Jason Erwin, the fairly accurate knife and fire juggler is mainly self-taught, as well he has attended the Cirque de Soleil Circus School in Montreal where classes included juggling tight rope, unicycle, clowning and dance; he also studied clown with Richard Pachinko and physical theatre with Mime Unlimited in Toronto. Jason has been performing since 1983 and plays guitar, banjo, harmonica and bass ukulele.
Phyllis Pacheco has trained for ten years at the Academy of Ballet in corporal mime, mime acting and dance. She has studied Richard Pachinko's clown techniques, penny whistle and vocal training. Phyllis also has 20 years of studying various styles of acting and improvisation and has been performing since 1991.
We have performed at Royal BC Museum's Circus Magicus, Commonwealth Games,
Duncan Street Festival, Duncan Kids Fest, Kinsmen Canada Day Celebration,
Victorian Christmas Festival, Luminara Festival, Operation Trackshoes,
Special Woodstock, Victoria Tall Ship Festival, Kelowna Mardi Gras,
Penticton Iron Man Street Festival, Penticton Sun Fest Cabaret, Tofino's
Tales from Home and Far Away Festival presented by Pacific Rim Arts Society,
James Bay Community School, Langford Lavender Fest, Honeymoon Bay Days,
Hospice Swim-a-thon, Cowichan Exhibition, Great Canadian Casino, Royal Roads
Mother's Day Paint-In, Gyro Park Sunfest, Sidney Days, Nanaimo Kids Fest,
Victoria Juggle Fest, Victoria Buskers Festival, Great Canadian Picnic, Moss
Street Market's Kids Festival, Hillside Mall's Story Hour, and the Victoria
Clown Fest.
Jay rode a unicycle while juggling in a circus parade scene in
the motion picture, The Long Way Home with Jack Lemmon.