Where in the world am I today?: North Vancouver, BC, Canada

About a week ago I got an email from Becky Priebe suggesting that a friend of hers, Cory Tabino, who had recently moved to Seattle contact me as I might be able to give him some leads on work… I cracked open my address book and provided the following information – Cory seemed to appreciate getting it, so I thought others might as well…

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If you haven’t already, contact the guys at LeapFrog Entertainment and introduce yourself to them –

http://www.leapfrog-entertainment.com/

They’re down in Seattle.

As are the Brothers from Different Mothers – http://www.differentmothers.com/

Who know the Seattle scene really well… Worth connecting with them if you haven’t already… Matt Baker does a comedy blog at http://www.comedyskills.com/ and is always looking for contributors…

Vancouver-wise – sounds like you’re already familiar with Busking down on Granville Island…

If/when you do come up consider inviting people to come and check out your shows. These folks may not have anything for you immediately, but it’s worth the effort to connect with them and invite them down to come and check out your work or offer to take them out for a coffee and meet them face to face so that the next time something comes up that you’d be perfect for you’re in their heads…

Me – Just so we can meet face to face

David Clark – BC Event Management – http://www.bceventmanagement.com/

Brett Brown – Noteable Entertainment – http://www.noteable.net/

Tom Stulberg/Borja Brown – Fireworks Marketing Group – http://www.fireworksgroup.com/

Steve Carmichael – Pacific Show Productions – http://www.pacificshow.ca

Beth Mackey – City of Surrey – http://www.surrey.ca/

Ann Phelps – City of Richmond – http://www.richmond.ca

Peter Boulanger – Underground Circus – http://www.undergroundcircus.ca/

Kira Schaffer – Firebelly Performance Society – http://www.firebelly.org/

Jay Nuns – Cirkids Vancouver – http://www.cirkids.org/

There are others in town who might be worth connecting with as well, so if you hook up with any of these folks ask them about other people you might hook up with as well. Being able to successfully network around the community will eventually lead to opportunities, so it’s well worth making the effort.

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Some performers are fairly guarded about giving away their network of contacts to others, but I’m of the opinion that there’s enough work out there for everyone and don’t mind sharing this sort of information freely. If you’ve just moved or are just getting started as an entertainer making the effort to meet people in the industry and in your community will serve you well. Some may have information to share, some may feel a bit more guarded about the exchange, but like my grandfather used to say. Everyone can teach you something, so get out and do some learning.

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