What the heck’s a scooptacular? It’s an ice cream party on a farm with animals and vendors and fall things. What completes a fall party? Dancing witches, of course! It just so happens that I belong to a troupe of witches who will trade event coordinators our dance-entertainment for money.
The Whip City Witches and I performed two sets this weekend; a ‘skirt’ set and a ‘pants’ set, each about 30 minutes long. Above is my skirt ensemble for the chilly morning, below, I’ve shed layers and skirts for the afternoon heat. October is obviously our busiest season, but we do book gigs year-round. 
It’s all a bit of fun dress up and minimal character acting. Most insist that we’re performing as “good witches,” but I’ll never concede to admit that. Performing outdoors has it challenges, with weather, sun and wind. Not to mention the gravel surface that we were dancing on is not the best. Believe it or not, some of out act can be quite technical and it sure would have been nicer to have an even smooth surface to change weight on. We are working on performing on more indoor stages in the future.
It’s also hard to keep a pretty face sometimes while actively shimmying, thinking, and counting. Something to work on. I would also like to see the troupe have a neater and more portable stage kit. Maybe decorative crates to both delineate our space as well as hide our props. I’ve done enough theater work to be picky about these things and right now, I don’t think our picnic blankets are cutting it.
Spectators got a few good videos of us, which I do not have permissions to share, so instead you get this nice screenshot which makes a pretty picture and shows the impact of our spinning accessories. I swindled the group into choreographing a song to one of my metal bands and here we’ve opted to use fan veils as flames. They present a stunning effect when the wind is cooperating.
