Fort Lauderdale

We got to spend a whole two weeks here!

We had an AirBnB lined up, but it turns out it was a scam, but we found out last minute so we had to scramble to find housing...

We could get back in the hotel that our company provided, but not until two days into our stay.

Our Key II player was kind enough to put us up in the condo he was staying at in the interim.

 He had a beautiful view!

Condo view

Finally got to our hotel and found out the were suites, which was sweet!

Went to the beach...a lot!

I spent my day off with my girlfriend.  

She lives a couple hours away so I drove up to see her one last time for a while.

Good times in Lauderdale!

Daytona, Gainesville, Niceville, Talahassee, Sarasota

The Florida string of one-nighters.

They were okay because I had my girlfriend with me for most of it!

DAYTONA, FL:

The closest to my hometown of Titusville that we got to on this tour.

My parents and siblings made it out here to hang out before the show.  

They didn't see the show here because the theatre was too small for our show so me had to make some cuts.  

I wanted them to see the full show.

My hookah broke here!  I dropped the acrylic base on some tile in the lobby of the hotel.

Sad day.

The family

 GAINESVILLE, FL:

Amanda and I made a road trip out of these one-nighters.

This city is home to the Florida Gators.  There's a character in the show named "Gator" and he has a dance called "Gator Dance" where he wheres a gator head.  

The audience naturally went crazy at this part.  I'm sure they thought we did that just for them...

We met up with some of my old friends from high school after the show.

NICEVILLE, FL:

A city I've actually never been to.  And I found out why....not much there.

One of my good friends and musician came to see the show here.  So glad he made it! 

I miss performing with him!

TALAHASSEE, FL: 

Met up with a lot of people here.  Some of the cast from SPRING AWAKENING goes to college here. 

They got to come see MEMPHIS and loved it.  We actually did they show in an arena here.

Also met up with another good friend here from high school.

SARASOTA, FL:

I spent a lot of time here back in college.  

I did the pre-Broadway run of BONNIE & CLYDE at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Really cool going back to perform at the touring venue.

We lost our reed player here (he left the show).  The new one joins us in Fort Lauderdale.

Charleston

Well, there's really no excuse for not writing for this long.

The schedule did get a little interesting and WIFI was also a little tricky at times, but I could have been a little better at entries.

Onward.

CHARLESTON, NC:

Great city and great location.  Our hotel (a Hyatt) was across the street from the venue!

There were plenty of food options as well as a nice clothing outlet about a mile away.

The gym facilities were great, but we had to take a cab to get there.  

Free breakfast at the hotel was amazing!

The cab to the gym

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