I did a show for the Kids' Club at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura and it was a big crowd and a really fun show. The sound in a big mall food court was a bit echoey, as expected, but it was okay and everybody could understand what I was saying. The guy who runs that, Ron Merkin, has been doing kids' club programs for over 20 years now, which is very impressive. I was thrilled when he said my show was one of the best he's had there. Apparently, he was one of the first people promoting "kids' club" events at malls like that, and it's become a pretty regular thing around the country. That's not the type of venue I've typically been seeking out, but after that show I'll definitely look into doing more of those in the coming years.
We got up early to start driving to Ventura. As we were about ready to go, Tiggy suddenly raced up on the dashboard, his tail fuzzed out, his eyes bulging out, his teeth in a vicious snarl... We looked back and noticed that Becca had woken up and peeked out of the back wearing her Mickey Mouse ears hat. This was apparently an extremely unsettling thing for Tiggy. We had to have Becca take off the hat and explained to Tiggy that it was just Becca and that no, she hadn't turned into a giant mouse. Roseann wanted to take a picture while he was still hissing with his ears back, but he had already calmed down somewhat by the time the picture below was taken.
I did a show for the Kids' Club at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura and it was a big crowd and a really fun show. The sound in a big mall food court was a bit echoey, as expected, but it was okay and everybody could understand what I was saying. The guy who runs that, Ron Merkin, has been doing kids' club programs for over 20 years now, which is very impressive. I was thrilled when he said my show was one of the best he's had there. Apparently, he was one of the first people promoting "kids' club" events at malls like that, and it's become a pretty regular thing around the country. That's not the type of venue I've typically been seeking out, but after that show I'll definitely look into doing more of those in the coming years.
We drove from Ventura into the Beverly Hills area to drop some CDs off at a cool kids' bookstore called Storyopolis, that Gwendolyn had told us to check out. They do kids' concerts there from time to time. From there, we drove around the area a little bit and noticed things like the Hollywood sign, the Paramount Studios lot, and other Hollywood landmarks. I don't know if that really counts as "sightseeing", but they were some sights, and we saw them, so... I'm sure we'll do a little more of that over the next few days. I recall taking the Universal Studios tour with my father when we came out here many years ago, and that was cool, but I'm not sure if our girls would appreciate that kind of thing so much yet.
We drove back to the KOA and the girls and I went swimming (well, in the spa... the pool was too cold!), and then we had dinner and went to bed.
Tiggy coming down from his freaked-out fuzziness...
Performing at the Pacific View Mall Kids' Club...
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