Howdy, gang! BB here.
It's been a while since I last wrote you, but you wouldn't believe how much amazing stuff has been happening... I don't believe it myself! Here are the super-short highlights of the last couple of months:
#1 - Halloween Horror Nights at Universal: what an amazing run of shows! 100+ shows in a fully decked-out 1500-seat auditorium. They really went all-out with the production value... it was as polished and tight a show as I've ever done. And by the time the run was over, more than one hundred thousand people had seen the show! Not gonna lie, it was a total blast.
There was also a media blitz to promote the show: I made appearances on The Daily Buzz nationwide morning show, The Shannon Burke Show on Real Radio, and did an interview with the Orlando Sentinel. It was nonstop, but the best part was that I was able to bring my whole family out for the entire 2-month experience. After years of touring, getting to spend 2 whole months sleeping in the same bed and seeing my family every day was a real treat. It was an intense and grueling run, but unbelievably rewarding.
And I once it was over, I thought I'd have a chance to relax...
...but instead, it was immediately off to the west coast again, for a week of shooting new epsidoes of...
#2 - Scam School: I can't believe it! We've shot almost FIFTY episodes of my little show about social engineering at the bar. If you haven't checked them out yet, here are four of my favorite episodes so far (just click to watch):
The response to the show has been overwhelming. I don't think there's been a single live performance in the last month without at least one person coming up and telling me how much they enjoy Scam School. I'm surprised to hear about all the different ways people are finding the show: on iTunes, through Revision3... even on TiVo!
In fact, Scam School was just honored to win a WonderHowTo award for "best magic video" for the episode "The Lift!"
That's pretty cool. Thanks to everyone who voted us in. And now... on to business:
#3 - The Spring 2009 Tour: with the intense schedule of the past few months, I've been running behind on setting up this year's spring tour... So if YOU'VE been running behind also, now's your chance to grab a date this spring. Here's the current rough sketch of the spring schedule. If you see an opening and you'd like to bring the show to your college, corporate party, comedy club, or bar, call me at 866-462-4424, or write me back at Brian@shwood.com.
JANUARY 2009:
13 – Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
16 – Marietta College, Marietta, OH
21 – held for possible Corporate show, Orlando, FL
23 – Longwood University, Farmville, VA
24 – Towson University, Towson, ME
FEBRUARY 2009 :
06 – Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
07 - Held for Waldorf College, Forrest City, IA
14 – NACA National conference, Nashville, TN
15 – NACA National conference, Nashville, TN
16 – NACA National conference, Nashville, TN
17 – NACA National conference, Nashville, TN
18 – NACA National conference, Nashville, TN
26 - University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
MARCH 2009:
13 – South by Southwest Interactive Conference - (Scam School)
14 – South by Southwest Interactive Conference - (Scam School)
15 – South by Southwest Interactive Conference - (Scam School)
16 – South by Southwest Interactive Conference - (Scam School)
17 – South by Southwest Interactive Conference - (Scam School)
APRIL 2009:
02 – Arkansas State University, Beebe, AR
03 - Northern Plains NACA conference, Rochester, MN
04 - Northern Plains NACA conference, Rochester, MN
17 – Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
MAY 2009:
31 – St. Andrews Graduation Night, Austin, TX
JUNE 2009:
06 - Westbrook Graduation Night, Beaumont, TX
17 – George Mason Graduation Night, Fairfax, VA
JULY 2009:
09 - The Amazing Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
10 - The Amazing Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
11 - The Amazing Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
12 - The Amazing Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
Much love,
Brian Brushwood
Bizarre Magic, Inc.
http://www.shwood.com
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