Ginn, David: School Show Presentation Volumes One, Two, Three ©1983 David Ginn, GA Softcover, saddle-stitched, 120 pages plus 176 pages

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Comment: Came with set of audio tapes with recordings of the presentations, and the books detail the routines. Note that though there were spots for three cassette tapes in the binding, only two tapes came with the set.

Contents (both volumes, from book ToC):

Volume One

5 1. 100 Chapter Intro
7 2. The Importance of Presentation
8 3. Basic Show Format
10 4. Magical Theme Shows
11 5. Four Years of Theme Shows
20 6. Embellishing Tricks
21 7. Running Gags
22 8. Weaving Stories
23 9. Authority Figure Introduction

27 Volume One, Tape Side A
28 10. Comedy Warm-Up
29 11. The Vanishing Liter Coke Bottle
31 12. The Rabbit Shower
37 13. Tree of India #1
40 14. The Card Spider
45 15. Beads of Prussia
51 16. Tree of India #2
52 17. King Kong Goes Bananas
60 18. Comedy Linking Rings
65 19. Star Wars 20th Century
74 20. Tree of India #3

(missing page numbers for next section)

Volume One, Tape Side B
21. Sports Warm-Up
22. Assistant/Rabbit Intro
23. Another Rabbit Intro
24. Snake Rifle #1
25. The Quick-Change Silk
26. The Dutch Boy
27. Houdini’s Shorts
28. Snake Rifle #2
29. The Ring House
30. Sword Thru Neck
31. Snake Rifle #3

32. Three Other Hints
33. DG Outro

Volumes Two/Three

7 Chapters For Openers
7 34. Some Explanation
8 35. Him
10 36. Magic + Comedy = Entertainment

11 Ways Of Working
11 37. More Theme Shows
18 38. Taped Intro
19 39. Doing Magic to Music
20 40. What Kind of Music for Kids?
24 41. Using Familiar Items
25 42. Signs in Your Show
27 43. Delivering Messages
28 44. Making Stories Personal
30 45. Audience to Performer Distance
31 46. Using Assistants at Schools
34 47. Pack Small, Play Big
34 48. Ready-To-Go Tricks
37 49. Ready-To-Go Tricks List
38 50. Carry a Spare for Back-Up
39 51. Packing Cases or Not?
42 52. Closing With a Vanish?
44 53. Problems on the Road
47 54. Clicking on Your Switch

50 Tape Side A
50 55. Taped Intro
51 56. Pom Pon Pole
52 57. Measle Bag
55 58. Library Quiet
58 59. Radio Rabbit
61 60. Tricky Bottles
66 61. The Bullet Catching Trick
70 62. Michael Jackson’s Other Glove
78 63. Comedy Lunch Box
88 64. Darth Vader’s Stocks

92 Working With Kids
92 65. Adult Supervision
94 66. Selecting Audience Helpers
95 67. Two Important Things
96 68. Remembering Kids’ Names
98 69. You Never Really Know
100 70. Anticipating Audience Response
101 71. Dealing with Hecklers
102 72. Children and Animals
104 73. The Rabbit Carrier
106 74. Rubber Production Goods
107 75. Costumes on Kids
110 76. Masks on Students
111 77. Letting Kids Act
112 78. One Man High School Show

115 Tape Side B
115 79. The Bongo Hat
118 80. Dracula’s Coffin
124 81. Money Warm-Up
126 82. Jumbo 3-Card Monte
131 83. The Watch Bag
142 84. Dagger Head Chest

145 School Show Logistics
145 85. Arrival at School
146 86. Unloading the Show
146 87. Physical Set-Up
151 88. Sound System
154 89. Keeping the Stage Clean
156 90. Know the Time Schedule
158 91. Wrapping Up the Show
159 92. Lunch on the Road
160 93. After the Show
162 94. Leaving the Stage
163 95. Loading the Show

165 Chapters For Closers
165 96. Education vs Entertainment
169 97. The Book List
170 98. Keeping Current
171 99. Another Secret
174 100. Who Was That Man?