3 hour drive has turned into a 7 hour trek. We got stuck in the first part of the weather storm. We had a gig in Sacramento, CA this weekend and drove up to Seattle on Sunday. We ran into a snow storm near Mt. Shasta, then it was just heavy rain the rest of the way home. Thankfully, we made it back before it was too late. I've attached some pictures taken by different local folk who have encountered these last two crazy days.