Well this has been a very busy few weeks for this Motley Fool. Who knew that the life of a real Court Jester could be quite as manic?
I've had about 5 different heads on as well, for those of you old enough to remember, I feel a lot like Wurzel Gummidge and my darling wife is doing her finest Aunt Sally and keeping me sane.
In Monty world, I've had some great Birthday parties and some wonderful customer comments recently. Really nice to get feedback on the day from parents who've come along with their children to watch. People saying "I've been to a lot of kids parties and have seen a lot of entertainers and I must tell you that you are right up there with the very best of them.." is the kind of comments I want to get. It shows that the effort I put into my work pays off as I try my hardest to "entertain everyone all the time", so much so I've adopted that phrase as my new corporate strap line.
I've also had some great times at one of my favourite places, www.ragleyhall.com. I spent the week over last half term playing and performing my fire show every day then this weekend just past I was Monty the split personality Jester. Part Snowman and part Fool as I was with them for their wonderful Christmas Market. It's nice to know that even Lord & Lady Hertford, the owners of Ragley are aware of me and what I do now.
I've performed at a great Wedding anniversary celebration / 1st Birthday which was a lot of fun, although I must admit that fire breathing in -4 degrees temperatures was challenging...
While all that's been going on I took delivery of my new Sword Cabinet illusion. This is a trick that I cannot wait to perform myself with Jolly Jester Jingles but it's also going to find it's way into the schools drama workshops we'll be running in the new year! Bet there are a few teachers who have kids they'd cheerfully volunteer to be skewered with 23 swords although they may be disappointed to see them come out in one piece?!
Right now I'm working on the finishing touches for my run of christmas shows, both for children and grown ups. I'm performing in schools, nurseries and for playgroups in the next week as well as starting a month of Medieval Banquets at www.warwick-castle.com. Click the link to book onto one of them and I may see you there.
Outside of the Jester world and just like everyone else, I've been getting ready for Christmas at home. I have 2 very excited boys who have earmarked almost every page of the Argos and Tesco Direct Catalogues with the toys they want so I'm working hard to make sure I can get at least some of what they want.
I'm also flat out with my role as Chairman of my sons school Parent Staff Association. Last week was our Christmas Disco and this Friday is our Christmas Fair. It a mammoth task of getting donations for prizes, organising raffle prizes and begging for volunteers to help on the day. That said it's worth it, last year for a school of only 220 pupils we raised £5500 and I want to beat that this year so I'm keeping everything crossed for a successful fair. Even to the point of dressing up like a Christmas Turkey for the night to run a "guess the weight of the turkey" game!!! The things I do?
So I'm worn out, brain buzzing and running on adrenaline mostly while trying to fight of Man Flu...
Back in a week or so with more..
for now,
Happy December and Happy Christmas.
The Fool Monty.
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