TEAM EAST COAST
Pennsylvania, Maryland
DANNY RAMOS, ANANDA ROBIE, JONATHAN (JONO) WIELAND & CLAIRE PENDERGRAST
Ugandan teammate: Auma Sharon Proscovia
Self-proclaimed team motto-
ANANDA: Joseph Kony and The Hague right meow we’re not kitten.
EVERYONE: No, that’s not it at all.
DANNY: It’s team work makes the dream work.
JONO: Or KONY 2012 we’re not kitten.
DANNY: If you’re my friend on Facebook, you’ll see a kitten everyday. Literally. I lose my mind when there is a kitten around. One day I’ll get a kitten and me and Kevin Flynn Kitty will walk around my hood…
ME: That’s what you’re going to name your cat?
DANNY: Yes, well, Kevin Flynn Kitty will be his full legal name.
Moral of the story: No team motto agreed upon.
Team mascot: Tyrone the T-Rex
Welcome to your interview Team East Coast. It’s a pleasure, I’m not kitten. Let’s begin with where you’re from.
JONATHAN (JONO) WIELAND (JW): I was born in England, went to school in Scotland, then I lived in New Zealand.
DANNY RAMOS (DR): Miami, Florida.
ANANDA ROBIE (AR): I spent the first half of my life in Germantown, Maryland and moved to Arizona right before high school.
CLAIRE PENDERGRAST (CP): Memphis, Tennessee.
How did you come to know Invisible Children?
JW: I was dragged along to The Rescue.
DR: I heard about it in high school but I really got into it in college at the University of Florida.
AR: I learned about IC after a trip to Ghana when one of my friends told me about it. From hearing about it and moving to San Diego to be a Roadie was probably 6 weeks.
CP: A friend of mine handed me The Rough Cut in the hallway in high school and then we booked a screening. I’ve had 5 groups of Roadies come through, but this is my first time behind the scenes.
What is your favorite movie?
JW: Home Alone 2
DR: Garden State
AR: Beyond the Call
SP: Waking Life
JW: You guys are making me look like a kid. But I stand by it.
If you could have one super power, what would it be?
JW: Super speed. Because it’s the least creepy.
DR: I need to think…
AR: I feel like this is so typical, but I’d like to read people’s minds.
JW: Creepy.
AR: No what if I said, “Joseph Kony what are you thinking?” and then, Snap! we’d know where he is.
DR: Fine, teleporting.
CP: Flying.
If you could have lunch with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?
AR: Maya Angelou.
CP: Man, you took mine!
DR: JFK.
CP: What about dead, alive or fictional?
No…
JW: Alexander the Great.
CP: I feel like I have to pick a dead person now. I’m having such a hard time…OK fine. Maya Angelou.
What would you eat for your last meal?
JW: I don’t mind as long as there’s a trifle for dessert. So maybe a chicken roll followed by a trifle.
DR: Everything my grandma’s ever made me. I’m Cuban so it’s super authentic and super good.
AR: We take these questions so seriously. Like this is literally our last meal. I would have my grandpa’s spaghetti because he puts sausages in it.
CP: There’s a place called Urban Spoon where I live in Chattanooga. So anything off that menu.
What is your most annoying habit?
CP: My annoying habit is putting z’s at the end of everything. Like LOVESIEZ!
DR: There’s literally so many z’s.
AR: Twirling my hair. My team hasn’t seen it much yet, but my last team hated it.
DR: I don’t know if it’s annoying but I don’t have a filter.
AR: Yes, it’s annoying.
JW: I act serious all the time and some people get offended. Claire, how would you explain it?
CP: Well he says things with a completely straight face and claims he’s not being sarcastic, so you don’t really know how to take it.
What are you most looking forward to out on the road?
JW: I’m kind of looking forward to seeing Amish people.
DR: I’m looking forward to seeing snow and having it in my beard. Because right now it’s only food. Like the bagel this morning and a bite of Ananda’s burrito.
AR: I’m so excited to be in my hometown and get to see people I haven’t seen in a long time. Colliding my two worlds.
CP: Seeing concerts on the road.
Team East Coast, you have been thoroughly entertaining. Good luck in your adventures! Stop at nothing.
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Team East Coast wants to come to your town and entertain you. And they will, I’m not kitten. Call them at (619) 562-2799 Ext 328 to book a screening or fill out this form.
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