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Dennis Michael Inner circle Southern, NJ 5821 Posts |
Summer KIDabra 2011 E-Newsletter
In this issue:
Summer Greetings And Happy Winter Down Under! All systems are go and amazing events are falling in to place to make the 20th Anniversary of KIDabra Conference unforgettable! Registrations are coming in, folks are excited, gas prices are falling and news is breaking! Read ahead to find out if indeed Sammy Smith is really coming and about the extraordinary chat with Adele and Terry Evanswood! We're regularly putting up Conference youtube promos, the newest is from Tim Sonefelt about a special event Friday Afternoon at KIDabra: The Opening of the Notebooks! Plus the second video from Brad Ross, shot at Madison Square Gardens, no less! More on the way from Tim, Ken Scott, Barry Mitchell, and still more! See the videos at http://www.kidabra.org, Facebook and the KIDabra Youtube channel. Renewing Your KI Membership Thank you for renewing your membership. The majority of your membership fee goes to the publication and shipping of the terrific KIDabra Journal. We have found that with tougher economic times folks let memberships lapse assuming that they don't make a difference. Believe me you do! You are a valued part of the KIDabra family, plus renewing helps in keeping the magazine on schedule. To renew or join now, go to kidabra.org and click on Join. Thanks so much and if you have already, double thanks! And if you've been thinking about joining, now is the time, you're invited to be a part of something special: KIDabra! A Personal Note Tami will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks (Through July 12) as she leads the First Baptist Church Africa Mission Team to Ethiopia. Eleven youth (including Stephen and Robert) and three other adults make up the group. As you're registering for the conference and asking membership questions, thanks for bearing with me. She has trained me in some of the basic duties in keeping things moving here at KI Headquarters, I'm the best at supervising, actually doing real work is a little daunting! It makes me appreciate her all the more:>) Let's get right into the news... Thanks, Mark and Tami The 20th KIDabra Conference 2011 In the Resort Town of Pigeon Forge, TN - Music Road Hotel Complex August 8 - 12, 2011 (Optional Seminars start Monday Night, August 8th) (The Auction is Tuesday Night and The Conference ends on Friday, August 12th this year.) The Year of Celebration! And celebrate we shall, with the performers, the artists, and the independent spirit that makes our group of KIDshow and Family Performers called KIDabra so special! We celebrate by exploring greatness and revel in the inspiration of entertaining young audiences. Whether your goal is laughter, an educational message, or being the best you can be and the busiest you can be, join us for the 20th Annual KIDabra International Conference as we Celebrate all things KIDabra! Featuring: o The One and Only, Trevor Lewis, From Wales o Sammy Smith returns to KIDabra! o Greg Britt (Elgregoe) From New Zealand o John Kaplan From Vancouver, Canada o Jozo Bozo Croatia's KIDshow Superstar and European KIDabra Ambassador o Keith Fields Michigan by way of the UK o Max Howard with The Max Howard Project 2011 o Adele Friel Rhindress Assistant to Blackstone Sr. o KIDabra International 2010 Family Performer of the Year, Tommy James o The 2010 Peoples Choice Winner, Dorian LaChance o Edd Patterson, School Show Superstar o Phil Willmarth, Past International President of IBM o Barry Mitchell, KIDshow Guru o Ken Scott, Birthday Guru o Steve Kissell, Speaker and Funny Fellow! o Tim Sonefelt, Keeper of The Top Secret Notebooks o Glenn Strange, Funny, motivating, creative and quiet genius o Jim Austin, inspiring and humble motivator o Shabum, Host and down to earth TV Star for Kids and entrepreneur extraordinare o Marty Hahne, Mr. Controvesy and about the nicest folk around o Brad Ross, Media Genius, Motivator and a friend of Mickey's and kids around the world o Duane Laflin, performer, teacher and mentor to many o Todd Mckinney Pro performer, Journal reviewer and make it happen guy! o Bruce Amato KIDshow performer, drummer and one of the top matchbox car collectors in the world o Nathan Roberts KIDshow guy for schools and churches, popular radio dj, musician (sounds like we're getting a band going here) o Kevin Heller, Indiana's Outdoor Show Guru o The Amazing Annual KIDshow Auction with Gary Shelton, Auctionere Extraordinare and full time pro performer o The Incredible KIDabra Vendors Room o Plus More Surprises to Come! Conference Happenings Sammy Smith, one of the KIDshow World's Most Beloved Stars is coming to KIDabra Conference 2011 It's true! After 5 long years, Sammy is coming to KIDabra! Today, he is the editor of The Linking Ring Magazine for the International Brotherhood of Magicians which enjoys the largest circulation of any periodical in the magic world. His company SPS Publications publishes our very own KIDabra Journal. But Sammy was born of the KIDshow world: Performer, Author, and Publisher, he is one of our most respected practitioners, beloved by kids everywhere! Sammy lectures Friday afternoon at KIDabra and you don't want to miss a visit with one of KIDabra's favorite people: Samuel Patrick Smith! A KIDabra Highlight Event!!!! Thursday Night 10:30 PM - Adele and Terry, Two Friends Chat - A KIDabra Late Night Highlight Event! Adele Friel Rhindress has achieved superstar status at KIDabra, all you need to say is one word "Adele" and it brings a smile to the face of everyone who has encountered her! There are a few people you meet in your lifetime, that you just know are special, Adele, is one of those folks! During her first visit to KIDabra 3 years ago I was anxious for Terry Evanswood to meet her. Today they are best friends! And at KIDabra this year, join these 2 friends for an amazing visit as they talk about Adele's new book "MEMOIRS OF AN ELUSIVE MOTH, Disappearing Nightly with Harry Blackstone & His Show of 1001 Wonders." (The book includes an Introduction by DICK CAVETT, how cool is that?) Adele is an amazing link to one of magic's legendary greats: Harry Blackstone Sr. Articulate, savvy and a sheer delight, she effortlessly bridges the past and present. Her show business observations from a professional dancer's perspective is priceless and enlightening! You can read Book Excerpts in the July issue of Magic Magazine and then come meet and enjoy hearing the adventures one of coolest folks you'll ever spend time around. (OK, make that 2, Terry is pretty awesome as well) Adele will autograph copies of the book afterwards. Warning: Do not dare miss this, after Adele and Terry gave a surprise impromptu talk early one morning at KIDabra 3 years ago, it is now remembered as one of the all time highlight events ever! Thursday Afternoon Breakout Workshops Join KIDabra Journal Cover Boy Jim Kleefeld for his breakout: Knotty Behavior - A Bit About Ropes A complete rope workshop where you'll learn about types of rope, the differences for magical uses and where to find them. Plus rope preparation cutting & finishing, uses of adhesives and scissors. Learn a One-Handed Knot (one of my favorites) and Chefalo's Knot - with hands on instruction & practice. Then learn 2 rope routines for Stand-Up and Walk-Around that you can perform: The Rope Inspector and Knot A Surprise (Jim will supply practice rope for you to use.) If you're doing shows for Scouts, Camps and Kids you can't go wrong with Knotty Behavior! Also, From Funny man and terrific speaker Steve Kissell: Family Fun Games Add games, contests and lots of audience participation to your show! These time-tested routines are great for young children and seniors as well. Learn how to set up and structure a fun performance involving comedy magic, MC work, puppets, music and LOTS of hilarious audience participation. EVERYONE has a great time! Steve has a very successful career helping his audiences have a great time! You'll love adding these ideas to your show! Plus, Breakouts from Keith Fields teaching his Human Xylophone Routine, and Phil Willmarth: Fun with a Handkerchief!! Thursday Afternoon Breakouts are a KIDabra Feature Event! The 2011 KIDabra Conference Dealers Just added: Harry Allen and Daytona Magic, Fairchild Magic with Joe Eddy, and Photos by Michael Messing Plus, Axtell Expressions, Jeff Jones magicbackdrops.com, Barry Mitchell Products, Giggle Magic, Wonder Imagery, Dazzling Magic with Marty Hahne, Laflin Magic and Silks, 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, Jim Austin, Steve Kissell and more coming as confirmed. Stay Tuned! We'll keep you up to date on all the incredible happenings at KIDabra Conference: The Year of Celebration! KIDabra International 2011 Conference runs Monday through Friday We'll begin Monday evening with Biz Builders and continue Tuesday with the Biz Builders Seminars. The KIDshow Magic Auction will be on Tuesday night and The Conference begins on Wednesday morning and runs through the Gala show on Friday night. Register now at kidabra.org, click on Registration or call Tami at 336-492-7870. KIDabra Audio CDs 2011 Now on Sale Own an instant collectible - 8 KIDabra sessions recorded live on Audio CD. Relive the lectures for years to come. You can enjoy them in your car, listen on your computer, that's 2 of our favorite ways to learn. Importantly, no albums are sold after the convention as we give each lecturer who participates their master recording at the completion of the project. 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 try to select the optimal listening sessions. Do you record sessions from the Business Builders Seminars? We select one or 2 lectures from Bizz Builders to include. What do I get? An album with 8 Audio CD recordings of lectures and sessions recorded live as they happen with no editing at KIDabra on one or 2 CDs as needed. Our mission is to have the album ready to take with you Saturday night before you leave. Great quality and ease of use add up to a fabulous bargain and opportunity to relive and continue to learn from KIDabra for years to come. Who's on the Recordings? o Tim Sonefelt: The Opening of The Personal Notebooks of a KIDshow Genius! o The Max Howard Project 2011 o Blackstone's Elusive Moth - The wonderful Adele Friel Rhindress interviewed by Terry Evanswood o TBA o TBA o TBA o TBA o TBA Watch for more names announced kidabra.org as permissions are secured. Reserve your 2011 Album today! How Much? The KIDabra Audio Album is only $99.95 pre-ordered and pre-purchased prior to the start of the Conference, delivered to you at the conclusion of this year's KIDabra Conference. You can also purchase the Album at KIDabra for $110.00 Important Note: Due to the arrangements with our speakers no Album sets will be sold after the conference, so they are available in advance or at KIDabra only. No copies will be sold after the Conference. If you can't be with us and would like to purchase a set as an Invisible Attendee you may for only $150.00 including shipping in the US and Canada. (Additional shipping for other countries) Invisible 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. The Audio Albums are highly prized and always sell out, so please order today at kidabra.org KIDabra Journal News Volume 6, Number 4 of The KIDabra Journal will headed your way shortly featuring one of the most successful school show magicians on the planet, Greg Britt. You'll meet a hardworking "kiwi" and learn his amazing story. Greg's interview is done by the always inquisitive Skip Way and cover design by the talented Dean Alan Carnegie. I hope you get to meet him at KIDabra Conference too, he's a very engaging fellow! Plus writings from our incredible KIDabra Journalists: Dean Alan Carnegie, Jim Kleefeld, Barry Mitchell, Nina Dees, Mark Wade, Bruce Amato, Todd McKinney, Jozo Bozo, Tommy Johns, Dennis Michael, Brad Ross, Skip Way, Julie Varholdt, Steve Snyder - The Tax Magician and Barry Hinnant. Wow! Don't miss an issue! Renew or join today at kidabra.org And always- thank you, thank you to the behind the scenes folks who crank out issue after issue: Tate Elliott, Skip Way, Dean Alan Carnegie and the folks at SPS - Jessica and Laurel and our tireless editor Tami. Coming up next we celebrate the incomparable Trevor Lewis, the first person to appear twice on a KIDabra Journal Cover, then the Annual Yearbook featuring a cover by the talented Angel Contreras! Don't miss an issue, renew your membership today at kidabra.org. And to join KIDabra, also go to kidabra.org and click on Join. Need to get caught up on Journals? Limited Back issues are available at kidabra.org Click on the Journal button. Optional Pre-Conference Biz Builder Classes Monday Evening August 8th & Tuesday August 9th Don't Miss the Amazing seminars happening during Biz Builders 2011! Monday Night August 8th- Brad Ross: Video Marketing Magic for the Family Entertainer Brad will take you from A to Z and explain how to get started making GREAT looking videos even if you are on a shoe-string budget. He'll teach you the basics of shooting, composition, where to get ideas, how to set up a home studio, and how to use video in your social media marketing to establish yourself as a local or even national celebrity. As a bonus Brad will teach you how to create your OWN DIRECT TO INTERNET TV CHANNEL!!!!!! Not to be missed - totally CUTTING EDGE! (See his great youtube promos at kidabra.org) Kevin Heller "The Outdoor Performers Survival Guide" Talk about "missed opportunities!" With today's unpredictable outdoor conditions, it's amazing the number of performers that do their best to stay away from any performance situation that requires them to be outdoors. These very same performers may not realize that they are missing the "proverbial" boat! The outdoor market is HUGE! The audiences are bigger and the pay is greater! All you have to do is learn to adjust. Kevin has put together a no-nonsense guide to preparing yourself for outdoor performances. This lecture is all about planning for the worst and hoping for the best! If you've ever considered (or not considered) working outdoors, make sure to check this lectureout - it could literally change your performing career! Plus: John Kaplan - Selling the Impossible John Kaplan has been "selling the impossible" across Canada for over 3 decades. In this Biz Builder session, John shares the stories of some of these sales and how they were made ... including an elaborate disappearing automobile promotion for a car dealership, a single 30-minute mall show that sold for over $20,000, and the step-by-step process he uses to sell out his Fundraising Magic show season year after year. Creating WOW Moments for Seniors - Jim Austin A big part of Jim Austin's work is with Senior Centers and it's an area of performing that folks are tremendously interested in. Jim's seminar will include video of directors who hire entertainers and what they look for and need; Tricks that work well; Do's and Don'ts; Getting hired tomorrow. Why seniors?, (After all, they are part of the family.) A perspective from an RN on working in facilities and much more. This topic has never been covered before at KIDabra and is an exciting Don't Miss Biz Builder! Greg Britt: Things Busy Performers Won't Tell You About Getting More Work! Discover 20 things you can do right now to get more shows! Plus hear Greg's extraordinary personal story of marketing and sponsorship. Also he'll show some of the material he use to promote school shows and some cool giveaways that work! Greg is quite simply one of the best negotiators around, and there is much to learn from this top pro in his first ever KIDabra Conference visit! Todd McKinney: S.T.A.R.T.- (Slow Down, Take A Look Around, Adjust Your Schedule, Remember Your Seatbelt, Take Off) This unique lecture features marketing techniques and cool ideas on making more money with each show. Todd promises to teach you how to live your dreams of being a performer while balancing the important things in life. Don't Miss this critical insight of a journeyman performers personal revelations along the career path. This is the good stuff! Optional Biz Builders starts Monday Evening August 8th and continues from 9am-5pm on Tuesday the 9th, 2011 and is only $99.95 plus KIDabra Conference registration. Your business, your clients and your audiences will love you for it!!!!! To register go to kidabra.org and click on Register. And Now a Word from Our Sponsor: Creative Magic Our friends Brian and Rebekah at Creative Magic are closing up shop. They Announced on June 24th that they are packing up their bags for good, they are hoping to start a family and plan on focusing their business efforts on teachbymagic.com which they lectured on during Biz Builders at KIDabra last year. We would like to congratulate them on 7 years of innovation, we do love the creative folks at KIDabra. For instance, their Bigger Wands was a staple in my family night show for 3 years and killed! We'll look forward to seeing them at KIDabra in the future in a different capacity, lecturing and visiting. And thanks to them for being one of our anchor advertisers in the KIDabra Journal for years! Now the very unique final offer from Creative Magic A Note from Brian at Creative Magic: Effective June 24th 2011, we have ceased manufacturing of our ENTIRE product line and we are no longer taking orders for single items Yes, you read that right. We will not accept orders no matter how much you beg or offer or bribe Puga with dog treats. But you do have one last chance to get EVERYTHING, and we do mean everything, because we are selling "portions" of creative magic in what we think just might be the deal of a lifetime. Find out more here: http://www.creativemagic.net/Finale/deal.htm Plus find out how your KIDabra chapter can get an extra bonus for getting a portion as a club: http://www.creativemagic.net/Finale/clubs.htm You may also want to go in with some friends to take advantage of this offer. It's very creative, but what would you expect from Creative Magic! The Music Road Hotel Complex hosts KIDabra Conference 2011 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 at KIDabra Conference! Join KIDabra International Today Primary Members receive a Membership Card, The KIDabra Journal, Free Member Websites, and more. Member dues are $60.00 and thereafter $52.00 on renewal. Associate/Spouse (who assist or are married to a Primary Member) $30.00 and thereafter $20.00 on renewal. Junior Member (10-18 years old who are the child of a Primary Member) $30.00 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) $95.00and thereafter $85.00 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 2011 Member Performer $199.95 Spouse $95.00 Child under 16 with full paying adult $75.00 New Member Performer/ includes Conference Registration and KI Membership $259.95 (US and Canada) New Member International Performer $294.95/ includes Conference Registration and KI Membership Optional KIDabra Biz Builders August 8th & 9th only $99.95 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 (Credit Card Receipts read MSD Productions) Check and Money Order to: MSD Productions c/o KIDabra 2011 Conference 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
Dennis Michael
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