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| Held at 300 Shady Grove in Gaithersburg, MD, the After Prom party featured bowling, billiards, casino games and my Hypnotic Experience show. |
Young adults, teens and tweens are typically wonderful
participants in a hypnosis show. They
have creative imaginations. They’re good
when it comes to focus. And they are
comfortable following direction.
It’s with this in mind that I very much looked forward to
participating at Richard
Montgomery High School’s After Prom party hosted at 300 Shady Grove in
Gaithersburg, MD. I came away from the
event impressed with the exceptional students I met at the party and their
willingness to give hypnosis a try.
I arrived a few minutes before midnight with an expectation
of staying for about 90 minutes. At
about 3:30 AM I finally called it a night having hypnotized more than 40 party
goers.
Here are a few of my observations from the evening:
1. Due to the set-up
of the venue and schedule of activities, there was not an opportunity to do my “Hypnotic
Experience” 90
minute stage show performance. I
selected a corner of the billiards room, introduced myself as a hypnotist to a
few nearby students and then took two volunteers at a time through a hypnotic
induction. I was fortunate to have a
small crowd gathered for nearly 2-1/2 hours as word of my participation spread.
2. It was noisy with
music blaring from speakers throughout the facility, and the constant smack of billiard
and bowling balls. Accordingly, I
adjusted my approach to have each volunteer quickly move through the hypnotic
induction with constant reminders to focus on my voice, allowing all other
sounds to fade to black.
3. I kept the
suggestions simple as well because the constant distractions might impact how
volunteers responded to more complex scenarios.
Light/heavy hands…feet glued to the floor…forgetting their first name
all worked well.
4. Most impressive
for the audience was the instant inductions I used once a volunteer had slipped
in to hypnosis. As always, there were
skeptics in the crowd who thought the hypnotized might be playing along. A volunteer’s immediate response to the “sleep
now” suggestion generated the most reaction from the crowd.
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| Parent volunteers organized a wonderfully successful event. |
5. The parents who
hosted the after prom party should be applauded for their commitment to putting
on a fun, entertaining and safe evening for the students. As the father of two sons (9 and 7), it was a
nice reminder that your love and hope for your children remains strong during
their teen years.
Many thanks to the parents, students and folks at 300 Shady
Grove for including me in the After Prom party.
I had a blast!
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| The sleep suggestion instantly brings a volunteer back into hypnosis. |
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| A Richard Montgomery High School student gives hypnosis a try. |
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