Barrie Arts Network

Forged in the very fires of a live volcano, the five improvisers of "The Modern Day Gypsies" sought out from there awfully normal birthplace to bring laughter and calamity to the people of this earth. Or at least to their immediate families...

After much gentle discussion/combat they chose the name "The Modern Day Gypsies" because, like gypsies, the five youths are very misunderstood (in general), free-spirited (in... spirit), and rebels (concerning the laws of nature. ie Gravity, Molecular Biology).

But as they did not want to be "The Old Gypsies" they became MDG. Also they did not want to be sued by the 70's musical group The Gypsies. And the culture by the same name... Some said the names were strikingly similar... We beg to differ...

MDG is, humbly, just a ragtag group of young improvisers on their way to potential fame in many different areas of expertise. Finger painting, deep earth mining, yak milking, elf spotting and occasionally even improvisation are just some of the hobbies of these mirth-makers.

Individually they are Alex Swift, Emma Simpson, Mac Orlando, Connory Ballantyne, and Natasha Webber. They are ecstatic to be out from underneath their rocks and performing for the general public very soon!