The Olympian Above Ground Circus

Patience?

Roxanne Lane — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:28:54 +0000

I want so badly for something to happen. Something happy and good and inspiring. Dear Summer time: Come quickly! I wish that I could snap my fingers and Raffi would be here to play a free concert for us all in Sylvester Park. I would wiggle until I dropped!

I just wanted to say that I haven’t forgotten about this project and I am still hoping to hear from more people who are interested in collaborating or interacting with us.

When the sun comes out, so shall the badminton rackets and free lemonade!

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HOORAY!!

Roxanne Lane — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:44:31 +0000

Click on this comic strip to enlarge. A big thank you artist Chelsea Baker for drawing our Hot Cocoa Adventure!! I’m so glad that everyone loved it as much as they did. We had such a blast!! More awesome comics by Chelsea can be found at www.chelseathebaker.com so go check it out!! Thanks again!

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Thank you!

Roxanne Lane — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:32:31 +0000

Thank you to everyone who emailed me about the ‘Everything Drive’. Thank you for your items and thank you for caring. I think it is important to give things to the right people, instead of dropping them off at Goodwill, (although I love to shop there…). There are tons of free-closets whose visitors need your things more.

Thank you again, Olympians!

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The Everything Drive

Roxanne Lane — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:25:38 +0000

Greetings Olympians! I have had very little response in regards to the Everything Drive we dreamed up… so I’m going to change the rules a little bit. If you already have items that you’ve put to the side and wish to donate, send an email to elastic.koala@gmail.com and we’ll let you know what the next step is.

Otherwise, we’re calling this off and turning our focus to a kind of walk-in juggling lesson event…

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Donation Sites…

Roxanne Lane — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:57:28 +0000

So we’re thinking about collecting donations for Community Youth Services, the Food Bank, possibly the Food Co-Op if anyone is interested, and for the fire department’s efforts to help house-fire victims rebuild their lives.

How’s that sound? Is anyone interested in donating? Anyone tired of waiting and thinking of tossing things or taking their stuff to goodwill instead?

LET US KNOW BEFORE YOU GO. Email me at elastic.koala@gmail.com

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We’re planning and ‘Everything Drive’!

Roxanne Lane — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:59 +0000

Good afternoon, Olympia! Just a quick note to let you know that as of today, we’re planning a food and clothing drive! We’ll also be accepting any other useful items, especially house hold items/toiletries and toys/art supplies for kids!

Let everyone you know in on it! Tell Olympia to start saving their unwanted items… If you don’t drive, we’ll come get it from you ourselves!

Since this idea was just born today, we haven’t pinned down the exact recipients of your good deeds, but off the top of my head I am hoping to help out Community Youth Services, The Olympia Food Bank, and (depending on the turn out of children’s toys and such) I have a number of local daycares in mind.

Due to the fact that I live in Tumwater, I’m hoping to leave a few donation boxes near my house. Mega Foods and Michael T. Simmons Elementary perhaps??

We’re going to get right on the planning, and when we figure out where our drop boxes will be located, we’ll post it right away… but like I said… We have no problem picking up donations LOCALLY for those who are vehicularly challenged

Hooray! I can’t wait!

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Hot Cocoa Night! Over and Done.

Roxanne Lane — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:36:49 +0000

Well, I have to start by saying that Hot Cocoa Night was a success! We were almost shut down before we even began when our wagon was compromised, (thought I was going to have to resort to skate boards and rope!!) but my friend came to the rescue and delivered one at nearly the last minute! We went to the West Side with a little-red-wagon, 5 gallons of hot water, 100 cups, and loads of cocoa and cider.

We filled our water at a friend’s house and walked the few blocks to Harrison. We didn’t even make it two whole blocks before all 50 cups were gone! We never really made it off the sidewalk! People loved us.

We hit the spot, we kept them warm, we made them smile, we got strange looks… It was rad. People seemed very surprised that the drinks were FREE. We still made a little bit of money, though we never even asked for it. Thank you! I had such a blast and I can’t wait to do this again. Who cares if it’s Arts Walk? People like cider all year round.

We went downtown to try and get rid of the rest, but it was far less successful… We did run out of cider though, and only have a couple cocoas left. I AM SO GLAD EVERYONE LOVED WHAT WE WERE DOING. THANK YOU FOR NOT REFUSING DRINKS FROM STRANGERS!!!

“You should have been on the flyer!”, one person said… which I didn’t even think of… and the best quote of the night was probably, “What you guys are doing defines what Olympia means…”. We were also asked if we were part of EGYHOP or The Raccoon Collective…

Whoa.

Unfortunately, we only managed to snap two pictures because of camera and picture-taker problems… I was really looking forward to having some pictures taken with the kick-ball group at Garfield, but then the cops came to break it up. Maybe next time?

Thanks again, Olympia!

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West Side Arts Walk: Jan 30th

Roxanne Lane — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:20:22 +0000

Hooray! The Circus is back in business! We’ll be waltzing around at the West Side Arts Walk on January 30th. I have no idea what it will be like, as this will be my first West Side Arts Walk, but I am really excited just to get out there and have some fun.

The Plan: Simply to run around handing out free hot cocoa and hot apple cider to anyone who doesn’t refuse us!

My friend knows a house that will supply us with enough hot water to hopefully hand out all the drinks I bought…. and I just can’t wait! Whether you see us there or not, HAVE A BLAST THIS WEEKEND!!! Live it up, Olympia!!

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Nerf Fight??

Roxanne Lane — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:02:53 +0000

My friends came up with an amazing idea for some kind of nerf-gun-fight in downtown Olympia and wanted to connect it to The Circus with an open invite to everyone in town… It’s still in the planning stages, and they may want to wait until it gets warm again, but I just thought I would stop in and share my excitement.

Happy New Year’s Eve, Olympia! Have fun and stay safe. I hope everyone’s holidays have been fantastic.

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A Cancellation…

Roxanne Lane — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:36:01 +0000

Tonight is the night of a show by a great band, ‘Boozegrass’ that The Circus had planned to do an intermission act for. Unfortunately, my main circus friend has pneumonia and is otherwise incapacitated. I am really sad that this opportunity has gone by, but I will remain hopeful and keep looking forward to the hot cocoa nights that are soon to come.

It’s definitely cold enough now!

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