Fox’s Restaurant Announce Balloon Artist is Back!

Fox Restaurant Kids Night - Balloon Enterainment

Orland Hills, IL, November 10, 2021 – After an 18-month hiatus due to COVID, Fox’s Pizza and Irish Pub and Fox’s on Wolf have brought back balloon entertainment to its Orland Park and Mokena location. Magical Balloon-dude Dale, a restaurant balloon entertainer will be delighting families at both locations. 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on … Read more

4 Warning Signs To Look For – TheTip Will Be Small

Cash

Imagine you are entertaining at a restaurant. You see five kids waiting for you. A mom pulls out a handful of singles, and each child is given one dollar.  Does this affect or change your entertainment style? Ten one dollar parent happened to me the other day, and I noticed my entertainment style changed. I normally upsell … Read more

Why I Love Restaurant Entertainment and So Should You

Unlocking the Secretes of Restaurant Entertainment Logo

What’re the benefits of entertaining at a restaurant?  I’ll show you, and along the way, you’ll learn more about me and my career as an entertainer. Don’t be scared as you enter my creative mind…as I give you the secrets to restaurant entertainment.   If you agree with what I say… drop me a message … Read more

I’m being replaced

Dale Obrochta

Place your hand in a bucket of water and quickly remove it. The water ripples as you extract your hand, but notice how quickly the water settles down, restoring calm. That’s what it is like when you’re replaced. I was working with a colleague and reminiscing about the Chicago White Sox. We both worked with … Read more

The Importance Of Knowing Your Balloons Made Per Hour

Balloon Dinosaur

The perception is that multiple balloons figures take longer, but that’s not necessarily true. A poorly designed one balloon animal can take as long or longer then a well designed multiple balloon figure. If you are making one balloon swords, hearts, and poodles you can crank out one a minute. Yet, do you really want … Read more

The Shadowing Table Leech

Dale Obrocha

The table erupts with laughter as I interrogate the teenager about her friends, phone, school, and social life. Out of the corner of my eye, I catch a glimpse of a shadowing table leech. Somewhere along my path through the restaurant, the leech attached itself to my hip. Standing off spotlight, watching, commenting, and being … Read more

Do you deserve a tip?

Dale Obrochta Entertaining at a restaurant

In the underbelly of the balloon entertainer’s world, community stories are told about the unappreciative customer who does not reward an entertainer at a restaurant for bringing joy and delight to the children at their table. The patron accepts the balloon offering and either neglects or does not care to further the Arts by rewarding the … Read more

Why All The Noise

Barber Pole

I scamper from table-to-table weekly, entertaining people, and periodically I come across a group of people that, well for lack of works, aren’t interested.  It does not matter what I say, do, or create; I get the feeling of “just leaves us alone.”  I do not take it personally; there could be a hundred reasons … Read more

Do You Have A Question About Restaurant Entertainment?

Pizza made from twisting balloons by balloon artist Dale Obrochta

What is Your Restaurant Entertainment Question? If you have any questions about restaurant entertainment or want to challenge me on the points or strategies within, please let me know, using social media.  Ask me questions through http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dale-Obrochta/62467853995 or tiwwter.com/BalloonAnimals.   If not in a hurry, post a detailed message here. If you think your question only … Read more