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(Back to the Full List of Classes offered at ISC Denver 2018 from CPW) Manager and Handler Best Practices It’s starts out easily enough: Someone buckles into a red suit, brushes out their beard, and asks children what they want for Christmas. Suddenly, there are hundreds of emails from GigSalad, GigMasters, not  to mention the…

(Back to the Full List of Classes offered at ISC Denver 2018 from CPW) “Hard Truths” While we want to think that being a Christmas performer is all hugs and candy canes, there are some things that are not so pretty. We run into things like crisis situations, scary Santas, bad actors (performers, agents, clients and…

(Back to the Full List of Classes offered at ISC Denver 2018 from CPW) Unique Endeavors! There are so many cool gigs out there. But have you ever asked how you get them? The truth may surprise you. Sometimes it’s a Christmas Performer who comes up with the ideas and gets them rolling. If you are…

(Back to the Full List of Classes offered at ISC Denver 2018 from CPW) Rock Solid Santa (The Art of the Marathon Performer) We have a unique art form. As a Christmas Performer, we can be on a parade float or stage one moment, and then have our audience on our knee the very next….

(Back to the Full List of Classes offered at ISC Denver 2018 from CPW) The Art of Performing Here’s the truth: Being a Pro Christmas Performer requires TWO skill sets. One is the Business side, those best practices of being a professional Performer (contracts, hair bleaching, and all that). The Second part is Performing. And…