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I was fortunate enough to be selected to showcase at the 2011 NACA National Convention in St. Louis, MO. I always have a great time at these conferences. Pretty much, you get selected to showcase, and you perform for a few hundred universities and if they like you, they book you. It’s pretty much the main way to get college gigs. Fresh Variety had the back cover of the NACA program (Picture to the left) which was cool, cause all the schools got to see our promo without even flipping through the book. NACA’s also a great time to meet new people, reconnect with old friends, and see some pretty great entertainment. This year they had “America’s Got Talent” host Nick Cannon emcee one of the showcases, Ross Mathews from “Chelsea Lately,” (Picture Below) B.J. Novak from “The Office,” and even the band Hanson! Remeber Hanson? MMMBop… Remember?
I’m represented by Fresh Variety, and I couldn’t be happier with my agency. Laura, my agent, is a true work horse and always looks out for the best interest of her acts. It’s an awesome quality to have in an agent as there are a lot of slime balls out there. We had our annual “Family Lunch” at the local Hooter’s, where all the members of the Fresh Variety Agency that are at the conference get together for a meal and to talk shop and what have you. We always do it as a Hooter’s because Laura used to be a Hooter’s girl… No joke.
I shared a room with magician Michael Kent, and we had a few mishaps. He went to close the blinds to our room, and the entire thing fell to the ground. The brackets ripped out of the wall, the curtains came down… Twas’ a mess. (Picture Below) The front desk probably thought we destroyed the room with drunken shenanigans, but we didn’t.
I left the conference a day early to fly home, and before I left, I made a little present on Michael’s bed… (See picture below.)
All in all, good time.
