Aug. 4, 2015
Talking to the wonderful Cassi Thomas! She grew up in Hong Kong and does loads and loads of awesome birthday parties dressed as a princess!! Her mum’s (!) website is http://www.arabellasparty.com/ And visit my website http://thebigbenshow.com/podcasts for foot notes for this and more podcasts Highlights: Lots of great info about doing parties, including a great game where pairs of kids have to stand on increasingly smaller sheets of newspaper. Plus a great candy relay race game. Also some great stories at the end about being propositioned by dirty old dads at birthday parties! (Is that enough “greats”?) Also, 00:52:00 asking in advance if there is a bouncy castle, and asking if it can be turned off during the show. 00:19:00 Snowflakes on parachute. Birthday girl in middle spin her round (on floor) For more Podcasts and Videos visit http://thebigbenshow.com or Subscribe to my podcasts at: http://bigbenshow.podomatic.com/ or https://itunes.apple.com/hk/podcast/meet-entertainers-on-big-ben/id947768911 COMPLETE CONTENTS: 00:07:00 Birthday parties 00:09:00 Travelling (in costume) 00:12:00 Arriving at the party 00:13:00 Music system 00:14:00 Warming up the audience 00:18:00 Crowd work with Birthday kid 00:19:00 Games - Snowflakes on parachute. Birthday girl in middle spin her round (on floor) 00:22:00 Everyone’s a winner! Candy relay races, Singing, Dancing, Musical statues, 00:25:00 Newspaper islands game 00:26:00 Using bigger kids or domestic helper as your “Assistant.” 00:29:00 Facepainting 00:30:00 Big finish; structure of the hour 00:33:00 Controlling the kids 00:38:00 funny transport stories 00:43:00 Worst birthday ever story 00:45:00 sad stories 00:46:00 Mentally challenged kid story 00:52:00 asking in advance if there is a bouncy castle, and asking if it can be turned off during the show. 00:53:00 Another worst birthday story 01:00:00 Advantage of NOT being at the top of google! 01:01:00 Propositioned at parties and dirty old men! NAMES AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Check em all out. Google and youtube them!!! You will learn sooooo much http://arabellasparty.com/
