TREVOR about A Brief Chronology of TREVOR "The Games Man'

A Brief Chronology
of
TREVOR "The Games Man"

March 22, 1956      Born in New York City ----------------->
Summer 1957        Move to Ferndale MI (near Detroit)
Summer 1963      Move to Des Plaines IL (near Chicago)
August 1964        Family Vacation out West: Grand
                                  Canyon, Yellowstone, Badlands, etc.
December 1967   Move to Webster Groves MO (near St
                                  Louis)
Summer 1968        Family vacation all over Missouri: cultural, natural, and historic sites
Summer 1971        Move to Sharon MA (near Boston)
April 1972             Older sister introduces me to New Games
July 3, 1972      1st time leading New Games professionally, Rec Director, Camp
                                   Blairhaven, Duxbury MA
August 1973-now   Activities Director, FNCA family camp, Fryeburg ME
June 1974             Graduated as Student Body President of Sharon Alternative
                                   High School, Sharon MA -------(SHS yearbook pic)------>
July-Nov. 1974       Live with my older brother and his wife in Ctr Harbor NH
December 1974   Move to Bryn Athyn PA (near Philadelphia) for college
June 1975             Given the "Student Work Award" by John Willey, head of                                      maintenance, Bryn Athyn College, Bryn Athyn PA
May 1977              Graduate from college with an A.A.
May 1977              Move to New York City for a 6-month internship
November 1977    Move in with my older brother and his wife in Providence RI
June 1978 Get married and move back to Bryn Athyn PA
July 1979            1st outside call to do New Games, Camp Laurel Leaf, Trent PA
March 1, 1980      My son is born!
May 1980              1st New Games Festival, S Orange NJ
April 1981             1st adult audience, private house party, Bryn Athyn PA
June 1981             1st Cooperative Play staff training, Camp Laurel Leaf, Trent PA
Summer? 1981      Move about a mile to Huntingdon Valley PA
March 1982           1st non-camp paid gig, Bryn Athyn High School 9th grade girls gym
                                   class, Bryn Athyn PA
May 25, 1982      My daughter is born!
July 1982              Director of Camp Blairhaven, 1st year Duxbury
                                  MA
September 1982    Move to the Pioneer Valley of Western
                                  Massachusetts
January 1983-89   New Games at Amherst MA Leisure Services
                                  Dept after school programs approximately
                                  1500x
July 1983 Director of Camp Blairhaven, 2nd year, Duxbury MA
April 1984            1st birthday party, Michelle Deveney's 7th, Amherst MA
July-Aug 1984      Assistant Director, 4H Camp Howe, Goshen MA
October 1984       1st Hospital Sick Bed Visit, BethAnn Freed, Cooley Dickinson Hospital,
                                 Northampton MA
April 1985           1st picture in the paper leading New Games, the Sentinel,
                                 Belchertown MA
November 1985   My After School Activities Program (A.S.A.P.) starts, Dunphy Elementary
                                  School, Williamsburg MA
March 5, 1986    My After School Activities Program (A.S.A.P.) starts, Goshen Elementary
                                  School, Goshen MA
Sept. 1986 Get unmarried
Nov. 10, 1986    1st paid adult audience, Collective Skills & Fun Club, Amherst MA
May 31, 1987 Move into my first cooperative household
1987-1995 Run a Family Day Care in my home
Spring 1988    Housemate nags me into learning to use professional stilts
May 11, 1988   1st Library Performance, Forbes Library, Northampton MA
June 1988            Begin actively pursuing entertainment as a career
June 5, 1988      1st Grand Opening, Maplewood Farms store, Amherst MA
July 4, 1988       1st professional Stiltwalking "Walk-Around" appearance,
                                  Amherst MA fireworks ------------------------------------>
July 7, 1988         1st music festival, Bright Moments Jazz Festival, Amherst MA
March 19, 1989    1st parade stiltwalking, St Patrick's Day Parade, Holyoke MA
May 10, 1989       1st restaurant performance, the Depot, Northampton MA
May 18, 1989       1st college performance, Mount Holyoke College, S Hadley MA
May 31, 1989 Move into my second (and still current) cooperative household
June 1989         1st stage show, Bernardston Elementary School, Bernardston MA
Sept. 23, 1989 1st Bar Mitzvah, Jacob Urbel, Northampton MA
Dec. 25, 1989    Get my first juggling sticks
May 1990            Monthly Adult Play Group starts, Little Moon Studio, Hatfield MA
June 1990           Make my first "equipment bag" to carry my gear while stiltwalking
December 1990   1st performance for the deaf, Clark School for the Deaf,
                                  Northampton MA
January 1991       2,000th performance, UMass-Amherst, Adventures in Lifelong Learning
March 21, 1991   1st Stiltwalking Delivery, Kim Eastman's 50th birthday party, Hotel
                                 Northampton, Northampton MA
April 19, 1991 1st cover feature, Hampshire Life magazine, Daily Hampshire Gazette
                                newspaper, big article with lots of pictures, Northampton MA
April 1991         Voted "Best Children's Entertainer", Valley Advocate readers' poll
June 12, 1991     1st Keynote Address, Breor Elementary "Moving Up" banquet,
                                Hatfield MA
June 15, 1991      1st Wedding Performance, Ann Walsh & Jay Sullivan, Hadley MA
June 1991           1st Cat in the Hat hat (It might have been May,
                                but June '91 is the earliest photo I have of
                                me in it. It definitely was NOT April.)
Sept. 15, 1991    1st concert hall event, opening for Tom Paxton &
                                Tom Chapin, John M. Greene Hall,
                                Northampton MA
January 1992       100th adults-only event, Early Childhood
                                Program staff, Greenfield MA
May 2-3, 1992    start attending Hardwick May Day family
                                camp-out weekend
October 1992       1st radio appearance, WHMP "Real Health" show
December 1992    1st golf club, Thomas Memorial Golf Course,
                                Turners Falls MA
February 1993      Founded the Hats Off Performers Guild (stills meets monthly!)
February 3, 1994 1st television appearance, "The Jason Belland Show", Dalton
                                 Community Cable Association, Dalton MA
September 1994 1st New Games consulting, p.e. teacher, Hartsbrook School, Hadley MA
August 1995      Become a full-time entertainer (YAY!!!)
September 1995   3,000 performance, Longmeadow Center School, Longmeadow MA
Nov. 9-13, 1995    Solo driving vacation down the East Coast as far as Myrtle Beach SC
June 1996            200th adult audience, Madeleine Molta's 60th birthday party,
                                  Southwick MA
January 1998   500th birthday party, Kelsey Patnaude's 8th, Worcester MA
July 1998            1,000th Youth Organization Appearance, Oakham MA Park & Rec Dept,
October 1998       Marry my lovely wife :-D
February 1999   1st big ski resort, Grand Summit Hotel at Mt Snow, ------>
                                 W Dover VT
September 1999 1st trade show appearance, Chamber of Commerce, Berlin CT
June 2000         4,000 performance, Wee Haven Childcare, Charleston NH
Sept. 4, 2000    Debut of my strictly red/yellow/black color scheme, Charlton Old Home
                                Day, Charlton MA
May 28, 2001    Plan and pull off a birthday party for my Pop's 80th featuring his favorite
                                group, the Black Eagles Jazz Band, live in his back yard, Sharon MA June 2001         Did more than 50 shows in one month (Whew!)
December 2001   300th adult event, Shriner's Club of Worcester County, Sturbridge MA
January 2002      1st M.C. performance, River Valley Market Bingo Night, Northampton MA
October 2003      1st entire week at a fair, Topsfield Fair, Topsfield MA
October 2005      1st zoo performance, the Zoo in Forest Park, Springfield MA
March 22, 2006   Turn 50 years old
March 2, 2007    5,000 performance, Yurt School homeschoolers, Amherst MA
July 14, 2008    400th day care center appearance, Kindercare, Glastonbury CT
June 2009           Named "Entertainer of the Month" by County Fairgrounds USA
September 2009 Helped create and booked the music for River Valley Co-op's monthly                                Arts Night Out artist receptions until the program ended in 2020
May 31, 2010      1st appearance at a professional baseball
                               game, Can-Am League, Wahconah Park,
                               Pittsfield MA
Summer 2010     400th Fair & Festival Performance
Nov. 2, 2010 200th workshop/training, Natick Extended Day
                                Program, Natick MA
August 2011       1,000th summer camp performance, FNCA family camp, Fryeburg ME
Sept. 18, 2011    1st performance during a church service! Trinity Congregational Church,
                                Northfield MA
October 2012      Pick up a free bike on the side of the road and become a daily,
                                year-round biker.
Oct. 8, 2012 1,000th school performance, Whole Life Learners Homeschoolers
                                Consortium gym class, Amherst MA
Dec. 8, 2012 My 1st granddaughter is born!
Dec. 20, 2012     6,000th performance, CT Forum Children's Christmas Party, Hartford                                 Marriott Hotel, Hartford CT
Oct. 11, 2013    500th teen performance, 1st Baptist Church Teen Lock-In, Amherst MA
Nov. 23, 2013 1,000th birthday party, Sameer Goddard's 9th
                                b'day, Easthampton MA
April 2014          Helped create and booked the talent for River
                                Valley Co-op's weekly summer children's
                                series until the program ended in 2020
Sept. 4, 2014    My 2nd granddaughter is born!
May 23, 2015 1st funeral, Dale Burke, Gill MA "He wanted it
                                to be FUN!"
Jan. 22, 2016 1st performance in a racquetball court! Whole
                                Life Learners homeschoolers group gym
                                class, UMass-Amherst MA
Feb. 17, 2016     100th Jewish Celebration, Jewish Community
                                Center, Springfield MA
June 2016          Awarded the Austin Miller "Co-op Hero Award" by River Valley Co-op,
                                Northampton MA for my extensive local Cooperative Games work
October 2016      100th parade, Waterford NY Bicentennial Parade
October 2016    After decades of using wooden peg stilts, I buy metal sheetrock stilts for
non-"walk-around" gigs (like birthday parties), use them a few
                                times, then mothball them because they are just way too clunky.
Jan. 25, 2017      1st indoor urban park performance, Mill 180 Park, Easthampton MA
March 11, 2017 Voted "Best Crowd Pleaser", St. Patrick's Day
                                Parade, Newport RI
March 17, 2018   Broke 2,000,000 people entertained (yes, I keep
                                track!), Newport Irish's St. Patrick's Day
                                Parade, Newport RI
June 5, 2018       40 years of professional stiltwalking!, Chesterfield
                                4th of July Parade, Chesterfield MA
August 12, 2018 7,000th performance, FNCA family camp, "Sparks
                                Games", Fryeburg ME
January 2, 2019 3,000th Recreation Facility & Event Performance, Whole Life Learners
                                homeschoolers group gym class, Hadley MA
March 16, 2019   300th Known Media Appearance, whatsupnewp.com, brief listing of my
                                appearance in the Newport RI St. Patrick's Day Parade 3/16/19
March 22, 2019   Celebrate my 63rd birthday (my favorite #!) with a huge 9-hour party.
May 5, 2019       500th Fair & Festival Performance, May Day Festival, Hardwick MA
May 19, 2019     300th City & Town Appearance, Westfield 350th parade, Westfield MA
March 25, 2020 1st online program, Whole Life Learners homeschoolers group gym
                                class, Pioneer Valley of Western MA and North Central CT
March 1, 2021    1st online performers showcase, MA Library Performers vShowcase
Nov. 19, 2021 Town Common Sing in Montague for the first time
June 3, 2022      3,000th School Appearance, New Hingham Regional Elementary School,
                                Chesterfield MA
June 4, 2022    3,000th Recreation Facility & Event
                                Appearance, Union Green Town Park,
                                Middletown CT
July 3, 2022       It's my professional 50th anniversary!
                                50 years ago today, I did my very
                                first professional show!
Dec. 4, 2022       Broke 3,000,000 people entertained (yes, I keep track!), Rochester
                                Christmas Parade, Rochester NH
Dec. 21, 2022 300th Library Appearance, Hadley Public Library, Hadley MA
Sept. 17, 2023    500th Stiltwalking "Walk Around" ONLY Appearance, 30th annual Jimmy
                                Fund Clinic Summer Festival, Franklin Park Zoo, Boston MA
Oct. 3, 2023       My lovely wife and I celebrate our Silver Anniversary!
March 10, 2024   Break 4,000,000 people entertained (yes, I keep track!), New Haven St.
                                Patrick's Day Parade, New Haven CT
June 26, 2024    First published flash fiction story: Her Solution
Sept. 14, 2024   Entertained at my 50th high school reunion,
                                Sharon MA