Kicker’s Sports Bar and Grill
Tarah and Daryk perform at Kickers Sports Bar and Lounge in Diamond Valley, AB
Daryl Makk, Mitch Macfarlane and Tarah Buchanan rolled up to Kicker’s Sports Bar on a Saturday afternoon in February to an empty parking lot and a decrepid hotel sign with their books in hand and hope in their hearts. Walking in, Kickers is a saloon-like type of establishment; clean, spacious and lightly staffed.
The comics set up the room with the helpful staff, did a sound check and even got a chance to check out a lunar eclipse before the show began. Patrons slowly trickled in and were greeted at the front, found their seats and boisterously waited for the fun to begin.
The lights dimmed, the music shut off and the show began to a mighty audience of 12 people. Tarah began by remarking that this was the biggest show of her life due to the chanting and laughter coming from the modest crew. They were bright, silly and ready to laugh; the perfect comedy audience.
Mitch Macfarlane took the stage shortly after and did equally as well, closing off with a silly outro about his opinions on the royal family. The crowd loved it.
Once Daryl took the stage, all bets were off. The crowd was rowdy and liquored and thirsty for laughs. Daryl absolutely killed. The mighty crew of 12 sounded like 120 as they laughed along with Daryl as he told stories, remarked on the political climate and waxed hilarious.
Kickers Bar was a small show, but a great show and taught us all that it’s not always about the size of the audience, but the size of the laugh in the audience.
Tribal Connection Market
Daryl Makk, Ruth Coyote and Tarah Buchanan perform for an “enthusiastic” audience at Tribal Connection Market in Okotoks, AB.
Daryl Makk, Tarah Buchanan and Ruth Coyote performed for an enthusiastic audience at Tribal Connection Mart in Okotoks, AB. The “listening room” began to fill as early as 6:30PM. Excited guests stood in line eager to fill their drinks and find their seats. Ruth and Tarah stood around conversing with the patrons as Daryl reviewed his notes in the back room.
The show started off with a bang, Tarah opened the show like she usually does with 3 applause breaks and some crowd work. Figuring out their vibe was the driver for success. They were an open minded crowd with a hankering to laugh making it a sinch for Ruth Coyote to kill with her silly puns and rap music refernces.
Daryl hit the stage and boy was it ever a show. Doing 15 minutes longer than his contractural obligation. The crowd wanted more and Daryl happily delivered. Smoothly transition from story to story with hilarious crowd interaction in between. The back of the room was howling like a pack of coyotes and Ruth was sitting in the front! The show closed with a standing ovation and a long hang afterwards of getting to know the patrons more and swapping social media accounts.
KC’s Pub at the Coaldale Inn
Daryl and Tarah travel to the humble town of Coaldale, AB to perform for the best group of locals you ever met!
The 2.5 hour car ride flew by in minutes. Daryl and Tarah rocked up to KC’s Pub, checked into the Inn and prepared themselves for the night to come.
For some reason Daryl and Tarah both thought to bring extra speakers, but no power chords. This meant they had to work with what they had… an old karaoke speaker they found in the closet of the Restaurant. “Well, it’ll hafta do,” Daryl exclaimed. They both put on a smile and started the show.
The crowd was reluctant to sit at the front of the stage, two birthday parties filled the room, but decidedly planted their bottoms at the back of the bar. After a bot of coaxing and buttering up, they slowly made their way to the front of the show. The roaring laughter carried on for the remainder of the night and the patrons even gave testimonials of how much they enjoyed the show. “Daryl could go big!” and so we keep going.
Blog Post Title Four
It all begins with an idea.
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Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.