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Dennis Michael Inner circle Southern, NJ 5821 Posts |
KIDabra International The Association of Kidshow and Family Performers
KIDabra Conference Celebrating 15 Years Pigeon Forge, TN Music Road Hotel Complex August 16 - 19, 2006 This Year Be A Part of The KIDshow Superstars! Join Many of The World's Top Kidshow and Family Performers! Trevor Lewis, Terry Evanswood, Steve Axtell, BJ Hickman, Jim Snack, Ken Scott, Greg McMahan, Jozo Bozo, Mike Bent, Eddy Wade, Brad Ross, Tim Sonefelt, Gary Shelton, Julian Franklin, Marty and Brenda Hahne, Scott Francis, Steve Kissell, Carol Collins, Rick Hubbard, Steve Snyder Along with Attending Senior Staff Sammy Smith, Duane Laflin, Barry Mitchell, Trixie Bond, Bruce Amato, David Kaye, Dave Risley, Joe Lefler and The KIDabra Executive Staff Bruce Bray, Tate Elliott, Dede Francis, Ken Scott, Glenn Strange, Dave Hill, Ralph the Great, Tim Sonefelt, Tami Daniel, Dennis Michael, David Allen, Tess Andrews July Greetings, Wow, as we are a little over a month out from conference time things are heating up KIDabra wise. Registration is good, the Music Road Hotel tells us room reservations are strong. Important: The Special Conference Rate of $89.00 a night is good for reservations made by or before Saturday July 15th. After that the protected rate is lifted and rooms are sold at regular rates of $109.00 through the week and $119.00 for weekends. We're told there are plenty of rooms still available spread between the hotel and inn, however please make your reservation today and save the extra cash for the dealers room. Remember you can still make reservations after the 15th, however it will simply cost more. See hotel contact info below. Much News and Info to report KI News Bits in this issue - Brad Ross Special Midnight Event Added Friday Night, learn about the Kazoobie Kazoo Breakout with Rick Hubbard, 2 Terrific Special Offers for KI Members only, An amazing service from Nathan J. Roberts and napkinnrose.com Michael Mode in the Vendors room and more.. ***************************************************************************** Just when we thought nothing else could be squeezed into the Jam Packed Schedule we're delighted to announce a lecture appearance in the works since January- A Special Friday Midnight Session with Brad Ross Coming to KIDabra DIRECT from the WORLD TOUR of Field Entertainment's (Producers of Siegfried & Roy, Disney on Ice & Ringling Brothers Circus) DISNEY LIVE Presents Mickey's Magic Show is illusionist & cutting edge marketer, BRAD ROSS. Brad has headlined at Six Flags Theme Parks for 3 years as well as aboard Carnival, Sea Escape and Holland America Cruise Lines and is now starring along side Mickey & Minnie Mouse as well as a host of Disney Friends in this all new "knock-your socks off" illusion show. (Editor's Note- Tami, the boys and I just saw the show recently and it's a lot of fun. When it comes close to you make it a point to go as well. There are many precedents for Disney with this show. It is the first touring Magic Show in Disney history and you'll see amazing state of the art advancements in the costume characters, which I won't tip here. Also Brad gets star feature right beside Mickey and Minnie as the human magical co-host and called by name in the show, another first. Jim Steinmeyer was illusion consultant for the production and you'll recognize his touches throughout. Read Ken Scott's review of the show in the KIDabra Journal Issue 5 and his interview with Brad in an upcoming Funny Paper. Show schedule info at http://www.disneylive.com) Having performed everywhere from Birthdays to Schools- Theme Parks to Las Vegas and just about every other type of family show, Brad will be revealing some of his TOP SECRETS on how to BOOK MORE FAMILY & KID SHOWS, MAKE MORE MONEY and LIVE THE LIFE you've always wanted to live as an entertainer. Brad's techniques to getting booked are new, unique and guaranteed to skyrocket your career and have you looking like the superstar you know you are! He'll also be sharing an inside look at "Disney Live," the Nation's Largest touring illusion show. Also - as a special bonus, each lecture attendee will be given special FREE gifts! This is a DON'T MISS KIDabra Late Night LECTURE! Friday Afternoon Breakouts: Kazoobie Kazoo Workshop with Rick Hubbard Learn fun ways to bring music (and noise) into any event with kazoos. More than a just a noisemaker, the kazoo can be used in storytelling, sing-a-longs, skits, plays, magic shows, parades, and bands. The kazoo gets everyone of every age involved. All it takes is a little creativity and imagination. You'll learn some special kazoo techniques to make cool sounds and fun music. You'll also see how kazoos can bring opportunities for new shows and income. There's a lot to learn about kazoos and all the fun that kazoos can make, and best of all everyone attending the breakout gets a FREE KAZOO. Rick Hubbard has performed professionally as a family entertainer for over 20 years. A few years back Rick bought the only remaining plastic kazoo manufacturer in America, he now operates America's only full-time plastic kazoo factory - Kazoobie Kazoos. Kazoobie Kazoos are the official kazoo of the Red Hat Society, the National Jugband Association, and the Complete How To Kazoo book by Barbara Stewart (revised edition published summer 2006 by Workman Publishing New York). Rick gives away kazoos at every performance and to date has given away over one million kazoos. He's led kazoo bands at the Seattle Children's Festival, The Kennedy Center, and even a 30,000-person kazoo band at Oktoberfest Cincinnati. No wonder Rick Hubbard is known as "The King of Kazoo." Find out more about Rick at http://www.kazoobie.com and Kazoobie Kazoos at http://www.kazoos.com Join Rick along with Marty and Brenda Hahne with "My Four Favorite Show Openers", Steve Kissell: Games and Contests for Kids, Greg McMahan: Warming Up the Audience, Mike Bent: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Guide for Kidshows How to Deal with Common Kidshow Problems, Carol Collins: Bingo's Bubble Mania Breakout. Magic Magazine - July issue features KIDabra It's out! A feature 4 page article about KIDabra celebrating it's 15th anniversary July's Magic Magazine. Written by David Kaye, he spent hours interviewing me and tons of time writing, researching and fact checking. There is much to the KIDabra story being told publicly for the first time. Lot's of pictures and info. Great job from David, Stan and the Magic staff. KI Journal News Wow! By KIDabra Conference time attendees will hold the completed 6th issue of the Journal. A year ago this whole thing was an just an idea for a magazine for the association, today we find it a reality. Along the way we've learned a lot, made tons of mistakes, corrected them, learned more and finally we're figuring it out. All of this took time and education on the job. Now all that said, you will receive issues 4, 5 and 6 in rapid succession. Issue 6 will debut at KIDabra for those in attendance, you at home will receive your copy after conference. Issue 6 is a surprise and will be a working keepsake addition to your library for years to come. By the way we plan to resume a normal bi-monthly schedule for the magazine this fall. Optional Marketing Sessions Tuesday Evening August15th and all Day Wednesday August 16th Join Eddy Wade one of the top ideas guys in our business Tuesday night 8:30 PM for: Sharing Our Art for Profit: How to Teach a Magic Class Highlights
Eddy's two prior Marketing Day Lectures have been much loved , so don't you dare miss this Feature Marketing Lecture! Marketing Sessions start Tuesday evening and continuing throughout the day on Wednesday. Learn from new lectures by Sammy, Steve Snyder, Eddy Wade, Jim Snack, Greg McMahan, and BJ Hickman. Marketing sessions include your lunch on Wednesday and are only $99.95. Optional Gospel Magic and Learning Day - Wednesday, August 16th Yes, I'm interested. Should I attend this optional event? 1. Yes, because the TOP names in Gospel and moral message magic will be there and are speaking. 2. Yes, because the combination of philosophy, skill, and diversity of talent you'll meet is worth twice the price. 3. Yes, because the products and educational 4. Yes, because our society needs performers with high moral standards and positive messages. You'll learn how to fill that need in a better way after attending Gospel Day. If this speaks to you, then make plans now for a special day of education. Join Steve Varro, Duane Laflin, Nathan J. Roberts, Barry Miitchell and Tim Sonefelt for a day of inspiration, ideas and routines. Gospel Magic and Learning Day includes your lunch on Wednesday and is only $74.95 KIDabra Audio CD Album 2006 On Sale Own an instant collectible - 8 KIDabra sessions recorded live on Audio CD. Relive the lectures for years to come. Importantly, no albums are sold after the convention as we give each lecturer who participates their master recording at the completion of the project. This year we're upgrading to printed CDs, no more paper labels and Nathan Roberts joins Tim Sonefelt as your sound engineering team to make the live recordings happen! FAQ's- Do you record the entire conference? No, as there is so much that happens at KIDabra, much of which is visual, not lending itself well to recording. We select the optimal listening sessions. What do I get? An album with 8 Audio CD recordings of lectures and sessions recorded live as they happen at KIDabra on one or 2 CDs as needed. Our mission is for folks attending conference to have the album to take with them Saturday night before they leave. This is a fabulous opportunity to relive and continue to learn from KIDabra for years to come. Plus you never have to rewind.
Who's on the Recordings? How Much? For KIDabra Attendees, the KIDabra Audio Album is only $99.95 pre-ordered and pre-purchased, delivered to you at the conclusion of KIDabra 2006. You can also purchase the Album at KIDabra for $110.00 Important Note: Due to the arrangements with our speakers no Audio CD Album sets will be sold after the conference, so they are available for advance purchase or at KIDabra only. If you can't be with us and would like to purchase a set as a Remote Registrant you may for only $145.00 plus $5.00 shipping in the US. (Additional shipping for other countries) Remote registrants must place their order in advance of the conference and please allow at least 2 to 3 weeks after KIDabra to receive your Album. Vendors Room News KIDabra is the place to be for the 2006 World premiere of New KIDshow Books, DVD's, Props and more for our industry. Being there and being first puts you months ahead of the competition! Joining us for the first time Michael Mode of napkinrose.com Michael is one of the great young creative minds in our field. A close friend of Warren Stephen's he has also worked as a part of Copperfield's Prestigious Illusion Squad. His printed napkins have garnered praise and fans around the world! Come meet him! Don't miss the debut of Steve Axtell's Top Secret new prop MYSTERY PROP, a must have that everybody is talking about. Jozo Bozo's release of a sensational new utility item, tons of new things from Barry Mitchell and Tim Sonefelt, an exciting book release from Trevor Lewis and these are teasers just for starters and much much more! Special Voice Over Service for Your Show This is cool- Nathan J. Roberts will offer you standard Intros and outros as well as magical announcements on CD. (ie...The magic will begin in 15 minutes...10 minutes... Welcome to the show...etc) However more importantly he can also do customize these for people at KIDabra.Even better the CD's come with original copyright free preshow music. Nathan is a full time performer and has worked in radio broadcasting for 17 years. He still does national and regional commercials for radio and TV. Some of his clients include Ford, Chrysler, and about 150 radio stations nation wide. The pricing is very reasonable- The generic CD's, with about 20 cuts is only $25. Customized only $40. Another terrific first time service offered at KIDabra! Questions to Nathan at nathanjroberts@msn.com PICTURES- GET YOUR PICTURES with Rob Erdmann! Bring your promotional pictures. Rob Erdmann will be with us this year along with his studio lighting equipment and several backdrops to take promotional pictures for you. The price for a session is only $100. Sessions can last up to half an hour and multiple backdrops can be used. At the end of the session you get all of the pictures in jpeg format on a CD and a copyright release so you can use the pictures in any way you like. All Rob asks is that you sign a model release so he can use your images in his promotional materials. This is a tremendous value! If you would like to see samples of Rob's photography work go to Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. and click on the photos tab. If you have any questions or special requests you can contact Rob by leaving an e-mail message at [email]roberdmann@insightbb.com[/email] In the vendors room join Rob along with Axtell Expressions, Wacky Wolf Productions, Creativemagic.org, Barry Mitchell Products, Laflin Magic, SPS Publications (Sammy), The Riz, Joe Lefler, Cool Stuff Magic (t-shirts and stuff), Bruce Amato's Wiz Works, Dazzling Magic, The Magic Parlor, Dave Hill's Balloons and Clowns, Harry Allen and Daytona Magic, Tim Sonefelt's Wonder Imagery, Julian Franklin, Steve Kissell, Eddy Wade, Steve Varro, Nathan J. Roberts, napkinrose.com and more! A Kidshow Performers Super Candy Store! KIDabra Journal for Members The KIDabra Journal is jam-packed full of great info reviews, commentary, ideas, routines and material for our industry from Bruce Amato, Tim Sonefelt, Tommy Johns, Barry Mitchell, David Kaye, Bruce Bray, Ken Scott, Dennis Michael and a couple of guys named Sammy and Mark with from Skip and more. If you want to write for or advertise in the Journal contact Sammy or Mark at spspub@aol.com<mailto:spspub@aol.com> or kidabraconf@aol.com<mailto:kidabraconf@aol.com> and we'll get you the details. New and Improved! Expanded KI Member's Free Website Place A Different Picture on Each Page! Now create your own 6 page website with a different picture on every page. Easy as pie using the template. If you can type and click you can do it. Set up your website and see examples at kidabra.com and click on Free Websites (Membership number required for setup) This service for KIDabra International Members is worth more than the cost of your yearly dues. We were the first in our industry to offer this free member service, now other associations follow. We didn't even know we were cutting edge. KI Member's Only Special Offers for July: Special Free Offer from John Cooper (A 60.00 Value) KIDabra International Members: Want to see what working with a business coach can do for you? Spend time with a top ideas guru who has helped person after person put their business on the right road. John is offering FREE 30 minute complimentary phone coaching sessions (a $60.00 value) to KIDabra International members so you can find out for yourself! Interested? Just e-mail him at [email]johnvcooper@mindspring.com[/email] and he'll set up a date & time for your FREE session! Check out his website at http://www.CoachingForCreatives.com Half Price Offer From [email]BarryMitchell.com[/email] NEW Release- USE YOUR HEAD TO CREATE BETTER MAGIC (2 Disk DVD) Join Barry taped at KIDabra 2005 for his live Building A Better Mouse Trap lecture. He will inspire you to stop thinking like a magician and start thinking like an entertainer. He discusses 7 habits to enhance and simplify your magic while maintaining a high level of entertainment value. Keeping with the tradition of The Magic of Thinking Creatively, Use Your Head To Create Better Magic is a must see for the beginner as well as the professional. The Double Disk set includes bonus additional studio footage for material not covered at live lecture. Plus a special demo performance of Super Chicken and Barry explains how Super Chicken started it all! Only $45.00 Half- Price KIDABRA INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS SPECIAL Take this DVD for half price. It's worth joining the organization just for the discount. Just add a comment with your web order giving your KIDabra member number and we'll only charge you$22.50 d. We'd love for you to be a part of this amazing association too! Chapters - please send your meeting reports for the Journal to Tate Elliott, Story Editor as a word document the address is Tate_Elliott@juno.com Please place in the subject line Chapter # and Meeting Date, for Issue #. Pictures should 300 dpi and converted to B&W. If you are working to set up your Chapter, please direct Chapter questions to Chapter Development Coordinator Dennis Michael. He is eager and ready to help at [email]DennisMichael@MagicalBirthdayParty.com[/email] or 856-753-4794. Also, if you have not sent in your Chapter Charter, signed by 7 members, please do so. This will make you official and Tami will assign you a Chapter #. Thanks! Join KIDabra International Today! To join KIDabra International go to kidabra.com and click on Membership. We'd love to have you be a part of A Group for Us! A Place for Us! ******************************************************************************* More Conference Info Optional- KIDabra goes to Terry Evanswood's Grand Illusion Show Saturday August 19th, 10:00 AM (Optional Ticket charge, special discounted rate for KIDabra $16.00 (regularly $20.00) and kids 12 and under $10.00 Tickets available at the Country Tonite Theatre) This year in August, being only 2 blocks from The Country Tonite Theatre, KIDabra goes to see Terry on his 10th Anniversary in Pigeon Forge. Also celebrating partnering 20 years with his chief assistant Tammy, he's pulling out the stops with all new material, combined with some of the best loved routines long since retired from the early years. As an optional event, during the conference we're taking time for the entire group to go over and see the show. It's a lesson in everything right about performing and a lesson of the essence of KIDabra! It's a Feature Don't You Dare Miss Event! We did this 5 years ago and it remains one of the most incredible and talked about KIDabra events ever! The Music Road Hotel Complex We've got some impressive new digs next year for the conference in Pigeon Forge. The whole complex is just a few years old and is gorgeous! Great rooms, on property water parks- pools, indoor and outdoor, water slides, lazy river and more, coupled with an excellent free continental breakfast each morning make for a great whole family treat. We'll be housed in both the Music Road Hotel and the Inn with the conference center between. (if you need high speed wired Internet request the Inn.) The Inn is only a few steps further from the free standing conference center, the Hotel is best if you have special needs, also half of the rooms at the Hotel overlook the river. If the whole family is coming pick the inn for the most water activities, although no matter which building you're in you have full access. The complex is located at Traffic light 1 in Pigeon Forge in a quiet cul de sac just off the main drag. Surrounding it for a mile in every direction are restaurants to please every taste and that huge Wal-Mart in Sevierville is only 4 or 5 minutes drive, not to mention every outlet store known to man. Rooms in the KIDabra block are only $89.00 per night for 2 queen beds. (This special conference rate off regular rate of up to $119.00) (Suites available at a higher rate.) Call Music Road Toll Free at 866-615-6353 and tell them you're with KIDabra. Every room night counts toward our reserved block and makes the conference possible. Also you can make reservations on-line at musicroadhotel.com Click on Reservations, then click on Group Blocks, then enter our unique KIDabra code 6440-6597 (for the hotel) or 6440-6598 (for the inn) Take a moment and make your reservation today! Airport Shuttle during Conference: Rocky Top Tours continues to be the official shuttle of KIDabra running from the McGee-Tyson Airport in Knoxville to the Music Road Hotel in Pigeon Forge. Reservations at 1-877-315-8687. Full details and costs at kidabra.com click on Travel Info. We continue to update kidabra.com Keep Checking! Don't forget you can read past newsletters at the website to gain the full story of KIDabra! Have you been to the discussion forum lately? With over 5000 posts it is amazing! The depth of subjects there and the valuable info, make it priceless, check it out today at kidabra.com We can't wait to see you next August or at your local KI Chapter meeting! Mark & Tami Daniel Join KIDabra International Today Membership Card, The KIDabra Journal, Free 0 initiation fee and KIDabra: The Journal. Thereafter $40.00 on renewal Associate/Spouse (who assist or are married to a Primary Member) $30.00 Includes a one time 15.00 initiation fee and thereafter $15.00 on renewal. Junior Member (10-18 years old who are the child of a Primary Member) $30.00 Includes a one time 15.00 initiation fee and thereafter $15.00 on renewal. International Member $90.00 Includes a one time 15.00 initiation fee and KIDabra: The Journal, thereafter $75.00 on renewal. And Register Today For The KIDabra International Conference!
You can register by phone or fax with Mastercard, Visa, Discover and American Express Phone (336) 492-7870 Fax (336) 492-2199 Online at http://www.KIDabra.com or by check and money order to: MSD Productions KIDabra 2006 Convention P.O. Box 1296 Mocksville, NC 27028
Dennis Michael
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