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With over 20 years in the salon industry,  Buddy Wilds has owned two salons in the northeastern United States. He also served for four years as the Training Director for PHYTO, a botanical hair care line from France. This led to the diverse national and international training that he brings to his current practice in Ojai, California.

Buddy invites you to have the best haircut of your life!

  

Haircutting

Women’s Haircut & Style

45.00 + up

Women’s Shampoo & Style

30.00 + up

Men’s Haircut

25.00

Children’s Haircut

(15 and under)

Boys: 15.00

Girls: 25.00

 Hair color

Touch-up

45.00 + up

New color

65.00 + up

Color Correction

75.00 per hour

Highlights/Lowlights

85.00 + up

Shampoo and Conditioner

Included in all service prices.

Trichology

Scalp Treatment

A pure blend of essential oils that normalizes and balances the scalp.

Add $15.00

Ultra-Nourishing Treatment

Utilizing oils high in proteins and lipids, the hair fiber is actually repaired.

(May require a series of treatments.)

Add $20.00

The above treatments are administered before shampooing and are therefore not available with hair coloring services.

Audition Notice~ "Wait Until Dark" at OjaiACT

A U D I T I O N  NOTICE

Wait Until Dark

A Thriller by Frederic Knott

Directed by Tom Eubanks

If you'd like to be a part of a milestone production, consider auditioning for director Tom Eubanks' final production at Ojai ACT, Wait Until Dark, starring Ojai's own Tracey Williams Sutton as Susy Hendrix.

Auditions are by appointment only.  Available dates are:

• Monday, August 2, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Raymund Room;
• Wednesday, August 4, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Raymund Room;
• Saturday, August 14, beginning at 1 p.m. in the theater;
• Sunday, August 15, beginning at 2 p.m. in the theater;
• Tuesday, August 17, beginning at 7 p.m. in the theater (call backs).

For an audition appointment, call producer, Courtney Johnson at 805-340-9849.

The roles of Susy Hendrix and Gloria (10-year-old girl) have been cast. 

We are casting the following roles:

*Mike - 30-40; con artist with rough edges, but very likable.

Carlino - 30-40; tough-guy ex-con, willing to take risks, because he thinks he can handle anything.

*Roat - 35-50; insidiously evil and sinister; willing to do anything to reach his ends; very clever and theatrical; controlling everything.

Sam - 40-55; Susy's photographer husband; a good man but a bit naive and easily conned.

*Mike and Roat both need to be in good physical condition, because of the intense physical action and, in Mike's case, because he falls down a flight of stairs. 

Cold readings; sides will be provided.  Rehearsals begin August 23; three days during the week at night and Saturdays during the day.  The run is from October 1 - October 30 (possibly October 31).

August Ventura County Theater stuff...

I submitted this to the publisher and editor of The Ojai and Ventura View and he rejected it. He wrote back saying,  "What I'm looking for is something fresh, original, critical revues of shows, gossip (the lifeblood of Ojai), etc." I responded to that with, " I will NOT write critical revues OR gossip about the theater (people)  because it would be suicide. I would never be cast in or asked to direct a show again. I am sorry if you expected something different...Carry on..."

So, not wanting to waste my time, here it is in my blog:

Hello present and potential theatre lovers! This is the first edition of The View with yours truly bringing you news from the local theatre community. I would like to thank my good friend Ron Rowe for both writing this column for so many years and for asking me to take it over. I am honored to follow in his footsteps. My hope is that you will find it informative, enticing, and inviting as I will attempt to bring you into the magical world of the theatre. I am writing this column to let theater audiences know what is coming up and also to let the performers know of upcoming auditions. So, all that having been said….on with the show!

On the heels of Free to be You and Me and Macbeth, the Rubicon Summer Youth Program continues with Hello My Baby August 6-8 and 13-15. Written by the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning Cheri Steinkellner, this World Premiere family musical features a score full of songs composed by some of the great American songwriters including, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and featuring new music and arrangements by Georgia Stitt. The Director is Brian McDonald. Set on the sidewalks of New York in the early nineteen-teens, this charming musical weaves an updated Tin Pan Alley score into the story of  teenage song-sellers, sweatshop-workers, debutantes, gangsters, and Whiffenpoofs as they sing and dance through young love, a surprising amount of gender-swapping and many ukuleles.

On August 13, two of Ventura County’s Four Star Theater’s are opening their next offerings.  Yours truly is in one of them. Other People’s Money runs through September 11 at The Ojai Art Center and fortunately for me, Tea At Five runs thru September 19.  Fortunate because when OPM closes, I can sit in the FIRST ROW with Tree to see our friend Vivien Latham in a one woman show as the late Katherine Hepburn. Directed by the talented Patricia Strickland, the play captures Ms. Hepburn’s fiery spirit as it recounts her journey from a well-heeled Yankee childhood to winner of four Oscars. Ms. Hepburn reflects on the dizzying heights and emotional lows of her upbringing, her adventures in show business and her heartbreaking romance with Spencer Tracy. Having both acted with and directed Vivien you van trust me in saying that this will be one you won’t want to miss.

As I mentioned, Other People’s Money runs August 13 through September 11.
Written by Jerry Sterner and directed by Steve Grumette, The story follows “Larry the Liquidator” as he attempts to take over a Rhode Island company, whose stock value makes it “worth more dead than alive”  This one has suspense laughs, and a few twists that make it a very entertaining play. PLUS you get to see me on stage and isn’t that worth the price of admission?

The High Street Arts Center in association with the Performing Arts Dept. of Moorpark College. is proud to present I DO! I DO!  Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt also well known for The Fantasticks and 110 In The Shade, this show runs August 7 through September 13, 2009 Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Based on the Jan de Hartog play The Four-poster, this two-character musical spans fifty years as it focuses on the trials and tribulations, laughter, sorrow, hopes and disappointments experienced by Agnes and Michael Snow throughout their marriage. Directed by John Loprieno with Musical Direction by Dave Watkins.

Auditions

Elite Theatre Company's 4th Annual Youth Production 

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
From the story by C.S. Lewis Directed by Gai Jones

Theatre for youth with an intergenerational cast. Audition Dates:  August 30, 31, September 1, 6:00-7:30 pm Bring a picture if director Gai Jones does not know you. For more   information, call Elite Theater Company at 805-483-5118 or  e-mail Tom Eubanks, Artistic Director, at ad@elitetheatre.org.

Camarillo Community Theater www.camarillotheater.org

Footloose Audition Information:  

•Sun 8/1/2010 at 7:00 PM •Mon 8/2/2010 at 7:00 PM •Tue 8/3/2010 at 7:00 PM

•Wed 8/4/2010 at 7:00 PM - CALLBACKS (by invitation only)

•Camarillo Community Theatre - 330 Skyway Drive (Camarillo Airport)

For more information, please email shawn@swlanz.com

Free Writing

Ok, let me give this a shot...
Tree is a writer. She also teaches writing and one of the things she has her students do is something called "free writing". Living in Ojai, California, I know quite a few writers. Poets, authors, journalists, screenwriters, ghostwriters, and many of them engage in this practice of free writing. It is when you sit down with pen in hand or at the keyboard and just write. Whatever flows out is what you get. That is what I am doing right now. almost without thinking about it.
The coffee is really good today. we got a new filter for our Brita water pitcher and the coffee is fresh ground from the Ojai Coffee Roasting Company. I am sitting in the garden with my laptop watching the morning sun streak through and bathe the "volunteer" squash plants that seem more prolific than last year. We have been composting for over 2 years and have amended the soil in the vegetable garden with the resulting "black gold" this summer. There are a lot of tomato plants that have popped up and a lot of squash. I am curious to see what types they are.
Yoga class this morning. I need it...I am feeling kind of stiff.
I saw the video live feed on CNN that was posted several days ago claiming that the hole in the bottom of the sea (sing it!) in the Gulf of Mexico was plugged by BP. The plugging failed because the oil is spewing out again. That is sick, it makes me sick, and it is making other people even sicker. The cleanup people are either brave, stupid, or both to work on that cleanup. I wonder if in my lifetime I will ever see a world not dependent on petroleum products for energy and whatever else they use the by-products for.
I had rehearsal last night for "Other People's Money". It is a play I am in at the Ojai Art Center Theater. It opens on Friday the 13th of August and closes on September 11th. Both are strange days, one being rumored to be unlucky and the other, well....
I am wondering if I will post this when I am done writing it. After all, the blog IS entitled "Random Ramblings" and it is themindofbuddywilds.blogspot.com so I guess it is appropriate to let whatever is on my mind to flow out and then post it.
Tree and I both need dental work done.
My appointments at the salon are sporadic at best today. I remember a time when my book was full from start to finish but the economy has hit my industry badly. I am trying to fill the in between time to learn about more about how the internet works. Specifically, how the economics of the internet works. See those ads to the right? They cost me nothing to have them there. They cost you nothing to click on them (unless you spend money after you surf to the ad-site). Yet, each time someone clicks on them I get a few cents in my account. I have been aware of ads on websites for years but I never really thought about it much. In fact I, like many of you reading this usually ignore the ads. From now on though, if it is a friends website, I am going to click on a few ads to move some money around the economy.
Speaking of the economy, (and I am obviously no economist) I wonder if everyone acted like there was no recession or depression if there would be one. I do wonder that. Seems to me that the root of it all is a lack of spending. If people do not spend money at the salon for example, I do not have money to spend at stores, restaurants, etc. If I do not spend money on goods, then the manufacturers do not sell their goods. The result is that the salespeople, route drivers, warehouse workers, packaging plant workers, machinists, and everyone involved in bringing those goods to market are effected. Am I getting this right in my own feeble way? It seems to methat if you want to save your job that you should spend money. Can that be right? I have always spent MY money...maybe that is why I don't have any...
OK...1/2 hour till my yoga class so I am going to close this blog, post it, and take a shower.
"Free writing"...kinda freeing.....try it sometime!
Namaste!

My First Poem

This is my first poem.

I always thought poems had to rhyme

Or

Be some clever play on words

But

Apparently I was wrong.

It seems that no matter what you write, it can be considered poetry.

Sounds like a bunch of

Shit

To me

But hey,

I can ramble

As much as the next person

Some folks may find it

Clever,

Amusing,

“Brilliant!” some may say.

Fuck them!

They don’t have a clue.

25 things.....

1.  I grew up on Leather Stocking Path in Lincoln Park, NJ...a dead end street surrounded by woods.
2. I have 2 sisters. One is 2 years older and the other is 5 years younger than me.
3. My first theatrical role was Barnaby Tucker in “Hello Dolly” at Boonton High School in my freshman year.
4.  I served 4 years in the United States Marine Corps. I went to Parris Island, SC for boot camp, Camp Legeune , NC for Food Service School (by my request, I love cooking!), graduated first in my class and served at Marine Barracks Mare Island in Vallejo, CA. until  Nov 1980.
5.  I have been married twice.
6.  I was a sales rep for Pitney Bowes in NYC where I was named Rookie of the Year in my first year.
7. I gave up Roman Catholicism for lent at the age of 18.
8. I played Jesus in both Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell.
9. Theatre-wise, I fell asleep (metaphorically speaking) in 1981 as Danny Zuko in Grease and woke up in 2004 as Emile DeBecque in South Pacific. This makes me the official Rip Van Winkle of musical theatre.
10. During my time away from the theatre I was the front man for an original rock band, De’Spys. We played at CBGB’s, The Village Gate, The Bottom Line, and other clubs in NYC.
11. I became a born again Christian in 1989. My creative juices were channeled to contemporary Christian music.  I taught Sunday school, and served as a trustee of the church. I lost my faith again in 2005. I can no longer ignore history.
12. I have been a hairstylist since 1988. I was named the best in Ojai for 3 years running (tied twice) by the Ojai Valley News readers poll.
13.  I would much rather be acting than anything else but I like to eat and have a decent roof over my head.
14. Although I am all about love and love people in general, I generally like women more than men as friends.
15. I am a total omnivore. I grew up hunting and eating game. I never met something edible that I did not try. I appreciate most foods and cuisines. The only exception might be chitterlings (look it up). My favorite thing to eat is sashimi.
16. I finally know what it is like to be in love with my best friend, Tree Bernstein: Artist, Poet, Teacher, and Yogini!
17. I envy people who found that ( #16) early in life.
18.  My parents died young, Dad was 63 and Mom was 60. They died ten months apart in 1990-1991 and I miss them as much today as I did when they first passed. "You can't be immortal forever" (feel free to quote me on that!)
19. I don’t “get” Shakespeare or Kerouac.
20. My favorite band is Lynyrd Skynyrd, favorite film is “A River Runs Through It”, favorite play is “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, favorite sculptor is Rodin (The Thinker, the Lovers), favorite novel is “The Talisman” by Stephen King and Peter Straub, favorite painting is Venus by Botticelli.
21. I love dark chocolate and cognac together (try it!).
22. I hate cold weather and hope to never experience it again.
23. I live with pain of one sort or another every day.
24. I have been practicing Yoga for about a year now and it helps a lot with the pain.
25. I suffer from "A pension deficit disorder"

Tips for a smooth shave

Many men today are discovering that shaving is an art that is worth mastering.  A bar of bath soap and a disposable razor may seem quick and cheap but is it worth tearing up your face on a regular basis? I know that those disposable razors are inexpensive but they are not even worth what they cost. I suggest that you invest in one of the 3 or 4 bladed razors because you will feel a huge difference.

If you take the time to look, you will find shelves filled with fine men’s' skin-care products including some outstanding shaving products. There are companies that have created entire skin care regimens marketed towards men. 

Proper skin preparation prior to shaving is the key to a smooth comfortable shave. Start with a good exfoliating scrub. This removes dead skin cells from the surface. Apply pre-shave oil to the beard followed by the shaving gel or cream of your choice. Try a brush type shaving cream. This may seem “old school” but there is a certain charm to it. Also, it really stimulates the beard prior to shaving!

The first pass over the beard should be in the direction of the hair growth, not against it. This reduces pulling on the hairs and greatly lessens irritation of the skin. During the shaving process, rinse the blade often and in cold water.

After shaving the entire face, go back and check for closeness by running your fingertips over the skin in the opposite direction of the hair growth and touching up as needed with the razor. Once again, try to avoid shaving “against the grain”. I recommend touch ups across the grain.

In summary:

Exfoliate the skin, use pre-shave oil and a quality shave gel or cream, use a good multi-bladed razor and try not to shave against the grain.

 Namaste.