* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Magic New Zealand * www.watson.co.nz/ezine.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Issue Number: #369 Date: Sunday 27th November 2005 Editor: Alan Watson www.magicianz.com www.Alan-Watson.com e-mail: AW@Alan-Watson.com ================================ Hi here is the latest news ================================ 1. Editor's Message 2. Magicians In The News This Week Links 3. M-U-M January 2006 Issue Going Full Colour 4. Las Vegas Magic - December, 2005 5. My Favourite Film. Presented By ABC TV's 6. The Amazing Orchante Saga 7. e-zine Archives 8. Privacy Policy And Copyright Notice ------------------ 1. Editors Message ------------------- Message from Alan Watson - The Magic One Unfortunately my news mail folder on my server was deleted in error! If your news item didn't appear in this weeks issue of Magic New Zealand and is still current please resend it for publication. ------------------------ The "World Festival of Magic" Tour Through New Zealand Again a BIG thank you to International Entertainment Company for bringing to Australia and New Zealand another excellent show this year. Touring New Zealand are Chuck Jones & Company (with his popular assistants Stacey and Mackay) support acts internally acclaimed magician James Dimmare and his assistant Cici, also juggler Jens Thorwachter-Jeton from Germany. Auckland junior magician Jared Fell was given the opportunity to perform in six shows which he said was inspiring to be able to work with such polished professionals from overseas. ----------------------------- Message from Paul Daniels Paul Daniels, as King Herbert, and Debbie McGee, as Queen Gertrude, will be appearing at the Broadway Theatre, Peterborough from December 11th to January 8th (two shows most days) in the pantomime The Sleeping Beauty. Paul, who makes his first entrance announcing and carrying the new born Sleeping Beauty, confesses to a wild urge to announce.... 'It's a BOY!' --------------------- Remember if you have any magic news drop me a line: AW@Alan-Watson.com ----------------- 2. Magicians In The News This Week Links ----------------- Ham's sued over hiring of magician http://www.newsrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051121/NEWSREC0101/511210307 Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA GREENSBORO -- A Guilford County couple is suing Ham's Restaurants, claiming it failed to screen a children's magician who repeatedly sexually assaulted their 12 ... Paul Daniels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daniels This article is about Paul Daniels, the magician. ... The Paul Daniels Easter Magic Show won the Golden Rose of Montreux Award at the International TV ... Magician Anand on Southern tour http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=171003&n_date=20051123&cat=India Webindia123 - India Madhya Pradesh-based magician, Anand, who claims to have set three world records, will stage shows in Kerala from tomorrow as part of his South Indian tour. ... JUST ANNOUNCED http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20051125/1061522.asp Buffalo News - NY, United States ... Tickets are $13-$40 and go on sale at 9 pm Sunday (box office, Tickets.com). David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion. 6 and 9 pm Jan. 28. ... Magician conjures up top award http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.654693.0.magician_conjures_up_top_award.php Borehanwood Times - UK Elstree magic man Nicholas Einhorn has something else to hide up his sleeve, after scooping the Magic Circle Centenary Magician trophy. ... Blaine's box-trick medical records published http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=163701632&p=y637xz338 Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland Illusionist David Blaine shed a quarter of his body weight in his notorious Perspex box stunt in London in 2003, a medical report has revealed. ... ----------------- 3. M-U-M January 2006 Issue Going Full Colour ----------------- Message from Society of American Magicians National President Richard M. Dooley Society of American Magicians National President Richard M. Dooley presided over the world's oldest magic organization's Fall National Council meeting in Springfield, Massachusetts on November 17-19. Over 35 leaders of the organization from all corners of the United States attended this meeting, which involved hours of discussion and action on items such as the Louisville Convention July 11-14, 2006, and the "new" M-U-M set to premiere with the January 2006 issue. Non-members are encouraged to join now to ensure they receive an inaugural copy of this expanded 108-page magazine in full color with a new look and feel under new editor-in-chief John Moehring, former editor of MAGIC. Eight members of the National Council volunteered their time and traveled to Connecticut Children's Medical Center in nearby Hartford, CT to perform walk around magic for the young patients there. An array of talent from three states donated their time to perform an evening show to culminate the weekend's activities. Find out more about the Society of American Magicians at www.magicsam.com. --------------------------------------------- 4. Las Vegas Magic - December, 2005 -------------------------------------------- Message from David Neubauer (www.dnmagic.com) PRODUCTION SHOWS: Adrenaline: Magic that Rocks Curtis Adams - Plaza Hotel and Casino 7 pm (Dark Mon.) until March 24, 2006 www.plazahotelcasino.com Amazing Johnathan 10 pm, (Dark Thurs.), Sahara. Beacher's Madhouse Tyas Frantz, Morgan, Joan Dukore - 10 pm - Hard Rock. Check the website for dates: www.beachersmadhouse.com Buck Wild Nathan Burton (as a redneck magician) 7 pm covered shows Mon.-Wed. & Sat. 9 pm Topless shows (Over 18) - Sahara (Dark Fri.) www.saharavegas.com/shows/buckwild.html Collin Foster - Quicker than the Eye 4 & 6 pm (Dark Mon.), Comedy Zone, Plaza. $6.95 admission includes a drink coupon: http://www.vegas4locals.com/couponcollinfoster.html David Copperfield 7:30 & 10 pm, 4:30 Sat. & some Sun. MGM Grand. November 17-30, December 22-January 4. Haunted Vegas Tour & Show Robert Allen & Jac Hayden - Greek Isle. 9:00 pm tour and show (Dark Wed. -Thurs.) $10 off coupon: http://www.vegas4locals.com/couponhauntedvegas.html Illusionary Magic of Rick Thomas 2 & 4 pm, Stardust. (Dark Wed.) Jason Bird The Shops in Desert Passage - Aladdin. Main stage, near the "V" Theater, Thursday - Monday Various times from 1:15 pm. - 8:15 pm. - Free. La Femme Stephan Vanel 8 & 10:30 pm, (Dark Tues.), MGM Grand. Lance Burton, Master Magician 7 pm Tues-Sat & 10 pm Tues. & Sat. Monte Carlo. Mac King Comedy Magic Show 1 & 3 pm, (Dark Sun. & Mon.) Harrah's Clint Holmes Theater. www.mackingshow.com Penn & Teller 9 pm, (Dark Tues.), Rio. V, The Ultimate Variety Show Jeff Hobson, Nathan & Sarah -www.vtheshow.com 7 & 9 pm, Aladdin. 2 for 1 coupon: http://www.vegas4locals.com/couponvshow.html World's Greatest Magic Show Kevin James, Joseph Gabriel, The Majestix, Kozak. Derek Roberts, Billy Fergueson & Chris Randall (pre-show). 6 pm Sat. - Thurs., 8:15 Fri., Greek Isle. Guest Star through the end of the year: Arden James. Xtreme Magic Starring Dirk Arthur Tiffany Theatre, Tropicana 2 and 4 pm. (Dark Fri.) $10 off coupon: http://www.vegas4locals.com/Coupontropicana_dirk.html Jamie Porter's Radio Side Show Sat @ 5 am, KLAV FM 1230. RESTAURANTS: Eric Allan Outback Steakhouse (Green Valley), Fri. & Sat. Jayden LaCross TGI Fridays, Wed. & Sun. NOVEMBER, 2005 November 17-30: David Copperfield, MGM Grand. November 21-December 31: Arden James, World's Greatest Magic Show, Greek Isle. DECEMBER, 2005 Through December 31: Arden James, World's Greatest Magic Show, Greek Isle. December 22-January 4: David Copperfield, MGM Grand. JANUARY, 2006 Through January 4: David Copperfield, MGM Grand. FEBRUARY, 2006 February 19-22: World Magic Seminar, Orleans. www.worldmagicseminar.com. Jeff Hobson, David Roth, Les Arnold and Dazzle, Ali Bongo, Dick Koornwinder, Geoff Latta, Mike Gallo, Michael Rubinstein, Jon Armstrong. JUNE, 2006 June 11-June 13: Las Vegas Magic Invitational (LVMI) - Palace Station. Guest of Honor: J.C. Wagner. Featuring Lee Asher, Mark Mason, Bob Sheets, The J Team (John Born and Jason Dean), John Carney. www.lvmi.net June 14: CoinCon. Featuring: Rune Klan, John Born, Mickey Silver and Kainoa Harbottle. - Palace Station www.lvmi.net Please email any Las Vegas magic (or related arts) updates or news to: David Neubauer vegasmagic@dnmagic.com www.dnmagic.com --------------------------------------------- 5. My Favourite Film. Presented By ABC TV's -------------------------------------------- Message from Tony Laffan (Aust) Just letting you know I finished filming for ABC TV this week a very quick segment relating to a program going to air called My Favourite Film. They asked me to perform my straight-jacket escape that I close my live shows with, whilst delivering dialogue related to a movie. At the end of the shoot the Directors words were-" Wow that was intense." Guess they have never been that close to a man in a straight jacket before. My Favourite Film is a cross-platform project that follows the same format as last year's ABC program My Favourite Film. Widely promoted by television and radio, it will attempt to identify our favourite film of all time, The results will be announced in an epic end of year celebration with the television special, My Favourite Film. Presented by ABC TV's At The Movies host Margaret Pomeranz, My Favourite Film will reveal the all time Top 10 films Australians love the best. It goes to air Sunday Night 4th Dec at 7:30pm ABC . Here is a link to the web site for more information http://abc.net.au/myfavouritefilm/ So mark it in your diaries. ----------------- 6. The Amazing Orchante Saga ----------------- Message from Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)(UK ex-pat Kiwi) Page 76 30 seconds, then Mr Muldoon sprang off and Orchanté leapt to his feet, chest heaving. It happened at the Puriri Motor Camp last night before about 200 holidaymakers. Mr Muldoon's appearance as guest 'performer' in Orchante's act was prompted by Minhinnick's cartoon, which appeared in the Herald on December 31st. The camp proprietor, Mr J.Maire, who is a friend of Mr Muldoon, said he thought the cartoon was very funny. He suggested that Mr Muldoon could get "His own back" on the cartoonist by Co-starring with Orchanté." MINHINNICK was not about to be out done! The following morning he came up with yet another cartoon. Once again he showed Mr Muldoon but this time he was lying in between my bed of nails, on top of him was a caricature of Norman Kirk and perched right on top of all he had -' SID', the sea elephant from Marine land, Orewa! Unfortunately, I don't have this cartoon and I can't remember the caption. What a clever man; it was not so clever to play 'silly buggers' with New Zealand's top cartoonist! Me, I was 'over the moon' - you can't buy that sort of publicity for love or money. (SIR GORDON EDWARD GEORGE MINHINNICK- DIED IN 1992) I stayed in Orewa for two or three days after the fun and games and Johnny Maire, the man who had instigated the publicity and got all the newspaper reporters up to his Motor Camp for that night, took me up to 'properly meet Bob' Muldoon and his wife at their holiday home; on a two or three different occasions. We had a great time and in fact it was Bob Muldoon who first introduced me to the -'delights' of whisky! Years later, when Veronica and I were living in Sydney Australia, I would always give Sir Robert Muldoon, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, as he was by then, a call at 'Kiribilli House' (the Australian Government's private residence in Sydney for visiting dignitaries) whenever he was in Sydney. Don't ask how I acquired that 'carefully guarded and unlisted', telephone number! Bob Muldoon reckoned that getting my hands on that telephone number was the best trick I ever did! I was 'tickled pink' when Sir Robert (Bob) Muldoon included the photograph from the New Zealand Herald in his autobiography - 'The Life and Times of a Young Turk'. I was rather amused at his wry sense of humour - The caption under the photograph said something like, 'Gathering Tax from the Great Orchanté' - I asked him if he had a problem spelling 'Nails'. "No Tom" he said, "TAX" sounded more appropriate". Well it would, wouldn't it, to the 'Minister of Finance!' Incidentally, my assistant for that night at Orewa, the beautiful red-haired 'Karina'- (her real name is Colleen) is an artiste in her own right - she was /is an amazing exotic dancer who spent a fair amount of time working overseas - Bali, Japan etc. Yet another talented New Zealander, I haven't seen Colleen for many, many years. I'll bet she is still a 'knock out!' There was a follow-up to my world record, also reported in the New Zealand Herald. Come to think of it, when it came to publicity, the New Zealand Herald did me proud over the early years. This one was headed - "argue the point on my bed: ORCHANTE" ORCHANTÉ, the Auckland entertainer who regained his lying-on-a-bed- of- nails world championship in December, has had his record questioned by several readers of the Herald. In an attempt to clear up this understanding about his claim, ORCHANTÉ, has issued a challenge to these people - to try to break his new record of two hours and 20 minutes, using his bed of nails. The misunderstanding has arisen over the length of the nails used in the bed and the spacing of them on the base, he says. According to ORCHANTÉ, his record stands because he used Five Inch Sharpened Nails, spaced not less than two-and-a-half inches apart (in actual fact, they're spaced three inches apart, with a hell of a lot missing!). The theory is that the shorter the nail the sharper they are (this is not theory, it is actual fact) and the wider apart the more difficult. One claim to a record made in the Herald yesterday by I.H. Barnett concerned a bed of nails 1 1/2 inches apart, says ORCHANTÉ. Other record claimers used six inch nails which, when compared to five-inch nails, are quite blunt. Anybody who wishes to press the point with the entertainer must be prepared to use ORCHANTE'S - OWN BED OF NAILS! NOBODY DID! ---------------- 7. Magic New Zealand e-zine Archives ------------------ Back issues of the Magic New Zealand e-zine go to: www.watson.co.nz/fezine.html Both the User Name and Password MUST be entered in lower case to gain access. User Name: magic Password: kiwi When you enter the archive the e-zines are in issue order and are coded. Eg 001 Nov06 1999.txt first three numbers (001) denote issue number, then the date (Nov06) and the last figures the year (1999) ------------------- 8. 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