Stéphan Coté

I never got the chance to work together with my next guest, but his name has been mentioned before on this podcast and we do have 70 mutual friends. He worked for Club Med from 1987 to 1994 and his first season was in Club Med Eleuthera in April of 1987, as a Lifeguard and Swimming Instructor. From Montreal, Quebec, and now living in Las Vegas, please help me welcome, Stéphan Coté! Stéphan was also a Circus G.O., a Chief of Circus, and an Animator (in Copper Mountain), where he also got married. He met his future wife Lisa Pilot, who was a Mini Club G.O., in Club Med Punta Cana during the 1987/1988 season and they are still happily married to this day. Stéphan also helped set up the first circus village in Europe, which was Club Med Metaponto, Italy from April to September 1990. As you can imagine, Stéphan has a ton of stories and he has a story from his first season that is probably every first-season G.O.’s nightmare when you are starting a new job in Club Med, but he tells it in a very humorous fashion! Stéphan also mentions that Bob Christians was a big influence in his life, and he is fondly remembered here. He tells me something that I had never heard before and that is that Florida State University has a circus school called, “The FSU Flying High Circus”, which was founded in 1947 as an extra-curricular activity, and that they had been coming to Club Med since the early 80s. Stéphan brings up something else I had never heard of and that Club Med had run a summer camp called “Kids of the World” introduced in 1985, located at Copper Mountain. In this instance, Lisa had worked there during the summer and one of the activities was the flying trapeze, in addition to rafting excursions on the Colorado and Arkansas rivers. In 2010, Stéphan opened a Circus school in Las Vegas called “Trapeze Las Vegas” and we will get into that and so much more during this episode of MFS. So, “harness” yourself in (see what I did there?) and get ready to be entertained!! **My First Season podcast has always been ad-free and free to listen to and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Samsung Podcasts, Podbean App, Podchaser, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora and Listen Notes. And if you like what you hear, please leave a review at Apple podcasts.

Please check out Trapeze Las Vegas:

https://www.trapezelasvegas.com/