Charlie Ballard, a Two-Spirit comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central and LOGO television networks, is headlining a comedy show in Pocatello, Idaho on November 20, 2009.  He'll be performing with drag queens Spyke Naugahyde and Spirit Wildcat and comedians Kristee Ono, Al Gonzales, and Awet Teame.

First, I wanna say a big Me-Gwetch (Thank You) to all the kind Native people out there, Two-Spirit and non Two-Spirit, who have watched my online videos and who also have passed them on to there family and friends.  People are still watching my old Logo clip and it's been seen practically all over the world.  This girl even wrote in and said my Logo clip was featured in her college classroom, isn't that crazy?

This past year I also started headlining colleges and producing my own comedy shows.  In a couple of weeks, I'm taking a group up to Idaho to perform for Idaho State University and a local gay bar in Pocatello called Charley's.  For the ISU gig, our theme is called the "Four Directions Comedy Show," which basically features a comedian from each of the four main Nations, Black, Yellow, White, and Red!  Here's more info:

The Four Directions Comedy show is about diversity and unity.  It's about laughing and celebrating our personal, cultural similarities and differences.  Each comedian represents their respective direction.

Within the last couple of decades, a Lakota Sioux elder prophesized the return and unification of the Four Nations - Red, Yellow, White, and Black.

As the story goes, when the Creator made the Earth, the last thing to be put on it was the people.  When the Creator asked the spirits who wanted to be the first people, there was much bickering and fighting amongst the spirits over who it was going to be, so the Creator decided to split up the spirits up into the Four Directions - North, South, West, and East.  The Creator said in the beginning we'll be separated but would eventually come back together to share what we've learned to get through our problems.  It was prophesized that it would happen here on Turtle Island - North American continent.

The "Four Directions Comedy Show" is also part of the ISU Native Awareness Cultural Month.  For those upcoming Idaho shows we're also going to have local Two-Spirit Drag performer Spirit Wildcat, (Shoshone/Bannock) open our shows for us! So, if you're in the area, come check us out! Click here for the flyer for the evening show at Charley's.

I hope all of you are doing well and wish you guys nothing but happiness and success in your life endeavors.  For anyone who's interested, you guys can keep tabs on me through my MySpace blogs: http://blogs.myspace.com/funnynative.

xoxo
Charlie.B

View some of Charlie's comedy routines below:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&contributorid=29503332

MySpace: http://blogs.myspace.com/funnynative
Twitter: http://twitter.com/charlieballard
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/funnynative
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/funnynative

http://www.charlieballard.com

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