ventriloquists cash in on the holidays!!

on this workshop notes we are going to take a look at working during holidays, bringing in extra money besides our norm ventriloquist shows. In America a for sure money making holiday for the ventriloquist is Halloween, some people are already afraid of dolls, today on the market you can find many creepy dolls for sale, as a ventriloquist you want to cash in on a spooky show,the creep factor is already there in the art of ventriloquism. If you can put a show together where voices are saying let me out! Let me out! of a coffin ⚰️ and when you go to open the coffin the audience see that it’s empty. I have seen walking ventriloquist dummies,not dummies just one and it’s creepy seeing a ventriloquist dummy walking on it’s own two feet, I don’t know if you can find one these days but if you can, this is for sure a hit show, especially when the ventriloquist dummy starts to walk towards the audience, as a ventriloquist during your holiday show you want to add storytelling, especially for halloween. Before I retired from live on stage shows, I always added games and prizes at my holiday shows. during Christmas time you are Santa Claus and your ventriloquist figure is a elf or your little helper, the Christmas shows are full of prizes, singing songs and storytelling is a wonderful ventriloquist act… during Easter you may be a host more or master of ceremony more than you are a ventriloquist, this means you will not be in one location most of the show, magic tricks are a must to have at your Easter show, egg painting, face painting, Easter egg hunt, and chocolate candy lots and lots of chocolate candy. Your ventriloquist figure can dress up as the Easter bunny or you can use a ventriloquist rabbit puppet. Putting a holiday show together is a very good investment because once you have put the act completely together you can sell it every year of course improving the act each year. What are holiday shows? They’re nothing more than a theme show,a show with content based on a subject.not like a birthday party, a birthday party you’re the live entertainment and what ever you choose to amuse the audience with is up to you not as such with the holidays, for an example if you bring your halloween ventriloquist show to a Christmas party, that will not work out very well for you business wise…so… remember this.there’s celebrations all over the world, as a ventriloquist you would want to study different cultures and traditions, so you can create a ventriloquist act for theses holidays. Irish holidays, Jewish, Chinese holidays, etc. do your homework first, remember you want to celebrate the holidays not offend the holidays no matter the culture, take notes on all good of the celebration, learn some songs of the celebration such as may 5th the Latin holiday. many businesses celebrate the holidays, and may want to hire live entertainment to help the company celebrate the holidays, this is where you can mail your business card or fliers to a business, make sure your business cards are done professionally, always attach a reminder saying “the holidays are here! Please invite ventriloquist so and so to your next celebration 🎈🎈 or party or event” sometimes a Christmas card would be nicer than a business card during Christmas time, on the front of the Christmas card your photo and inside the card your information and asking to be invited to the next company Christmas party as the entertainment!. all contact information included, such as website, phone number, email,etc. Take your time in building your holiday shows, putting a full hour theme show together will take time. always remember there’s a birthday every day, I remember entertaining at birthday party shows, they really kept me busy back in the day, remember this, as a ventriloquist you need to create your own jobs, my show business manager used to say “keep your ear to the ground”.