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Kids Entertainer Podcast shares information on the art of entertaining children. The weekly podcast features specialists who share tips, tricks and advice within their entertainment niche. We interview face painters, balloon twisters, kids magicians, ventriloquists, clowns, circus workshop artists, costume characters, children’s musicians, games leaders and more. The aim of the Kids Entertainer Podcast is to inform and educate professional children’s entertainers by providing accurate, up-to-date information. Topics include behavioural aspects of working with children as well as theory and practice of the various disciplines of the art. The podcast is hosted by Julian Mather and Ken Kelly, both Ken and Julian are professional magicians who work mostly for kids and family audiences. The topics you would find on the Kids Entertainer Podcast would include face painting tips, kids magic tutorials, the psychology audience management, balloon twister tips and tricks, games that work for children, how to manage the business of being a kids entertainer, clowning sketches and advice as well as interviews with leading kids entertainment professionals. The Kids Entertainer Podcast is hosted at kidsentertainerhub.com which is a website dedicated to the continuing professional development of children’s entertainers.
KEH is the one stop spot where professional children's entertainers can meet, share and grow.
Kids Entertainer Podcast is hosted by Julian Mather and Ken Kelly who interview children's performers from around the world.
KEH is the one stop spot where professional children's entertainers can meet, share and grow.
Kids Entertainer Podcast is hosted by Julian Mather and Ken Kelly who interview children's performers from around the world.
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Welcome to Season 7 chapter 145 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! We are wrapping up a spectacular season with this final episode. Today's guest is Dan Evans, president of Totally Zany, LLC and an established clowning professional. Dan has performed at prominent venues and presented workshops on behalf of noted clients, as well as other satisfied clients from multiple sectors. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Dan is also a teaching artist aside from being a performer Dan teaches circus arts class with 75 to 150 kids for 10 weeks Dan shared what kind of stuff he does and how it started for him Dan doesn't do a lot of magic, he just knows 2 tricks Dan didn't want to use makeup because he wanted to show who he really is Dan is currently working on a virtual circus class Dan shared how his birthday shows is like Dan also talked about what KEA has done for him www.totallyzany.com
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 144 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Today is the second to the last episode of the season. Our guest is a great ventriloquist and performer, Colin Dymond! Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Colin shared his life before and during the pandemic Colin also shared what happened on his shows when COVID19 struck the world Colin talked about puppetry and ventriloquism Colin's take on why puppets are funny for kids How people can learn about puppetry and where starter could go and learn Colin also shares his plans for the coming holiday season Learn about Colin's talent and life on this special episode, listen now.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 143 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! In today's episode, we have Chad Jacobs aka Chef Bananas. Today he shares with us about cold calling, branding and stuff about marketing plus how you can make use of your basement. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Chad shares what went on when the pandemic started Chad talks about how he transitioned to Virtual Shows Chad made use of his basement as a virtual studio Chad shares his best practices in cold calling What Chad thinks about cold calling and why he does it Chad also talks about his Foam business More on this episode so listen to the full episode
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 142 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Our guest for today is Ms. Annie Banannie, the Balloon Storyteller. Today we talked about keeping herself healthy during the pandemic and Here are some of the important notes from this episode: July 2018 is when she started taking care of herself and lose weight Annie talked about how it's going during the pandemic Annie shared how she continues the journey of helping people How she keeps herself motivated during this time What's gonna be the best practices before performing for a kids audience next When is her plan to do the next show Many more from Annie on this episode, listen now.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 141 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Silly Jilly is our guest in this episode today. Today we talked about adaptation and innovation as an entertainer. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Jilly shared how her pandemic season went and what happened to the bookings What Jilly did to help her business during the pandemic How it is like working with a director like Dave Brenn and how it helped Jilly recommendations on what to do during the challenges Many more inside this episode so listen now.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 140 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Drew Ripley is our guest in this episode today. Today we talked about how Drew spent his time during the pandemic. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Before the pandemic Drew had big schedule already planned. From 200 shows to 0 in 48 hours Because of the pandemic, he loves his job more than ever Drew talked about the KM Challenge Drew realized that all he has during the pandemic was time Drew recalls his favorite positive moments of the lockdown Drew's experience in doing virtual shows Drew's story on how he started from the bottom More fascinating stories from Drew in this episode, listen now.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 139 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Meet Magical Katrina Kroetch on our episode today. Today we talked about her experiences in doing zoom shows during the pandemic. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Katrina is a performer and an actor Started her acting career at the age of 17 Katrina shares how the pandemic affected her bookings in the beginning Katrina told us what she's up to these days What she prefers - standing up vs sitting down in a zoom show What advice Katrina has for kids entertainers in the time of the Pandemic What Katrina loves about performing for family audiences What Katrina said about kids vs adults magic in a zoom show http://www.katrinakroetch.com/
Welcome to Season 6 chapter 138 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Today we talked about Kids with short attention spans. Kids and adults in the audience. Engaging the adults at kids gigs and audience management. Listen to this exciting episode to learn more. [su_spacer]Here are some of the important notes from this episode: How do you keep everyone in the audience engaged, both adults and kids? How to Be really good! How to speed up your routine up by 25% Adding surprises For Adults - have a skilful mind-blowing trick “Monkey jumping through hoop of fire” Be engaging with your show structure, and your patter and questions Setting up the chairs in lines Different humour levels Listening to the kids and react in the moment Have prepared tactics for disruptive kids - What are those? On booking - ask if there will be special needs kids there that might not like loud noises. Different levels of humour for kids & adults.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 137 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! In today's episode, Zivi and Danny shared about Performance Techniques #2 - How to shine on Zoom and win in the virtual parties game. Listen to this episode to get more. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Virtual Vs. Live! You can win at both if you know the secrets! Techniques and tips What are the benefits of performing Virtual shows? Do you need to spend lots of money on new equipment? What if I’m not very good at technology? What material should I perform? How do I market a virtual show? Techniques - Look into the camera - windows to the soul. Using the medium to max advantage, smiling and looking at the camera self zoom, hiding props out of sight, get to know Zoom as best you can set up your space in a corner where you can leave it. Involve the kids Virtual backgrounds Back ups! You can win at both by having a new product - A virtual show, a new online market and also having your normal live kids shows.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 136 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Zivi and Danny are back for this new episode. Today the topic is about Games, listen to the episode to know more. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Why games? As people come into a party. Get the energy out or up. Introduce yourself as the leader & expert - they need to listen to you for clear instructions. You get to know the kids before a show/ or after your show. Party games Non contact games GMD Zoom Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMCTUAd5b3c&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2zClK-r1jT5rCg68DFcE7oJ3-2OQYZCmNDurtUIF5VcKJdg_X6fxlO35s Adapting games to online or socially distance.Musical whatever online and socially distanced. Kids games Gameshow Auction New games
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 135 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Today Zivi and Danny are back to talk about Getting a show together or a new routine - How to build your next show or even a new routine. Listen to the episode to learn more. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Virtual or Live - Your show and each routine should have a beginning, middle, and end. Is it a modular show or a narrative show? The benefits of each. Danny’s first show - Lighter Than Air, a balloon show - made up of cabaret acts How do you know what order to put routines in? Get ideas, try stuff out, get a director/coach, get creative, don’t be a perfectionist Pre-sell your idea so it's funded and you have an aim, you know the demand and have bookings to help with costs of creating a new product. Theatre in the UK experience - Danny Test your show out with a local school, library, party, etc free or cheap but with feedback/ video/ photos/ testimonials. Market and sell your show. After each show for the first few - review, record on video if you can, and tweak the bits that aren’t working so well.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 134 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Today is the 4th episode of this new season and co-hosts Danny and Zivi talked about How to create original routines for your kids show in today's episode. Listen Now! Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Why be original? Principle of the trick, idea for routine Inspiration, research, looking outside your field. Adapting ideas -Let’s take a look at the Colouring book trick; standard, other versions, make your own Make your own props - cardboard 1st to test, then make a better version 2, eg three little pigs story Combining ideas (Danny’s Three Little Pigs show concept) Pushing limits - What do you do now? Which bits do you like? How can you improve it? The look? The skill level? The originality? Upsizing? Miniaturizing? Character Development: eg Regina Martinez - Silly Sparkles - Danny Directs How crazy can you get? What is the end feeling you want for your audience that they go home with? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cabaret+du+monde
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 133 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Today, Zivi and Danny talked about Your Joy in the time of a pandemic - Your true role as a kids entertainer. Listen to the episode to learn more. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: What is joy? Where to find joy in difficult times? Why are we performers? Let's get back to basics. Check the Book - “Joyful” by Ingrid Fetell Lee Remembering the ultimate goal - to make people happy, entertain and create memorable events for your customers and their guests. Danny on Discovering gardening & creating gags Remembering the smiles and laughter - Danny’s 1st twisting gig after 5 months Time of sorrow -> Need for joy, fun, distraction, and entertainment. Story of Danny's hardest show EVER, but possibly the best, and why.
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 132 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Danny is back again as co-host on this episode today. Today we talked about how to shine while performing so that even the adults will love you. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: How to practice = Skills. How to rehearse = Routines Tools like Mirror X, Camera/video, Director/Outside eye Confidence = preparation; Smiling with eyes, being genuine, practice & play Eyes are windows to the soul Keep your windows clean & fresh technique Eyes wide open, healthy body too Including the adults - Perform for everyone in the room principle Connect with the kids AND adults by asking them to help Interact with kids improvise on their answers to enchant the adults. Be Brilliant at what you do - be spectacular and be different!
Welcome to Season 7 chapter 131 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! In this new season, Danny Schlesinger is coming back as a co-host with Zivi Kivi. Today we talked about how to perform in the midst of this pandemic. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: How entertainers adjust to the pandemic situation What adjustments are necessary for doing a performance Live Performance vs. Virtuals Shows Important things to consider in live performances during this pandemic Why it is important that you know what you are doing when performing outside The precautions you have to consider if you perform outside Why this is the best time to reinvent your routine The best things to do to improve yourself while you don't have a performance lined up Why learning a new skill is a great opportunity during this time How KEA helps entertainers by having all available skills ready to be utilized to learn and improve How keeping the ideas flowing helps big time
Welcome to Season 6 chapter 130 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Julia Huffaker is our guest in this episode today. Today we talked about how she started Facepainting and how she evolved as an entertainer. [su_spacer]Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Julia has been entertaining kids for 7 years now Julia started Facepainting way back in her college days Julia stopped for a while after she got married Julia went back to Facepainting after having her daughter She wanted to be with her daughter all the time and that's what pushed her to go back Julia attended a convention and found some people that does Facepainting with balloons After a few months she attended a twisting event Julia already doubled her rate since she started entertaining Julia started practicing magic in her 4th year as an entertainer
Welcome to Season 6 chapter 129 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Colin Dymon from UK is our guest in this episode. Today we talked about ventriloquism, puppetry and magic. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Colin is a veteran for 24 years and performed all around the world It all started for him when his gave his eldest son a magic set Colin started to go to magic shows and learned from it Colin joined the magic circle and became an associate for 12 months only Colin went into some kind of a meet and found a puppet parrot Colin then started to learn ventriloquism From one puppet he has several puppets along the way Colin developed a full show starring all his puppets In the next 5 years he would work on his schedule management
Welcome to Season 6 chapter 128 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Jelly Otis is our guest in this episode. Today we talked about her unique business and reptile show. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: They are planning to change their business name from Blazing Balloons to Jellyfish Entertainment Jelly started when she was 19 as a part timer Jelly went to Hawaii and brought her balloons their but did not get in touch with the balloon community Jelly transferred to Utah and found a mentor Jeremy Face painting was kind of a challenge for her because of her creativity Jelly never does balloons and face painting at the same time in one show Jelly's husband is an Entomologist and that's where the reptile show came into the scene The reptile is going on for about a year now and has become aligned to kids entertainment Their company's work ethic is what they are proud of (always on time, always a great show) More exciting and informative things when you listen to the episode..
Welcome to Season 6 chapter 127 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Chad Jacobs aka Chef Banana from Missouri, USA. Today we talked about his journey and transition from a Restaurant manager to a Magician. [su_spacer]Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Chad's family used to own a restaurant that ran for 39 years Chad ran the restaurant for 12 years with his sister Chad always saw magic as his next career if the restaurant closes. Chef Banana was a result of a long brainstorming night with his wife Chad made sure he has good videos in his website The videos are professionally made Chad had a back injury that made him stay at the basement for 6 weeks He ended of missing 75 shows because of this injury Chad took the part of the routine that caused his injury out from his show
Welcome to Season 6 chapter 126 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Virginia Hankins from Los Angeles, California is our guest in this spectacular show. She owns several businesses that cater different themed entertainment. Here are some of the important notes from this episode: Virginia owns a company that does mermaids, unicorns and other beautiful themed parties Her companies are Sheroes Entertainment, LA Mermaid School and Milo the Magical Unicorn Virginia specializes in high end themed entertainment Milo the Magical Unicorn is actually a horse that she owns Virginia has a team that takes care of Milo and trains him Her parties have around 50 kids each and usually hires Milo for 3 hours The main foundation of her company are fully immersive educational entertainment packages They include songs about the ocean and games related to it In her Mermaid School and pool parties, they have lifeguards to make sure the kids are safe The lifeguards are included in her package to make sure there will be one if it's not safe it's not a good show Virginia wrote a book called 'How To Be a Real Life Mermaid' and it was a one year project Virginia has a 30 to 50 subcontractors and performers that work for her companies each year A TON of Value that you can learn from Virginia and her business in this episode, so please make sure to listen!
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