Make Your Red Ribbon Week Assembly Memorable with Dan Kirk, The Juggler With The Yellow Shoes
Red Ribbon Week is an important opportunity for schools to encourage students to make healthy choices and stay drug-free. But getting students to truly listen, remember, and think about the message can be a challenge.
That’s where Dan Kirk, The Juggler With The Yellow Shoes, comes in.
Dan has been entertaining and speaking to students at school assemblies for more than 30 years. His Red Ribbon Week program combines professional juggling, comedy, audience participation, and an important message about making positive choices.
Instead of simply telling students what they shouldn’t do, Dan helps them think about the choices they make and how those choices can affect their future.
A Message Students Will Actually Remember
Students may walk into the gym expecting another school assembly. Then the juggling starts.
Dan uses impressive juggling skills, humor, volunteers, and plenty of student interaction to capture their attention. Once he has them engaged, he weaves in age-appropriate messages about drugs, tobacco, vaping, peer pressure, and making smart decisions.
The goal isn’t to scare students. It’s to help them understand that they have the power to make choices that can positively—or negatively—affect their lives.
And because the message is wrapped inside a fun, high-energy performance, students are much more likely to remember it.
More Than Great Entertainment
Dan Kirk has performed for schools throughout Wisconsin and across the Midwest since becoming a full-time professional entertainer in 1993. His school assemblies are designed to be fun enough that students love them and meaningful enough that teachers and administrators appreciate them.
If your school is planning a Red Ribbon Week celebration, consider giving your students something different this year.
Give them a reason to laugh. Give them something to think about. And give them a Red Ribbon Week assembly they’ll be talking about long after they leave the gym.
Bring Dan Kirk, The Juggler With The Yellow Shoes, to your school for Red Ribbon Week!