Do you have “ticks”? You should have. No we are not talking about those pesky little blood sucking insects. Nobody wants them. What we are talking about is the type of ticks that your puppet needs to give him/her/it their individuality on stage.…
Recently we have become acquainted with a nice gentleman in Westerngrund, Germany. His name is Siegfried Eberle. We talked quite a bit via Email over the last several months and he quickly became someone that we felt like we have known for a long time.…
Something you should know is that you may not be using all of your puppets potential to its fullest. If you have a JET puppet, she almost always leaves a small gap between the upper and lower mouth plates. This is done for a variety of reasons such as avoiding the mouth being too tight to function properly with your hand.…
I was talking to a ventriloquist friend a couple of days ago and the topic came up of Vent Haven 2017. This person did just like I have heard several other people do. He moaned and groaned about the expense of the ConVENTion.…
We posted this blog a few years ago, but thought it might be a good reminder.
As you try to get established as a Vent in your part of
the Country, you already know most of the basics for
performing. You know that you have to have the skills of
Ventriloquism fairly well polished, but getting your first
several bookings can be a real obstacle.…
We were watching some videos this week, and we were reminded of a very important detail. We have covered this a couple of years ago, but it is time for a quick refresher.
As we watched a couple of these videos, we saw the puppets looking off into the distance to locations known only to the Almighty.…