Children's Museum Sucess

The shows at the Children's Museum were a huge success. When I arrived, I was worried. The museum did not seem very busy and the puppeteer who had the theater before me only had a few very young children in her show. To make things worse, about 10 minutes before the first show, I tripped over the power chord to my stereo and it crashed to the floor, breaking into pieces! For a while I thought I would have no sound for the show which meant that three of my routines couldn't be done, but at the last minute I was able to get the music started again and was ready to work.

The first show filled up quickly and the audience was very enthusiastic. I ran a little long and then offered to make balloon animals for any of the kids who may want one. Every kid did and I barely was able to set up for the second show. I had the doors to the theater closed and spend about 5 minutes getting set up. When the doors were opened there was a long line waiting to get in and we had to make extra seating space to fit everyone in. The second show went very well and afterwards I was again mobbed to answer questions and make balloon animals.

The third show was exactly the same. I was told aftert he shows that this was the most popular show they ever had in the theater and hoped I would perform again at another time. Since my intention is to have a permenant place to perform, I think these shows were very helpful.

Patent Book Almost Finished

I finally finished the work on the Patent book for Lybrary.com. Hopefully this will be available soon. The whole project started out as a little research project and ended up taking 2-years. It has lots of cools stuff, however, so I can't wait to see the finished product. The whole book has about 2500 pages. Here's the cover:

Show this weekend

I did a fund-raising party for the Lance Armstrong LiveStrong fund on Saturday. I did my standard show, but added a couple of kid's pieces in anticipation of the Children's Museum this weekend. I also spent some time making balloon animals for the kids. (This is new stuff to me and was the first time I did it at a party. I told the first kid that I could make a dog, a sword, a flower or a funny hat. He wanted an aligator! When I told him I didn't know how to make one, her asked for two inflated balloons and he would make his own. He never did make an aligator, but he did have fun with those two balloons for quite a while.)

The show went pretty well and I got quite a few laughs, but I still don't feel like I'm giving a complete show. The structure doesn't build to a climax. This is something I need to work on.

The shows this weekend will only be about 25 minutes each, so I will try to give the set a definite structure if for no other reason than to boost my confidence.

Schedule Set

I just finalized the agreement with the Children's Museum. I will perform 3 shows in the Imagination Theater at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30. The shows will be 20 minutes with a Q&A time after each. I will also be able to promote my business with my own materials at each show. This should be a good opportunity. I'll post some pictures when it's over.

Children's Museum Update

I've been having a little trouble getting feedback with the Children's Museum last week. I sent them promo material and a couple of messages about scheduling, but have not heard back from them. They seemed very interested in having me participate in their event, but I'm not sure how they feel now.

Meanwhile, I did do some new publicity photos recently and have been getting a few hits on my website. Also, I put together this poster for the Museum Event. I made it somewhat generic just in case things don't work out with them, I will easily be able to approach other venues with the same material. Here is how it looks: