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dorian_faust Loyal user Los Angeles, California 278 Posts |
I have been doing shows for children for the past year, and it has been going pretty well so far. However, I now have a client who would like me to do a show for his 10 year old daughter's birthday party. I have a show for different age brackets, but some of the humor I use with their age group has some body humor jokes in it (I dislike it, but they enjoy it). My question is, how should I reformat, if at all, my show for this party? I have done shows for mixtures of boys and girls, and sometimes all boys, but I have never done a show for all young girls. Should I change it at all? Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Do you have a mother?
Do you have any sisters? Do you have any female friends? You can't possibly be married, or have a girl friend. Go ask one of them why girls are so weird.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
Red Shadow Inner circle 1788 Posts |
Ouch.
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts |
Add flower effects. Include pink and red silk effects.
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dorian_faust Loyal user Los Angeles, California 278 Posts |
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On 2013-07-17 15:31, Al Angello wrote: Very funny. I know it comes across as a stupid question, but I am mainly just asking out of curiosity to see if anyone does change up a show based on gender. I'm assuming no, but I ask just for the heck of it. |
Red Shadow Inner circle 1788 Posts |
In my box I have four shows (4 hours) of material with me at all times. I choose the tricks to perform based on that audience. I have tricks that appeal to girls more so than boys, so I would pick those tricks (although the effect still works with boys, it might just feature a princess or mermaid character etc in the presentation).
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Little girls are more likely to sit still, and pay close attention to everything you say and do. They will applaud your tricks, laugh at all of your jokes, and come up to you after the show to tell you how much they enjoyed your show. Little girls are a treat to entertain.
Just to be safe wear a pink suit.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
MoonRazor Special user 843 Posts |
All 10 yr old girls at show will be like a vacation for you. all 10 yo boys on the other hand......
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TonyB2009 Inner circle 5006 Posts |
I treat girls, boys, and mixtures the same.
Humour is humour.
Check out Tony's new thriller Dead or Alive http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alive-Varrick-Bo......n+carson
http://www.PartyMagic.ie |
jcrabtree2007 Special user 627 Posts |
Little girls like much the same magic as little girls. They also like cutsie things.
Sponge Bunnies. Blooming Bouquet. DLite My daughter is 9 and in Girl Scouts- I have lots of experience in entaining that age bracket. They like all kinds of magic. |
alkazam New user 50 Posts |
I keep my show almost the same for boys, girls, and mixed groups. I've noticed that the boys are more rambunctious and don't sit still as much as girls. Girls also seem to pay attention and be more polite (as Al said above).
The differences I use are: More body humour jokes for the boys and gross tricks. More complex tricks for the girls. I also hand out stickers at the end of the show. For mixed shows I keep them gender neutral and for all boy shows/all girl shows I keep them more towards their gender (cars vs. princesses) Overall it depends on the kids. I've seen rough housing girls and polite boys. |
LMLipman Elite user Falls Church, Va. 443 Posts |
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On 2013-07-18 09:47, MoonRazor wrote: I disagree. 10-year-old girls can be a very tough crowd. They key to handling them is do NOT treat them like kids. More than boys, 10-year-old girls demand to be treated as older. I've also found that they love learning. So when I do 9 or 10 year old parties for just girls I always teach some tricks and I tell them ahead of time that we'll be learning some tricks at the end of my show. I've found that takes their edge off. Certainly 10-year-old boys are more rambunctious, and many know a lot about magic, but girls at that age can be cutting. Treat them like you would adults. |
TonyB2009 Inner circle 5006 Posts |
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On 2013-07-19 17:10, LMLipman wrote: Very, very true. The only real difference between the sexes.
Check out Tony's new thriller Dead or Alive http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alive-Varrick-Bo......n+carson
http://www.PartyMagic.ie |
jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
One thing you might consider is using themed party goods and working your magic around a girls' theme such as "Dora the Explorer, "Barbie," "Disney Princesses," "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast," and so on. You might have to consult with the client as to which theme would be best for his daughter and her friends.
Once you pick the theme, you can find magic to go with it in The Wizards' Journal #14 which shows how to take themed party goods from any party supply source and turn them into themed magic. You don't need to perform all themed magic, just enough to get the idea across and then combine it with other favorite magic you perform for kids that age. The client gets the impression that you personalized the show just for him and his daughter, but next week you could replace the Barbie trimmings with Spiderman and do a raucous boys' show the same way.
Jim Gerrish
magicnook@yahoo.com https://www.magicnook.com Home of The Wizards' Journals: https://magicnook.com/wizardsTOC.htm |
dorian_faust Loyal user Los Angeles, California 278 Posts |
All of you have been very helpful, thank you.
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