How Did This Happen

Hello again

Just had a break in Spain for a couple of days , only visiting some friends.We all went down to the local bar had some great chit chat as they say.

When a Hypnotist was going to do a show , there was around six of us in the group including me and my fantastic wife(shes over my shoulder while typing lol but she is fantastic anyway)

There was a singer on first , you would never has guest who they was going to sing like (Elvis what a shock)

Anyway while the singer was on my friends all new of my role as an International hypnotist and Illusionist , so all the usual question came out how does it work will he be able to hypnotise anyone (you know the questions)

Well Elvis had returned to the chip shop after his performance and out came the chairs around 10 in a row , the compare introduce the hypnotist and gave the words (only come up if you dare , you should have been here last night this hypnotist made a man strip off)

One of the things i learned from an early start abroad is tell the compare what to say as he can really ruin a show before it starts.Well on came the intro must and when i heard this i know and not being big headed at all this was a new kid on the block as to say.

After the intro this young man in his 20s walked on stage , he spent over twenty minutes trying to get volunteers and no one came on stage , you could tell by the body language he was a little stressed and worried.

After this he went to the bar and said I'm going calling all the volunteers a waste of time.

I really felt sorry for the young man walked over to him and asked if he was OK , he shrugged at me so i introduced myself.

He did know my name and had seen me around two years ago in Greece , i was a little surprised but also glad of this.

Well after a chat and a beer he asked what i would do , my answer to his question was simple.

I said do you want to do the show yes but this is the first time this has happened he said , looking at him my reply was Dave Ellman once said while teaching Doctors the art of hypnosis , one Doctor kept having great results and others were failing which would make the best hypnotist?

The answer is the ones who failed the reason being they would now try new methods to hypnotise people making them a much more talented hypnotist and not be worried about inducing people in to trance because all there failing would make them know how to hypnotise anyone.

With this i found out this young man had attended a crash course and on the course never done any practical or hypnotise anyone.He looked very worried and said would i do a show with him , not very keen about this the wife looks at me and said go on help him out , being of the soft nature i am agreed

One problem no intro in Jeans and wearing white T shirt

really looked the part.Well lets get on with it.

To be honest the Barman did not know me and was a little ###### off to say the least , but agreed anyway as the pub was full and ready for a show I introduced us on the Mic as International Hypnotist RickyDale and ***** Comedy Hypnotist then adding no one will be made to take off any clothing and what the compare had said was just his own words of wisdom and making a joke about the compare helped as well.

Well asking for volunteers was OK after pointing out that the show was just good clean family fun.

we got around 15 people and kept around 8 under the whole show.

People loved us and this helped the young lad gain his confidence to perform , we had a great show for about two hours , when i had been out there just to relax but still loved to perform anyway.

After the show the young man who now has attended my training in the UK , thanked me and tried to pay me but i declined and it was agreed he would buy a meal for me and the wife.

So why did i title this blog as it should not happen.

If the training school had shown this young man a real live show as i do on my training days none of the above would have happened and he could have stopped all the embarrassment.

After this the young man returned to the UK and attended my training seminar and now is working on a cruise ship with some great life experiences.

We have stayed good friends and i am very proud of helping him to succeed.