Our Stories

What happened? We want to share our stories and experiences with you. There are also other stories to tell or elaborate.

Lake Ontario: Gananoque to Niagara Falls
May 16-21 Hilltop Hunt Camp - Cabin Fever
Five of us arrived in Kingston to meet our enthusiastic host tiger Wayne, his parents and their neighbours Lloyd and his family. We had been preparing to get here for a while and then it became a reality.
Script writing
We: Pirate Captain Soulstice, Iceberg as the business shark, Princess Heather, Ol Clelie the Outlook, bottom feeder the deckswapper prepared skits and food etc. For 6 days our busy bodies worked on scripts in a cabin away from it all and close to nature. A time of show and tell, sharing pet peeves, honesty for the bonding of our group amongst the pressures of creating a show and preparing to ride our bicycles.
The Earth's Divine Magic
Tiger wayne and Lloyd taught us some of the wonders of divining and how to dows it was divine.
Was our coming together and doing this some sort of divine process? There was a local organic food event at the Sleepless Goat which became a place of refuge over the next week.
We met some lovely people there from http://www.sustainablespirit.org
Into the madness we also met Ross who mysteriously showed up at the cabin in the rain on his mutant bike "rolling thunder"
And our dear friend Matt never left the cabin except to when we all went to Kingston on Wednesday.
We went on a beautiful starlight walk and stumble around the nearby lake down a cliff and over a beaver dam.
May 21 Gananoque - An audience..
Our first Show at Town Hall Gazeebo 7pm
We had our first young models Abby, sarah and braydon. They were really fun and excited to be in the fashion show.
We also had fun with the loud swarm of skateboarders who were okay listeners and liked going down the stairs of the gazebo.
May 22 Kingston - Finding our way...
McQuarrie park Community show 2pm
Where's ross? (We lost him and then found him on our 30 km fun ride into Kingston!)
Where's the audience? (They came a bit after 2 but in good numbers a lot of them from the community association)
..don't jump (there were little monkeys on the tall backstage park monument)
..how do we not overwhelm our hosts? (our first time living amongst hosts felt a bit intrusive, they were really great though)
oh yes and there was a great potluck and rain..dark night downpour.. we love rain!
May 23 down by the bay of quinte
There were signs that said Stop the Dump Expansion -
We met some kids troy and kenny who took us to a place on top of a hill overlooking the bay and the town of Deseronto
Bare bones are discovered - our friend with no sleeping bags must wear all the costumes to stay warm as we camped out in the glorious rain
May 24 Belleville
We did a fountain of youth show in deseronto 10am
We had some emotional group time as Neill got tensy and we said bye to Soulstice who felt drawn home to Guelph
We met some nice members of the Belleville Tenant Action Group http://www.ocap.ca/tag/
May 25 Chick a biddy Farm near Hastings
Neill is feeling a lot of stress. hard on himself, irrational
We stayed on
May 26 Peterborough
Show at the Lift locks with council of Canadians members
the Cirque du Lake banner is master pieced and painted into existence
Where are you??..we introduce the party dudes into the pirate musical and we talk about the issue of video surveillance..
surveil this> iceberg and bottom feeder do some intersection improv while everyone is at the public meeting about video surveillance
Our host Karen is a great Story teller and tells us about chili the polar bear..
May 27 Immaculate Conception Elementary School 2 hours of fun!!
We did a really fun presentation for over 100 kids and split them into 4 workshops, then we played soccer and were late for spagetti!
May 28 Seperate ways to Toronto or Port Perry
May 29 Toronto
we got to join ben our costume designer in Toronto
We were in a springfest parade
We saw Once a Shoreline a west davenport community play
May 30 Toronto: run around busy day
Sierra club island Car Free bike tour, masquerade and dance Car Free Caravan
Then we went to see the great musical Urinetown about privatized pee http://www.urinetown.com
And THEN we did a show at sunnyside beach where ben brings the spirit of the great lakes back to life
May 31 Toronto: rainy day..out with the old in with the new
nelson Mandela school - we did a great show with our friends Emma, Himi and Gabreilla
and then Heather got her bike stolen! and we went on a wild goose chase
with lost rivers folk www.lostrivers.ca we did an intersection dance at umud creek... puddle of mudd.the rain does not perculate down.. need to go below the surface..
June 1 outta Toronto bike marathon
bike up the humber and through the endless toronto, missassauga until 407 then just strong winds and rain..

Take me to the Grand River: Guelph to Brantford (Lake Erie drainage)
June 2 Guelph
At 10am we did show at the Bronte Creek Project www.brontecreekproject.org
we met Shannon from song cycles www.web.net/~detour/songcycles/
Then we visited the Nestle Aberfoyle Springs plant www.nestlewaters.com
and.. ben and craig arrive from Toronto sneekily at night
June 3 Guelph
so long Clelie
Raccoon Man and others do Full Moon Fountain dance at St. Georges square
June 4 Kitchener: the Search for diluted treasure
Diluted Treasures X marks the spot
X marks the spot at the art party at Zero to One
Sarah and lucy from the trailer park boys and a lots of beautiful water bottle models
lots of art and instalations and activities.. a pool full of water bottles and a water tasting
June 5 Kitchener: Swamp monsters Victoria Swamp show at the clock tower
June 6 Let's celebrate the magestic Grand river
we found the river in Cambridge to meet Doug Craig Mayor of Cambridge
then we ran into did a show for heritage rivers representatives from the provinces and territories www.chrs.ca
A found river...Remembering…we biked all day along the river.
In brantford we were restless, Craig had to go and we went to rest by the magestic grand.

Back to the Lake Ontario
June 7 Hamilton: things are heating up
It was a hot balmy downtown couple of days
The Fringe festival was on and we went to see "Water" about the walkerton water tragedy http://curtintravellers.tripod.com/
June 8 Hamilton
We went to see the Art Gallery of Hamilton's Future cities exhibitionwww.virtualcities.mcmaster.ca
at 7 we did a show at Pier 4 for the citizens of Hamilton.. inspiring flowering party people
goodbye Princess Heather hello Princess Ivan
June 9 Hamilton-St. Catherines: heart=fire=heart
We visited the Red Hill Valley a very powerful place. So much spirit and love.
We had a meaningful visit John the Keeper of the Sacred Fire who said a lot about heart and firewww.keepersofthesacredfire.com
A we then biked up Mount Albion road to say hello to the three Tree Sitters treesit.revolutionweb.org
June 10 St. Catherines: With a point
St. Catherines Farmers Market show at noon...
then Suitcase in Point's Groundwater show www.suitcaseinpoint.com look in the gallery for pictures from the Groundwater show
June 11 Niagara Falls: Don't feed the animals
Raccoon man was attacked by a man raccoon
At the Horseshoe falls we did with show for tourists with locals erin and Yo
Neill said a long goodbye to Ben and Ivan and biked on to Lake Erie to meet cynthia and bill from hogwatch haldimand

Lake Erie happenings
June 12 Dunnville
break a leg (in theatre means go for it) but I found a baby oriole with a broken leg on the road that Bill and Cynthia took to a vet
I went to the Mudcat festival linetap.com/dunnvillechamber/mudcat.html celebrating catfish a fellow bottom feeder
Heavy Metal Fish pollution rock out with the Vanmarines www.vanmarines.com
and party at dehydration beer tent
Everyone likes Water Cycle Tatoo give aways..
June 13 bog to hog nature walk
We went on a nature walk to see a hog factory withhighly efficient nutrient units
So alien and foreign. the inspiration for skit about Space factories with dizzy spell making smells
For more info on Factory farms: www.beyondfactoryfarming.org
June 14 Port Burwell
I was found and then kidnapped by fish head Trevor and Captain Luke
June 15 Schools Out! - do you want to live forever?
shore heart art on Port Bruce beach art drops sending ripples across the nation
We went to Port Stanley to do a school’s out for summer show!!
Trevor and Neill dressed to impress with water bottle fashion.
Many of the high school grads were unimpressed with our water bottle designs. Perhaps to transparent. Break free.
June 16 London...The Thames river!
Gibbons Park show workshop with all new cast! Shannon, Andrew and Sarah
June 17 London: two more shows!
Covent Garden farmers market show
Lamby goes to the waterpark and gets a soaker with the other kids
Show at that great place: the Studio of Modern Graffiti (upstairs of GTs - where Lamby stayed for the evening) with water music makers and new skits:
the facts of life and water. horrors of the drain scarry.. hosted by raccoon man, hog factories from outer space, fanshawe lake olympic let down, and the infamous London Blob..
June 18 Day of Rest..
Peace. dance in the rain..

Welcome to the Land of Huron
June 19 to Sarnia: bike far..gotta get there
Family touch. Neill saw his Dad and Grandmothers..
June 20 Happy Fathers Day Dad!
Chemical Valley show.
All new Cast: Darcy our host in Sarnia Jay from London and Lori and Jocelyn from the Otesha Project www.otesha.ca
All new Skit: The Valley of the Giants and balancing act.
Brad the Storyteller told about a glass of water straight from the lake
Sarnia Environmental Activists: www.sarniaea.com
June 21 National Aboriginal Day
Lori, Joss and Neill made a visit to Ipperwash beach and the site of the Ipperwash Tragedy and the OPP shooting of Dudley George
We were given Suggested reading: One Dead Indian by Peter Edwards
Here is info on the inquiry:
www.web.net/~inquiry/ and www.ipperwashinquiry.ca
It rained and we stayed with friends by Ausauble River on a broccoli farm and had a dress up and translated show and discussion about bottling and aquifers with mexicano migrant farmworking friends
June 22 Goderich
baked evil..(lots of baked goods in Zurich) bike rolling hills..
stayed with my great uncle and went to the beach
June 23 privatization detectives
Bye Jocelyn
Lori and Neill visit to Goderich town hall and the publicly owned private water operation treatment plant by Veolia.
Privatization what gives? www.veoliaenvironnement.com
stayed at meeting place organic farm www.gks.com/organic/mcqufarm/
June 24 Kincardine
We biked through strong wind and we did a show with members of the Concerned Citizens of Kincardine www.bmts.com/~jkaminski/kincard/
June 25 Walkerton whispers and ripples
bye Lori
.. great potluck with members of the community and the Walkerton Healthy Communities Initiative www.whci.org
float down the river beside the canoeists
.. and a great show by the saugeen river in river bend park..
David Bajurny of East Hill Productions was there making a video about art being used to deal with the tragedy www.ehproductions.com
June 26 Thornbury: Everybody Dance!
Thornbury Video Country dance party with friends Sean and Devon
June 27 Beaver Valley: Kimbercote show
www.kimbercote.org with Blue Mountain Watershed Trust www.bmwt.org
beautiful view of the beaver valley and blue mountains.
sharing stories
June 28 Thornbury: Federal Election 2004
Vote Water Party tribute to local candidate the beaver river the spirit of the Beaver Valley
June 29 Owen Sound: Post election water party celebration
these grey county hills are killing me..
Harrison park great show..lots of people from the playground
Where is Lamby??!??!She's lost!
June 30 Dance at the beach like nobody's watching..
From Owen Sound to Sauble Beach and beyondwell everybodies hanging out with their car..
bike alone
July 1 Tobermory "oh water" anthem and fireworks
the official tour is over. met lots of fun kids

Fountain of Youth tour
July 2 Where to next?
the scheduled show was now finished, now what..head west to Sault Ste. Marie and join up with the Wacky Waterwheelin' Walleyes www.cyclecircus.org?
... or east and continue the solo journey around Georgian Bay.. hey take a ride from Santa's little helper to spragge on the north shore set midway between the two (sault ste. marie) and sudbury. The show must go on.. camp near big building which was later discovered to be the spanish residential school
July 3 Back on Track?
so I biked back to Manitoulin Island over 130km to the Sheguiandah Traditional Pow Wow where I did the Ojibwe Potato dance
July 4 Independance?
then I did white cap Canoe Boxing in Sheguiandah Bay
July 5 Treasure Hunt
Searching for my friends land out on Misery Bay..came out empty handed.. I ended up visiting some friends at a Clown Camp
July 6 to Sudbury: what makes a good circus?
Another long distance bike to see my friend Angie in Sudbury
Lively Circus protest at 6pm where I held a sign "I am a human powered circus with a heart"
We created a Sudbury fantasy water land in Ramsey lake including Merbottle show for dragon boats.. you who....
July 7 to Killarney: great bear race
I visited GEODE www.geodesudbury.org where I got two Raccoon stickers
Racing to get to Killarney before dark. and there are no killer bears as was warned
I met my friend Erik and we went to see Andy the karaoke singer..
July 8 The Water of Life Magic Show!!! at Killarney Provincial Park
I'm going Crazy mosquito infested show and raccoon man shooed by park warden
in and about Killarney and the magic that lies in killarney
July 9 Captain's hide away Grundy Lake provincial park
Tried to sleep With only a tarp and the mosquitoes were buggy
...so I went to find refuge in the park where I met Captain Luke from the Lake Erie shows
July 10 Parry Sound: Can you hear the Thunder?
show at Grundy with Captain Luke
kids get more excited by reptiles and snakes
Parry Sound sport bike show.
July 11 Muskoka: road warrior
bike, move beaver off road offer tobacco and write "beaver killed here" with chalk but..who can see it anyway?

Cirque du Moraine from the Oak Ridges to Waterloo
July 12 Lake Simcoe: what's your stance..happenstance
fellow happenstancical bicyclists - Cirque du Lake Simcoe David and Kent..
rain, thunder.. Uxbridge
July 13 Richmond Hill: Lobsters in Lake Ontario?
saw the art bikes and met the inspired minds of the winking circle brothers www.thewinkingcircle.com
...more rain and the oak ridges moraine visited show rooms www.macleodslanding.com, www.autumngrove.ca
Richmond Hill at friend Alex parents place and she said: "did you know that there are Lobsters in Lake Ontario??"
July 14 acrobatics..
i was almost accident free until...my front rack and baggage falls, bend forks and I flip over handle bars and land on feet
So the closest bike shop was in Aurora so I went to see my number 1 fans from Thornbury who where in Bradford
July 15 Guelph: Map it Well Painting
Holland Marsh soil richness and priveledge ride along the canal and wave to the Jamaican workers ...
Caledon Coalition of Concerned Citizens signs www.coalitioncaledon.com
back at the fountain in Guelph I started a painted and invited people to add to it.
July 16 When it comes to an end are you Forever young?
Home for my 25th birthday
.. Grand River you run deep in me swim

Other things to talk about
the magestic.. rivers.
we never went to see the 3 party leaders that crossed our paths. nor the 3 children's water festivals that were close yet so far.
no support vehicles=
the journey solo, with others.. getting others excited. reactions, the traveling, the consuming preparation. oh so much to tell

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