Dennis Michael
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Posted: May 16, 2006 09:25 am
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**************KIDabra International**************
The Association of Kidshow and Family Performers
KIDabra Conference
Year 15 - The Celebration!
Pigeon Forge, TN
Music Road Hotel Complex
August 16 - 19, 2006
- This Year Be A Part of The KIDshow Superstars!
- Join Many of The World's Top Kidshow and Family Performers!
Trevor Lewis, Terry Evanswood, Steve Axtell, BJ Hickman, Jim Snack, Ken Scott, Greg McMahan, Jozo Bozo, Mike Bent, Eddy Wade, Tim Sonefelt, Gary Shelton, Julian Franklin, Marty and Brenda Hahne, Scott Francis, Steve Kissell, Carol Collins, Rick Hubbard, Steve Snyder
- Along with Attending Senior Staff
Sammy Smith, Duane Laflin, Barry Mitchell, Trixie Bond, Bruce Amato, David Kaye, Dave Risley, Joe Lefler
and
- The KIDabra Executive Staff
Bruce Bray, Tate Elliott, Leo Salgado, Dede Francis, Ken Scott, Glenn Strange, Dave Hill, Ralph the Great, Tim Sonefelt, Tami Daniel, Dennis Michael, David Allen, Tess Andrews
- May Greetings,
Flowers are popping out all over and so is KIDabra News! Please take your time reading through the newsletter and you may even want to print this out as there is a tremendous amount of new information for you!
In this issue:
- Conference News
Breaking News with Steve Snyder, The Tax Magician added to Marketing Day, Marty and Brenda Hahne's Show Openers! added to Friday Breakouts, The Magic Café and KIDabra, Rob Erdmann (See the info on his services and bring your costume and props for pictures to KIDabra), http://www.CreativeMagic.org and Greg Hamilton of The Magic Parlor all new to the Vendor's Room this year!
- KI Association News:
Find out about the new KI Chapter forming in Los Angeles, Journal News, and Barry Mitchell lectures for the KI Chapter in Chicago
Read through everything, make your conference registration, join KI if you haven't, make your hotel and travel plans for the Conference and you're set to be a part of the KIDabra Superstars!
- KIDabra News:
- KIDabra on The Magic Café
We have just gone to high visibility on The Magic Café with our own KIDabra section. Find it in The Magic Café. http://www.themagiccafe.com with nearly 25,000 members worldwide it is the top discussion forum for Magicians world wide.
Thanks to Dennis Michael for his work on this.
- Added Breakout Session
Marty and Brenda Hahne join the Friday Afternoon Breakouts with "My Four Favorite Show Openers"
We all know how important the opening effect in your show is, along with the patter that sets the tone for the entire show. Marty will demonstrate 4 openers: one for day cares, one for birthday parties, one for schools and one for older kids (say 12 year olds). Not only the tricks, but how you get the show started and get into the opening trick. A KIDabra Breakout Don't Miss!
Join Marty and Brenda along with:
- Steve Kissell: Games and Contests for Kids
- Greg McMahan: Warming Up the Audience
- Mike Bent: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Guide for Kidshows: How to Deal with Common Kidshow Problems.
- Carol Collins: Bingo's Bubble Mania Breakout
- Rick Hubbard: An All Kazoo Breakout
- KIDabra International News Bits
Friday May 12, 2006 marked the occasion of the first KIDabra Pro Circuit lecture at a chapter. The Chicago Chapter welcomed Barry Mitchell with a turnout of 29 folks. I'm told it was a great night and Rob Erdmann has pictures for the Journal of the evening.
- The KIDabra Journal
As you receive your issue 3 of the Journal, please read through it and spend some time with it. Then let Sammy and I know what you find most helpful, most interesting, and especially the articles/columns you'd like to see in the future, etc. Amazingly the page numbers have nearly doubled since Issue 1. We hope you like the look.
In KI Journal Issue 4 actively in preparation, you'll see a new tagline after KIDabra Journal and with your help, contributions and support it is indeed becoming "The Voice of The Kidshow World". Also read the stories and see the wonderful pictures of many of your KIDabra staff at the White House Easter Egg Roll 2006. I'll warn you now, Jossip's (Jozo Bozo), story of his trip there from Croatia is a powerfully moving and motivational recollection.
- Los Angeles KIDabra International Chapter Forming
Calling all KIDshow folks in the greater Los Angeles area - KI Chapter Formation Meeting Tuesday, May 16th at 7:30
- A Note From Todd Brown
While a part of the first meeting will be to get to know each other and establish our direction for the rest of the year, I would like to suggest the meetings theme to be Birthday Party Magic. If you would like to perform your favorite birthday party trick (or second favorite), please do! Besides being fun, this will give us an idea of each others style. Please arrive early so we can start promptly at 7:30pm. As a reminder, our host is the Magic Apple (thanks Brent!)...the stores info is below:
The Magic Apple - The Magic Store on the Second Floor
11390 Ventura Blvd
Studio City CA 91604
818-508-9921
Questions to Todd at todd@westpostdigital.com
- KI Chapter News
New KI Members are joining every day from across the USA and many parts of the world. This is very cool. At the moment we're working with Cleo, who will become our first member from the East European country of Romania. So next time your visiting member Jozo Bozo in Croatia just head northeast a few hundred miles and you can say hi to her.
Chapters- please send your meeting reports for the Journal to Sammy as a word document the address is spspub@aol.com
- More News: KIDabra Audio CD Album 2006 On Sale
Own an instant collectible - 8 KIDabra sessions recorded live on Audio CD.
Relive the lectures for years to come. Importantly, no albums are sold after the convention as we give each lecturer who participates their master recording at the completion of the project.
This year we're upgrading to printed CDs, no more paper labels and Nathan Roberts joins Tim Sonefelt as your sound engineering team to make the live recordings happen!
- 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 select the optimal listening sessions.
-What do I get?
An album with 8 Audio CD recordings of lectures and sessions recorded live as they happen at KIDabra on one or 2 CDs as needed. Our mission is for folks there to have the album to take with them Saturday night before them leave.
Don't forget CD's are so easy to listen to now - Personal CD Players with headphones are available at Wal-Mart for under twenty dollars. Add a cassette car adapter for twenty more and play them in the car (that's what I do), also in boom boxes with CD players, the CD ROM drive on your computer and most DVD players will play audio CD's (although CDs do not sound good in all DVD players).
This is a fabulous opportunity to relive and continue to learn from KIDabra for years to come. Plus you never have to rewind.
-Who's on the Recordings?
1. An Evening of Birthday Party Magic!
2. Bruce Amato, Tim Sonefelt and Barry Mitchell Character Counts Seminar
3. Duane Laflin 15th Anniversary Lecture
4. David Kaye Running Gags
5. Trevor Lewis: An Afternoon of Party Pieces.
6. To Be Revealed: As permissions are secured.
7. TBR: As permissions are secured.
8. TBR: As permissions are secured.
-How Much?
The KIDabra Audio Album is only $99.95 pre-ordered and pre-purchased, delivered to you at the conclusion of KIDabra 2004.
You can also purchase the Album at KIDabra for $110.00
Important Note: Due to the arrangements with our speakers no Audio CD Album sets will be sold after the conference, so they are available in advance or at KIDabra only.
If you can't be with us and would like to purchase a set as a Remote Registrant you may for only $145.00 plus $5.00 shipping in the US. (Additional shipping for other countries) Remote 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.
- New Vendors at KIDabra Conference
Come meet Brian South of http://www.CreativeMagic.org The folks behind the terrific new fold flat, pop up illusions. Incidentally their Shadow Tent is one of the hilarious feature routines in Mac King's show. Really Cool stuff and Brian is one of us- a family performer!
Greg Hamilton of The Magic Parlor has written the book on the Rabbit in the Hat Puppet and created a mini industry around the prop. Come see his own line of puppets, books, costuming props, DVD's and more. By the way he's a really nice guy to boot!
- PICTURES…GET YOUR PICTURES with Rob Erdmann!
Bring your performing costumes to KIDabra this year. We have a kid show savvy photographer lined up to help you with your promotional pictures. Rob Erdmann attended KIDabra last year for the first time to learn about performing for kids. He took several excellent pictures of the performers during their lectures. Many of them are shown in the KIDabra Storybook. Rob will be returning this year with his studio lighting equipment and several backdrops to take promotional pictures for you.
Rob has extensive training in the area of photography which includes attending Rock Valley College, Winona Institute of Professional Photography, Northwestern University Traffic Institute for basic and advanced crime scene photography and correspondence classes through the New York Institute of Photography.
The price for a session is only $100. Sessions can last up to half an hour and multiple backdrops can be used. At the end of the session you get all of the pictures in jpeg format on a CD and a copyright release so you can use the pictures in any way you like. All Rob asks is that you sign a model release so he can use your images in his promotional materials. This is a tremendous value!
Rob is also very good with manipulating images in Adobe Photoshop. If you need any special effects done with your pictures, Rob can do it for you. If you need graphics work, Rob can help you with creating promotional brochures, DVD covers, business cards or whatever else you need. Rob designed two of Barry Mitchell’s soon to be released DVD covers. If you would like to see the DVD covers send Rob an e-mail requesting them and he’ll send pictures of the covers to you.
If you would like to see samples of Rob’s photography work go to http://www.rberdmann.home.insightbb.com/ and click on the photos tab. If you have any questions or special requests you can contact Rob by leaving an e-mail message at roberdmann@insightbb.com
Join Rob, Brian, and Greg along with:
- Axtell Expressions
- Wacky Wolf Productions
- Barry Mitchell Products
- Laflin Magic
- SPS Publications (Sammy)
- The Riz
- Joe Lefler
- Cool Stuff Magic (t-shirts and stuff)
- Bruce Amato's Wiz Works
- Dazzling Magic
- Dave Hill's Balloons and Clowns
- Harry Allen and Daytona Magic
- Tim Sonefelt's Wonder Imagery
- Julian Franklin
- Steve Kissell
- Eddy Wade and more!
A Kidshow Performers Super Candy Store! (No Duplicate Dealers!)
- Optional Marketing Sessions Tuesday Evening August and all Day Wednesday August 16th
Steve Snyder's "The Self-Employed Entertainer's Complete Guide to Federal Income Tax."
Perhaps you can relate:
Joe is an entertainer. Sadly, it happened every year. As a self-employed entertainer he always seemed to have more tax questions than he had answers. What expenses are deductible on which line of Schedule C, what is depreciation of magic equipment, are all my travel expenses deductible, how do I handle my home office?
You are a creative, intelligent, hardworking and motivated entertainer. Some of us hire additional employees, while others go it alone. We started businesses, try to play by the rules, and yet find ourselves perplexed by the complexity of income taxes.
Since Steve is both a full-time entertainer, and a tax-preparer, he see the pitfalls and challenges faced by other self-employed entertainers. That's what his lecture and new book are all about. He says his only purpose is to help you, the self-employed entertainer, understand your taxes and help you reduce your tax liability.
Steve will aid you in organizing your record keeping and bookkeeping. Whether you use bookkeeping software or a paper ledger to keep track of your expenses, you can set up your record keeping system to easily determine what expenses go onto each line of your Schedule C.
His lecture will motivate you to plan your tax strategies early in the year. He may even help you find additional, or new, deductions you weren't even aware of. These things can help put more of your hard-earned money in your pocket.
Steve encourages questions and will address whatever needs the audience has. Steve is a KI member of the Chicago Chapter. This has recently been one of our most requested topics to cover. Learn more about Steve at thetaxmagician.com Don't miss "The Self-Employed Entertainer's Complete Guide to Federal Income Tax" with Steve Snyder!
- Marketing Sessions start Tuesday evening and continuing throughout the day on Wednesday.
Learn from new lectures by Steve Snyder, Eddy Wade, Jim Snack, Greg McMahan, and Bj Hickman and more. Marketing sessions include your lunch on Wednesday and are only $99.95
- Optional Wednesday, August 16th Gospel Magic and Learning Day
Join Steve Varro, Duane Laflin, Nathan J. Roberts, Barry Mitchell and Tim Sonefelt for a day of inspiration, ideas and routines. Gospel Magic and Learning Day includes your lunch on Wednesday and is only $74.95
- More KIDabra International Association News
- Association Flyer Available For You!
The number one request you've made is this - Please provide us with something to give folks when we're out and about to explain KIDabra International to other perspective members. Done!
Now travel armed with the new KI Association Flyer and Application. Designed by Lorrie Slate (a mom of 11 year old identical twins!) of Madison Avenue South Designs, the flyer is a wonderful tool for you to share at club meetings, lectures, conferences, and Chapter Charter formations. If you'd like to print out a few yourself you can. Go to http://www.kidabra.org/images/KIDabraFlyer.pdf (PDF file)
Also we'll have physical copies available to you by snail mail as well, just call or e mail Tami at 336-492-7870 and/or kidabraconf@aol.com and we'll get some right out to you. (A tip - We've found that actually presenting these to folks with a verbal invitation works the best as opposed to laying them on a table with many other flyers during events.) Thank you for you help with this and our thanks to Barry Mitchell for his ideas and input on this project.
- KIDabra Journal for Members
The KIDabra Journal is jam-packed full of great info reviews, commentary, ideas, routines and material for our industry from Bruce Amato, Tim Sonefelt, Tommy Johns, Barry Mitchell, David Kaye, Bruce Bray, Ken Scott, Dennis Michael and a couple of guys named Sammy and Mark.
If you want to write for or advertise in the Journal contact Sammy or Mark at spspub@aol.com or kidabraconf@aol.com and we'll get you the details.
- New and Improved! Expanded KI Member's Free Website
Place A Different Picture on Each Page!
Now create your own 6 page website with a different picture on every page. Easy as pie using the template. If you can type and click you can do it. Set up your website and see examples at http://www.kidabra.com and click on Free Websites (Membership number required for setup) This service for KIDabra International Members is worth more than the cost of your yearly dues. We were the first in our industry to offer this free member service, now other associations follow. We didn't even know we were cutting edge :>)
- KI Chapters
If you are working to set up your Chapter, please direct Chapter questions to Chapter Development Coordinator Dennis Michael. He is eager and ready to help at DennisMichael@Kidabra.org or 856-753-4794. Also, if you have not sent in your Chapter Charter, signed by 7 members, please do so. This will make you official and Tami will assign you a Chapter Number. Thanks!
- Join KIDabra International Today!
To join KIDabra International go to http://www.kidabra.com and click on Membership. We'd love to have you be a part of A Group for Us! A Place for Us!
- More Conference Info
Optional- KIDabra goes to Terry Evanswood's Grand Illusion Show
Saturday August 19th, 10:00 AM (Optional Ticket charge, special discounted rate for KIDabra $16.00 (regularly $20.00) and kids 12 and under $10.00 Tickets available at the Country Tonite Theatre)
This year in August, being only 2 blocks from The Country Tonite Theatre, KIDabra goes to see Terry on his 10th Anniversary in Pigeon Forge. Also celebrating partnering 20 years with his chief assistant Tammy, he's pulling out the stops with all new material, combined with some of the best loved routines long since retired from the early years. As an optional event, during the conference we're taking time for the entire group to go over and see the show. It's a lesson in everything right about performing and a lesson of the essence of KIDabra! It's a Feature Don't You Dare Miss Event! We did this 5 years ago and it remains one of the most incredible and talked about KIDabra events ever!
- The Music Road Hotel Complex
We've got some impressive new digs next year for the conference in Pigeon Forge.
The whole complex is just a few years old and is gorgeous! 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. We'll be housed in both the Music Road Hotel and the Inn with the conference center between. (if you need high speed wired Internet request the Inn.) 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. 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. Rooms in the KIDabra block are only $89.00 per night for 2 queen beds. (This special conference rate off regular rate of up to $119.00) (Suites available at a higher rate.) 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. Also you can make reservations on-line at musicroadhotel.com Click on Reservations, then click on Group Blocks, then enter our unique KIDabra code 6440-6597 (for the hotel) or 6440-6598 (for the inn) Take a moment and make your reservation today!
- Airport Shuttle during Conference:
Rocky Top Tours continues to be the official shuttle of KIDabra running from the McGee-Tyson Airport in Knoxville to the Music Road Hotel in Pigeon Forge. Reservations at 1-877-315-8687. Full details and costs at http://www.kidabra.org/travelinfo.html
We continue to update kidabra.com Keep Checking! Don't forget you can read past newsletters at the website to gain the full story of KIDabra! Have you been to the discussion forum lately? With over 5000 posts it is amazing! The depth of subjects there and the valuable info, make it priceless, check it out today at kidabra.com
Stay Tuned! We can't wait to see you next August or at your local KI Chapter meeting!
Mark & Tami Daniel
- Join KIDabra International Today
Membership Card, The KIDabra Journal, Free Website, Special Offer Savings from Dealers and more..
Member: (US & Canada) $55.00
Includes a one time 15.00 initiation fee and KIDabra: The Journal. Thereafter $40.00 on renewal
Associate/Spouse $30.00
Includes a one time 15.00 initiation fee and thereafter $15.00 on renewal.
Junior Member (10-18 years old) $30.00
Includes a one time 15.00 initiation fee and thereafter $15.00 on renewal.
International Member $90.00
Includes a one time 15.00 initiation fee and KIDabra: The Journal, thereafter $75.00 on renewal.
And Register Today For The KIDabra International Conference!
Member Performer $159.95
Spouse $85.00
Child under 16 with full paying adult $75.00
Optional Kidshow Marketing Sessions- Tuesday Evening August 15th and Wednesday August 16th. $99.95
Optional Gospel Magic and Learning Sessions- Wednesday August 16th. 74.95
Non-Member Performer $214.95
Audio CD's in Advance $99.95, $110 at conference
Audio CD's Remote Participant $145 + $5 shipping
You can register by phone or fax with Mastercard & Visa
Phone (336) 492-7870
Fax (336) 492-2199
Online at http://www.kidabra.com
or by check and moneyorder to:
MSD Productions
KIDabra 2006 Convention
P.O. Box 1296
Mocksville, NC 27028
Email: kidabraconf@aol.com
Website: http://www.kidabra.com or http://www.kidabra.org
- 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!
Dennis Michael
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