What does it take to be a Children's Entertainer?

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Author: Michael Sheils McNamee

SOME JOBS HAVE very distinct career paths.

Becoming a children’s entertainer is not one of them.

Sarah Tully has been working in the industry for the past five years and her route into it was anything but conventional.

Starting off doing substitute work in a primary school in Dublin, she developed an interest in child relaxation.

“I was working with fifth class,” explains Sarah, “so ten and eleven year olds. At the time I came to realise that when it came to doing anything that was challenging or difficult for the kids that they would find it stressful.”

I started doing some breathing techniques with them and some yoga stretches as well. From there I got the idea that it really help to relax them and focus their minds.

After this she decided to branch out on her own and run child relaxation classes privately.

“I realized that I needed to compliment it with something else. So I just started face painting and then I started doing storytelling, and I’d dress up as characters. So I’d dress up as a fairy or a maid or a princess. Or Elsa from Frozen now is another one I do,” she said.

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