FCM Ventriloquism Line Up

The Fellowship of Christian Magicians international convention is July 11-15th on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University about an hour North of Indianapolis. This year, the ventriloquism section has lots to offer for aspiring ventriloquists and more seasoned vents as well. Here is the line up:

Monday: Steve Parker, Basic Ventriloquism

Shari Ellingson, I Want to Vent- Now What?

Tuesday: Mary Porter, Let the Show Begin: puppet, costume, scripts

Ricky Henson, One Handed Magic & More for Vents

Joey & Alex Evans, Comedy Routines for Vents and their Partners

Shari Ellingson, Vent ministry Outside the Walls of the Church

Wednesday: Steve Parker, Advanced Ventriloquism

Terry & Barbi Franklin, How to Talk & Sing Without Moving Your Lips

Thursday: Mary Porter, A Quilt Full of Bible Stories

Bob Shimer, Technology for the Ventriloquist

Dave Mitchell, Out of the Box with Dave

Terry and Barbi Franklin, Traveling the World with Your Dummy

Friday: Curt Patty, Building Novelty Ventriloquist Figures

Tim and Amanda Cowles, Don't Let the Message Get Lost

Bill Anderson - Venting in Heaven

William H. Andersen (1920-2011)

William H. Andersen, known to his friends as "Bill", died this past Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at his home in Racine, Wisconsin, with his wife of 65 years, Vena, at his side.

http://obits.racinepost.com/2011/05/william-henry-andersen.html

I remember Bill for his leadership of the ventriloquism section of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians, for his wit and kind heart. He wrote many ventriloquism scripts filled with some of the best corny jokes around, and while it has been years since hearing it, I can still remember being fascinated by the material of "Wally Nutt," a young boy ventriloquist figure who joked about living in the Nutt house with his Nutt family. Wally went to great lengths to describe how "the whole family is Nutts!"

Bill will be missed but his body of work lives on.