Tree Almost Falls on Ventriloquist Central Collection

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Webmaster

Thursday night the severe weather almost hit the Ventriloquist Central Collection.

We had upwards of 2″ of rain and the winds were 60 mph. I live on a divided street with a median and the center median strip has fabulous very tall Blue Spruce trees and Thursday night one of the trees could not hold on and was taken down by the wind.

Here are some shots:

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Thank goodness it missed my house!!

 

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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Viva Las Vegas for the Ventriloquist Figure Collector

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Webmaster

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One of my dearest friends lives in Las Vegas and last week he called to let me know that his is getting married. He met a Chinese girl by way of a waitress friend of his in Las Vegas and began an online relationship with this woman. He then went to China and met her there and they decided to wed. It took them over a year to get all the paper work done to bring her over to the US and she arrived and a wedding is taking place tomorrow.

It was perfect reason for Helen and me to take a trip to get away from the bad weather in Boston!! I love Las Vegas and plan to one day retire here so when my friend said come we made the booking and here I am in Vegas.

It is Nascar Weekend here so the place is all a buzz. Hopefully I will get to see Terry Fator and tonight I am going to see Kenny Wayne Sheppard, one of the best blues slide guitarists ever. I can’t wait. I also hope to see Jersey Boys.

 

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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Vent Haven ConVENTion – 2009 Highlights, Meet and Greet Part 1

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Webmaster

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Here is a highlight from one of the blogs about last years Vent Haven ConVENTion, the Meet and Greet, Part 1.

I’m talking with ConVENTion attendees as they arrive.

 

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=USUjsLNKorI">http://youtube.com/watch?v=USUjsLNKorI</a>

 

 

(If you are unable to view video, click here)

To see more about Vent Haven ConVENTion 2010, click here.

 

Be sure to send in your registration for this years ConVENTion. Click here to get yours.

 

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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Personal Issues of a Ventriloquist Figure Collector Redux

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Webmaster

After all is said and done I unfortunately have to admit that I am no longer young. Boy does that upset me because for all intents and purposes I still believe I am 20. I do all the same things I did at that age and inside I still feel that age but the reality of this past week has set into place in my mind. Diverticulitis only happens when the walls of the lower intestine weaken and pockets (diverticuli) appear. You just don’t find them in young folk.

I was on a clear liquid diet for two full days and then for two days on a BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apple sauce and toast) and have now just started to eat solid foods. Along with this I must take 2 different antibiotics for 10 full days which kill anything that lives in the lower bowel. They leave a metallic taste in the mouth and actually give me a nauseous feeling but I am not sick. Also I now must take Citricel to make sure I have enough fiber. I will admit I have never been one who enjoys salads. That I know was a big mistake.

So with a new regime in eating I hopefully will not have another episode. I can say it was not fun.

Back to collecting ventriloquist figures!!

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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Unusual Antique Ventriloquist Poster

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Webmaster

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In most of the performing arts posters were used and plastered all over a town preceding the appearance of the performer. Many of these posters were called broadsides and mentioned the names of all the performers that would be in a show and give little bits of information about the acts.

Many of the more famous performers would use full posters with pictures of themselves and even pictures of the act. This was very common with magicians and many of these posters were very colorful and today have become exceedingly collectible and rare.

The posters were done in half sheet, full sheet, three sheet and even giant 16 sheet billboard size. There were quite a few companies that did these posters and these posters were in actuality lithographs. A lithograph is done by a process of each color being run at separate pressing of the image until the final full colored poster is achieved.

One of the companies that created these lithographs was the Donaldson Lithograph Co. of Kentucky. They produced many great posters and one of them happened to be a Ventriloquist’s poster. It was called a stock poster because the image was always the same but the performer could have his name added across the top. Any ventriloquist could order this poster and use them to paper a town before he arrived.

I am happy today to show you one of these posters that is a part of the Ventriloquist Central Collection. I hope you enjoy seeing this lithograph.

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Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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