I don't know what happened to Wally and Waldo on here, but good to see he's still going and placed first in Acadiana's got talent. Well done Waldo, and of course Wally too

Hi all. A few weeks ago I placed first in our county-wide talent contest which earned me the opportunity to compete in the state competition. Well, that started today (Fri., 8/28/28) at the NYS Fair. Today was the first of 5 preliminaries. There are 58 contestants in the MAXI division (ages 13 and up) and a bunch more in the MINI division (12 and under). Anyway, I had the privilege of being the very first act of the entire contest. If I do say so myself, it went great! I have to do the same routine as I did at the county fair and I had the same responses. The audience was eating it up and even the judges were laughing. One was laughing so hard she had to put her pen down to wipe her eyes. Anyway, I made the cut and I'm going to the Semi-finals next Friday. Same routine, hopefully the same results. I'll keep you posted. (BTW, the routine is posted in my profile.)

Hi everyone it's Roger Dunn here or you may know me as Roger Dunnicliffe [ my leagal name] I am the guy with the yellow hair .I had my 74th Birthday on 4th August, a quiet day here in Derbyshire ,England I Have not purchased any new characters lately but working on scripts for the ones I Have ; Axtel's Chuck the duck, Axtel's Twinkle Toes the ostritch, Axtel's Rodney rabbit, who is now Rosie Rabbit, an old Scotish fellow complete with kilt,sporan,and Glengary pipers hat .Andy wright just my right arm and hand with a pair of practice eyes who I introduce as the one who works all my characters and a very small sitting rabbit I purchased from the wonderful David Ginn from the USA. that I call Blodwyn who comes from Wales....... she is a welsh rarebbit... go and google it..... my style can get a little cheesey!

Sometimes kids get afraid of the puppets. Whenever this happens, I always stop the show and demonstrate the puppet is a puppet. This puts the little ones at ease. And I also give them a tiny ventriloquist lesson too. Have any of you encountered this and how did you combat it?

Vent is synonymous with nightclub acts and TV, but also children’s entertainment. Outside of performing, vent in my experiences has been used to teach children about safety, anti-bullying, to preach religious lessons and in therapy to help people of all ages. What are some ways you’ve seen vent used in a non-performance way?