Kids Entertainer Podcast

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 125 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Lucy Spielberg from UK is our guest in this episode. She is a circus workshop teacher, support worker for children with disabilities and kids entertainer.

• Lucy came from a difficult situation in her life and needed to find a work to live
• She chose to be in the community circus instead of any other opportunities
• She taught herself to juggle using potatoes during her apprenticeship
• Lucy eats onion in her shows and she juggles it as well
• She became a manager of a charity shop when she tried to build a career outside kids entertainment
• Lucy was offered a good deal to be in the corporate world but she chose to be in the entertainment world
• After two year on her comeback she decided to up her game and take a circus and clown course
• Her grandmother used to call her 'Lucy lock it' and that is where she got 'Lucy Lost It'

Lucy's story is very inspiring and full of value, make sure you listen to this episode and learn from her.

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 124 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Paul Cochrell aka Tall Paul is our guest in today's show. Join us as we talk about his 20 years of journey into kids' entertainment.

• Paul has been doing kids entertainment for 20 years
• Paul uses the same show for 20 years and just replaces bits
• Recently, after 20 years he decided to create a new show
• Paul owns a lot of puppets for different shows
• Paul uses an ankle switch to control music and be hands free in his performances
• Paul also does a juggling, 3 ball routine in his show
• One day he stopped doing magic (burnout) and then he eventually woke up another day and wanted to go back into doing it
• Paul shared one of his most memorable moments in his performance
• Paul used to do the Chair Suspension trick but recently took it out due to a safety hazard
• Paul works with marketing mentors for his website stuff

• Flossie thinks of her self a 'jack of all trades' because she could do anything in kids entertainment
• Flossie started of with a book about balloon twisting about 20 years ago
• Flossie started doing professional gigs for about 13 years now
• She has a show named 'The Magic and Me' and will soon be available in YouTube
• She offers a combo entertainment like balloon shows with face painting
• Flossie has been mentoring local artists in her area
• Flossie is a student of Matan Rosenberg in Kids Entertainer Academy's Close Up Magic Course

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 122 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Gareth White from United Kingdom is our guest in this episode. Today we talked about how he started with Magic and Kids entertainment

• Gareth has been doing professional magicking full time for 10 months now
• Before he was a magician he was a coffee salesman
• It all started for Gareth when he saw Paul Daniels and was given a magic kit
• After high school he wanted to be an actor and to acting school
• Gareth saw a website banner about KEA and enrolled into it right away
• He took art in school that's why he has great logos for his shows
• Gareth shared his logical birthday party process which he got the idea from a Netflix Series
• Gareth also has a diagram for people to know his services and makes it easier to book him

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 121 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Kyle Groves who grew up in a family of entertainers shares how his journey began. Today we talked about Kyle's journey as an entertainer, his shop with a museum and how he is growing financially.

• Kyle's dad is a magician for 50 years now
• At 8 years old, Kyle already helped his dad as an assistant on his show
• They travelled all over the states to do the show with his dad
• After college, he came back to magic and won some awards as a close up magician
• Kyle then worked his way to become a stage magician
• Kyle has his own museum that started 7 years ago, from the collection of his dad's magic souvenirs
• Kyle also owns a shop called The Party People and Theater Mystery
• Kyle continues to tour the states to do his shows
• Kyle took the KM Challenge and made a lot of money as a result
• Kyle invested in KM Challenge and in five weeks got the 'Return of Investment' of way over the tuition
• 147 shows in 3 months as a result of joining this coaching program with Zivi Kivi
• "KM Challenge is definitely worth getting involved in" - Kyle

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 120 of the Kids Entertainer Podcast! Louise Wells a veteran kids entertainer for 25 years is our guest in this spectacular show. Louise is part of the KM Challenge and today we talked about how her career evolve and how she got where she is right now.

• Louise started as a casual entertainer for adult parties for the first 5 years of her career
• She found kids entertainment and fell in love with it
• Started with Kids Entertainer Academy via Ken Kelly helping her start
• Louise started doing parties for free, just for pictures and feedback
• She does her make up for 2 minutes because and doesn't want to arrive in the venue with the make up on
• Louise loves to do things on a bigger scale like big parties and shows
• Louise went through the Kivi Media Challenge and it gave her clarity and focus, and to achieve things quickly and effectively
• "It's not about being the biggest business in the world, it's about being the best" - Louise

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 119 of the Kids Entertainer Hub! Stacey Ashlet from Australia is our guest in this spectacular show. Today we talked about how her business runs while she's living in a rural area.

• Stacey's dad had an entertainment agent when she was young and her family are all entertainer
• One of the clowns got pregnant and she needed to step up to be a face painter and that's where it all started
• After a couple of years she discovered balloon twisting and started doing it
• Her clowning character is just an exaggerated version of herself according to her
• Hyper Clown is her clown name, because she's hyper
• Stacey is doing clowning for 7 years now
• Parachute is one of her go to games which is very creative
• Stacey played a huge role on creating the Themed Birthday Parties course in KEA
• Stacey lives remotely, 120 km away from the town
• Stacey drives to the location 120 kms away back and forth everytime she has a gig in the town

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 118 of the Kids Entertainer Hub! Gemma Parker from Sussex, United Kingdom is our guest in this spectacular show. Today we talked about her journey to becoming a full time entertainer from being a teacher.

• Gemma is not only an entertainer but also runs an entertainment agency
• Gemma was a kids entertainer and then became a teacher because of her love for children
• After a life changing moment of having a baby she decided to go full time on being a kids entertainer
• She also started her own agency with a few entertainers
• She started Crazy Beans which is an entertainment team that she leads
• Her costumes are awesome which some are her designs
• When she took the risk of going full time, she was ready to go all in
• Having the baby was the boost she was waiting to take the risk
• Gemma does a lot of networking and is part of at least 5 network groups, this is part of her marketing strategy
• In looking for an entertainer to be part of her team, she particularly looks for energy
• Kids Entertainer Academy helped her a lot since she became a member for over a year now
• "Other things can be taught but energy is key" - Gemma

Welcome to Season 6 chapter 117 of the Kids Entertainer Hub! Mark Fuller from Texas is our guest in this spectacular show. Today we talked about Mark's journey and how he transitioned from being a full-time bus driver to a full-time kids entertainer.

Mark Fuller is a 60 year old kids entertainer, balloon twister from Texas.

- Mark started 25 years ago as a volunteer for his Church ministry to raise money - He did that for 15 years but it was on and off and then he moved to a different place - About 10 yrs ago he moved to Texas and decided to go in deeply into balloons - While he was doing balloons he was also a bus driver - He loves being around kids and loves teaching them - In November 2018, his son Sam Fuller told him about the Balloon Artists Podcast and it opened a whole new world to him - Back in April something happened that made him go full-time on being an entertainer - He started doing balloon storytelling even in linework - Now that he's no longer driving the bus, he's got time to practice and focus on the things for stuff like marketing - Since he went full time, he feels healthier, more organized, well rested and lost weight - Mark is now looking forward to going to his first convention - "Magic like balloons... if you don't practice you don't get it down real quick and smooth" - Mark

Welcome to Season 6 chapter116 of the Kids Entertainer Hub! Lauren Agnew from Australia is our guest in this spectacular show. Today we talked about how her journey to becoming an entertainer. She shared her 8 year journey and how her style and show evolved.

- She started kids entertainment 8 years ago - Lauren was also an entrepreneur since she was a kid - One day she bought her neighbors business Make Me A Rockstar - She started as part timer but after a year decided to go full time - Lauren has started a 7 part series show that she can bring to schools and kids can learn about - She also runs workshops and a recording studio for kids - Started with only one story called Yassy, a story of her time at school - Now she has puppet characters for each week of the series show - She's planning to take the show to every school in Sydney - Kids Entertainer Academy was a great part of her career according to her - Found about the KEA community and learned from the podcast episodes from KEH - Staying focused on her game and not playing the comparison game makes her continue to be better and be unique on what she does - Her shows will start soon start in schools and other camps all over Australia - "Entertaining in general is so powerful" - Lauren Agnew