Patrick Ferri's WRECKAGE-O-RAMA!!!

Movie Intro

Pat — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:28:00 +0000

Dave Cox and I will be introducing the movie “Groundhog Day” at PS 21 tomorrow night. I think the movie starts at 7:30 PM. I used to perform improv in Chicago with the shrink in the movie, Dave Pasquesi.
I had a great time at Hillsdale Day Saturday performing my table routine and an old favorite ” Cirque Bokko “.

photo : Chris Quinby

Hillsdale Day

Pat — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:55:39 +0000

On Saturday, August 7th I will be performing at Hillsdale Community Day in Hillsdale , NY. It will be taking place at the old Roe Jan School on Rt. 22; just south of the Rt.22 and Rt. 23 intersection. I will do a 45 minute set at 3 PM followed by a few hours of unicycling. Hopefully I can get some of my old character based, solo routines resurrected
for Saturday.
Until then, Pat

Photos

Pat — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:49:35 +0000

Here are some photos from the recent PS 21 show courtesy of Peter Blandori. Thanks Pete.
Dave and I will back at the tent introducing the movie “Groundhog Day” August 11th.
On August 7th I will be performing at Hillsdale day with a set at 3:00 PM and open entertaining afterwards.

Rock the boat !

Seagulls are where ?

Find Lloyd !!

Why is the prop not spinning ?

Get up here !

Casting for a boot

Ouchhh !!

Good idea !

Easy does it !

Pasta is almost ready

Pasta Away

Goodbye Lloyd

Fishing; Ahhh.

All photographs are blandori for PS 21.

Schenectady Summer Night

Pat — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:29:26 +0000

Tonight is Schenectady Summer Night; a party on State St. in front of Proctors Theatre. I will be riding the unicycle and doing some clowning for the mass of kids that show up for this one. Joining me is my friend Colleen Mahar known as Sparkles. She will be stilt walking and juggling. Come out if you are local to this event.
I should have some photos of last weeks show up soon; dial-up; Geeez !!!!!

Bindlestiff Cirkus Show This Friday !

Pat — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:37:57 +0000

Dave Cox and I will be performing as Irving “The Evil” Goldstein and “Wicked Wheel” Rosenbomb in the unicycle stunt show with The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus.
The show is this Friday, June 25th at the Helsinki Cafe in Hudson, NY; 405 Columbia St.
Dave and I have been working from dawn to dusk, literally for the new show at PS21on July 3rd. I should have some rehearsal pictures up here soon.
Pat.

Winter wrap up

Pat — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:59:30 +0000

I just put the skis away and there is a lot to put in here about all of the skiing and the skating this winter. It was great !!
I , with the help of many people including Dave Sacco, cleared off my neighbors pond and flooded it with Fred Rudman’s pump.
This lead to good ice conditions and some pretty good pond hockey.
Also, my last skis of the year were done in the Gaspesie National Park of Canada. I will post some pictures soon.
Now on to the comedy !
Dave Cox and I are hard at work on the shows new props which seem to include a boat and an airplane. More to come.
Needless to say, the work should be worth the hours.
The show at Proctors went well and hopefully we can book the GE Theatre in the fall for a full
run.
Talk to you soon,
Pat.

Paul Mitchell Fundraiser at Proctors

Pat — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:46:14 +0000

Dave Cox and I will be at Proctors in Schenectady, New York Wednesday, March 31st. The event is a fundraiser for a new Paul Mitchell Salon School that is opening across the street from the Proctors Theatre. I will have more information on here shortly but below is an ad that is running now.
Thanks and hope to see you there.

Paul Mitchell Fundraiser

Millbrook School Circus Week

Pat — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:09:54 +0000

I just finished a long week at the Millbrook School teaching circus to high school kids for Sean’s Circus Theatricks. It was a great week and the kids did a presentation on Saturday with the theme of waking up for class tired in the morning. Of course !
I would like to thank the group ( Amelia, Auggie, Bob, Emily, Jalaaney, Nick, Ryan, Sydney and Walter ) and Clara Mulberry for having us back again.
Also, thanks to the kitchen staff for providing us with amazing food everyday. I was stronger at the end of the week, in part because I ate so well.
The weekend of Feb. 27th I went to see the New York High School Wrestling Championships in Albany and ran into my old coach Chuck Foster and his son Chip. Also my old teammate John Gallo, whose son is now a really good wrestler.
Chip introduced me to a Cornell wrestling teammate, Roland, who I find out is a long distance unicyclist. You see how all this connects ?
Anyhow, Roland and his friend Steve came out to play uni-hockey in Pittsfield and had a pretty unique experience. All pun intended. Hopefully we will see those 2 guys again.
Here are some pictures from the circus camp at Millbrook :

Brushing Chompers

High Flying

Winter … WooHoo !!!

Pat — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:50:47 +0000

Hello,
Just an update to let you know what is happening. Summer jobs have started booking up and Dave cox and I have started writing some new material for the Those Two Guys’ show. We hope to have a classic plumbing skit up for this edition. At least that is where it is starting.
I am also sending in an application to Cirque Du Soleil as they are calling for physical comics.
I will be working with Sean Fagan’s Circus Theatricks in Troy, New York at the New York State Theatre Institute. We will be running a circus camp for kids while they are off for a week from classes. Eric Shovah will be directing and I
will take care of the unicycling and clowning. The theme is “Recyling” and I need to get busy with the ideas now if they are going to have a show next Friday.
Also, Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus have been busy getting together all kinds of events with the unicycles, as well as their own numerous projects. One in particular is a unicycle convention on Governors Island in New York City’s harbor. The convention is tentatively set for September 17, 18 and 19 , 2010. I will have more information as it becomes available.
The skiing has been pretty good this year up in Austerlitz and even though there hasn’t been much snow we have maintained our base throughout winter. I have 43 days on snow. The Lake Placid Loppet was this past weekend and I opted not to ski the 50 kilometer because of of a nagging injury. My friends Jason Kahn and Len Collins both did the race and did awesome. The high temperature was 25 degrees, bright and sunny.
I did however get myself into a hockey game on Mirror Lake with some kids from Delaware that were in Placid for a Can-AM tournament. They had never played hockey
on natural ice. My buddy Kurt and I started playing against 2 of the boys and next thing we knew there were 20 of them. The ones that were not playing kept running back to their hotel and grabbing their skates and sticks to join in. Great time.
Next weekend, the 19th, I leave for The Keskinada in Ottawa, Ont. If I am feeling well enough I will attempt the 53 km race up there.
I also hope to see a friend of mine Jean-Guy Beaudry perform in Ottawa. We have met a few times at the Rochester Juggle-In. He has seen me perform but I have not caught his act yet.
Below is a photo of Dave Cox and I riding around City Hall in Albany for a press conference to promote Winterfest.

Enjoy the rest of winter and hope to see you soon,
Pat.

Goodbye 2009… Hello 2010 !!!

Pat — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:50:42 +0000

December 31, 2009
Hello. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday however you chose to celebrate it.
I performed last night for a good group of young ones in Copake , NY.
I did my Phillipe’ character dancing the Nativity; a premise I had discussed doing before last Christmas and just never got around to. 2009 has been a very tough and emotional year; health, getting older, relationships, you name it. It was a struggle to even get myself to the venue last night.
Without being to sappy, I looked around at all the kids and their parents and realized that it’s o.k. ! If you give to the audience honestly they will give it back; and I hope I did because they certainly did. I have been doing this for 23 years and this was a completely new experience.
To make it all perfect, I came out after the show and there was a pick-up hockey game being played on the town rink. I watched for about 10 minutes and reminisced with a few guys about the Ghosts of Hockey Past. A great way to end the year. I hope it is a sign of better times to come in 2010.
I would like to wish you all peace, and happiness and good health in the New Year and I hope to see you at a show in the near future.
Sincerely,
Pat.