In this May 2010 KIDabra E-News issue:
Greetings and News
KIDabra 2010 Conference Updates
Optional Pre-Conference Biz Builder Classes August 10th & 11th
Our Sponsor: Creative Magic's Spring Cleaning Sale
KIDabra Journal News

May Greetings!
We hope this finds you busy! There is much news to share around the KIDabra world, but first the latest update on Bruce Bray:

After the fall at his home on Monday May 10th, and as of this writing, he remains in Intensive Care at the Trauma Center of Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, NJ. Surgery to relieve brain swelling was successful and his vitals are good. Day by day there will be small improvements and occasional setbacks.

Thanks to Ken Scott, Dennis Michael and Bruce's friend Bill Ford, they've been able to set up a special website at http://www.brucebrayfund.com

As news comes in from Bill, Tami is placing updates on Bruce's condition there and you can also donate to the fund if you like. This fund goes directly into Bruce's PayPal account and from there will be administered by Bill to help take care of basic expenses and maintenance of health insurance, rent, van payment, etc. The medical bills will be well beyond the scope of this fund and his insurance should take care of much of that. The focus right now is to keep his home, car and insurance intact during this time. We will also plan a fundraiser for him at KIDabra Conference in August. There is a long road to recovery with this injury. Thanks to friends in the Jersey area like Brad Ross and others who are filling in for his shows. And thanks to you, his friends around the world, for your thoughts, prayers and support.

Now knowing Bruce for almost 20 years, at this point he's saying "Mark, all right, get on with it I want to hear the KIDabra News." You got it my friend.

Performer Liability Insurance Update: Animals Covered
For the last 2 years, KIDabra members have been able to apply for excellent liability insurance through Elite Risk and written by K&K Insurance. Last year the word came from Elite that animals of any kind, including rabbits where no longer covered. Then in a chance meeting at a show Ken Scott ran into an underwriter for K&K. Ken asked about rabbits and found out that they were back in. (My guess is they we're excluded during the height of the H1N1 scare.)

This is the official word now on animals covered:

"Rabbits, Doves, Mice, Hamster, Non venomous and non constricting snakes, as well as dogs less than 15lbs are covered."
This insurance is among the best in the industry and they specialize in performers, the entertainment world and the sports world. You pick your start date and this is an individual not group policy. Please check it out if interested at http://www.kidabra.org, click on insurance.

All kinds of news and updates follow. Make sure you don't miss this issue's sponsor: Creative Magic,
with a special offer for KIDabra members during the Spring Cleaning Sale in progress now!

Hey, take a load off, grab a latte and read from start to finish. Good stuff ahead!

The Year of The Incredible, indeed!

Registrations and contest entries are coming in for KIDabra Conference 2010. However we're not complete until you join us. Register today at http://www.kidabra.org and click on Registration.

Thanks,

Mark and Tami

KIDabra Conference 2010

The Year of Incredible!
In the Resort Town of Pigeon Forge, TN • Music Road Hotel Complex
August 11 - 14, 2010 (Optional Seminars starting the night of August 10th)

Featuring:

Jimmy Carlo aka Jimbo, Simo Aalto, Doug Scheer, Kimmo, Dave Andrews, Max Howard, Steve Axtell, Niels Duinker, Mark Wade, Barry Mitchell, BJ Hickman, Emanuel Shabum, Duane Laflin, Dean Allen Carnegie, Jim Austin, Todd McKinney, Barry Hinnant, Jim Kleefeld, Glenn Strange, Gary Shelton, Ken Scott, Tim Sonefelt, Marty Hahne, David Farr, Brad Ross, Joe Lefler, Chris Weed, Brian Daniel and more to come!

KIDabra Conference Must See Youtube Promos Just Added
Enjoy new videos throughout http://www.kidabra.org from Niels Duinker, Doug Scheer, and Steve Axtell all talking about their appearances at the conference.

Don't miss Brad Ross and David Farr in a video for their Biz Builder Internet Seminar and Shabum with a very funny insight into TV production. More fun KIDabra 2010 Promo Videos coming to KIDabra.org Keep checking!

Steve Axtell: An Internet Sensation!
Really he is! He and one of his characters, a singing, stammering platypus, have gone viral with over 300,000 views. This caused youtube to name his a monthly top ten video. See for yourself, and I'll bet you can't stop singing The PP-Platypus Song. No need for an address this is so huge just google, youtube or go to http://www.axtell.com to hear The PP-Platypus Song. You'll sing it the rest of the day!

Terry Evanswood's Wonders of Magic
- A Special Offer and more!
One of the treasures of KIDabra Conference is the fact that our friend Terry Evanswood's show is just down the street. This year as you know from the Journal, he is in his new home at the Wonderworks Theater. Wonderworks has made special arrangements for KIDabra attendees to visit Terry's show during KIDabra week at a significant discount. Please tell the box office you're with KIDabra. Adults are only $15.00 inclusive and kids are just $10.00. And don't miss one of the great features of the visit: Terry's personal collection of antiquities in the Hall of Magic. This is the first time the collection has been seen in over 3 years.

Folks have asked and yes in conjunction with our fundraising efforts for our selected charity Dolly's Imagination Library (imaginationlibrary.com) and for Bruce Bray, we will again auction off Golden Tickets for a tour of Terry's most unusual home (like a theme park in a house.) People who have taken the tour the last couple of years have been blown away and have helped raise money for a wonderful cause – literacy!

Plus More Incredible Happenings at KIDabra Conference 2010!
Great Kid Show Routines And Why
- Duane Laflin
Join Duane in his 18th all new lecture designed just for KIDabra
as he explores with you:
"What Makes a KIDshow Routine Great?" Duane answers the question by combining performance and demonstrations of kid show magic with analysis of why each routine works and what it is about the piece that gives it value and usefulness. You'll see crucial concepts about doing magic for kids identified and illustrated by one of our best teachers! Don't miss Duane in his 18th Brand New Highlight Lecture!

Who will be the next KIDabra International Family Performer of the year? Will it be you?

We're looking for the next winner and it could be you! Check out the application guidelines at http://www.kidabra.org click on Contest. Put the polish on your act, get your application and video in and you may be headed towards the $777.00 cash prize sponsored by KIDabra International European Ambassador, KIDabra Journal Columnist and Croatian KIDshow Superstar Jozo Bozo! Plus all the spoils that go with winning KIDabra International Family Performer of the Year!

The "Incredible" KIDabra Conference Vendors 2010
For one week in August, the most complete warehouse of props and services available to you anywhere, comes together and exists in only one place in the world: The KIDabra Conference Vendors Room!

Just Added: Creative Magic of Bigger Wands Fame!
Vendor Spotlight:
Mike Garner - The Rabbit Guy: Mike is a nationally known rabbit herder who raises show quality dwarf rabbits. He'll have his award winning bunnies available for purchase Friday evening and Saturday during KIDabra Conference. He's bringing the popular Blue and Red eyed whites, Dutchmark and Himalayan Netherlands Dwarfs. Plus the interesting Broken spotted dwarf with dark circles around their eyes. Bring your carrier if you'd like to purchase. Yes, you can fly home with a rabbit, however the airlines have made it very expensive. (No surprise there.) so check with your air carrier. For special requests, questions and pricing contact Mike at megg43@aol.com
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Here's the complete vendors list as of this date with more to come:
Axtell Expressions, Wolf's Magic, Creative Magic, Barry Mitchell Products, Giggle Magic, Wonder Imagery, Daytona Magic, Dazzling Magic, Laflin Magic and Silks, Fairchild Magic: Joe Eddy Fairchild, Bruce Amato Magic, Dave Risley, Magic and Sound Systems: Joe Lefler, Balloons and Clowns: Dave Hill, Make Money Magic with Brad Ross, Cartoonist and illustrator Angel Contreras, SWC Magic with The Corells, Mike Garner- The Rabbit Guy, and Matt Fore
Wow again! (By the way links to many of our dealers websites are found at http://www.kidabra.org click on Dealers

Auction Reminder
Please do start clearing out your closets and sheds for The KIDabra KIDshow Auction with the incomparable Gary Shelton auctioneering! And more surprises yet to be revealed for The Year of Incredible!
Register Today for KIDabra Conference! Your audiences will love you for it! Go to http://www.kidabra.org and click Register We can't wait to see you in August!

Optional Pre-Conference Biz Builder Classes August 10th & 11th


Wednesday, August 11th – Brian Daniel:
How to Teach By Magic

They say the teacher learns more than the student. And that has definitely been the case with Brian's latest project, Teach By Magic.
For the last year, Brian Daniel, owner of Creative Magic, has been working with some of the best educational magicians around on an exciting new project that introduces teachers to the world of magic for use in classrooms. In the process, Brian learned that for the last 20 years, surprisingly, he himself was missing out on a lot that magic has to offer.
For the first time ever Brian will share with you some of the things he has learned including where to find the best magic tricks in magic, how to use these tricks, and not missing out on any opportunity to share magic with others.
Come learn some hidden treasures like the cut and restored balloon, how to make an ordinary postcard as immovable as a brick purely by folding it, how to turn broken toothpicks into a work of art without touching them, and more importantly, how to use these tricks and others to inspire and educate. Plus, Brian will show you how TeachByMagic.com can help you grow your business.
BJ Hickman shares "50 ideas in 50 minutes!"
Fantastic ideas, not shared in other lectures about advertising, promotion, and building income with your show business that BJ Hickman uses every day himself for success. Examples?
* A credit card give-a-way.
* An idea for tax expense organizing.
* On creating "moments" in your show.
* "Show and tell" for laughs.
* A sure fire optical illusion routine for a bully prevention show.
* Presentation cautions.
* Free advertising.
* Technology ideas.
* And lots more. (50 actually!)
We all talk about how getting one good idea can "make" a convention or lecture. Here are 50 of them in 50 minutes!
Plus,Tuesday Evening August 10 , 7:00 PM : The Biz Builder's Kickoff –
Internet Success Tools for Today's Entertainer with Brad Ross and David Farr and Wednesday Afternoon: The Impact of TV for KIDshow Performers –
Emanuel Shabum; plus New Sound Developments
– Joe Lefler

Optional Biz Builders starts Tuesday Evening Aug 10th & All Day Wednesday the 11th, 2010 and is only $95.00 plus KIDabra Conference registration.
Your Business will love you for it!!!!! To register go to kidabra.org and click on Register.
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor
Creative Magic's Spring Cleaning Sale Now In Progress - Special FREE KIDabra Offer
Creative Magic is holding a HUGE sale to clear out some factory seconds, discontinued items, and also to make room for two new items. Because many of the sale items are discontinued or are factory 2nds, this will be first-come-first-served. All sale info is available from their newsletter and You can sign up here: http://www.creativemagic.net/updates.php

And they also just created a Facebook page. If you become a fan or "like" Creative Magic, you will be the first to find out about the sale, plus the first 1000 fans get free shipping for a year.

Last, but not least, if you place an order during the big sale, mention you are a member of Kidabra and get a free deck of Flash Cards.

KIDabra Journal News

The Journal featuring the hard working Chris Weed
on the cover, is in the mail and should find it's way to many of you over the next couple of weeks. It has terrific articles, columns routines and more including:
Todd McKinney's Product Reviews, Jozo Bozo- Milking, Dean Allen Carnegie- Conjuring with Kids, Tommy Johns- Crowd Control, The Daycare Dilemma - Bruce Amato, The Tax Magician- Steve Snyder, Cover Feature with Skip Way: Master of (Show) Business: An Interview with Christopher Weed, Using Technology to Turbocharge Your Office- Chris Weed, The Magician is Here- Scott Trip, Jolly Good Shows- Roger Blakiston, Water Tricks- Jim Kleefeld, Web of Resources- Tim Sonefelt, Thinking Outside The Magic Bag- Julie Varhlodt, Toby's Clown Foundation Grand Opening- Jim "Dune Buggy" Russell, Dollar Store Creativity- Barry Mitchell, Something to Think About- Todd McKinney, Magical Marketing School- Brad Ross, Mark Wade's Kid Bits Wow! Plus, KI Performer of the Year Competition Guidelines, and more!

Issue 5.5 featuring performer, writer, artist, inventor Dean Allen Carnegie
on the cover is in design and proofing and much great stuff coming with it!!!!!!! Also Tami says "I am SO excited about the 2010 KIDabra Yearbook!
It is already AMAZING and getting even better each day! It makes me want to be a performer!"

Official KIDabra Conference Airport Shuttle Rocky Top Tours
Rocky Top Tours
will provide transportation for the KIDabra Conference to the Music Road Hotel from McGhee-Tyson Airport in Knoxville and back. Call toll free 877-315-8687
or Emailrockytoptours@bellsouth.net . Please have your flight information and Visa or Mastercard available when making reservations. Cost and full details at http://www.kidabra.org, click on Hotel/Travel

The Music Road Hotel Complex hosts KIDabra Conference 2010
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. Melanie Michaels from Australia and John Reid from Long Island both say the Music Road is "like going to a retreat."
We'll be housed in both the Music Road Hotel and the Inn with the Conference Center between. 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, turn at the Ruby Tuesday's Restaurant. 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. 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. See more at http://www.musicroadhotel.com . Take a moment and make your reservation today!

Don't forget you can read past newsletters at the website to gain the full story of KIDabra!

We can't wait to see you in August!
Join KIDabra International Today
Primary Members receive a Membership Card, The KIDabra Journal, Free Member Websites, the access to the amazing KIDabra Discussion Forum, and more. Member dues are $60.00 which includes an initiation fee and thereafter $52.00 on renewal.
Associate/Spouse (who assist or are married to a Primary Member) $30.00 Includes a one time 10.00 initiation fee and thereafter $20.00 on renewal.
Junior Member (10-18 years old who are the child of a Primary Member) $30.00 Includes a one time 10.00 initiation fee and thereafter $20.00 on renewal. If a youth is interested in joining and does not have a parent that is a KI member, we suggest joining at the Primary rate so they can receive the Journal and full benefits.
International Member (outside of U.S. and Canada) $95.00 Includes a one time initiation fee thereafter $82.00 on renewal.International Members receive a Membership Card, The KIDabra Journal, Free Member Websites, the KIDabra Discussion Forum, and more.

Register Today for KIDabra Conference 2010
Member Performer $194.95
Spouse $90.00
Child under 16 with full paying adult $75.00
New Member Performer/ includes Conference Registration and KI Membership $254.95 (US and Canada)
New Member International Performer $284.95/ includes Conference Registration and KI Membership
Optional KIDabra Biz Builders August 10&11 only $95.00

You can register by online, by phone or fax with Mastercard, Visa, and Discover and Paypal accepted. Phone (336) 492-7870 fax (336) 492-2199 Online at http://www.kidabra.org

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P.O. Box 1296
Mocksville, NC 27028
What if there was a place and a group of people that existed to meet the special needs of folks who perform for kids and families?

What if there was a place to motivate you, educate you and point you in the right direction?
What if there was a place that helped person after person build successful performance careers?
What if all of this really existed?
A place so good that your competitors won't tell you they're a member because they want to keep all the resources for themselves.
It does! It is KIDabra International!
KIDabra International
PO Box 1296
Mocksville, NC 27028
Phone 336-492-7870
Fax 336-492-2199
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