The Final Wicked Faire: Arriving Full Circle
This past weekend at Wicked Faire I played with Psyche Corporation & I joined This Way to the Egress on stage for “Bones” (as is our tradition). Those sets brought things Full Circle.
Back in 2014, I attended the second Steampunk Anachronism in NYC. It was the first Steampunk event I’d ever been to (well, I think the Steampunk Picnic actually has that honor - but first show!). I saw Egress play there & was fucking wowed! They were fun & awesome & had cello & violin - and just a million levels of cool.
After that event, I was obsessively checking twitter & found Minions of Gozer - who it turned out were having a benefit/fundraising event to help get things started. I happily agreed to play (cuz omg so cool), and it was there that I met Psyche Corporation - we were both into the others’ performance & decided we should collaborate. I also met a dear friend who told me about this event called Dorian’s Parlor.
Dorian’s Parlor turned out to be the coolest fucking thing ever, and it was the first Steampunk event I ever played! This is where the name The Wandering Cellist was born (I mean: I was playing a cool steampunk event - I needed a cool name that fit!!). It’s also where I met Dr. Andy & the rest of Circuit Six
After that I was playing at Wicked Faire 2011 as part of Pysche Corp. At one point, an act was arriving a bit late & Dr. Andy texts me asking if I can do a solo set till they get there - so, I just set up, plug in & drop some improv & some Dr. Who. One of the staff radios in for other staff to come check it out, it winds up on YouTube & somehow or another, I end up performing at future Wicked Faire & Steampunk World’s Fair events.
Before that moment, I never believed I was good enough to apply for events with such amazing performers. (Side note: that’s where I first saw Ego Likeness & Platform one - who later became good friends!) :D
So much more has happened in the years between, and it’s incredible how much those first events & the path they set me on changed my life for the better - how much awesome they brought into my life & how much awesome they let me bring into others’ lives!!
It was an honor to perform at the Wicked Faire XI: The Final Wicked Faire, and be there for its last moments & remember the special place it’s had in my heart & life all these years.
