The Wild Rose Traveling Variety Show
They were a traveling variety show even in the beginning when the farthest they traveled was in each other's imagination. Long before they had the resources to travel to all the places,they had a presence online. Their site grew to have videos of performances and stories, music and dance,storytelling,reporting on various subjects of interest,how-tos and demonstrations and any other fun and enriching content they came up with themselves or happened to find in the world.
It was during that time that they developed their strong focus on social and environmental restoration, resilience and adaptation. They learned how much others were doing to make their lives and their communities better and were inspired to both tell their stories and participate themselves.
Not too long after that, they decided they wanted to start a native and perennial food plant nursery both as a model to share with others and as a fundraiser for the traveling show.Then came the outdoor chores collective,or maybe it was the other way around. I really don't remember it's been so long. Anyway, with those 2 pieces they basically had a decent community outreach and could really begin getting to know their neighbors in a way that wasn't invasive.
That soon enough led to Upcycling Drives where they collected people's cast offs and made art materials out of them, like yarn made from T-shirts, magazine cut outs for collage,scrap paper for paper mache,fabric scraps cut for patchwork or made into strips to make rugs and baskets and stuff like that. Some of the art materials they used themselves to make projects they would video for tutorials and sell on their site. Eventually,they had enough art and craft materials stored up to begin hosting epic art parties online and outdoors whenever weather would allow. They got a big open tent so they could do variety show art parties on a parking lot or in a field. Those parties were what allowed them to meet some of the other people who would become the core of the real world traveling show as it grew organically out of having a really good time being creative together. These parties were so epic and became so legendary that over time they developed a life of their own and spread everywhere and became a thing all over the world.
The Wild Rose Traveling Variety Show didn't last nearly as long on real time tour as originally planned, though they had some great adventures and inspired a lot of people during their times on the road. In the long run, where we are now, their importance is mostly in what they inspired and shared both in their irl shows and online.