This weekend Kelli and I drove down toward Philadelphia (our first road trip) because I was invited to open up for Phil Di Tomasso, a comic from Brooklyn at the Collegeville Inn. The turnout was certainly a great surprise, there ended up being 250 people show up for the show. I emceed the event, gave out some door prizes and then had a 15 minute set to open for Phil.
The show went ok, the last 7 minutes were better than the first. There was some weak material in the first half but the audience wasn't necessarily what I am used to either. It was people mostly in their 30's - 50's. Normally I perform to people in their 20's to early 30's so it's hard to adjust to that. Why did I think they would know who 50 Cent would be? I made a few pretty obvious mistakes but pulled it together for the last half. I felt like I ended strong and that's the most important thing. Overall it was a good night but very tiring. It just wore me out for some reason. I'm not sure why.
Talking with Phil was good, he's been doing comedy for 15 years and started out doing the same type of shows I'm doing at Gotham Comedy Club and Carolines and stuff so he gave me some good critique and encouragement.
I went to Christ's Church of the Valley the next day. I have wanted to visit for a while. They meet in a movie theatre so right away as you walk in you feel comfortable because it's a familiar atmosphere. I have visited some churches lately that I haven't been real fond of or felt like it was just way too fake and because of that I'm always a little cynical visiting a new church but I have to say, I really enjoyed CCV. For the first time in a while visiting a church I felt like they helped me to worship God. I was able to sing because you could tell the worship leader wasn't trying to put on a show. There band was good but they weren't trying to be flashly or put on a production which I found refreshing. Brian Jones' message was helpful and proved that he really knew the people in his community very well. Sunday was a great experience. When I left I told Kelli, "if i lived here, i would definitely be involved here." Thank God for good churches where anyone can come and belong.
2 comments:
we survived our first road trip together! we didn't even have CD's to listen to. this must be love! tell everyone about the guy who didn't laugh at our table, not even once!
kelli
yeah, that is one of those guys that you try not to look at during the show. i swear this guy did not even grin the entire show. not just for my set, i could understand that, but for the headliner who said some pretty funny things, he did not smile one time, he just stared. it was unbelievable. talk about taking the wind out of a comics sails. ouch.
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