The " Jolly Good " Blog

Close Up Magic Or Acting?

ronwooduk — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:28 +0000

Magician Or Actor? Legendary magician Harry Houdini is reputed to have said that ”A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician”. I remember when I first started playing around with magic tricks, a very experienced and highly respected magician said to me “It’s not what you do it’s the way that [...]

Hunton Village Hall | North Yorkshire

ronwooduk — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:24:16 +0000

Birthday Party Venue Hall Hire, near Richmond / Catterick Garrison, North Yorks Hunton Village Hall is an excellent venue for a Birthday Party or cellebration. It has excellent facilities, large modern hall, superb kitchen, good parking etc. For details call: 01677 450548.

It’s Magic! Coins and Cards by Ron Wood

ronwooduk — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:52:33 +0000

Close Up Magic! This is a really nice trick with coins and cards which I love performing. The magician shuffles the cards and places four, face down, on the table. A coin magically appears under each one. The coins then jump from beneath each card until all four arrive together under the last card. Hope [...]

Free Children’s Show, Christmas Eve | Richmond, North Yorkshire

ronwooduk — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:41:34 +0000

Santa’s Busy Day Jolly Good Productions present their Christmas Puppet Show at the Town Hall, Richmond ( North Yorks ) on Christmas Eve at 2pm. The show lasts for approximately sixty minutes and is ideal for children ages four to eight years old but children of all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by [...]

In Store Entertainment That Works!

ronwooduk — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:46:35 +0000

Store Promotions | Winning Ideas Safe Cracker Give shoppers a chance to win a FANTASTIC prize if they can find the correct combination to open a Safe! Make it free to enter but each person must fill in a form with their name, address, telephone number, email address or any other information you want to [...]

Escomb Village Hall

ronwooduk — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:00:21 +0000

Modern village hall, great facilities, good parking. Ideal for a party or function near Bishop Auckland. To hire Tel 01388 622880

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer | Hire

ronwooduk — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:19:10 +0000

Hire Rudolph Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer is very famous and well-known to millions of children all over the world! Christmas is coming. Why not add to the excitement of your Christmas Party or event by booking the most famous Christmas character of all after Santa Claus himself. I mean of course Rudolph The Red Nose [...]

As Pleased As Punch!

ronwooduk — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:59:03 +0000

The 325th Anniversary of Punch and Judy This You Tube film clip is an extract from 1987 TV documentary film by Glyn Edwards showing highlights of the parade and mass gathering of Punch & Judy ‘Professors’ celebrating the 325th ‘birthday’ of Mr. Punch in London’s Covent Garden. Next year, 2012, is the 350th anniversary and [...]

History Of Clowns

ronwooduk — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:16:58 +0000

A Short History Of Clowns Ancient Clowns Throughout history most cultures have had clowns. A pygmy clown performed as a jester in the court of Pharaoh Dadkeri-Assi during Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty about 2500 BC Court jesters have performed in China since 1800 B.C and they were given great freedom of speech. Most Native American tribes [...]

Ever Seen A Tree That Can Walk?

ronwooduk — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:06:32 +0000

Stilt Walking Tree Person We were asked to provide a stilt walker for an RHS event with “Nature” as the theme. The inspiration for the stilt walking tree came from a visit we had made to Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida. One of the attractions they have is a lady on stilts wrapped in vines. [...]