From: Rolande Duprey <puppetpro-AT-aol.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:30:13 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Has everyone seen this?


Busking is hard.

I did it on South St. Seaport once (NYC) -- made enough for the ride  
home.

Anyone else busk with puppets?

Rolande


On Feb 22, 2008, at 9:56 PM, HobgoblinH-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Actually, in this case, it was not the police-- We set up in New  
> Orleans on
> the square, only to find that all spaces were legally reserved for  
> artists
> (read  "painters"), and they had the right to tell us to get the  
> hell off their
> space,  once they showed up. So we moved on to Royal St. where no  
> spaces were
> reserved,  and pedestrian traffic is also the norm. Once we set up--  
> mind you,
> it is a  nice, bright theater, and we were in Victorian costume--  
> two of the
> shop  owners told us to beat it on the basis that we might block their
> customers. Then  they said that another performers, who did musical  
> glasses usually
> took that  space. Then they conferred as we began packing and  
> moving-- they
> decided on  second thought that the musical glass player was a lot  
> scuzzier than
> we were, so  we should stay to keep him away. So we stayed on their  
> sufferance.
> Turns out,  though, that we were not making the money we had hoped  
> for, so we
> eventually  threw in the towel after another couple of shows.
>
> Must say, I never had so much trouble as a musician busking there  
> in  the
> early 70's. It was freedom city, then.
>
> Cheers,
> Alice
>
>
> In a message dated 2/22/2008 6:03:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> puppetpro-AT-aol.com writes:
>
> Alice,
> I want to know why the police chased you. Were you in the  wrong spot?
> Was it something you did or  said?
>
>
>
>
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