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February 23, 2022
JNT Comedy Tour Comes to Vegreville Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent
JNT (Jokes ‘n’ Tokes) Comedy Night was a crowd pleasing event with an audience of 100 people in attendance at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 39 Hall on Feb. 12. Stand-up comedians Andrew Packer, Che Durena, and Jacob Balshin all performed in the show.
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L-R: Jacob Balshin, Andrew Parker, Che Durena. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
Andrew founded the JNT Comedy Tour. He said, “I attribute a lot of credit to my dad for wanting to be a comedian. He has an incredible sense of humour. If you have a claim against this estate you must file your I have so many memories claim by March 25, 2022 of my childhood just laughand must provide details of your claim to: ing along with him, we’d watch comedy specials Kuzyk Law Office often and it taught me from Barrister and Solicitor a young age that being Postal Drawer 929 funny is rewarding. 5038-50 Avenue There’s an added catharVegreville, Alberta T9C 1S1 Family and friends have dinner together. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo) sis that comes with making humour about tougher subIf you do not file by the date above, the estate property and then I need to figure out how to jects. It is maybe considered a defense mechanism, but it is also can lawfully be distributed without regard structure and relay the idea to an audijust a fun way to deal with the inevitable hardships in life. to any claim you may have. ence. It usually starts out as just a bud of When I was six years old, I had a severe allergic reaction, my an idea but it’s really through constantly tongue got inflated to the size of a tennis ball and my dad just performing in front of audiences that started cracking jokes the whole way to allows me to grow it into a really funny the hospital. It was hard for me to focus on what was happening because he was piece. Jacob Balshin said he discovered he joking so much about the situation. I love wanted to be a comedian when he excelled comedy for that, taking a struggle, and at helping others laugh at school. turning it into something that can be enjoyed, and something that doesn’t need “Everything I say on stage is an autobiographical as I can be. I aim to share who to be feared. I love performing comedy because I I am with an audience and tend to only love going off script, making fun of write and talk about my own life and myself and the audience. Spontaneity experiences. My favorite part of performing comedy comedy, I find, leads to more hilarious is connecting with the audience. I love to and exciting show for everyone. I feel ask questions and learn about things that very connected with others through this art form and I love the real time feedback. peak my interest. My goal each night is to My ideas just come to me out of thin find those. As much as I want to learn air, usually when on a hike at extremely about life where you live, I want to leave high altitudes where the air is extremely each city, town, hamlet, and village with A D V E RT I S E Y O U R H O M E B U S I N E S S H E R E for thin. But seriously, the best ideas usually a story to tell. I studied philosophy. It taught me that just kind of hit me. As a comedian, I’m always searching for joke ideas but often the experience you have in life leads you times when I’m just living life and pres- to whom you are. And I love my life right LAWN CARE ent, something will strike me as hilarious now,” Jacob mentioned. Gayle Speidel
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