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Roald Dahl Day Celebration TONIGHT!

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Roald Dahl Day Celebration!

Place: Book People
Date: Sep 13
Time:6:00 PM
Description: What a glorious day! A day of celebration for that crazy genius Roald Dahl. Today, we have a few rules:

1. Any costume resembling any one of Roald Dahl's colorful characters are highly encouraged to be worn on BookPeople property.
2. You must eat lots and lots of chocolate.
3. Kids make all of the rules!
4. Attend our FREE party tonight at 6 PM!

The Austin Improv Collective will be here to entertain us with some brilliant comedy, but they'll need help from the audience...that's where you all come in! We'll also have a delectable spread of confectuous delights to dazzle your tastebuds. Come and join us for a truly magical night and purchase a Roald Dahl book to add to your collection TONIGHT! All ages.

http://www.bookpeople.com/calendar_of_e ... ail&id=152
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Who's performing in this? What's the format going to be?

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We're doing two 20-minute gigs somewhere between 6-8pm. We'll be playing for 60 sixth graders from a local public school and a handful of parents/chaperons. Format is up to us -- we'll probably play some games, do some short storytelling stuff, etc. Cast includes Marc, Shana, Andy C, Erin, Mike (K?) -- with me doing soundtracky stuff if they need it.
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I thought this was awesome. Lots of kids hopped up on candy having fun, and yet the imps were able to captivated the audience with their games and storytelling. Everyone was entertained and left loving us -- several people even told me so to my face. Those that were unwilling to talk to our awesomeness directly told each other -- but I overheard their giddiness. Three cheers for improv!!! Thanks Book People!! Thanks AIC!!
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I am so glad to hear that you guys pulled it off and not at all surprised. Will Marc be able to upload some of the video or pictures from it?
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That's so cool, guys. I feel proud.
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Asaf wrote:I am so glad to hear that you guys pulled it off and not at all surprised. Will Marc be able to upload some of the video or pictures from it?
Here ya go:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/majcher/tags/roalddahl/
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Last night went well and was really fun. but the most important thing i learned is that marc has the CUTEST BABY OF ALL TIME. officially.
"Blondes not bombs"
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erin wrote:Last night went well and was really fun. but the most important thing i learned is that marc has the CUTEST BABY OF ALL TIME. officially.
The Russian judge didn't think so.
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everyone knows russians hate babies. that's why they lost the cold war.
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The french skating judges will agree with you for a price. Cutest baby? 1000 Euros. Done.
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