From the Cave vol. 2

From the Cave

Alegria Arena Tour

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Dec 2009

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Welcome to the 1st Edition of “From the Cave” Since the beginning of the Arena tour, I’ve been thinking to have a journal for our tour.

I could not find the time for it and after being very annoying to Isabel with that project, she decided to do it!

You’ve probably seen what was done on other tours or what we had before with “The Amazon Wing” (that was the name of the journal for Alegria in Big Top). As you can see, the new name is more appropriate to our own reality (you know how excited I get when we have windows in the Road Management office!).

We will have our “From the Cave” once per leg. Everybody is welcome to participate. We are inviting you to share your stories, photos, funny quotes or ideas. Don’t censure yourself, well… until a certain point; we want that journal to reflect the good, enthusiastic and energetic spirit of this special tour.

I want to thanks the editors, Isabel, Ken, Alan, Edouard and Pedro and also everybody who support them and answer their questions for that Christmas Special Edition.

And watch out, you never know what can come “From the Cave”.

Claudine

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From the Cave Diogo, Portugal

Malika, Switzerland

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On the 24 of December, we have supper with the family. The main dish is codfish. At 10 pm we got to the mass. At midnight we open the gifts and then go party with friends. On the th 25 , we usually have a special lunch with the family with Turkey as the main dish.

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Lidia, Poland

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On the 24 , we have supper with the th family and on the 25 , there is a big family get together for lunch. We eat special Swiss cheese and for desert we have Bûche de Noël (Yule Log).

On the Christmas tree we usually put real candles and some sparkling candles. We play games and usually the kids do a presentation.

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On the 24 , we have supper with all the relatives; usually we have 12 dishes representing the 12 apostolic. th No red meat. On the 25 we usually have red met for lunch.

Hanna, Belarus

Alex, Denmark Jon, UK th

On the 24 , we have dinner with the family; we usually eat duck or pork.

We have a tradition of eating rice pudding with red berry’s sauce and whoever finds the nut in their plate win a gift. We sing Christmas songs and open the gifts after dinner.

On the 25 , all relatives have lunch together. We eat turkey with potatoes, mince pie and Christmas pudding, and exchange gifts. On the th 24 at night we usually got to the church for the midnight mass.

Stephie, Belgium

Evgueni, Russia

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We usually have supper with the th family on the 24 , and after go to a bar with friends. Our special dish is Salat Olivier and we drink Champaign. We usually open the gifts on the following morning.

Elodie, France th

On the 24 , the family gets together.

We play games like mimics, open gifts and for dinner we eat toast with smoked salmon, meat with fruits, potato croquets and drink Champaign.

We celebrate on the night of the 6 of January. We go to the church and after have dinner with the family and exchange gifts.

We usually have a big lunch on the th 25 with all relatives; we eat foie gras, turkey and salmon. For desert we usually have Bûche de Noël.

Oleksiy, Ukraine

Lisa, Australia

Isabel, Brazil

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We have dinner on the 24 with the close family, and at midnight, we watch the President speech on television. After, there are fireworks, we celebrate by drinking Champaign.

The special dish is Salat Olivier, made with ham, potato, pickles, pepper, eggs and other ingredients.

Micah, USA th

On the 24 , we celebrate with a barbeque. All relatives come and each family is responsible for bringing a dish. Someone dresses as Santa Klaus and the kids get their th gifts. On the 25 , we usually drive around the neighborhood giving cookies to the people we know.

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On the 24 , before going to sleep, we leave carrots for the reindeer and milk and cookies for Santa’s th assistants. On the 25 we have lunch with our relatives. We eat seafood, turkey and other meats on a barbeque meal and have Christmas pudding in the afternoon. Since it is summer time in Australia, we usually go swimming at the beach.

Mitko, Bulgaria th

On the night of the 24 , we have dinner with the closest relatives. On th the 25 usually we celebrate with the big family, get together for lunch, drink and talk.

Ken, Canada We celebrate Christmas Eve by having a nice turkey dinner with the family and friends and afterward go the church. On the morning of the th 25 , we open the presents.

Amanda, New Zealand

Zaloa, Spain Baaska and Gana, Mongolia

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Christmas is not celebrated in Mongolia; it is just a normal day.

Instead, we celebrate New Year’s with our family. We have supper together, drink Champaign and exchange gifts.

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We have supper on the 24 ; the main dish is turkey or codfish, rice with dry fruits and apple pure. For desert we usually have a kind of French toast.

After, we usually go out to party with th friends. On the 25 we have lunch with all relatives.

On the 24 , we have supper with the whole family, usually seafood and th “pata negra” ham. On the 25 , we have a special lunch. Most of the th families open their gifts on the 6 of January.

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On the 25 of December we usually do a barbeque outside or a picnic on th the beach with the family. On the 26 , we usually hang out with friends. For Christmas we eat a traditional desert called “pavlova” made out with meringue, kiwi and strawberry.

Another tradition is to watch a cricket game.

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Ask a Technician Have you ever wondered how springs are in the powertrack and how long they take to all get it?

Are you curious as to what holds everything up in the air and how it all gets up there?

Did you every wonder how does a microphone work?

We drink 14 gallons (53 litters) of Vitamin D Milk and 300 cans of Coca-Cola a week

Well here is your chance, drop a letter in the "Ask

a Technician" Box located next to the mailboxes or send an email to Wardrobe does in average 17 loads of laundry a day

peter.thompson@cirquedusoleil.com.

I don't have all of the answers, but I will find someone who does.

There are no stupid questions, and if you're afraid it might sound that way feel free to make your question anonymous.

All questions answered, and the best ones will be featured in the next issue of "From

Alegria consumes in average 60 pineapples a week, 70 pounds (32 kilos) of mixed nuts and 225 chickens!

the Cave".

We use 10 bottles of ketchup per week

Each truck on tour has done 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) from the beginning of the rd 3 leg to Worcester, and consumed in average 2,500 litters (660 gallons) of diesel per month.

QUIZ…

Alegria got the key of the city from the Major hands?

B - There was fire on the river?

C - We had a cake with the shape of a penis?

D - Diogo found a mouse in his hotel room?

E - The Road Management office had a bath tub?

F - We had free drinks at the hotel every evening?

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A – Bridgeport, B – Providence, C – Albany, D – Halifax, E - State College, F - Hampton

A-

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“THE CAVES – leg 3”

Montreal, Bell Center

Worcester, DCU Center

Hampton, Hampton Coliseum

Augusta, James Brown Arena

Greenville, Bi-Lo Center

London, Labatt Center (Thanks Alan !)

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