You Know You’re a Midwest Performer When…

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when the drive is longer than the show, but you still leave smiling.

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when you load in through a side door, a kitchen, or a church basement.

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when someone offers you coffee before they offer directions.

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when the audience sits politely at first and then absolutely loses it once they warm up.

• You know you're a Midwest performer when road trip snacks would rival your cousin's wedding charcutterie spread.

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when you have to preplan where you can do your hair before the event since you've been wearing a beanie all day in 10 degree weather. (just me?)

  

  Church basement made of MI limestone? Check!

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when people apologize for the weather, even when it’s not that bad and they don't control it.

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when the venue is a community center, a high school auditorium, a hotel ballroom, or a room that somehow manages to be all three.

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when you perform for people who drove in from six different towns and are genuinely happy to be together.

• You know you’re a Midwest performer when get paid fairly, thanked sincerely, and begged to take food home.

Midwest crowds don’t always explode right away. But when they do, it’s earned. They listen. They lean in. And when the moment lands, they laugh hard. There’s a quiet pride in Midwest audiences. Pride in showing up. Pride in taking care of people. Pride in sharing a night together. And honestly, that’s why I love performing here.

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Little road pasty across the Mackinac Bridge eh?