The best and worst trip ever....
I have finally made it home from Likha's most recent tour to Toronto, Canada. And as my title states it was the best and worst all in the same trip!
As a performer for Likha it has become a rarity to have an audience that truly enjoys the performance (without being drunk). I guess in the bay area, and most especially SF, there is the "seen it all" mentality. Probably because most of them are former dancers themselves! hehehe
But in Toronto our performance and the festival (think Pistahan-ish) itself was brand new to them, so the audience response was so energizing making me want to give more from the stage (minus almost losing my shoe in Malaguena!) That lead to a fun closing night mini-celebration back at our hotel, until the news erupted....
Flights home were canceled!
Yes, we had no flights to return home!! *long story but it involves the "no show" cancellation policy* Extending my stay was NOT an option... I have no more vacation or sick leave left, AND MY BOYS were starting school on Tuesday (Mio) and Wednesday (AJ)! I started to cry at the thought of missing out on the first day of school, most especially for AJ who was starting 1st grade at a new elementary school! And course my mom's voice ringing in my head with the "you should be ashamed of yourself for leaving your kids behind.... you're so selfish!"
Luckily Ms. United was on the trip with us and gave us "buddy passes" to use. Unfortunately because she was not flying with us it also put us on the bottom of the totem pole on the stand by list: so here is the jist of our "Amazing Race":
1. no sleep bad news breaks at midnight and first flight out of Toronto left at 7am. Left for the airport at 5am!
2. Left Toronto via Denver. Big storms in Chicago and most of midwest= flight delays and diversions.
3. ran gate to gate called Ms. United to get us on the list every single time! Hate to see our cell phone bills!
4. decide to purchase tickets out of Denver (out $250) but we made it home!
To my TEAM LIKHA... we made it home and all together! You truly are a second family to me, and kept me together as I made my journey home to my family! It was hard to be so far away from my boys!! To those still in Toronto, I hope your Amazing Race will soon be over too! Many lessons learned for tours to come! See you on Sunday...
As a performer for Likha it has become a rarity to have an audience that truly enjoys the performance (without being drunk). I guess in the bay area, and most especially SF, there is the "seen it all" mentality. Probably because most of them are former dancers themselves! hehehe
But in Toronto our performance and the festival (think Pistahan-ish) itself was brand new to them, so the audience response was so energizing making me want to give more from the stage (minus almost losing my shoe in Malaguena!) That lead to a fun closing night mini-celebration back at our hotel, until the news erupted....
Flights home were canceled!
Yes, we had no flights to return home!! *long story but it involves the "no show" cancellation policy* Extending my stay was NOT an option... I have no more vacation or sick leave left, AND MY BOYS were starting school on Tuesday (Mio) and Wednesday (AJ)! I started to cry at the thought of missing out on the first day of school, most especially for AJ who was starting 1st grade at a new elementary school! And course my mom's voice ringing in my head with the "you should be ashamed of yourself for leaving your kids behind.... you're so selfish!"
Luckily Ms. United was on the trip with us and gave us "buddy passes" to use. Unfortunately because she was not flying with us it also put us on the bottom of the totem pole on the stand by list: so here is the jist of our "Amazing Race":
1. no sleep bad news breaks at midnight and first flight out of Toronto left at 7am. Left for the airport at 5am!
2. Left Toronto via Denver. Big storms in Chicago and most of midwest= flight delays and diversions.
3. ran gate to gate called Ms. United to get us on the list every single time! Hate to see our cell phone bills!
4. decide to purchase tickets out of Denver (out $250) but we made it home!
To my TEAM LIKHA... we made it home and all together! You truly are a second family to me, and kept me together as I made my journey home to my family! It was hard to be so far away from my boys!! To those still in Toronto, I hope your Amazing Race will soon be over too! Many lessons learned for tours to come! See you on Sunday...
I just hope that the people that needs to learn from this fiasco DO learn from this. I hope that accountability comes out of this.
that sucked! i'm sorry to hear that...and sorry to always be drunk at your performances. geez!
hmmm....curious to know what happened! i'm sure i'll hear all about it on sunday!
hmmm....curious to know what happened! i'm sure i'll hear all about it on sunday!
me...drunk at one of your shows...not me... ;-P
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