Returning to my roots, March 29th 2012

By Val Hilliker | April 4, 2012

After 52 years Val Hilliker, Comedy Ventriloquist, returned to her birthplace, Dawson Creek , on March 29 to entertain and educate students at Ecole Frank Ross. Along with her puppets, a duck who believes she’s a frog, a sassy parrot and a monster, to name a few, Val sends the message: “it really is what’s on the inside that counts”. How to be assertive enough to not allow bullying behavior without being aggressive is another is another tool Val and her team provide.

After her birth in Dawson Creek, B.C. Val traveled with her family up and down the B.C.R. line where her father worked. By the time she reached third grade they had moved 36 times.

Because Val never stayed in one school for long, she never developed close friendships and often became the victim of bullies, so at an early age she found solace in puppets. While attending high school in Williams Lake she read a book on how to teach you’re self to be a ventriloquist, so it seemed a natural career choice. Shortly after graduation, armed with a love of puppets and a twenty dollar mail order dummy, she performed her first show in Quenell.

Val put her career on hold for twenty years to raise her children, and after a terrifying brush with throat cancer, Val decided to take up her craft full time. Due to her experiences as a child, Val soon made the decision to use her talent in schools to create an atmosphere of peace and acceptance. Val has developed a program influenced by The Virtues Project tm. of which she is a Master Facilitator.

Val’s’ outstanding talent and quick wit enable her to do a variety of family oriented shows at any venue, but her heart remains dedicated to eradicating bully problems in schools and communities. Val was thrilled to bring her program, which she calls the Chill Skills, full circle back to her roots.
To date, Val’s show have had success in hundreds of schools coast to coast. Val enjoys pursuing her passion, but looks forward to the day that her anti- bullying program is no longer needed in schools.

Val Hilliker Comedy Ventriloquist
Virtues Project Master Facilitator
World Laughter Leader
Puppet Creator
Val@valhilliker.com
Land line 403-843-3663
Toll free 1-855-I Talk 42
http://www.valhilliker.com

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Alberta’s finest Entertainment

By Val Hilliker | March 10, 2012

Val Hilliker Comedy Ventriloquist

· As seen on Canada’s Got Talent

· Your first choice and last call for the best in clean corporate entertainment

· For a laugh so hard your cheeks hurt, ready for Depends show……

She will customize any show to fit any theme or venue where good clean family entertainment fits the bill or when a tasteful adult show is in order.

Val and her cast of puppets fascinate people of all ages, delighting audiences wherever they go. You too will be ready for “Depends”.

Versatility in her shows has been proven as she is comfortable entertaining in any venue where good clean family fun is expected.

Consider Val for your upcoming event;

Add your event here…..

Located in Central Alberta, travel from coast to coast.

Check Val’s website for a list of recent venues and testimonials

I would definitely recommend this show for your event. Val Hilliker makes each show relevant to your audience. She has a wonderful sense of Humor.  We had an awesome time. The show was appropriate for all ages.          Jean Keetch

Http://valhilliker.com email val@valhilliker.com or phone 1 855-482-5542

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Goals with shows and workshops

By Val Hilliker | March 8, 2012

Give students the tools to Love themselves enough to;
” Following your conscience instead of “following the crowd.”
” Refusing to take part in hurtful or disrespectful behaviors.
” Sacrificing personal gain for the benefit of others.
” Speaking your mind even though others don’t agree.
” Taking complete responsibility for your actions…and your mistakes.
” Following the rules - and insisting that others do the same.
” Challenging the status quo in search of better ways.
” Doing what you know is right - regardless of the risks and potential consequences.
” Think for themselves.
” Stand up for themselves and others.
” Speak their truth with Kindness and Tact.
” Show compassion with their hands and mouths.
” Spread only kind words.
” Acknowledge others with kindness and compassion.
” Stop bulling behaviors.
” To provide the life-long skills necessary to
manage conflict and develop healthy relationships.

Val Hilliker Comedy Ventriloquist
Virtues Project Master Facilitator, World Laughter Leader, Puppet Creator
Val@valhilliker.com http://www.valhilliker.com
Land line 403-843-3663 Toll free 1-855-I Talk 42

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Going back to my roots, Dawson Creek BC

By Val Hilliker | March 7, 2012

Val Hilliker, Comedy Ventriloquist puts a unique spin on character building programs in schools across the country. Inspired by The Virtues Project she has created shows to encourage virtues such as respect and acceptance in schools and communities across Canada. Val’s puppets include a duck who believes she’s a frog, who professes “its what’s on the inside that counts”, a caterpillar who gains the courage to become a butterfly, a rebellious monster and many others. Each of her puppets has its own point to make as they run through The Chill Skills, the brain child of Val the virtuous ventriloquist. Chill is the acronym for chill, help, ignore, lookup and leave. Lilli the duck proclaims its easy for puppets to ignore someone’s taunting behaviour, because they have no muscles in their face, while another puppet confides its best to leave, in other words walk away from a potential bullying situation. Val and her zany friends also demonstrate when a situation warrants asking for help and where to find it.
Val draws on her experience as a Virtues Project Master Facilitator to find the right words for any situation. The Virtues Project was founded more than 20 years ago on Canada’s west coast and has found its way into schools, communities and businesses in more than 90 countries.
Val is the mother of five children, one of which still lives at home and accompanies Val and husband, Kelly, on some of their excursions, weathers it be a show in The Pas, Manitoba, or a turkey hunt in the hills of southern Alberta.
Born in Dawson Creek, B.C., Val prefers to take the road less traveled, and some of the adventures she’s had with Kelly on the back roads of Canada, or the backwoods of Alberta on her ATV, find their way into her shows. Fifty two years after leaving Dawson Creek, the road has led her back to her roots, doing shows in a school that some of her relatives attend to this day.
Val and Kelly, also a Virtues Project Facilitator, have attended mentorship conventions coast to coast in Canada and the United States gathering new ideas and ways to implement them into their shows.
Vals love for puppets has also found its way into schools in a different capacity. Through an Artist in Residence program, Val offers her skills as a puppet builder to students in a puppet building workshop. Armed with little more than staplers and glue guns, Val and Kelly instruct students and teachers in the art of puppet making, using nothing but recycled material. Here creative juices flow as refuse collected by the students is transformed into puppets the students perform with at the end of the residency. Here again a variety of virtues are called upon by students and adults as well. Often times building as many as 100 puppets in as little 3 days.

Val Hilliker Comedy Ventriloquist
Virtues Project Master Facilitator
World Laughter Leader
Puppet Creator
Val@valhilliker.com
Land line 403-843-3663
Toll free 1-855-I Talk 42
http://www.valhilliker.com

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The Virtues Project and how it fits with any proactive Character Education program

By Val Hilliker | March 6, 2012

If your school is involved in a positive proactive Character education program then the Five Strategies of the Virtues Project will compliment your program.
Here is a brief list of some of the Character Education programs that we have been able to see in action at various schools. These all Compliment The Virtues Project.
Roots of Empathy
Tribes Learning
Bucket Fillers
Safe and Caring Schools
Dare to care
Rachel’s Challenge
Steps to Respect
Kelso’s Choice
All of these programs aim to reduce inappropriate behaviour and accentuate and increase appropriate behavour.
In fact if you use words like Courtesy, Kindness, Respect, Responsibility then you are also speaking the language of The Virtues Project: Speaking the language of The Virtues Project is one of the five strategies.
Val Hillikers show and programs are based the best principles of positive and proactive approach. To book a show in your school please call toll free
1 855 I Talk 42

Val Hilliker Comedy Ventriloquist
Virtues Project Master Facilitator
World Laughter Leader
Puppet Creator
Val@valhilliker.com
Land line 403-843-3663
Toll free 1-855-I Talk 42
http://www.valhilliker.com

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Canada does have Talent!

By Val Hilliker | March 3, 2012

Watch for Val Hilliker on the upcoming television series;
Canada’s Got Talent on City TV Starting March 4th at 8 pm