A Brief Chronology of TREVOR "The Games Man"
March 22, 1956 Born in New York City ––––––––––––––>
Summer 1957 Move to Ferndale MI (near Detroit)
Summer 1962 Move to Des Plaines IL (near Chicago)
December 1967 Move to Webster Grove MO (near St Louis)
Summer 1971 Move to Sharon MA (near Boston)
April 1972 Older sister introduces him to New Games July 1972 1st time leading New Games, Camp Blairhaven, S Duxbury MA
August 1973-now New Games as Activities Director, FNCA family camp, Fryeburg ME
June 1974 Graduated high school, Student Body President of Sharon Altenative H.S.↓
December 1974 Moved to Bryn Athyn PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, for college
July 1979 1st outside call to lead New Games, Camp Laurel Leaf, Trent PA
March 1, 1980 My son is born!
May 1980 1st New Games Festival, S Orange NJ
April 1981 1st adult audience, private house party, Bryn Athyn PA
June 1981 1st Cooperative Play staff development training, Camp Laurel Leaf, Trent PA
March 1982 1st non-camp paid gig, Bryn Athyn High School 9th grade gym class
May 25, 1982 My daughter is born!
September 1982 Moved to the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts; been here ever since
October 1982-89 New Games at Amherst MA Leisure Services after school programs @1500x
April 1984 1st birthday party, Michelle Deveney's 7th, Amherst MA
October 1984 1st 1-on-1gig, Beth Ann Freed, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton MA
April 1985 1st picture in the paper leading New Games, the Sentinel, Belchertown MA
November 1986 1st paid adult audience, Collective Skills & Fun Club, Amherst MA
Spring 1987 Friend nags him into learning to use professional stilts
July 4, 1987 1st professional stiltwalking appearance, Amherst MA fireworks →
May 1988 1st library performance, Forbes Library, Northampton MA
June 1988 Began actively pursuing entertainment as a career (Great idea!)
June 1988 1st grand opening, Maplewood Farms store, Amherst MA
March 1989 1st parade stiltwalking, St Patrick's Day Parade, Holyoke MA
May 1989 1st college performance, Mount Holyoke College, S Hadley MA
June 1989 1st stage show, Bernardston Elementary School, Bernardston MA
September 1989 1st Bar Mitzvah, Jacob Urbel, Northampton MA
December 1990 1st performance for the deaf, Clark School for the Deaf, Northampton MA
January 1991 2,000th performance, UMass-Amherst, Adventures in Lifelong Learning
March 1991 1st stiltwalking delivery, Kim Eastman's 50th birthday, Hotel Northampton
April 1991 Voted "Best Children's Entertainer" in the Valley Advocate readers' poll
June 1991 1st keynote address, Breor Elementary "Moving Up" banquet, Hatfield MA
June 1991 1st wedding performance, Ann Walsh & Jay Sullivan, Hadley MA
September 1991 1st musical event, opening for Tom Paxton & Tom Chapin, Northampton MA
January 1992 100th adults-only event, Early Childhood Program staff, Greenfield MA
February 1993 Founded the Hats Off Performance Guild (stills meets monthly!)
September 1994 1st New Games consultation, p.e. teacher, Hartsbrook School, Hadley MA
August 1995 Become a full-time entertainer (YAY!!!)
September 1995 3,000 performance, Longmeadow Center School, Longmeadow MA
June 1996 200th adult audience, Madeleine Molta's 60th birthday party, Southwick MA
January 1998 500th birthday party, Kelsey Patnaude's 8th, Worcester MA
February 1999 1st ski resort,Grand Summit Hotel at Mt Snow, W Dover VT→
September 1999 1st trade show appearance, Chamber of Commerce, Berlin CT
June 2000 4,000 performance, Wee Haven Childcare, Charleston NH
June 2001 Did 50+ shows in one month (Whew!)
December 2001 300th adult event, Shriner's Club of Worcester County, Sturbridge MA
January 2002 1st emcee performance, River Valley Market Bingo Night, Northampton MA
October 2003 1st entire week at a fair, Topsfield Fair, Topsfield MA
October 2005 1st zoo performance, the Zoo in Forest Park, Springfield MA
March 22, 2006 Turn 50 years old.
March 2, 2007 5,000 performance, Yurt School homeschoolers, Amherst MA
January 2008 900th birthday party