I helped our PTA schedule 4 school enrichment assemblies this Fall, and ended up scheduling two of those programs from Midwest School Shows. I was very impressed with their professionalism and fast response to my frequent questions (thanks Brandi), as well as the big selection of different programs they had to choose from. This was good company for a newbie PTA planner, like myself, to work with. I will be using them as a resource for Spring programs as well. The two programs from Midwest School Shows we scheduled were very well received everyone at our school. The students enjoyed the 'Super U Challenge' assembly the most out of all our four assemblies. The 'Hartbeat of America' harp player was also fun, but I think appealed more towards the K-3 grades. Both presentations were very professionally put together and the entertainers skilled at capturing the attention of the 350-something students. I had several teachers comment that they were very impressed with the presentations. I felt the fees were reasonable, but as a PTA you always wish you could spend less. We debated between having the programs present two performances on the same day to make the audiences smaller. I think I wish we had, as it would have allowed for more of the audience to be close to the "action". But, you have to do what you can to stretch those PTA funds. read more

I've now worked with this company twice this school year. I am pleased by the consistent quality of the entertainment for our students, as well as the customer service. I have recommended Midwest programs to other schools. read more

This company supplies many different entertainment program options to schools. My review is for my recent experience hiring and watching the "Readers Are Leaders" show. The presenter, Eugene, was professional and was setup in our gym even before I got to the school to greet him. Even though the show was early in the morning, Eugene was still full of energy and enthusiasm that carried throughout the show. He was very comfortable with the audience of varying ages and the students all seemed to respond very well to his humor and energy. We were looking for a show that would be a motivational and fun kick-off to our school-wide reading challenge. I feel that "Readers Are Leaders" was a good choice. The show is a bit hard to describe. There were some magic tricks, some comedy, and opportunities for students to dress up and act out stories. I think there was enough variety of things happening that the students did not seem to get restless. Some of the comedy was a bit "corny", but I was not the target audience. My daughter said the show was "really, really funny", so what do I know. :) Eugene talked about how to put a story together and important parts of sentences. He also talked about why reading is important. There was a brief time where he talked about reading making good leaders . Teachers seems pleased with the information conveyed in the show. I have not been on the hiring end of a program like this in the past, so I don't really have a baseline to compare this experience to. I do know, however, that my overall experience was a positive one. Should I have the need to hire similar programs in the future, I would start with Midwest School Shows, based solely on my recent experience with "Readers Are Leaders" and my interaction with the company employees. read more

The magician we hired using Midwest was very funny and everyone at our event seemed to really get a kick of out the show. Parents enjoyed watching the kids help out during some of the tricks. read more

We had the super u assembly for our summer program. we had ages K-6. The children really enjoyed the show and Chris did a great job getting everyone involved! The children laughed and had a wonderful time! read more