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TWT’s (This Week in Texas) current cover article is on flaggers. You can see the cover page by going to our website at http://www.houstonflyboys.com, and clicking on the link to mytwt.com. However, the cover story is not available online, only on hard copy. The inside also has pics. The current issue came out last Friday, so you only have till tomorrow to get the current issue.

If you miss getting a copy, and would like to read the article, we can send you a copy of the text.

The Halloween 23 -New Orleans Video was recently been posted, and it includes some flagging shots of the Flyboys. The Flyboys provided the flagging portion of the main show at the Saturday party that also featured cheerleaders and riflers from other performing groups. The Flyboys then came back on-stage for some free-form in blacklight after the main show (the clips are not in order).

Just follow the links on the splash page:

http://www.houstonflyboys.com

Yes, San Antonio, Texas.

Looking for free-form flaggers to perform at a business private party in San Antonio on Friday evening, Dec 8. The business owner is willing to pay. The party is 70’s disco theme and will also feature dancers.

Please contact me if interested at 281-236-3308.

Marco

The Flyboys just premiered their new number "Demonium," and we’ve

posted video clips of it, if you’d like to see. We experimented

with incorporating other talent besides flagging into our show. In

this case we added a bit of poi, and a contortionist to open the

show (her coming out of the box fits in theme), plus some other

props. Unfortunately, a black board covers the first part of the

show, so you won’t see much of it on the video.

What was significant about this particular premier show is that it

was not part of any established event. It was simply a stand-alone

flagger show. The bar we held it at typically does not open till

10PM, and is usually almost empty until 11:30. We were able to

demonstrate that a flag-dance show can, on its own, draw a crowd.

To see clips of Demonium, please visit:

http://www.houstonflyboys.com/flyboys_038.htm

This came on the heels of our first major foray out of Houston, to

Halloween 23 in New Orleans. There, Halloween 23 had the Flyboys

incorporate themselves into the main event show with other

perfomance groups. The youtube video below includes some flagger

clips towards the end, when on stage for the main show, and then

when on for the free form (in UV light which we requested).

Halloween 23 treated us very well and kept all their promises.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GpXj17F1AS4

You may already know this from SpinTribe postings, but a new Flaggers and Fanners group has been created for sharing videos on YouTube.com.

I’ve added our own contribution: http://youtube.com/watch?v=U-gbyIRI1Ik

The Flyboys of Flag Troupe Houston have been asked to put on a

special show for one of the four Grand Marshall floats of the

Houston Pride Parade, held the night of June 24, and have been

alloted extra time in front of the Grand Reviewing Stand ? a great

honor for our small troupe

As always, we continue to recruit flaggers to join in our

performances. Right now is a particularly good time to start if you

are brand new to flagging, as we are currently giving flagging

classes to three brand new flaggers. So, if you feel more

comfortable learning with others that are also new to flagging, now

is the time. Plus, we’ve added Saturday outdoor practices at

Buffalo Bayou Park, if a more open venue is more appealing to you.

Also, as we ramp up for Pride, you will get to see what it’s like to

be in a Flyboys show, and see if it is something you would like to

be a part of. Please check our Schedule for practice times and

locations on our website at http://www.houstonflyboys.com . If you have

any questions at all, please call me, Marco Roberts at 281-236-3308.

The Flyboys of Flag Troupe Houston have been asked to put on a

special show for one of the four Grand Marshall floats of the

Houston Pride Parade, held the night of June 24, and have been

alloted extra time in front of the Grand Reviewing Stand ? a great

honor for our small troupe

As always, we continue to recruit flaggers to join in our

performances. Right now is a particularly good time to start if you

are brand new to flagging, as we are currently giving flagging

classes to three brand new flaggers. So, if you feel more

comfortable learning with others that are also new to flagging, now

is the time. Plus, we’ve added Saturday outdoor practices at

Buffalo Bayou Park, if a more open venue is more appealing to you.

Also, as we ramp up for Pride, you will get to see what it’s like to

be in a Flyboys show, and see if it is something you would like to

be a part of. Please check our Schedule for practice times and

locations on our website at http://www.houstonflyboys.com . If you have

any questions at all, please call me, Marco Roberts at 281-236-3308.

Just a note to thank you all, on behalf of the Flyboys, for the wonderful reception we got at the Texas Flagger Weekend; and to let you know much we appreciate all the hard work Phillip Bryan, Patrick Nast, and all the other folks in Dallas put into making the weekend a font of creative expression in color and movement, especially given the last-minute difficulties with which you had to contend. It was a mark of your concern for the experience of others that every detail was taken care of. Frankly, it was an impressive display of effort for the benefit of others. Thank you, Phillip, for your kind invitation to be a part of the warm experience you and your friends created.

But, this is not all we are grateful for. One of the characteristics that makes flagger/fan/poi subculture so special is how it gently expresses itself in a fusion of the performance and visual arts. Yet, art can only thrive when it is given a home in the hearts of creative peoples. Well, in Dallas, you guys have not only given it a home, you have built it a shining citadel – and have opened its doors to the rest of us, that we may seek comfort, companionship, and the expansion of our creative souls within it. For that, you have our deepest thanks.

Marco Roberts

Flyboys of Flag Troupe Houston