<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>For Immediate Release</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>December 10, 2007</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Brian S Diehl:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>330.283.9550</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
2"> </SPAN>bdiehl@thinknik.com</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>www.howtoentervaudeville.com</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>95 Year-Old ‘How To’ <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Book</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gets</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Stage</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hudson, OH – It may not be a campaign to bring Vaudeville back to life, but Hudson, resident, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Brian Diehl</st1:PersonName>, is doing his best to revive Frederic La Delle’s book, “How to Enter Vaudeville.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Diehl has just launched a promotional web site: www.howtoentervaudeville.com and is sharing this piece of history with theater lovers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book retails for $16.00 and is also available through www.Amazon.com.</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>“‘How to Enter Vaudeville’ offers interesting reading for those who enjoy being on either side of the footlights,” Diehl says, “I’ve been acting for more than thirty years and I still learned a lot from it – things like chapeauography, knockabout acts and burlesque acts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book also provides a sample theatrical contract and gives advice on makeup, costuming and dealing with theater owners.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s a great piece of performing arts history.”</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Written in 1913 by Frederic La Delle (a pseudonym for a man believed to be Frederic Kirkpatrick
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Jackson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Michigan</st1:State></st1:place>), the book describes ninety types of vaudeville acts, offers publicity, rehearsal, etiquette, slang and other tips to anyone considering a life in greasepaint.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More than 250 illustrations grace the pages; probably one of the reasons the Library of Congress chose it to display in a Bob Hope retrospective.</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Vaudeville was the predecessor to motion pictures for mass entertainment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Shows consisted of any number of acts; from jugglers, to singers, to comedians.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sometimes shows were too coarse for general consumption,
but, overall, vaudeville offered variety shows for mass consumption.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bob Hope, George Burns, the Marx Brothers and many other Hollywood stars got their start on vaudeville stages across the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Brian Diehl</st1:PersonName> is the founder of Thinknik (www.thinknik.com), a creative marketing and design firm, in <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chagrin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hudson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thinknik provided the high resolution scans and Photoshop work that made this book possible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Diehl, a Kent State graduate, has performed in more than 30 stage productions, some recent roles including; Jerry in Chagrin Valley Little Theatre’s “The Full Monty,”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dwayne in Broadview Heights Spotlight Theatre’s “Messiah on the Frigidaire,” and Kanute in Actors’ Summit’s “Don’t Hug Me.”</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>#<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>#<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>#</FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times
New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>For PDFs or high resolution JPGs of book pages and/or the "How to Enter Vaudeville" cover, </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>contact Brian Diehl: <A href="mailto:bdiehl@thinknik.com">bdiehl@thinknik.com</A> or 330.283.9550</FONT></DIV>