Mirf Tales: Mirf’s Namesake
Evaluator guy walks up to me and says with his arms crossed “So, You’re thinking of adding a cat to your show?”
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Tractive, Sterlini Theatre and Colon, MI
My biggest fear is that something startles Mirf and he runs to safety ending up lost. I have seen GPS trackers suitable for dogs not for cats due to their size because of the battery. The Apple Air Tags are okay, but they have to be detected by an iPhone or iPad within Bluetooth distance. … Read more
Mirf Tales: Mirf’s first show at MIRF
The morning meeting is over. management is impressed by their first encounter with Mirf the Magnificent. The entire cast and staff spent the majority of the meeting fawning all over Mirf. Our first meet and greet in the outer courtyard at the gate is in the bag. We make our way back to the stage … Read more
Mirf Tales: Canterbury Village
The week between the Parlor Show and Canterbury Village Medieval Faire somehow didn’t exist. Like magic it just disappeared. Mirf and I were like “what happened?”. I loaded most of the props and equipment on the trailer Thursday evening and clothes and costume Friday morning. Called to make sure the hotel reservations were still good … Read more
Mirf Tales: Canterbury Village #7
The week between the Parlor Show and Canterbury Village Medieval Faire somehow didn’t exist. Like magic it just disappeared. Mirf and I were like “what happened?”. I loaded most of the props and equipment on the trailer Thursday evening and clothes and costume Friday morning. Called to make sure the hotel reservations were still good … Read more
Mirf Tales: Final Test
Our semiannual club parlor show is coming up at the Ann Arbor Magic Club before the Canterbury Village Faire, so we are going to take advantage of another opportunity for Mirf to perform before a live audience. Live audiences are hard to emulate in rehearsal. I can put together a group of 10 or 20 … Read more
Mirf Tales: Walking before running
Mirf Tales: Walking before running First and foremost, Mirf’s health and wellbeing are paramount so I will start by briefly telling you about Mirf’s health and development. When I picked up Mirf from the Breeder the first thing I did was schedule an appointment with our local veterinarian. His first appointment Dr. Gaide said he … Read more
Mirf Tales: First Festival
Mirf’s training can be divided into 3 main categories: health, performance and environment. Veterinary appointments, diet, attire and safety are health considerations while training with the props and the presentation of it are performance. One might imagine that performance would be the most difficult and time-consuming part of Mirf’s training, it’s not. Environmental training is, … Read more
Mirf Tales: The Debut
I was going to title this “Bring in the clowns!” but the competition was the next day, so nobody was in makeup…just a bunch of naked clowns. Mirf made his debut at the Great Lakes Shrine Clown Units Association Mid-Year Shrine Clown Convention, April 21, 2023, 4:00 PM. This is not offered as a how … Read more