Short – Busker HoF 78 – Contained Chaos

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Episode Notes:

Interview by: Magic Brian
Interviewee: JP McKendry
Original Recording Date: March 21, 2016
Date: Aired: May 15, 2017
Location: Recorded in JP’s Hotel Room in Dubai during the Dubai Marina Mall Street Performers Festival.
Notes about the Image: This image is a composite created by Magic Brian from images found on the internet.
Music:
1. Intro: “Vino” Royalty Free Jingle available in Apple Computers’ GarageBand.
2. Other Music: “Cascade” by Tim Sars as played by The Carnival Band
Mixed and edited by: Magic Brian and David Aiken for The Busker Hall of Fame

Comments: What do you do when your show is visited by a viking and a guy strung out on drugs? Both have the potential of stopping your show in it’s tracks unless you’ve got the confidence in your ability to roll with the unexpected and keep your audience laughing at everything that comes up.

Focusing on the energy in the circle and redirecting negative energy through humour is effective to a point, but sometimes a situation can escalate to the stage where it becomes a potential threat to not only the performer, but the audience as well.

Magic Brian sat down with JP McKendry to relive the show at the Stockholm Street Performer’s Festival where JP dodged not one, but two bullets for himself, his volunteer and an audience that watched on in awe at the spectacle that unfolded before them.