This journal is completely and totally random, I know. But I need to say it. Plus I need a new journal. Warning: this journal is looonnggg:

Alegría was spectacular. I went to see the show last night with a few friends of mine in Reading, Pennsylvania (PA). OHMAHGAWSH. I have to give props to my dearest Pixi for getting us third row seats for the show. I'd like to tell anyone who's planning on seeing this in the future: the show isn't in the iconic yellow and blue tent. I know some are thinking: "Well, what the hell? Where is it?" It's in an arena. The huge buildings where they do concert venues, hockey games, boxing tournaments. Sadly, the intimate atmosphere you get from being in a tent (or even in one of their resident shows) is lost. It just feels like a HUGE stage in a HUGE room. So, the seating arrangement is a little strange. Though our seats were close, we were on the floor and right behind the person in front of us. But then there were about seven more rows behind us. On the floor. From there, it starts to rise, but those people are 10 rows farther away from the stage.

I heard a few people complaining about their seats, and I even had a conversation with a group of people on how we missed the show in a tent. I understand Cirque's reasoning for putting the show in an arena; they want to have the show tour in smaller venues for shorter amounts of time. Alegría is only in a city for five days, before they travel to their next spot. I like the tent better.

So the show itself! Since I can ramble so well about everything else. The show was, like I said, spectacular. A little rushed in some spots: like Russian Bars and Contortion, and the White Singer (she's so gosh darn cute!) did speed up the finale song. BUT. Other than that, AMAZING. I don't know what my favorite part of the show was. Actually, I do. The shirtless male performers and the male White Angels. x3 Tehee, they're all on my Christmas wish-list. But I think my favorite act was the Aerial High Bar; it's like a trapeze act mated with parallel bars. They had two guys swinging on a trapeze bar, then five guys rotated on the bars. They'd swing around on the bar, flip backwards over another bar, and grab the trapeze's hands. And not fall. AND NOT FALL. Holy. Shit. And their awesome ending to the act! They were all showing off by doing like, four, maybe five flips, in the air after letting go of the bar and landing on the safety net. And they were shirtless. :3

SO. I think I covered most everything. Next to our... interesting car ride to the show; starting by Pixi driving the complete wrong direction. I got a cool sweatshirt, the DVD, and program. Bitches didn't have the CD available. Damn Canada not being able to send them more sooner! OH! The coolest part was after everyone left, I asked a lady if we could meet the artist. Though we couldn't, two of the guys from the High Bar came back out and started to help take down the net. Out of costume and shirtless. Damn those guys looking so good!

Until next time!