May 16 | Woburn, MA | 2-5
Ahh, now this one was much better. It was still not what we were initially expecting out of these shows due to lack of advertising, but at least people showed interest.Right when we got there, the woman at the service desk was so excited to see us. The manager came over and had someone get a table for us. We put our yoyos and the banner on the table and stood around it. The atmosphere in the store was much better and a lot of people seemed pretty interested. The table was definitely a good idea too. We taught quite a few people tricks. There wasn't a constant supply of people, but they would kind of come in waves. It was a lot more fun than the first store. We even sold more yoyos there than at any of the 4 stores we were at that weekend.
It was fine for us that there weren't people there all the time because it gave us a chance to hang out and have fun with each other. During these times, we decided to play with Imperials. Those yoyos are Walk the Dog machines. Seriously, try it. Oh, and Nate has the coolest and most stylish Walk the Dog ever. It's so nonchalant and beautiful.
As time went on, I started trying to push the limit of what I thought was possible with an Imperial. Some of the tricks that I was able to successfully hit (and bring back) were Split the Atom, Kwyjibo, and after a million tries, 3 Eli Hops. I discovered later that because of the throw I had to do with the Imperial, my arm was destroyed. It was killing me the next day. Note to self and others: do not try hard tricks with an Imperial for an hour straight.
Because this experience was so good, we got a lot more excited about the rest of our shows. We knew Framingham, MA the next day was going to be good. It actually ended up being the best so far.
Anyways, shoutout goes to: the girl working at register 4. You tried hitting on Nate, but he wasn't paying attention, so I stepped in. You even said goodbye to us as we were leaving. You were so nice and were totally crushin' on us. Come to some of our other shows. We'll hang out.
Damn Jeff; It sucks how little was actually done to help you guys out at your first show... Reminds me a bit of the scene in the viking yo-yo tour where I think it was steve and fee who were are a mall, knew nothing of the native language, and had nothing of their presence promoted. I'll keep on following your blog! I'm pretty inspired to actually work on my yo-yoing blog again now thanks to you guys! Best of luck on the rest of your shows.
ReplyDeleteFor sake of wonderment (especially if I overlooked it) how many more shows do you have to do?
Take care gentalmen!
Mike
Thanks for writing this it is cool to hear about your experiences.
ReplyDeleteWe have a bunch more shows. 20 or so maybe? All the dates/locations are on the calendar.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys for supporting us!