What are your stage and setup requirements?

We would appreciate having help to bring our props and monkey cages in to your location and out to our show-van after the presentation.

What is the best possible size of group for your show?

We prefer to keep our show to a moderate size group. If we are doing a private party in a home I often will tell the host or hostess that if there are around 10 children then we can spend individual time with each of them. Sissy and Louie love to share themselves. If we are doing a school presentation and they wish for us to show to all of the students we will do several shows in order to keep the groups to a moderate amount, usually 200 children per show. When we do school shows we always take this into account when pricing the back to back shows.

Where will you set up in our home or building?

When we come into your home, fellowship hall or special room, I tell people to open up the room and we like to be in a corner so that our umbrella pole will be in a corner. The colorful umbrella serves as our backdrop for photos, and the show set and the area behind the umbrella will serve as out backstage area for the cages and other things that we use to carry out props in with. Remember that we do not need light coming from behind our set up area because the light will not work out well for your photos.

Will I need chairs for the children to watch your show?

We always like to have children seated down on the floor. We bring a way of marking off the show area so you will know where the children will be. The adults will take the seats, couches, and pillows behind the children who will be located on the floor.

Will you need electricity for your show?

We bring everything that we will need except electricity for fans in the extreme heat or heaters in the extreme cold weather. Some people will choose to place us in garage areas for home parties, and they are instructed to help us with this when we are in those extreme conditions with our weather.

Where will you set up in our home?

Throughout the years we also have set up in hallways - in kitchens – in trailers - in banks - in cafeterias - in classrooms - in bonus rooms – just about everywhere possible to gather people. It really doesn't seem to matter because we still have fun and make wonderful memories for ever person that is present. We are able to be very flexible and can adjust to the area in which you wish for us to do our shows.

Will me need to remove the dogs, cats, birds and other animals that are in our house for our show?

We do request that you please remove any dogs that might bark during the show or while we are bringing in the monkeys. So please think about this before we arrive. The other animals do not usually present a problem for the monkeys. The dogs seems to make them become very unsettled, and this could make your show not be as good as we would all wish it to be.

Will you need a special place to park your show van?

A place to park close to the door is always really nice. The helpers who will be asked to help with bringing in the props and the monkey cages will also appreciate this if it is cold, raining or extremely hot.

Will the monkeys mess up my house while they are doing the show?

The monks wear diapers and I bring all of the proper trash bags and clean up things for our set-up area after the show. We hope you will not even notice that we have been there with real live monks in your home or special event location.

Special Note:

I promise you will be so surprised how much fun it will be to have my "monkey companions" visit for your special event or lifetime celebration. Please check your calendar and choose your date and then call us for our availability!

About Directions:

Thanks in advance for getting the directions to your home or building before we come. We use GPS but still like to know where we will be coming with the monks.