Rubber Chicken Nuggets – Bill Abbott

Rubber Chicken Nuggets Interview with Kids Entertainer and Comedy Magician Bill Abbott

Welcome to the third instalment of this series of interviews that originally appeared in Rubber Chicken magazine. Editor and publisher Peter Aubery has made them available for the Kids Entertainer Hub audience. In this series, Peter Aubery picks the minds of kids entertainers Charlie Frye, Jimmy Carlo, John Kimmons, Michael Diamond, Paul Daniels, and Sylvester…

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KEH 037: Hiring Staff for Your Kids Entertainment Business

Hiring Staff for Your Kids Entertainment Business Considering hiring staff to help you bring smiles to more kids and give better service to more parents? Then this podcast is for you. Michelle Uulf, who built her kids entertainment business Kiddly-Winks from the ground up and who currently has 10 people on her team, shares her…

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KEH 036: Performing Tips from Santa Claus

Performing Tips from Santa Claus Here’s our early Christmas present: some solid performing tips from no other than Santa himself. Leon McBryde, aka Santa Noel, is no ordinary Santa. Before becoming the legendary Christmas character, he enjoyed a successful career as a part of the Ringling Bros Circus and as a freelance clown. And after…

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Magic Money Matters

Steve Wickenton on Going Pro: Magic Money Matters

My Story—Going Pro in Kids Entertainment Part 4 In my last article, I talked about how you can keep yourself motivated in pursuing your love for kids entertaining. Now I’ll go into something more… for lack of a better term, financial. And let me start with an announcement. It’s official. I now consistently make more…

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Creating a Character Brief

Colin Underwood on Creating Characters: Create a Character Brief

Part 4 of the 10 Essential Techniques That Professional Kids Entertainers Do Not Share In my previous article, I talked about how you can utilize the action-reaction technique to enhance your character. Now we’ll move on to what can help you if you’re planning to put on a character show together: a character brief.

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KEH 034: Insights Into the School Show Market for Children’s Entertainers

Insights into the School Show Market for Children’s Entertainers Many children’s entertainers dare not venture into the school show market because they feel it’s not something they can do. But professional educational entertainer Brian Richards shares how doable (and profitable) it is to come up with school shows and score gigs during those slow months.…

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KEH 033: How to Create a Successful Library Show

How to Create a Successful Library Show Get some tips on how to run a successful library show from a young professional ventriloquist, Meghan Casey. Meghan got her hands on puppets early in life. She started learning ventriloquism at 5, attended her first vent convention at 6, and did her first library shows at 11.…

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Billy Diamond: Instagram Marketing Tips for Entertainers

Billy Diamond: Instagram Marketing Tips for Kids Entertainers

Many kids entertainers loved Stephen von Spiegelhauer’s Instagram frame idea. (Are you one of them?) And to help those who want to make their own frame, we’ve asked magician and professional prop maker Billy Diamond to share his ideas on the project. Below are Billy’s extremely useful suggestions.

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