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I also perform at festivals and fairs as a stage performer and/or a roving entertainer. As a roving entertainer, I ride my unicycle and perform walk-around juggling and magic. Click on storyteller festivals/roving entertainer for information about those performances. For information on my company party/picnic performances, click here.
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In this unique reading motivation program, Dr. Bob, Professor of Reading Education, shares his love for reading and uses magic, juggling, and storytelling to inspire kids to read. Bob promotes books related to birds, juggling, magic, biographies, games, and other information books; fiction, and joke books. Kids are guaranteed to want to read the books highlighted in this program and many other books, too. Bob brings to life stories from the Wisconsin State Historical Society’s “Badger Biography” series. Hear tales of Lizzie Kander’s Settlement Cookbook (Bob’s book), the most successful fundraising cookbook in history; Harley and the Davidsons invention of the best motorized bicycle in America; the Ringling Brothers rise to circus fame; Curly Lambeau’s founding of the Green Bay Packers; Mountain Wolf Woman’s Ho-Chunk girlhood in the mid-1800s; and Bob and Belle La Follette’s efforts to create a better world. Get your students excited about the 2008 Olympics. This show teaches kids about the history of the Olympics and features dynamic stories of perseverance and sportsmanship from previous Olympic Games. Bob presents stories which highlight both winning and losing competitors whose actions serve as positive role models for kids today. Bob shares his favorite stories, juggling tricks, and magical moments which have delighted audiences for more than twenty-five years. Bob’s tales nurture a love for language, literature, and learning. His amazing juggling and magic will make kids’ jaws drop to their toes! See the joy on kids' faces and hear the sounds of their giggles as Bob presents a comic magical juggling extravaganza. Drawing on twenty-five years of experience as a family entertainer who specializes in comedy, Bob's performance is guaranteed to tickle kids' funny bones and spark their imaginations. If you like seeing children laugh out loud, sponsor this program! How do we help to preserve the planet? Take care of the land, don’t pollute, protect endangered species, recycle, and believe you can make a difference. This program will help kids to think about ways in which their personal behaviors can positively affect the environment, and how one person can make the world a better place to live. What can kids do instead of drugs? Do things to build their confidence, read, exercise, help others, change the world, create, and have fun. One of the key principals for effective substance abuse prevention is to provide students with activities that exclude substance abuse. In this AODA prevention program, Bob uses storytelling, juggling, and magic to get kids thinking about healthy activities that can make them better people and make the world a better place to live. Middle School Programs
This collection of stories is designed to teach kids to solve their problems creatively and cooperatively. The tales feature characters who use humor and courage to cope with seemingly insurmountable problems. Bob uses magic and juggling to demonstrate to audience members that they are capable of changing their thinking immediately, tells stories about people who have responded to amazing problems with a sense of humor and dignity, and lobbies students to convince them that they share the responsibly for the well being of their community. Reading can provide kids with information, feed their imaginations, nurture a love for language, and provide them with a life-long, fun recreational activity. In this unique reading motivation program, Dr. Bob Kann, Ph.D. in Reading Education, shares his love for reading and uses magic, juggling, and storytelling to inspire kids to read. Bob "promotes" books related to birds, cranes, juggling, games, biographies, magic, and other information books; and fiction, tall tales, humor and joke books; and tales about kids who have changed the world. MaGicEnergy™ is an energy/environmental education program for middle school students. The fast-paced program combines a strong environmental and energy message with juggling, humor, magic, special effects, storytelling and plenty of audience interaction. MaGicEnergy was created in 2002-2003 by Madison Gas and Electric in collaboration with performing artist, Bob Kann, a Madison-based educator and entertainer. "We Need Energy" is the major theme of the program with environmental subthemes woven throughout it to demonstrate the relationship of responsible energy use and environmental quality. What can kids do instead of drugs? Do things to build their confidence, read, exercise, help others, change the world, create, and have fun. One of the key principles for effective substance abuse prevention is to provide students with activities that exclude substance abuse. In this AODA prevention program, Bob uses storytelling, juggling, and magic to get kids thinking about healthy activities that can make them better people and make the world a better place to live. Wisconsin All
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1982, I have been presenting performances for pre-schools, elementary
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storytelling, juggling, magic, comedy, and audience participation. 
