Hi Everyone
It has been another very busy summer season for me but
sadly now we have come to the end for another year. I want to thank all of you
for your support in the events and attending the shows, without you there would
be no show! Although the summer season is over my work has not come to end. Aside
from catching up on sleep I am catching up on office work and gathering up all
my notes and putting my ideas into action for the Halloween and Christmas
season. I have a few gems in the making for you this year and I am very excited
to start putting them into work. Whilst writing this I realised it will be
coco’s first Christmas and for those of you who don’t know who coco is he is my
new pet rabbit. My idea is to put in a lovely routine to celebrate his very
first Christmas in style.
Onto the reason for this blog, I have just come back from Kidology
a children’s entertainers’ convention in Wolverhampton. Both me and my wife
enjoyed the Trix In The Stix convention together so I decided to bring her along
to kidology to see what she would make of this one, again it was another first
for Vicki. The event started on Monday the 7th of September 2015 at
6:00pm with a lecture about entertaining 8 year olds onwards. After we sat and
watched a spot of cabaret with a mix of marionettes, improvisation,
ventriloquism and illusions, an eventful first evening. We looked around at
some of the stalls and magic tricks and said hello to a few fellow entertainer
friends and by this point it was late and we were tired so we went back to the
hotel eager to see what tomorrow would bring.
Tuesday the 8th of September
9:00am I eventually wake up, after breakfast it was
straight to the Civic Hall where everything was taking place. The day started
with a kid’s competition, you may remember I wrote a blog about my experience
in the competition last year. I was hoping for a bit of variety this year but
it was all magic based so I was a little disappointed. Afterwards we looked
around a few more magic stalls because we kept bumping into people we knew I
forgot why I was at some of the stands but I still managed to get a few new
toys. One new walk around routine, a top up on balloons and a new trick to add
to my birthday routine. We then picked our seats and got comfy for some more lectures
such as voice warm ups, microphone techniques, magic routines, Q and A session
and to end the day a Christmas theme lecture. As quick as a flash the two day
convention was over for another year. overall a lovely two days away with lots
of useful information that I will be using to improve what I already do, and a
great time sharing experiences relating to the job I love with the women I
love.
Now back to work for me, see you all at a show soon. All
the best for now.
Prof Dan Slater.
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