From: "Jack Porcello" <jporcell@rochester.rr.com>
To: <balloon@balloonhq.com>
Subject: Classic example of down time
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:21:10 -0400

What if you booked a party and nobody came?  I was commissioned to
entertain at a barber shop (my first barber shop, be gentle) this
afternoon.  It had been advertised for a month, and the barber had
assured me that there was a great response, that lots of people said
they would be there.  I accepted the gig, but not without explaining
that I didn't see it working out (small barber shop, clientele mainly
older gentlemen).  
 
What I got was an opportunity to practice for an hour.  What the 
customer got was an hour's private entertainment and some decorations
for his shop.  All other agreements were honored, and the barber 
even suggested that we make this a regular monthly gig.  He feels that
it will catch on, and will bring in more young people.  Who am I to 
argue with a regular gig?

Looking forward to many more hours of down time,

Jack Porcello  "JP"
Storyteller and *Airtist*
Air To The Kingdom
67 Springfield Ave
Rochester, NY  14609
www.balloonhq.com/artists/attk