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Cover photo: Hacki & Moëppi Ginda by John CornicelloAvner the Eccentric photo by: Mark Gardiner

Comedy/Varietè/Burlesque at the Moisture Festival

The early years at ACT- A Contemporary Theatre,

Fremont Studios, Hale’s Palladium

Seattle 2005 - 2009

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The Photographers

John Cornicellowww.johncornicello.com

Michelle Bateswww.michellebates.net

Mark Gardinerwww.gardinerphoto.com

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The Producers

Maque daVis

Megan Riggs

Ron W. Bailey

Sandy Palmer Simon Neale

Rhonda Sable

Katherine BragdonTim Furst

The Chorus Line

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John Cornicello

Lara Paxton aka Darty Kangoo, Poppy Daze - with Aerialistas

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L: David Godsey, R: Moz Wright

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UL: Iman Lizarazu, LL: Baby Gramps, LC: Rod Ferrone UC: Flordigan Can Can Girls, UR: Canote BrothersLR: Simon Neale & Esther Edelman

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UL: Magical Mystical Michael, LL: Ruby Parade UR: Michael Sheffield, LR: Airplane Bit

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L: Dusty Rhodes, R: Joey Pipia

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UL: Christian Swenson, LL: Jim Page, LC: Du Caniveaux Dancing Bear Tom Murphy

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L: Duo Madrona, C: Henrik Bothe UR: Whit - Janet McAlpin & Kai, LR: Rhys Thomas

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Aerialistas

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L: Widow Twankey & The Cop, R: Tom Murphy

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L: Stickleback Plasticus, R: Cohdi Harrell

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Quynbi

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L: Velone Sisters, UR: Eric Newton, LR: Lara Paxton

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L: Duo Madrona, R: Sally Pepper

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Leapin’ Louie Lichtenstein

20 UL: Trixie Little & Evil Hate Monkey, LL: Johnny Jetpack Martha Enson & Godfrey Daniels

21 Godfrey Daniels

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L: Chantall, R: Woodhead and Cooper

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Moz Wright UC & UR: Zero Boy, LL: Ron W Bailey & Caela Bailey

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L: Bing Croonsby & the Mildew Sisters, R: Mark Ettinger

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UR: Ruby, Martha, Trixie, Iman, LR:SANCA’s Amazing Circus 1-ders

UL: Cathy Johnson & Michael Sheffield, LL: Trixie Little & Evil Hate Monkey

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L: Fyodor Karamazov, R: Alfredo Fettucini

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UL: Bob Malone, LL: Ann Uendo & Dudly Entendre UR: The Peculiärs, LR: Filipino Drill Team

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L: Avner the Eccentric, R: Matt Hall

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L: Scuff Acuff, C: Sandy Palmer, R: Zip Code Man

�0 UL & LR: Professor Humbug, LL: Chair Boy & Marie Miletto, LC: Sandy Palmer, UR: Rob Moitosa the Electric Reverend

�1 LL: Ian & Manny from SANCA’s Youth Performance Co., UL: Gabriela Milillo, R: Dr Calamari & Acrophelia

�2 UL & UR: Bellini Twins, LL: Producers, LR: Simon Neale & Mama Rose

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UL: Red Wine Sisters, LL: Du Caniveaux Dancing Bears UR: Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra, LR: Tom Noddy

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Lily Verlaine

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L: Kitten de Ville, C: Evilyn Sin Clair, R: Lily Verlaine

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R: Miss Indigo BlueUL: Buxom, LL: Waxie Moon, LC: Ben DeLaCreme

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L: The Shanghai Pearl, R: Paula the Swedish Housewife

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UL: Inga Ingénue, LL: Burlesque Finale UR: TriBellas Belly Dancers, LR: Michael Clifton & John Engerman

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L: Chica Boom, C: Mama Lou Strong Woman, R: Darty Kangoo

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�1 L: Wade Madson, R: Miss Indigo Blue

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L: Chantall, UC: Johnny Jetpack, LC: Aerialista Derierre, R: Maranon (Mik Kuhlman)

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UL: Ron W. Bailey & Hacki, UR: Cathy Sutherland & Caela Bailey, LL: Rhonda Sable & Larry Kezner LR: Sandy Palmer & Al Parisi

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UL: John Olufs, UR: Damien Aitken, B: Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra

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UL: Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra, LL: Fred Hawkinson UR: Jim Knodle & Greg Powers, LR: salamandir

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L: Bellini Twins, UR: Lily Verlaine, LR: Hacki Ginda & Chantall

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UL: Sky, UC: Dan Stiefel, LL: Burlesque Moistettes UR: Simon Neale, Heather Weihl & Rhonda Sable, LR: Aerialistas

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UL: Mama Rose, LL: Shanika Davis & Jennifer Wensrich UR: David Godsey, Janet McAlpin & Kai, LR: Dr. Calamari and Acrophelia

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UL: Burlesque Coordinators - Cathy Sutherland, Rhonda Sable & Carri Anderson, LL: Dee Dee Rainbow & Kevin Joyce

UC: Heather Meade & Mik Kuhlman, UR: Christina Bruce, LR: Maque daVis & Mama Rose

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UL: Christina, Megan, Mik & Katherine, LL: Randy Minkler, LCL: Madeleine Sosin & Al Parisi, LCR: Rachel Murray UR: Chris and Kris Huson, LR: Norma Baum

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L: Chickee & Boom Boom UC: Maque & Sandy, C: Debbie Hodgson & Erin Avelle, UR: Kathleen & Mike Hale, LC: Michelle Bates & Jessica Hale, LR: Amy Redmond & Jenelle Weidlich

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L: Diemo Ginda UR: The Birth of a Clown, LR: Fabulous Door Babes

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UL: Fabulous Food Babes, LL: Chantall UR: 2009 Lead Volunteers, LR: Simon & Cathy

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Michelle Bates

UL: Dr. Calamari, LL: Las Muñequitas, R: Lily Verlaine

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L: Sara Sparrow, R: Ricochet

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Duo Madrona

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Aerialistas

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UL: Karen Quest, LL: Nate Cooper UR: Juggling Jollies, LR: Ben DeLaCreme

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Lelavision

�0 UL: Shayna Swanson, LL: Raspyni Brothers, UR: Brothers from Different Mothers, LR: Hokum W Jeebs

�1 UL: The Castors, LL: Tune Stranglers, R: Shoehorn

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L: Janet McAlpin, C: Daniel Forlano, R: Wade Madson

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Yoda’s Brother Yogurt

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Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra

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UL: Tamara the Trapeze Lady, LL: One Two, Alla Babba Huey & Caela, R: Fremont Players

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TL: God’s Favorite Beefcake, LL: Hacki’s 3D Night at the Palladium UR: Toly Castor, LR: Flaming Idiots

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Flordigan Can Can Girls

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T: Aerialistas, L Burlesque Moistettes

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L&R: The Flappers: Esther Edelman, Kari Podgorski, Cathy Sutherland, Martha Enson

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L & R: Inga Ingénue

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L: Babette La Fave, R: Fuschia Foxxx

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UL: Caela & the Dangerous Flares, LL: The Zebra Kings, R: Old Blue Eyes Du Caniveax

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L: Amy G, R: Lelavision

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L&R: Jason Webley

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L: Jane Osborn, UR: Kazüm, LR: Mud Bay Jugglers

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L & LR: Madame X, UR: Avner the Eccentric

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Doc Sprinsock & the SANCApators

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Poppy Daze

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L: Dr Calamari & Acrophelia, R: Laura Stokes

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L: Mme Zazou, UC: Bill Robison, LC: Johnny Jetpack UR: Zev Eisenberg, LR: Linda Severt

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L: Heather Weihl & David Godsey C: Julie Goell, UR: Kevin Joyce, LR: Godfrey Daniels

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L: Lelavision, R: Simon Neale & Godfrey Daniels

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UL: Terry Crane, UC: Magical Mystical Michael, UR: Chantall, LL: Moëppi, Rebecca & Diemo Ginda, LC: Back Man, LR: Hilary Chaplain

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Nanda & Nada - Harry Levine, Ron W Bailey, Cathy Sutherland & Hacki Ginda

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Nanda

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L: Foolz, UR: Reid Belstock, LR: Noodlinis

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UL: Jonathan Rose, UC: John Gilkey, LL: Tom Murphy, C: Smerdyakov Karamazov, UR: Blanche De Bris, LR: David Godsey

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UL: Randy Minkler & Godfrey Daniels, LL: Robin Worley, LC: Bellini Twins & Poppy Daze, LR: Poppy Daze & Godfrey Daniels

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UL: Mike Hale & Phil O’Brien, UC: Ted Lockery & Katherine Bragdon, UR: Sandy Palmer & Zero Boy LL: Finale Marathon Show Order, LC: Burlesque Moistettes, LR: Maque daVis & Norma Baum

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Mark Gardiner

Hacki & Moëppi Ginda & Kaja

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Hacki Ginda & Kaja

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101 Hacki & Moëppi Ginda & Kaja

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L: Charlie Brown UR: Tom Murphy, LR: Iman Lizarazu & Moëppi Ginda

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L: Aerialistas, R: Baby Gramps

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Tom Noddy & Mousie Tongue

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UL: Frank Olivier, LL: Tom Noddy, R: Amanda Crockett

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L: Nate Cooper, R: Godfrey Daniels

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Foolz

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L: Avner the Eccentric, R: Savannah Fuentes

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L: Moz Wright, R: Aerialistas

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Aerialistas

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Aerialistas

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UL: Butt Rock Suites, LL: Seanjohn Walsh, UR: Janet McAlpin & David Godsey, LR: Nada

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L: Artis, UR: Aerialistas, LR: Grand Finale

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UL & UR: Nanda, LL: ASL Interpreter, LR: Rhys Thomas

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L: Rhys Thomas, R: Velone Sisters

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UL: Leapin’ Louie Lichtenstein, LL: Amanda Crockett, R: Sally Pepper & Darty Kangoo

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L: Frank Olivier, R: Amy G

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L: The Cabiri, R: The Red Queens – Carlin Briner & Erica Keeling

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L: Sally Pepper, R: Janet McAlpin

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Flaming Idiots

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L: Darty Kangoo, UR: Martha Enson & Ruby, LR: Lelavision

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L: Kids in the Audience, C: Frank Olivier & kid from the audience UR: John Gilkey, LR: Reid Belstock

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UL: Clay Martin, LL: Nanda & Diemo UR: UMO’s Buffoons, LR: Kevin Joyce & UMO’s Troll kids

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Aerialistas

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L: Stickleback Plasticus, R: Trio Manchego

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Miss Indigo Blue

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L: Trixie Little & Evil Hate Monkey, R: Tamara the Trapeze Lady

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L: Fuschia Foxxx UR: Miss Indigo Blue, LC: Ben DeLaCreme, LR: Chantall

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L: Inga Ingénue, R: Miss Indigo Blue

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L: Joselynn Plank, Michael Clifton, Ron W. Bailey, Sandy Palmer R: Mama Rose’s Birthday

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UL: Cathy Sutherland & Caela Bailey, LL: UMO’s Trolls, R: Moëppi & Diemo Ginda

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UL: Moëppi Ginda, Simon Neale & Sandy Palmer, LL: Moisture Festival Producers, R: Festival Work Crew Outside the Palladium

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Thank You One and All

Closing Night at the Palladium by: John Cornicello

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Memorial

Jim HindeTony Duggleby

Sandahbeth Spae

We shared the stage with these friends for

the last time.

Greg Palmer

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AcknowledgementsIn 200� Ron W. Bailey, Maque Da Vis, Simon Neale, Tim Furst and Sandy Palmer began working together to create a Comedy/Varietè festival. Named The Moisture Festival, it was to be an annual springtime event to welcome varietè artists to perform in Seattle. Three major influences in the festival’s creation were the vaudeville community at the Oregon Country Fair, the creative energy constantly released from the center of the universe in Fremont and Hacki Ginda’s Varietè/Comedy Festival held in Berlin in 1996. kkk The success of The Moisture Festival during its first six years is directly related to the outstanding volunteer work of a group of people lovingly referred to as the sacred staff led by Rhonda Sable, Katherine Bragdon and Megan Riggs. This team of sacred staff members who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes and often throughout the year also include Randy Minkler, Tom Noddy, Danny O’Brien, Norma Baum, Cathy Sutherland, Mary Fleischman, Phil O’Brien, Jennifer Wensrich, Shanika Davis, Christina Bruce, Robin Worley, John Olufs, Stuart Zobel, Eben Sprinsock and Godfrey Daniels. kkk We are eternally grateful to the varietè artists: Avner the Eccentric, Frank Olivier, Tom Noddy, Hacki Ginda, Karen Quest, Henrik Bothe, Rhys Thomas, Amy G, Tom Murphy, Rob Williams and many other artists who have so generously contributed their talents and wonderful performances. Their good humor and love of varietè entertainment is contagious and inspiring. You are the reason the audiences have returned year after year. kkk Our scheme of bringing the art of Burlesque back into the varietè fold was a success and a pleasure because of Miss Indigo Blue, Paula the Swedish Housewife, Lily Verlaine, Fuschia Foxxx, Evilyn Sin Clair, Inga Ingénue, and many others in the star-studded Seattle burlesque community. We appreciate their willingness to exhibit, in their own special way, what collaboration is all about. Rhonda Sable, Cathy Sutherland, Martha Enson, Tamara the Trapeze Lady and Carri Anderson: thank you for your work on these shows. kkk We thank our dedicated theater technicians: lights, sound, rigging, stage management and videographers. The show bands: The Zebra Kings, The Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra, Doc Sprinsock and the SANCApators. They have all performed with natural style and class, happy to be playing shows in a brewery. kkk Putting on a month-long festival is a tremendous amount of work that could not be accomplished without additional volunteer help. It has been our good fortune to have a group of volunteers who always play well with others and love to dress up. Door babes, food babes, box office, security, merchandise - we love you. When festival time rolls around these folks happily jump in to play a critical role in organizing the festival each spring: Heather Meade, Rodman and Susan Miller, Mick Westrick, Tony Koons, Cathy Johnson, Annmarie McMahon, Mik Kuhlman and Cousin Kenny Peters. There are so many others who help in a thousand ways. We are grateful to all of you. kkk Mike and Kathleen Hale have supported the festival in countless ways with tremendous trust, joy and faith. The fabulous staff at Hale’s Brewery makes us feel at home and never fails to accommodate. The Moisture Festival without Hale’s Palladium would be like a genie without a lamp. kkk ACT-A Contemporary Theatre, under the artistic direction of Kurt Beattie, offered a chance for the festival to expand creatively and benefit from years of theatrical experience through their Central Heating Lab at ACT. Adam Moomey, Alyssa Byer, Harley Reese, Jacquelyn S. Rardin and all of the ACT staff have been a treat to work with. Thanks also go out to Jason Montgomery and all of the union crew members.

The story of the festival and all of the fun we’ve had in the first six years is told in these photographs taken by Michelle Bates, John Cornicello and Mark Gardiner. We want to thank them for their dedication while capturing all of the artists so beautifully, for illuminating what we have accomplished together and for answering the question: what is The Moisture Festival?

We especially thank Corey Scherrer who provided hours of labor and the expertise necessary to make this book a reality.

Merci Beaucoup,

The Moisture Festival Chorus Line:

Tim Furst, Sandy Palmer, Ron W. Bailey, Maque daVis, Katherine Bragdon, Rhonda Sable, Megan Riggs

Back Cover Photo: Aerialistas by Michelle Bates

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