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Professor Laffmoore Welcomes YOU !

Card from Handmade Felt, Lorraine Karassik

Card from Handmade Felt

Thank you for visiting my Professor Laffmoore site. I have added hyper-links to some of the festivals I have entertained at during the last year or two.

You are welcome to click on any wording that is a different color (other than quotes) and be magically transported to the home page of that particular event.

I hope you enjoy the color and festivities as much as I do.

I would love to know who is visiting my site. Wont you please leave me a message upon your visit? Just click the item on the top of the page which says “Contact The Professor” and I will reply.

Annual Salem Munch Picnic July 16

An adult only event.

Hypnosis was the theme of the day.  I presented a good show using hypnosis and everyone had a great time.

I hypnotized two willing volunteers, one of whom decided she did not want to be hypnotized, but the other was a willing subject.

Later in the day a young man asked to hypnotized, and he went under more quickly and deeper than the ladies in the show.

There’s always a surprise or two when it comes to a hypnosis show, and this day was no exception.

 

Root Stalk Festival Sept. 24

Here’s a copy of the letter I sent to the organizer of
RootStalkFest, Marshé Townsend at Mountain Rose Herbs:

rootStalk Logo

rootStalk Logo

It is with great pleasure I write this little note.

I’m quite sure you are exhausted after the long ordeal of Root Stalk this past weekend.  I would like to congratulate you and your dedicated crew for offering a fine camping and educational experience for all the folks who attended.

For myself, I cannot begin to express my delight in having the opportunity to entertain all those wonderful children.  You may be aware this venue was not my normal forte, but it turned out very well in the end.  I’m only sorry I was not more prepared for the condition.  I would have brought a children’s book to read to them if I had known the conditions I would be entertaining under.

This does not preclude my enjoyment and the enjoyment of the youngsters who attended.

Thank you for affording me the opportunity to increase my skills while entertaining all those lovely children.  I would do it again for you in a heartbeat.

Your humble entertainer,

Professor Laffmoore

AND HER REPLY:

Hi Professor Laffmoore,

mountainrose herbs

Mountainrose Herbs


Many thanks to you for all of your involvement at Rootstalk.  You were absolutely amazing and a life-saver for our little ones!  We had children’s activities planned and they were cancelled at the very last minute because of a chicken-pox out-break.  I really appreciate how you stepped right up and the children LOVED you.  So again, thank you, thank you, thank you!

We appreciate your presence and support for Cascadia Wildlands

Cheers,

Marshé

Faerieworlds Festival Eugene June18

Faerieworlds

Faerieworlds 2011

Wow.  What a bash? Not near the crowd that I anticipated, but everyone had a good time at Faerieworlds.

Wet.  Very wet on Saturday due to the rain that fell on and off most all day. The day started out overcast and it turned to rain as the morning progressed.  Most of the campers entered from the camp areas as the sun began to rise, and they continued to enter the main stage area until 11:00 O’clock or so.  Some were damp and others were dry, but they all came with high expectations for a fun and entertaining day.

Russ and I set-up around 10:30 under the wishing tree where I was sure the children would congregate.  And sure enough they came.  Most of the children were accompanied by their parents, or another older adult.  I began blowing up balloons as the young ones arrived.  (Actually my able bodied assistant Russ ran the air pump.  Russ attended most all the festivals with me this year.  He got good and soaked on this day.)

The most appreciation for my balloon give-a-way was voiced by several mothers who had obviously been camping out overnight and had just gotten up and entered the festival area with their children.  Several comments were made as to how much they appreciate I was there to entertain their kids with free balloons.  The kids loved them and so did the folks.

As the children ran and played with their balloons I was able to attracted the attention of several of the more mature people with some of my famous street majic.

I was able to create a dance mood for one young couple who agreed to be hypnotized, and they loved it.  They kept coming back for more.

Robin Hood Festival Sherwood 2011

The Robin Hood Festival was not what I had expected in any way, shape or form.  It comprised mostly of vendors lining the streets of Sherwood selling everything from home improvement items to cosmetics.  Just a lot of common vendors.  No one in costume except one person I met who was dressed like a wizard, of all things.

I stayed for one evening and gave out balloons to as many children as I could entice into accepting them.  I performed some majic and entertained the roving crowd as best I could.  They were all amazed to see me there, especially the promoters of the fair.