The show was after dinner, and before the traditional dancing part of the reception. John and some of his friends are or were professional entertainers. Jacquie also has talented friends, and we heard their exquisite voices. The show took place on the Crest's big stage, home of many a concert by well-known musical artists.

Greg Milstein - Show Host and Balloon Jazz
Greg is the Senior Field Specialist of the New York based National Circus Project, and makes his living running programs in hundreds of schools in the Northeastern states. He is also a graduate of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College. Aside from hosting the show, Greg presented Balloon Jazz, a performance originally written for his 1990 appearance in the Soviet State Circus in Riga, Latvia. Greg and John went to Latvia and were the first Americans in the 100 year history of the Riga Circus to perform in their ring. In Balloon Jazz, Greg tells a story with balloons, which he inflates and sculpts to the tunes of classical music and American jazz. Greg also juggled and did other bits between the main acts.

Anna Venticher and Lynn Vaughan
Lynn and Anna sang "When I Say I Do," a duet by Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black. Lynn was a bridesmaid and has sung in many many weddings in the past. In the wedding ceremony she sang "Today". Anna loves music, and also signing, and you was the primary interpreter in our wedding. They both have lovely voices and they mesh well together. Anna and Lynn were very excited about performing on the stage at the Crest. Both Anna and Lynn work for STEP.

Samoan Slap Dancer
Even I don't know what a Samoan Slap Dancer does, but it sounds painful. We were finally able to book Keiko, from Pago Pago in American Samoa. "325 pounds of moving, slapping flesh!" Don't look at me, this was something Jacquie wanted. Plans were for him to be coming up all the way from the Polynesian Cultural Center in San Jose!

Nathan Hoover - MUni (Mountain Unicycling)
Nathan is a software engineer, mountain climber, cyclist, and mountain unicyclist (MUni). He hardly ever drives his seven mile (each way) commute from his home in Los Gatos to work, and uses his unicycle whenever he can. How to show mountain unicycling in a theater? We found out. Nathan got help from fellow mountain unicyclists Bruce Bundy, Brett Bymaster, John and Woody Hooten, Tim Bustos, Geoffrey Faraghan, and his son Beau. In the picture, he's riding down stairs into a backyard pool.

Terry Vierra and the "Neatles" - Beatles medley
Terry was manager at Jacquie's company STEP, but she's also a professional singer. She has been a backup vocalist on several pop and gospel CDs. Her voice has been heard on many radio and television commercials. She has performed the National Anthem for many special events, such as San Francisco Giants games, professional tennis and soccer matches, and even for the returning Desert Storm troops in place of Whitney Houston. She was a regular guest vocalist on the television show Coast to Coast. She regularly performs at weddings and other special events. In our show, Terry's band the "Neatles" was assembled just for this show. They sang a medley of classic Beatles songs, including a special Mountain Unicycling version of Eleanor Rigby. Mike Martin, the Neatle's lead guitarist, is also the lead guitarist for Bandit, an opening band for Johnny Lee. Davin Stidger plays bass, currently with local band The Romp. Drummer Tony Dey is a drum instructor at Skip's Music. He's a Sacramento area musical icon, and currently plays in the band Sugar Boom Boom.

John Foss - Unicycles
For those of you that don't know him, John is a unicyclist (so that explains the ring and the web site!). In his sordid past, he worked for the National Circus Project (with Greg Milstein), and was a professional circus performer. He has been the world champion of Pairs Freestyle once, Racing twice, and Individual Freestyle three times, plus a few other things.

The King
Okay, so there was no Samoan Slap Dancer (though I tried to hire one last minute to surprise Jacquie!). We wanted to surprise our audience, so at the end of the show we introduced "The King," and it was the king of rock & roll, Elvis! Unlike the lip-synching I was expecting, this Elvis sang for real. He did several songs, including one that turned out to be our first dance.