From: NOSTALGIA1@aol.com Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:27:51 EST To: balloon@fooledya.com Subject: New Book from Bruce Kalver Hello Twisters! Well here is the official announcement of my new book PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO FOR BALLOON ARTISTS, Promotional Materials, Tips, Routines, Advice. The is a sourcebook for balloon twisters. As it says on the back cover: Professional Portfolio for Balloon Artists will help you promote your balloon act. Good Promotion is the key to getting more bookings. Lots of camera-ready pages for you to reproduce and use right away. Learn how professional entertainer Bruce Kalver prepares for shows. He shares his 30+ years of experience and tells you how to prepare for any situation. Bruce has also included some of his pet routines with balloons. The book includes sections on: SHOW SLIPS BIRTHDAY PARTY PLANNERS PROMOTIONAL BROCHURES PHONE CONVERSATIONS PLACES FOR BALLOON TWISTERS TO WORK BALLOON JARS FOR POGO PUMPS DIVIDING THE COLORS ORALATEXIA (STICKING BALLOONS IN YOUR MOUTH) AWFUL TASTING BALLOONS POTIONS AND LOTIONS THE MENU BOARD BALLOON MENUS BALLOON CARE CARDS BALLOON MAGIC TRICKS and I'm not even half way through the book! The 14 x 11 1/2 book is 45 pages long and is spiral bound to make it easy to copy the camera ready pages. PROMOTIONAL PORTFOLIO FOR BALLOON ARTISTS sells for $25 + 3.25 postage and is available from: Top Hat Productions PO Box 10421 Cranston, RI 02910 401-467-8749 As I am unfortunately not going to be at T Jam :o( (and don't know yet if T is going to carry this item) I thought it would be ok to post this message rather than send it to Larry for his "New Stuff at T Jam" listing. Bruce (send me post cards from Austin please) Kalver http://members.aol.com/tophatprod/magic