Last Saturday May 3rd - the CoExist Tour was the featured artist at Harbin Hot Springs. Now I have been a visitor to the fabulous Harbin Hot Springs for years now but this was a completely different experience. From the momment we reached the office till we departed the site the next day it was a dream come true.

We were welcomed to the office and we chatted as we got our room keys . Rasool the resident event co ordinator is one of the coolest guys we have met in the business. He showed us to our rooms and then to the place where we were to perform. Seemed like a cool place.

After we get settled in and dressed we go out and we are confronted by the sight of beautiful naked people just chilling by the pool. There is something about doing a show for people who you know you are going to see naked that can be described as weird at best.

As we are eating our early dinner Rasool comes up to us and tells us that the event has been moved from the original place to the Temple ( a larger venue) due to the response they received. Good news ! Then he announces to the entire restaurant that we are the comics. People start coming up to us and telling us that they are looking forward to the show.

Showtime is 8:00 p.m. and I get there about 15 minutes before time to make sure that the room is good and do a mike check. I am surprised to see that the entire crowd is resting and I mean really resting. Each and every one of them is lying down on pillows . There are maybe 10 people total that have a vertical spine at that point. This is the closest my audience has been to an orgy.

I also see that there are kids in the audience . After years of doing Indian gigs while there are kids around its no big deal to me but Keith and John are concerned. Sammy Obeid - who is a kid himself (24 he claims) isn't too much concerned.

The show starts and Keith does good and brings Sammy up . Sammy has this natural way of connecting with any crowd which is an awesome asset to have at 11 months in comedy. This is one comic to watch . He kills with his set and does about 5 new jokes. I am so proud of his growth and glad to have him on the tour.

John Ross goes up after him and does great. He keeps the audience on the edge of their non existent seats by his jokes.

I go up and do about 40-45 minutes and riff for about 10 minutes in that set. Good goings all around. People really really liked the show.

We head over to our rooms and change and get into the pools. The hot /cold pool change makes me very content and relaxed .

I go to my room and sleep. Breakfast next morning is GREAT as people keep on telling us what great time they had at the show.

I think Sammy may have hooked up with someone but I am not sure .

Thank you to Harbin Hot Springs for a great show.

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