KIDabra International News
July Greetings! 2008
Conference Roommate Finder The Music Road Conference Hotel Yes, there is still room at the Inn The Music Road Hotel does have rooms available, however the special conference price does not apply to reservations made after July 10th. You may however ask for AAA, AARP, special discounts, or try begging for a discount. I saw a special for 5 day stay on the website. Do ask, I travel all the time and you only get a discount if you ask! Call them at 800-429-7700 or 865-429-7700. Let them know you are coming to KIDabra. Folks are scouring their collections for 8 items to bring for sale. Some tweaking is going into effect for this years proceedings to help it operate more efficiently. We'll have that full update for you in the August E-News coming in 2 weeks. In the mean, time please plan on making sure your items are worth $10.00 minimum. Group them if you need to. Bigger illusions and pieces sell sluggishly and for fractions of their value, so think before bring those. Please no boxes of Linking Ring, Genii or Magic magazines. You may sell volumes of The KIDabra Journal, LaughMakers or Supreme's Magigram though. Please remember to keep your items KIDshow and Family appropriate. The June/July Issue of The KIDabra Journal is in the mail. With the one and only Chris Capehart on the cover, please enjoy the wonderful interview with him by Skip Way and Bio by David Kaye. Plus all the amazing columnists who make this magazine happen. The August /September KIDabra Journal: A Note from Dean Alan Carnegie about the Journal: "I have been a long time reader of MAGIC and Genii and other magic related magazines. But Mark I have to tell you that the quality of the content in the KIDabra Journal far exceeds every other magazine I've read. I've gone back and read a number of the past issues and am shocked at the MEAT that is in this magazine. I honestly think there is no better magazine for the working professional." Last Year's 2007 KIDabra Yearbook Journal Renewal Pigeon Forge, TN Music Road Hotel Complex August 13 - 16, 2008 (Optional Seminars starting the 12th) Register now, you won't want to miss it! Featuring:
The KIDabra Senior Staff:
The KIDabra Executive Staff: Chris Capehart: Controlled Chaos- The New Lecture You know that when you perform for children unless you are on your game, things can spiral wildly out of control in a hurry. Chris Capehart is a master of harnessing that energy and playing it to his advantage! In his new lecture learn how he can take the unbridled enthusiasm of children and his own seemingly reckless style and produce a masterpiece of performance art. A KIDabra Feature Event Thursday afternoon at KIDabra! Optional Pre-Conference Chris Capehart Master Class Tuesday August 12th - Just a Couple of Slots left, call today! Master Class Update: Wow! Tuesday, August 12th. Chris presents a 2 1/2 hour Optional Master Class starting at 9:30 AM. Join Chris as he teaches 2 classics The Linking Rings and Misers Dream (Coin Pail). Learn in a very small group including one on one time with a world renowned master, who presents arguably the most entertaining presentations of these 2 pieces existent. If you have ever been intimidated by these 2 classics of magic, fear no more, come learn them from a friendly fellow who just happens to be one of the world's best. Class size is limited to 15 and is only $85.00. Join Chris, Tuesday Morning August 12th, 9:30 AM. Learn these two routines well and you'll have a powerful basis for your show anywhere, anytime! Because of limited seats, registration for this class is by phone only, call Tami at 336-492-7870. Prepayment is required to guarantee your spot. Terry Evanswood Special Show Tickets for KIDabra Terry has arranged special ticket prices for KIDabra attendees during the week of KIDabra for his Magic Beyond Belief Show. Just show your membership card and your ticket price is $12.50 plus tax. That's half price! Our thanks to Terry for arranging this. Info on the show at www.PigeonForgeMagic.com5 Golden Tickets and The Imagination Library Something very cool will happen at the KIDshow Auction Wednesday night at KIDabra Conference. Terry Evanswood has one of the most interesting houses you could visit. The best way I can describe it is it's kind of like a theme park in a house. You have a chance Wednesday night to bid on one of the 5 tickets and enjoy a Willy Wonkaesque Adventure through the world of Terry with him as your charming host.It will be an unforgettable highlight for five lucky people one late evening during the conference, however there is more! 100 percent of the sales of the Golden Tickets will go an amazing foundation started in 1996 by Dolly Parton called Imagination Library (dollysimaginationlibrary.com) which provides children in Sevier County (Dolly's birthplace and the county that our conference site resides in) from birth to five years old with a free book each month. It has become so wildly popular that communities across the US and many parts of the world have adopted the program as well. (Recently a community in England launched the library project) Since so many of us as KIDshow performers work in schools and libraries with literacy based programs, this is a perfect charitable match for KIDabra. Also watch the kidabra.org website for a very cool youtube video coming from Terry. Round 2 Promos on kidabra.org continue! Did you miss the Dynamic Duo last year? Right now on kidabra.org catch a glimpse of the Dynamic Duo on vacation in the Bahamas. (I laughed for 15 minutes the first time I saw the video) Don't forget, from now until the conference, enjoy the special video treats just for you from Scott Francis and David Allen new about every 2 weeks! Now available for immediate viewing; Eight Hysterically Funny Macgyver Magic Promo Videos! Go to kidabra.org scroll down the page to the You Tube Video and watch. Stay tuned for the continuing video adventures of MacGyver Magic as they prepare for their lecture: Round 2 at KIDabra Conference 2008. KIDabra Vendors Room Dealers at the KIDabra Conference Promotional and Publicity Photos Also, joining us for the first time is Bob Bokor with Abracadabra Magic Optional KIDabra Business Building Seminars (formerly Marketing Day) Learn from powerhouse lectures by Jim Snack, Brian Daniel of Creative Magic, Nathan J Roberts, Brad Ross and Marty Hahne and more. The Optional Marketing Sessions are only $94.95 in addition to your KIDabra Conference registration. The KIDabra Live Audio CD Set Goto: AudioCD Page FAQ's on Audio CD Set Do you record sessions from the Business Builders Seminars? What do I get? Who's on the Recordings?
How Much? Important Note: Due to the arrangements with our speakers no 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 an Invisible Registrant you may for only $150.00 including shipping in the US and Canada. (Additional shipping for other countries) Invisible 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.
Terry Herbert: The KIDabra KIDshow Superstars DVD Volume 1 - Now Available and Shipping!
You'll hang on every word of the easy rapport between Terry and David, plus thrill to the stories and cartoon voices from this wonderful storyteller. Among other things Terry discusses his early start performing in the Summer Holiday Camps in England. And straight from Terry's private collection, you will see video of his award winning comedy act for adults, The Great Fiasco, and his new character Mr. Woo the Wizard. Terry also performs live for the KIDara audience. Watch as he presents an amazing coin trick that will absolutely fool you, and his hilarious five-minute puppet routine, with an adorable monkey, that will have you rolling on the floor. You'll enjoy time well spent with a legend and master performer, Mr. Terry Herbert, in this first volume of KIDabra KIDshow Superstars! Available from kidabra.org, sillymagic.com and from Terry himself during lecture appearances. Only $29.95 plus $5.00 shipping in the US and Canada from kidabra.org Actual shipping charged to other countries. Important KIDabra International Member News Contacting Us Change of Address/Change of Email KI Member Number and Membership Card KI Membership Join and Renewal KI Member Logo The Discussion Forum at www.KIDabra.org/forum/ Free Website- KI Members Benefit
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Chapter News Chapters KI Journal Reminders Product Reviews Journal Advertising The Music Road Hotel Complex hosts KIDabra Conference 2008 Airport Shuttle Food Availability at the Conference The Super Wal-Mart is less than 3 minutes by car (one of the biggest I've ever been in) with a full grocery for stocking your fridge with drinks, fruits and snacks if you want. There is a very inexpensive shuttle that stops every few minutes in the parking lot of the conference center that will take you up and down the strip. (Just be mindful of the fact that it makes lots of stops if you're on a schedule.) We continue to update kidabra.org. Keep Checking! Don't forget you can read past newsletters at the website to gain the full story of KIDabra! We can't wait to see you next August or at your local KI Chapter meeting!
We can't wait to see you in August or at your local KI Chapter meeting! A Note for all KI Chapters, current and prospective: Do invite new folks to attend a couple of times, with no obligations. After those initial
visits to become a member of your chapter they must first join KIDabra International, then your chapter. This makes your chapter healthy with a solid foundation. On meeting night, leave egos down the street. I know it's challenging, we're show folk after all. Put members to work with individual assignments each meeting. Ask them to do book reports, mini lectures, prop reviews, brag sessions, marketing minute, techniques of performance, refreshments, etc... Have a great time of fellowshipping, keep video presentations to 10 minutes or less and the business meeting outside of the general meeting. (usually prior to is best.) Be respectful of your pros in attendance, quizzing them about fees and bookings make them feel like hunted animals with vultures hovering overhead and scare them away! (Really! ) Above all keep it fun!
Check with Dennis Michael at Chapter 1 http://www.kidabra1.org to see how they do this meeting after meeting, run much like a mini KIDabra Conference. dennismichael@KIDbra1.org KI Journal Product Reviews Yes! We do want to review your product in The KIDabra Journal. Do you have a new trick, prop, book, DVD, E-book or Show-In-A-Box? Then send your item to KIDabra Journal Product reviewer Todd McKinney. Submission Guidelines: (1) All review items must be KIDshow/family show focused. (2) All effects submitted need to contain at least one developed show script. (3) Books, CD's & DVD's must be pertinent to the KIDshow/family show entertainer or their business. Please include retail pricing, ordering information, your phone # and e-mail address. And if possible a disk containing a high-resolution picture of your item. Please indicate whether you want the product returned. Todd will work with you on this or if it will be donated to the 2009 KIDabra Auction with proceeds to charity. Send your review items today to: Todd McKinney Journal Review P.O. Box 764 Hewitt, Texas 76643
His email address is todd@toddmckinneypro.com
To advertise in the KIDabra Journal contact Tami 336-492-7870 or kidabraconf@aol.com. Great rates and the perfect way to get the news out to the KIDshow world about your products and services. We now offer affordable full color ads as well, please inquire about pricing. Back Issues of the Journal Folks ask us frequently if back issues of the Journal are available? The answer is yes some issues are and all are in very limited copies. They are $8.00 for KI members. The only issues available to non-members are the Yearbooks. 2006 is sold out 2007-2009 are available for $20.00 each.
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 are a member because they want to keep all the resources for themselves. It does! It is KIDabra International!
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