* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Magic New Zealand * Proudly sponsored by International Entertainment * www.Alan-Watson.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Issue Number: #686 Date: Sunday 23rd August 2009 Editor: Alan Watson www.magicianz.com e-mail: AW@Alan-Watson.com ================================ Hi here is the latest news ================================ 1. Editor's Message 2. FISM World Championships Of Magic - Blackpool 2012 3. Phyllis Zarrow Passes 4. Need For The Working Magician To Learn Stagecraft 5. Sue-Anne Webster's FISM Competition Review #3 6. Remarkable Magic #7 - Nick Lewin 7. Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants - #132 - Kyle Peron 8. Cruising With Paul Romhany #81 9. SAM Announces Trial Memberships 10. Latest British Ring Convention News 11. Peter Reveen Has Been Named Magician Of The Year 12. Brad Manuel Mini Australian Lecture Tour 13. George Sands Ropes 14. e-zine Archives 15. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice -------------------------------------------- 1. Editor's Message -------------------------------------------- We would like to thank Sue -Anne Webster (Australia) for the fantastic FISM reviews which she shared with us all - refer item 5 the last of 3 parts of the competition reviews. I have been having a lot of fun with the iPhone magic apps check out www.mojosoftwareonline.com Remember if you have any magic news drop me a line: AW@Alan-Watson.com -------------------------------------------- 2. FISM World Championships Of Magic - Blackpool 2012 -------------------------------------------- 9th - 14th July 2012 With the success of the Beijing 2009 Conference only a few weeks ago, preparations have already begun on the next 'FISM World Championships Of Magic' in Blackpool 2012. With Registrations selling fast the number has almost reached the 400 mark in just 2 weeks. The Registration Fees For FISM Blackpool 2012 are as follows: Booked before 31st March 2010 - 450 Euros Booked before 31st March 2011 - 500 Euros Booked After 31st March 2011 - 550 Eurosa To download your FISM 2012 registration form go to: http://www.blackpoolmagic.com/images/doc/FISM.pdf The 2012 Conference will be held at the Blackpool Winter Gardens, Grand Theatre 'The National Theatre of Variety' and the World Famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom and Blackpool Tower Circus. With several major stars of magic already lined up to appear in 2012 it is fast becoming an exciting project. Derek Lever - Executive President of FISM 2012 and his team are committed to carry the torch of FISM and make the 2012 World Championships of Magic the biggest and best the world has ever seen. Please Watch This Space For News And Updates On FISM 2012!!! or visit www.blackpoolmagic.com For FISM Registration Details Contact Arthur Casson - Registration Officer : + 44 (0) 1253 393688 44 Bryan Rd, Blackpool, Lancs, England. FY3 9BE E-mail: arthurcasson@aol.com -------------------------------------------- 3. Phyllis Zarrow Passes -------------------------------------------- Message by George Schindler (US) Very sad to report that Phyllis Roemer Zarrow (May 23, 1930-August 19, 2009) passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 79. Phyllis was the much loved widow of Herb Zarrow and a friend and supporter of many magicians. Services was held on Friday August 21 at 10:30am at Temple Avodat Shalom (385 Howland Ave) in River Edge, New Jersey. Phone: 201-489-2463. Condolences can be sent to: Harry Zarrow :: 22-08 Route 208 :: Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 -------------------------------------------- 4. Need For The Working Magician To Learn Stagecraft -------------------------------------------- Message by Bev Bergeron (US) The power of the New Zealand e-zine of Alan Watson is unbelievable. A couple of weeks ago I added my comments to two previous mentions by Joanie Spina and Dan Stapleton and my email got responses. I'm happy that so many magicians have commented on the need for the working magician to learn stagecraft.  If there are any others that want to address this further with me, I'll be at the bar in Houston, Texas where I will be the M.C. of the Friday night show of the TAOM convention - September 4-7.  I'll listen to anything. -------------------------------------------- 5. Sue-Anne Webster's FISM Competition Review #3 -------------------------------------------- Message by Sue-Anne Webster (Aust) Part 3 of 3 installments Close-Up Competition Day 1 101. Simon Coronel Micro Magic Australia Sponsor: Australian Institute of Magic - Sue-Anne Webster Equal 3rd Micro Magic, FISM 2009 - with Johan Stahl To background music, Simon talks about transcending the possibilities in magic - which is the theme to this act. Two volunteers selected to be close witnesses. Simon alludes to Las Vegas acts by holding up a large red production cloth over the close-up table, whipping it away to reveal a coin. Coin manipulation, duplication and transformations. Coin to cash - 5 to 50 dollar note and back to $5. Cash to deck of playing cards. Produces a black felt pen and a volunteer signs their chosen card. Folds signed card - tears it - restores it and uses the pen as a wand to vanish the card. Volunteer checks his rolled up sleeves and inspects behind the close-up table. The other volunteer checks the front and under the close-up table. Large red production cloth is held over the close-up table and whipped away to produce a "coin holder" - a lady standing with a coin and a card reading "coin". Very clean and smooth moves. 102. Mago Larry Parlour Magic Argentina Sponsor: Flasoma - Hector Carrion This is a bad act because it thrice abuses a volunteer. It was a prediction using 'cards across' with country names on them. and a whopping great electrical current in the volunteer's chair to her know when the countries she chose - Japan, Syria and Taiwan - disappear out from under her butt. I know this, because I WAS THE SUCKER VOLUNTEER!!! He zapped me with ruddy great stings of electricity THREE TIMES! It was a stupid thing to do. especially picking on a reviewer and a close-up judge's wife. Talk about cutting your own throat.! I know what this performer can do with his current! [See my comments on electric chairs in the stage reviews - after I got zapped the FOURTH time!] * OH. and for those who are not 'in-the-know', we were all informed after this act, by an irate Chinese registrant, that Taiwan is not a country!!! Ugly scene. and news to many of us. Taiwan citizens were only allowed to register at FISM Beijing under the title "Chinese-Taipei". Many Taiwanese registrants blacked out the "Chinese" title on their name cards. Politics and FISM don't mix * 103. Christian Bierbrauer Card Magic Germany Sponsor: Magischer Zirkel von Deutschland - Wolfgang Sommer Started his act by saying, "Let's make a little excrement before we start!" (I think he meant to say 'excitement'). Red balloon bursts to produce a blue deck of playing cards. Volunteer verbally chooses a random playing card, which turns out to be the only card with a red back. Volunteer shuffles deck face up and face down and signs one card of two colours. The signed blue back 4H turned to a red back signed 4H. Signed cards found inside empty box. Pretends to take a card out of the box and asks, 'Is this your card?' Volunteer responds, 'yes', and holds invisible card. Card should be missing from the deck. They are taken out of the box and shown in order, all backs facing the one way - the 4H missing from the deck. Christian takes card and throws it up and turns around to show his back with an envelope attached to it. Inside the envelope is the signed card - 4H. Clever. 104. Shunya Okonu Micro Magic Japan Sponsor: JCMA Japanese Close-Up Magicians Association - Tashiro Shigeru A little comedy in this act. Cigarette and a cigarette lighter from a card pack. Throws away cigarette, produces a coin and then uses fire from the lighter to make the coin vanish. Three coins produced from lighter - then vanish. Then two coins appear and the lighter itself changes into a third coin. Takes a red satin hanky to produce a coin and an oversized lighter. Large coins appear from red hanky. Takes the card pack, but now cards appear inside the pack. Takes the Queen of Clubs and produces with it the other four Queens - drops a card, picks it up with his foot - does travelling cards form one hand to the other hand. Shunya says he will do a classic of magic - "Oil and Queens" (hmmm). A vanished Queen appears stuck to the back of a lighter fluid can. Volunteer selects AC and 9C - signs both cards and Shunya loses them in the deck. Volunteer shuffles the cards - uses lighter to vanish signed card. Inside deck, there is one 'burnt' card - which is the volunteers signed card. Vanishes lighter, appears in the deck. Inside lighter is the signed card - AC. 105. Mago Ernesto Card Magic Venezuela Sponsor: Circulo Magico Argentino - Ted White Takes cards out of the packet and spreads the deck of cards. Volunteer picks a card - 4D, then performer talks about the Power of the Joker . He puts the Joker in an empty wine glass. The 4D blue back turns to red back - then all cards turn to red backs and card case turns to a red case. Joker in the glass turns into the volunteer's card - 4D. Then a transference takes place. The 2 Jokers are under the glass. Ernesto throws up the card - 4D, which turns into the 2 Jokers - and under the glass is the card - 4D. Volunteer signs the 4D card and the card is placed face down in the middle of the deck. Jokers are in his hands. He slowly turns all the spread cards over to show the 4D has vanished. He flicks his hand holding the Jokers and the 4D ends up between them. He places a half concealed (by half an envelope) green back card in the empty wine glass - a green ribbon is threaded through the card. Ernesto tears one corner of the signed 4D and places it in the middle of the face up deck, face down - then it travels to his pocket. Corner matches. He uses a paper clip as a wand - by attaching the torn edge to the signed card using the paper clip. He peels off the signature on the card and sets the corner alight, restoring it properly. Volunteer verbally selects another card - 3D, which turns out to be the green back card sitting in the wine glass with the green ribbon attached. Good effects. 106. Shohei Komoriya Parlour Magic Japan Sponsor: JCMA Japanese Close-Up Magicians Association - Tashiro Shigeru Hand written signs on cards before Shohei begins: 'Shohei' - 'I'm from Japan' - 'nice to meet you' - 'enjoy'. Wand produces olive coloured silk, then produces yellow tie with silk. Wand vanishes - finds it in shoe. Silk turns to a yellow tie in his hand and he puts it back on. He says he wants to be a baseball batter - music for act had sound effects for his moves. Magic with a miniature white ball and two red plastic cones with a string attaching them - cups and balls style routine. Throws a ball into the audience and gets them to throw it back, but it turns into a heart. Uses the wand as a bat - silk produces a full size baseball bat. Under a red cone - many small balls appear. Shirt changes to red - takes off coat - flash to glove appearance on the bat, replete with a baseball hat. Silk scarf is placed around his neck before he exists. Different. 107. Rune Micro Magic Norway Sponsor: Magic Circle of Norway - Henning Warloe This act was a little weak, although it had potential to be interesting. Music - shows hands empty and produces a silk and a tall glass, half filled with water. Plucks invisible 'nothings' from the air. Traces lines and lines of words with his finger in a thick book for no clear reason, flicks his wrist - not sure why, then tears part of the page out of the book and lights it to produce a deck of cards. Spreads cards. Volunteer selects 7H, so Rune finds the other three 7's in the deck, and then all cards vanish and found inside deck. Volunteer selects a card, signs it - 10D. Rune puts card into deck, then shuffles and spreads cards face down. Rubs the glass of water with red silk - water turns red. Takes out red envelope from pocket - inside envelope is signed 10D. Red silk draped over blue back card, which turns to a red back. 108. Sito Qirong Card Magic China-Macau Sponsor: China Magic Art Society - Lin Jian An act where the magician bequeaths his love the Mona Lisa painting. Sito takes from a picture frame, three cups and three sponge hearts - and does cups and balls with obvious loads, using a glass rose as a wand. Mona Lisa appears in the picture frame. He produces an engagement ring in a transparent box, gets down on one knee and presents it - and the glass rose - to Mona Lisa. 109. Jeremy Pei Parlour Magic Singapore Sponsor: The Great Wong Ring - John Teo Basic stand up rope routine using a yellow rope. He then moves behind the close up table and produces two cherries from red rope that was originally a rose bud - then uses the two cherries, two cups and two rings for a cups and balls style routine. Produces white candle and lights it. Puts cherries into one of the cups and produces a cherry coloured liquid load. 110. Olmac Card Magic France Sponsor: Cercle Francais de Illusion - Jean Claude Crispon 3rd Card Magic, FISM 2009 Competed FISM 2003 on stage, General Magic with a black light act. Music to a 'Find the Aces' routine. Marks the aces with the number 15. Vanishes cards, transferring them to the deck on the table, then does a series of transferences, appearances and vanishes of cards and deck. Places aces on top of wine glass and the aces visually change value, then back again to aces. Aces move to a brown envelope. Inside envelope is three black pockets, which turn out to be his outside coat pockets that vanished off his coat (this was a surprise). Inside the top coat pocket are the four aces. Inside the glass is now a card that reads, 'Thank you'. Satoru Micro Magic Japan Sponsor: Society of American Magicians - Bruce Kalver Competed FISM 2000 - and at FISM 2006 with this same act Eccentric character. Prediction. Volunteer shuffles cards. Satoru shows his wallet with a bill. Volunteer chooses a card, which was predicted on the back of the bill. Does a bit of business with toothpicks that didn't go anywhere or add to his routine. Cards are placed on the floor, three volunteers each put their foot on a randomly selected card - that turn out to be the 4C 3D, KH. 4C was revealed written on the bottom of Satoru's shoes, 3D on his socks, KH on his bare foot skin. then all three selections were shown again, written on an umbrella. 112. Jaque Micro Magic Spain Sponsor: Sociedad Espanola de Ilusionismo - Armando Gomer Bernado Jaque drinks 'whiskey' throughout his gambling themed act. Produces coins for a matrix. Changes coins to poker chips for a coins across routine. Produces a dice cup and colour die from a red silk, then finishes his whiskey. Colour dice turn to ice. Liquid load of whiskey from the dice cup, with which he then pours himself another. 113. No show due to lost luggage. Will perform on Day 2. Day 2 Charming Choi Parlour Magic Republic of Korea Sponsor: Korean Magic Society - Eun-Sun Chung Most Original Act, FISM 2009 Competed FISM 2006 with a different act Competed FISM 2003 with a similar act "Charming, charming, charming Choi" dresses in a white outfit with blue trim. DVD prediction. Shows different DVD's - of magicians, porn and The Little Mermaid. Volunteer secretly selects The Little Mermaid - 'prediction' was correct. Pulls out a red silk from the cartoon picture hair of the Little Mermaid from the DVD cover, produces a straw from it, then blows bubbles into a fish tank of water to produce the balls for an underwater cups and balls routine performed to the music, 'Under the Sea', the end load of goldfish fills the fish tank. The volunteer is given the DVD as a present. but, it is only the box and cover. it does not contain a DVD. Tsk, tsk, tsk - naughty! 115. Daly Tang Micro Magic China-Hong Kong Sponsor: Magicians Association of Hong Kong - Albert Tam Performs the "two coin" trick that keeps ending with three coins, so tries the 'three coin' trick, but ends up with six. Puts coins in a chequered purse and vanishes. Background piano music. Card trick - a four Ace routine. Ace transference from hand to hand, then hand to table. Aces turn into Queens. Spreads cards, now with blank faces. Turns over Queens to show black stripes on the faces of the now blank cards. As he places the striped cards on the all-blank cards, it creates the effect of a piano keyboard. Nice visual surprise ending. Average. 116. Martin Lubcke Card Magic Germany Sponsor: Magischer Zirkel von Deutschland - Wolfgang Sommer Card to object routine. Ice-cream treat in a box produced from flash string. Ice-cream goes on display stand, while volunteer checks and shuffles cards. Martin cuts cards and has volunteer sign a card. Red felt pen changes to green. Puts card back in deck, cuts cards again and shuffles. Asks a spectator for a number between 1 and 20. Number chosen is 17. Martin asks volunteer to flick over some of the cards in the pile. Exactly 17 were flipped. Shuffles signed card back into deck. Volunteer checks the deck, but her card has vanished from the deck. Then Martin makes all cards vanish from his hand. Volunteer checks ice-cream treat and sees a corner of her signed card, 8D. Martin breaks ice with a wooden mallet. The card inside is the signed card. Martin closes up the ice treat package, then opens it again to reveal a real ice treat for the volunteer. The ending was the highlight - at least the volunteer received a real prize this time. 117. Nektarios Micro Magic Greece Sponsor: Academy of Magicians - Gousis Christoforos Phone rings, we hear a lot of babble. He changes cell phone to cards - produces a 'smiley face' coin from card, which ends up blank. Produces more coins with smiley faces. He finds the court cards (couldn't tell which ones, because the camera didn't zoom in). Does a matrix style routines using cards and coins - cards change into smiley face cards. Cell phone rings again - more babble. Changes cell phone to a smiley face. Vanishes coins and his shirt changes to a purple top with a big smiley face. The smiley faces brightened the act. 118. Sho Arai Card Magic Japan Sponsor: JCMA Japanese Close-Up Magicians Association - Tashiro Shigeru Suit and red tie. Shows a blank card and changes it to the AS - then produces 2S, 3S and 4S. He drops one card - then 'magically' pulls it up from the floor. Changes cards into a pack, then opens it, showing a full deck inside. Takes out cards and finds the AS, 2S, 3S and 4S again, all in different ways. Audience member shuffles the cards, then he shows the cards in new deck order. More fancy moves to produce AS, 2S, 3S and 4S again by flicking them from the deck, then the rest of the spades - sticking them all over his jacket and arm. Shows all cards are in order. Shows AS, then takes out the large, middle spade logo as a pin to stick on his jacket. then tosses a bit of glitter. 119. Rod Chow Parlour Magic Canada Sponsor: International Brotherhood of Magicians - Joan Caesar This act is the story about the performer's life in magic - starting with his first pay cheque - a Canadian $20 cheque. Shows more pay cheques from children's shows, then turns them all into cash - all $20 bills. His shows price increases - showing $20 to $50 to $100 and then to credit card. He starts to enter competitions, dreaming about winning a gold medal (which he produced). Produces a ring (accidentally dropping a big ring) and went to turn it into a big gold ring (but couldn't, because he dropped it earlier). He says how he wants to go to Hollywood, producing gold bars and American money, then pulls out a line of US $$ all strung together. He then talks about going to Las Vegas, pulling out a cape of cash, then changes his shirt to cash with a light-up green $ sign on his cash shirt. But, he says that magic - to him - is not about fame or fortune, but to make people happy. so changes all the money back into his old pay checks - because he doesn't really want it. Hmmm. 120. Ramon Rioboo Card Magic Spain Sponsor: Sociedad Espanola de Ilusionismo - Armando Gomez Bernardo Volunteer selects a card, but Ramon holds tightly onto the cards, even when the volunteer signs the selected card. The card is lost in the deck, then found. Volunteer chooses a card, again. She takes it, but Ramon takes it back (looking dodgy). She signs the card, which is revealed later - stapled. Then a hard to follow sequence with a blue card/red card prediction. Another hard to follow card routine, where another card is signed. Ramon selects a card, revealing it to be the same card. Very confusing. 121. Kif Card Magic China Hong Kong Sponsor: International Brotherhood of Magicians - Joan Caesar Competed FISM 2006 with a different act. Kif ate mints to 'help his memory.' Three volunteers each choose a card from a spread deck. Performer memorizes the pack in less than five seconds and bets a volunteer keeps his money if he fails to memories it correctly. Kif seems a bit rough and rude to his volunteers. He then gets his volunteers to remember the cards, too. by giving them mints to help their memory, then gives the volunteers instruments to mark when their card colour is shown, indicating which cards they want by sounding their instruments, until the whole deck is dealt. The routine is confusing. 122. Charlie Caper Parlour Magic Sweden Sponsor: Svensk Magisk Cirkel - Per Eklund 2nd Parlour Magic, FISM 2009 Winner of 'Sweden's Got Talent' 2009 Charlie is dressed in old style street attire complete with braces. Changes a cane to a black silk tie and produces a fob watch. Uses a red silk to vanish fob watch. Silk to glass to wand - vanishes silk, then vanishes wand. Takes out a purse and pulls out the fob watch on its chain, then pulls out the red silk which changes into a flower that he places on his coat. Then pulls out the wand and his black silk tie (that we only just discover went missing). He brings a volunteer on stage (me) and offers me a chair joking that he couldn't find the extension cord (joke about my electric chair experiences) which got a huge laugh. He produces a can of Coke from his shoe. He then he does a cups and balls routine - the cups and the balls are wearing bowties (like him). Takes rose from his jacket and a ball from his pocket, drinks coke from a solid glass. then the ball appears under the clear glass, puts ball under his hat. Wraps the glass in newspaper and places the newspaper in the volunteer's hands, then crushes the volunteer's hands together, vanishing the glass. Then the ball is shown under the glass, under the hat. Oranges and lemons appear under the cups, then an onion, a watermelon, wearing a bowtie appears under his hat. A fun routine. especially for the volunteer. 123. Min Hyung Kim Card Magic Republic of Korea Sponsor: Korean Magic Society - Eun-Sun Chung Music. Funny, light and happy performance. Shows a small soft drink bottle with some clear water inside. He shakes the bottle and the liquid turns red. The bottle lid keeps going missing throughout the routine. Card trick - spreads cards, then does a 'find the aces' routine. Audience member chooses the AD. Finds all Aces in different ways to sound effects and funny facial expressions. Sad music plays when he can't find the last card. So, he brings out his He thinks all is lost, so he brings out his mechanical Barbie doll to help him. Then he finds his lid to his drink bottle again, hope is returning when he sees his Barbie doll. He winds up the mechanical Barbie, it twists around to the audience showing his face on the doll and the KD in its hand as the sound effects of a hallelujah choir singing play. 124. Damaged props in transit. Will attempt to perform on Day 3. 125. Mago Bruno Micro Magic Peru Sponsor: Flasoma - Hector Carrion A theatrical performance. something different. Performer plays a character who is late for work. A white phone rings. A sticky note is found attached to his head. Phone rings again, he answers - his boss is angry with him. He must get to work or he loses his job. A small lighter is changed to a big lighter, lights a candle on his desk. He puts on his coat, but a big button goes missing. He goes to thread a needle, but the string flashes and vanishes - producing a large needle and a button. He does a series of cup, needle and thread manipulation. His desk clock ends up where his button should be on his coat. Phone manipulation, then multiplying alarm clocks appear everywhere. Clocks even end up on his glasses. Then his phone turns into clocks. 126. Ryu Hyun Min Card Magic Republic of Korea Sponsor: Alexander Magic Family Korea - Juno Kim A letter inside an envelope reads that the sender sent cards. He produces a deck of cards from the envelope. Volunteer signs the card and is put back in the deck. Then, inside the deck is an envelope - in the envelope is the signed card. Volunteer signs another two cards - so he ends up with a signed 9H, 3C, 6D. From the beginning of the routine, on the table, there is an envelope on a stick. It is revealed to hold the volunteer's three signed cards. Ace routine - the aces transfer from the close-up mat to the envelope on the stand. and then the three signed cards in the envelope appear on the table. 113. Yves Domergue Parlour Magic France Sponsor: Fédération Française des Artistes Prestidigitateurs - Peter Din This act woke everyone up! Yves talks about the nightmare he dreamt - sitting on stage with everyone looking at him. He describes how everything in the dream was fake and not real, showing the chair he sits on is just paper. Three volunteers are brought up on stage to play a "dangerous game" with firecrackers. Each volunteer is given a different colour t-shirt to wear for a prediction (in his dream). Everyone on stage puts on ear muffs. Performer blows up a firecracker in a small bin, which produces an enormous BANG - deafening the audience. The performer then plays Russian Roulette with firecrackers. He gives the volunteers a choice of firecracker to take. One is real. Performer leads everyone to believe that he has taken the real one. and so puts it in his mouth - and lights it. It turns out to be a dud. but he slaps blood on his face in an attempt to shock the audience, dramatically stating, "Don't worry - it's just a nightmare!" Then envelopes are revealed on the back the volunteer chairs, containing a dream prediction stating what each volunteer did on stage - like the red t-shirt being put on backwards. Well. the routine certainly went off with a bang. and deafened everyone in the process. Day 3 127. Giacomo De Carlo Card Magic Italy Sponsor: Club Magico Italiano - Domenico Dante A card routine telling the tale of the last major famous French vs Italian soccer game, using a close-up pad in the guise of a soccer stadium. In the end, he takes off his jacket to reveal his UV yellow umpire shirt - blowing his tie, which is a whistle. On top of the table, he finds the silver medal under the French flag and the gold medal under the Italian medal - then inside a big chip packet, that was resting on a chair, he reveals a large gold trophy won by the Italians. Amusing. 128. Shota Micro Magic Japan Sponsor: JCMA Japanese Close-Up Magicians Association - Tashiro Shigeru Takes out a coffee cup, cards and water from a blue paper bag. Puts coffee beans in a wine glass. Volunteer selects a coffee bean - then turns some beans into coins. Coins across routine from performer to coffee cup. He does some business with coins - making real coffee. Two volunteers each takes a card and signs it - 3D and 5C - and places cards back into the deck. Shota shuffles the deck and does a series of card moves in an attempt to find the cards. He finds all threes, except the 3D - which he finds in the glass with the coffee beans. He changes the 3D to the 5C, visually in the glass. 129. Kristian Nivala Card Magic Finland Sponsor: Finnish Magic Circle - Robert Jagerhorn 2nd Cards Magic, FISM 2009 Competed FISM 2006 with a similar act. A nicely dressed lady plays a piano - complementing Kristian's routine. Kristian mimes holding a deck of cards, taking the cards out of the pack and spreading them, selects one. which then appears in his hand. Another invisible card is thrown into the air - appearing, then another and another until he spreads a real deck. He gets the aces signed by audience members, loses them in the deck and finds them by doing card manipulation. Small ace to large ace. When large card appears, he taps the card case and it appears in the box. Red back signed cards turn to blue. All red back cards turn blue. so do the large aces, the box and the rest of the cards. Nice act. 130. Latko Micro Magic Argentina Sponsor: Entidad Magica Argentina - Ray Francas 3rd Parlour Magic, FISM 2009 FISM 2006 - Competed in Stage Magic (as he is again this year) Sits at a desk with a lamp that doesn't work, cups and a box. Music. Wearing blue shirt and tie, the character learns how to do magic from an instruction manual, "Cups and Dice Tutor". Does matrix with dice, ending in a cup load of mini sized dice and one large dice, proving it couldn't all fit in the cup. Does cups and balls, producing a light bulb which he screws into the lamp. and a red ball to hang on the switch string. Then he produces pawns for a chess set - then instantly visually changes the mat to a chess board while cups are on it, then produces the rest of the chess pieces under the cups. Ends by producing a wine glass and a liquid load from the cups. Nice routine with some meaning. 131. Lv Siyuan Card Magic China Sponsor: China Magic Art Society - Lin Jian Music with good emphasis for his moves. Shows an empty card pack - tosses it in the air - then shows the pack full of cards. Spreads the cards. 'Find the Aces' routine. From the aces he plucks the four pips - Clubs, Hearts, Spades, Diamonds - all big enough to use for a matrix routine. Produces a wine glass, and another glass from a card, then another two glasses. Does a 'pips-on-and-off-the-cards' routine in various ways, until he produced a liquid load from hand, filling the glasses. Then the 10, J, Q, K of each suit is produced, ending in a mini snowstorm. 132. Dai Hewga Card Magic Japan Sponsor: JCMA Japanese Close-Up Magicians Association - Tashiro Shigeru Winner of the European Magical Close-up Championship at Blackpool 2009. Does a card routine using an iPod and speakers. Cell phone to new deck of red back cards in new deck order. Volunteer shuffles and touches a card - 7H - volunteer signs card that is then lost in the deck. Dai finds the card with the iPod to a drum roll and cheering sound effects. The signed card ends up between two other cards. Volunteer touches two other cards - KH and 8H and, with the 7H, all three cards are put back in the deck and shuffled. Dai finds all three cards as the music gets louder. One card, KH is found face down in the deck. The 8H is found in the iPod, then the music stops. Inside the iPod is the 7H with the volunteer's name written on it. Now, there's no music - so Dai goes back in time - restores iPod and starts again. He asks for the volunteers name again - asks for a pack of cards (a new pack is found on the table). He opens the card case - all cards in new deck order, with the signed 7H in correct position. 133. Johan Stahl Micro Magic Sweden Sponsor: Svensk Magisk Cirkel - Per Eklund Equal 3rd Micro Magic, FISM 2009 - with Simon Coronel Coffee cup and sugar cube manipulation/cup and ball style routine with a black felt tip pen as a wand - all played to the volunteer for the audience. Sugar cube vanishes and reappears, changes into the pen and back again - sugar cube from pen lid, pen vanish and relocates in various places - pen changes into a chocolate bar. More pen appearances and vanishes - pulls a spoon from volunteers ear - cup cake under the cup - then larger cup cake appears under the cup. Johan removes his jacket and produces a drinking glass - pen reappears (bare arms, no sleeves). Taps the cup with spoon, stirs - then pours liquid load into the glass. Johan puts on a napkin, produces a jug and pours a second cup of coffee - then he gives the tray of food and drink to the volunteer. Nice routine, but misdirection didn't always work, as the act appeared to be designed to play more to the volunteer than the audience. 134. Shawn Farquhar Card Magic Canada Sponsor: International Brotherhood of Magicians - Joan Caesar Grand Prix Close-Up, FISM 2009 1st Card Magic, FISM 2009 FISM 2006 - 2nd Place Micro Magic. FISM 2006 - 2nd Place Parlour Magic with the same as Card Magic, FISM 2009 FISM 2003 - Tie for 2nd Place Micro Magic with Nicholas Einhorn A smoothly presented card routine performed to "Shape of my  Heart", by Sting. Before the music starts, a brand new deck of cards - sealed in plastic - is opened. Performer goes to place cards into volunteer's hands, but the deck has re-sealed itself. Shawn re-opens deck and volunteer shuffles the cards. Shawn shows cards and shuffles them. Volunteer chooses a card - 10H - and signs it. Shawn sits at a table and the music starts, showing the signed card, then proceeds to lose and relocate the card to the lyrics of the song - cutting, shuffling and fanning cards, showing the Aces and court cards with a faded King. When the song ends, Shawn goes to give volunteer her signed card, but the deck is resealed. It is inspected, reopened and the cards placed into the volunteer's hands in new deck order, the faded King is located in its proper new deck order position - as is the volunteer's signed card. Beautifully executed routine. Very well rehearsed. 135. Vittorio Belloni Micro Magic Italy Sponsor: Club Magico Italiano - Domenico Dante 2nd Micro Magic, FISM 2009 Shows the four aces. Spreads cards on the table and leaves them spread. Shows coins and places them in a purse. Opens the purse to reveal the four aces. The coins end up under the spread deck of cards. Four coins go into the purse that is set alight - the fire burns the purse invisible, except for the metal frame/clasp. Vittorio pulls out invisible coins - uses four invisible coins and the four ace cards to do a matrix routine. The coins become visible during the routine. Four coins to one corner - click of the fingers and their back each under a card. He then makes the routine 'more difficult', by doing the matrix routine with transparent cards. Then does it again with Chinese coins, then produces a large coin. Four cards over four coins, each vanishing. He takes a pair of scissors and cuts a card into four pieces, vanishing them one by one, but turns the last small card into a large card, which turns transparent along with the rest of the deck. He had a lot of energy and the crowd loved him. 136. Alexander Popov Card Magic Russian Federation Sponsor: Russian Association of Magicians - Vladimir Rudnev Competed FISM 2006 with a similar act. Disqualified for being below FISM level. Volunteer checks a deck of cards and the packet. Volunteer selects a card and performer puts it back in the deck. Alexander manipulates the cards with difficulty. and mumbles constantly, completely confusing the volunteer and the audience. I couldn't tell if this was a similar act to his 2006 performance at FISM, or not. He was at least fun to watch when he competed in 2006. 137. Marc Oberon Micro Magic Great Britain Sponsor: Magic Circle London - Jack Delvin 1st Parlour Magic, FISM 2009 Competed FISM 2006 with a similar act. Marc asks various audience members to name cards. He skillfully finds each one in various ways, including making a selected card rise from his pocket. Extremely clever. He then changes a card into gold and goes into a routine themed on gold, human nature and myth throughout history - producing a gold sphere, an Oscar trophy, an apple from the Garden of Eden - depicting sin, which turns to gold; a flat looking white rose, turns to a red rose, then to a 3D looking gold rose; produces a golden egg from a paper origami swan, which also turns to gold; Osiris' feather turns to gold. He then blows a gold coin into existence, vanishes it, produces it again, then does a transference of it from hand to hand - then a 'coins across' using three coins from hand to hand. The three coins turn into a golden key, then to a large key. Then Marc produces a huge key to finish. Interesting routine, but the handling of loads looked a little awkward at times. His lovely English voice was very clear and measured; his fine use of pauses and intonation enriched his tales. 138. Katsuya Masuda Micro Magic Japan Sponsor: JCMA Japanese Close-Up Magicians Association - Tashiro Shigeru Katsuya begins his routine with a ball in a cube that lights up, then goes out. He twists the cube and the ball turns to metal. Volunteer holds one card and selects a card from the deck in Katsuya's hand. He puts the selected card into his pocket. The card that the volunteer is holding is the 9D. the card in Katsuya's pocket is revealed to be the 9D, as well. Katsuya punctures the card - threads a feather through the hole, which is then revealed to be sealed. He has the volunteer check that the card is back to normal. Volunteer selects a card, signs it - returns to the deck. Puts a card in the deck that is not the volunteer's, but Katsuya uses a wand to visually change a different card to the chosen card, while it is protruding from the deck. I believe all three tricks will undoubtedly soon be available in your favourite magic shop. 139. Kiko Pastur Card Magic Spain Sponsor: Sociedad Espanola de Ilusionismo - Armando Gomez Bernardo FISM 2006 - 3rd place in Cards, with a different act. The theme to this act is to imagine a world with no time, only images. Four aces are used. Volunteer selects a random card - 10H. Performer changes some of the cards to be the tens. Tells his story with cards, changing the four aces to four tens, then to four Queens. describing them as images - memories, dreams. He turns cards back to the aces. Volunteer chooses the AH, then chooses the AS. He shuffles the Aces, finds the AH and the rest of the suit - donning a blindfold from the 5H onwards, finding the cards by 'feel'. He ends the routine with all the Hearts and Spades in order. 124. Magic Julian Micro Magic Spain Sponsor: Sociedad Espanola de Ilusionismo - Armando Gomez Bernardo This performer's props were damaged in transit. He tries to perform his routine, but his prop fails him. A shame, because it looks interesting. Coins and cards, appearing, disappearing and travelling. but the effect is ruined by the damaged apparatus/prop. -------------------------------------------- 6. Remarkable Magic #7 - Nick Lewin -------------------------------------------- Message from Nick Lewin (US) Magic Live in Las Vegas. My head is still reeling from the effect of 900 magicians all gathered together in one place. To be honest this is the sort of scenario that sometimes happens in my dreams and I wake up in a cold sweat. However 'Magic Live' was a delight from start to finish, maybe I can arrange to have Stan Allen plan my nightmares! The first requisite for a good convention is a hotel with really suitable facilities for the various events. The South Point Casino & Spa was certainly an ideal spot to stage a large and multi-textured event such as 'Magic Live 2009.' The various rooms and event centers were excellent and never seemed too crowded. Prices were reasonable and the staff friendly with the cocktail waitresses wearing cut away body suits that would have looked fairly scandalous even onstage. I didn't notice any male magicians complaining though. I was interested to observe Stan's somewhat mysterious way of handling what you were going to see and when. A little mystery is a good thing. However all was revealed when you registered, everything other than the identities of the magical celebrities in the baseball sized high school photos, which we were supplied upon check in. It was a curious and highly collectable deck of cards featuring a bunch of familiar folk disguised by their youth. It was a great 'mixer' idea that was enjoyed by all. By the way NO-- that was not me in the picture that looked just like me. I was much geekier at that age. There was an excellent Dealers Room with a fine selection of wares and services being pitched and demonstrated. I did have a quiet moment reminiscing about my first magic convention and remembering the way Ken Brooke would drive other dealers to distraction with his non-stop and high energy pitchman. He was the Billy Mays of magic sales but managed to fuel it with nothing more than cups of tea and the occasional beer. Performance highlights included the ever entertaining Ed Alonzo, who was taking a brief break from working on the Britney Spears 'Circus Tour.' Bruce Gold showed what a top-notch comedy talent he is with his masterful emcee work on that first show. I skipped the final show because I have a whole separate nightmare about being caught in a Franz Harary show. Jeff McBride was a great addition and a wonderful center of attention during the entire event. Whether he was lecturing, performing or just talking with attendees Jeff's deep-rooted knowledge of magic and performance made him a stand out for magic lovers. One of the joys nowadays of getting to chat with McBride is the very real chance that Eugene Burger will be in the near vicinity. I always relish a chance to catch up with Eugene and have a good gossip. For me the major excitement of a magic convention is the opportunity to touch bases with folks I get to see all too seldom. Add: Peter Samuelson, Jon Stetson, Martin and Suzanne Lewis, Marvyn Roy, Max Maven, Paul Harris, Daniel Cros, Andrew Goldenhersh and Mark Nelson to the list of people I enjoyed chatting with and you get the idea of how much fun I had at the event. I really haven't attended enough magic conventions (yet) to be an expert on the topic; I have attended and performed at enough (and that's an understatement!)  regular conventions to recognize when the event has been well planned, carefully assembled and expertly produced. Stan Allen and his 'Magic' magazine team deserve top marks for the smooth and spectacular convention they delivered. I can't wait for the next one! Check out my website at www.nicklewin.com -------------------------------------------- 7. Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants - #132 - Kyle Peron -------------------------------------------- Message by Kyle Peron (US) magic4u02@aol.com http://www.kyleandkellymagic.com I first want to personally thank my good friend Steve Friedberg for coming up with the idea for this article. As we talked recently, he brought this topic up as well as the perfect title for what it should be called. I thank you my friend and hope my words do the topic justice and inspire others along the way. Time is a very funny thing when you think about it. As a child you cannot wait for time to go fast and you are older. As an adult you pray that time would simply slow down and that you could be a child again. But time also has a way of suddenly making us realize that it is a very precious thing not to be taken lightly. This could not be made any clearer when we look back on the past 18 months and the many magicians who have passed away and the wands that have been broken in their honor. Magicians such Martin Nash, Roger Klause, Presto, Mahka Tendo and the legendary Ali Bongo are just but a few that have gone to a much greater stage to perform. They will be missed and they will be remembered. So in many ways we stand on the shoulders of these giants that have come before us. We cannot and should not forget what they have done for magic and what they have done for many of us. But it seems time rolls on and we forget the lessons we should be learning from these giants. The loss of these greats should get us thinking about our own magic. It should get us thinking about how we act and react to our magical brethren. To honor those that have come before us, we can stop for a moment and just remember a few very important things. If these giants could speak to us now, I think it would be safe to say they might just agree with what I am about to tell you. Take time out to NEVER stop learning. The giants upon whose shoulders we stand have never stopped learning. They strived each and every day to perfect their art and to learn as much as they possibly could. But as much as they learned from magic, they also knew the importance of sharing the magic with others. To have this vast knowledge and never share it is such a waste, and they all knew it. This is why I can clearly remember spending time with both Mahka Tendo and Ali Bongo. I was very young and inexperienced but they both not only MADE time for me, but listened to my questions, answered them and spent countless hours showing me moves and sharing with me the values of what makes magic great. Did they have to do this for me? No they did not. They could have told me they did not have any time. But none of these giants ever did that. They knew that for magic to be a higher art form, one must be willing to share with those who seek the knowledge. They made me realize that ALL of us can take their lead by having the willingness to ALWAYS help another magician regardless of what level they are at. They made me realize to not be afraid to ask the "old guy in the back of the room" for his advice. They made me realize that the old guy may just know a hell of a lot more then you think. Most of all they made me aware of not taking anything for granted. They made me realize just how special the art form of magic really is. Magic, and calling yourself a magician, is a privilege that should not be taken lightly. These giants would not settle for second best. They would not settle for only giving 80% because they were tired or too hot or just "not in the mood to perform." They knew always that the audience DESERVES your very best each and every time you walk out on that stage. They realized that being a professional does not start when the curtains open or end when they close. You are always a professional. They knew that to call yourself a magician means giving to the art what it deserves. As Steve reminds me, It is not good enough to have this idea of not caring if you flash because you are an "entertainer". We both agreed that we have a responsibility to do that which we do as seamlessly as possible. The giants always knew this and always practiced countless hours to ensure perfection of the craft. So we do stand on the shoulders of giants. We stand there each and every one of us. Because we are there, we need to realize that none of us are too great to forget where we are, where we came from or the folks who helped us out along the way. We need to realize that the magical arts is an amazing craft not to be taken lightly and to be shared with others. We need to be aware that helping others improve their magic is not a bad thing and it is certainly not a waste of time. If we each would remember these simple things, I think these giants that have passed on before us would be on that stage in the sky and smiling ear to ear knowing that magic is in very good hands for years to come. As always, I encourage you the readers to let me know your thoughts. So if you have any thoughts on my articles or suggestions or comments, please feel free to e-mail me directly at magic4u02@aol.com. I would love to hear from you. - I would like to let everyone know that I just released a NEW book and E-Book to the magic Community. "Blue and Gold! The Complete Guide to Working The Scout Market!" is now available as a soft cover printed book as well as an ebook download. - "Encore! Creativity in the Art of Magic" Ebook. Order online now at: http://www.magicenhancer.com/Encore.html - "Tips and Techniques on the Chair Suspension" Ebook. Order online now at: http://www.magicenhancer.com/ChairSuspension.html Kyle Peron Magician and Illusionist www.kyleandkellymagic.com -------------------------------------------- 8. Cruising With Paul Romhany #81 -------------------------------------------- Message from Paul Romhany (NZ) It's been a hectic week as we toured Eastern Canada with my World Lecture Tour series. We had a fantastic time meeting magicians that I have corresponded with over the past few years. All lectures were really well attended and the feedback was really positive. If you are a magic club or organisation and are looking for lectures, let me know. I was honored to have Bob and Polly Fitch at my Montreal lecture. People often ask me what happens to cruiseships then they are finished with. Here's the latest news on a ship that was a legend. One of the vessels which pioneered cruising in the Far East has been sold for scrap in China. The 12,700grt, 1967-built Golden Princess, owned by Hong Kong's Golden Princess Cruise Line, started operations in the Far East back in the 1980s as the Pearl of Scandinavia and then as Ocean Pearl, and attracted European and North America cruise passengers to Asia for the first time. Ending Far East operations in 1995, the vessel then moved to Cuba as the Costa Playa, before returning to Hong Kong as a casino ship, operating in this role until this year. This is all the news for this week as I am still traveling and will be back home shortly. -------------------------------------------- 9. SAM Announces Trial Memberships -------------------------------------------- Message by George Schindler (US) New York- August 18, 2009 If you've been curious about the Society of American Magicians, you can experience what the world's oldest and most prestigious organization has to offer by taking advantage of the S.A.M. Trial Membership option. Trial Membership is a four month, temporary membership option that gives you the advantages of full membership, without a long term commitment. This includes: 1. Four months of M-U-M, the society's respected flagship magazine, in the mail. 2. Access to the member-only section of the S.A.M. website, www.magicsam.com, alone worth the price of membership. It contains 3. Archived issues of M-U-M. 4. S.A.M. media library of historical and teaching DVDs, 5. Teach-a-trick segments from magic icons and M-U-M. 6. S.A.M.shop, an online shop of S.A.M. items for S.A.M. members. 7. Access to SAMtalk, a moderated online mailing list with more than 1,700 members. We're confident that once you explore these and other S.A.M. membership benefits, you'll want to join the more than 6,000 proud members of this worldwide organization. Visit www.magicsam.com for details and Q&A. Please note: Trial membership cannot be used for S.A.M. Convention discounts. Trial members will not receive a S.A.M. membership card or membership pin. For information about assemblies near you, please visit www.magicsam.com. -------------------------------------------- 10. Latest British Ring Convention News -------------------------------------------- Message by Bob Hayden PRO to the British Ring Closing the International Magic Show on Saturday evening will be David & Dania with their Magical Dress-Transformation act. From the moment the act made its debut in1996 it has had audiences everywhere responding to it with tremendous ovations. Although both came from a show business background but initially neither trained in magic or quick change. Dania trained as a gymnast going on to acrobatics and dance. With these talents she created a hula hoop act performing with the Moscow State Circus. David's first circus act was juggling on a low wire but additionally he trained in acrobatics, dance and theatre at the same time finding he had a talent for singing. He even found time to study magic. How did the extraordinary act of David & Dania come into being and how was it developed? Some of the answers to these questions will be revealed when John Pye is in conversation with them in Southport on the Saturday morning giving you a second to none opportunity to have an insight into the art of dress transformation. This is the first time this art form has been discussed at a British Convention. If there are any questions you would like John to put to David & Dania you are invited to submit them to him by e.mail at johnedwardpye@btinternet.com For twenty four years Eddie Dawes has presented a show on the theme of 'Pleasures of Yesterday' in which he combines historical narrative with performances by contemporary performers presenting effects and acts recalling or linking with some of the 'Greats' of the past. His first was in Southport in 1985 and this show, his 25th 'Thanks for the Memories' will not only be on the same stage, but will also sadly be the last in the series, a decision occasioned by personal circumstances surrounding his wife Amy's health. During the period Eddie has featured some ninety different performers in these shows, sixteen of whom sadly are no longer with us. Overseas performers who have appeared include Topper Martyn, George Johnson, Vanni Pule, Alfonso Rios, Dick Newton, Bill McIlhany and Dale Salwak, who, in Scarborough in 1989, not only 'stopped the show' but also the whole Convention, leading to his immediate booking for the 1990 Gala Show. As this final show falls in the year that celebrates the centenary of the birth in South Africa of that great creative magical genius Robert Harbin, some of his creations will be featured in the act of his great friend Alan Shaxon, former President of The Magic Circle, to whom they were bequeathed by Harbin. Alan's polished cabaret act has entertained audiences around the world. The very first show included 'Hot Meals Served Here', the music Hall act of Eddie's friend the late Jon Gresham, which he toured in Britain and the Continent. Jon's equipment was later presented by his widow Pat to young magician Tim Cockerill, whose interest in and subsequent researches on fire eaters has led to the creation of a new fire act which will be seen at Southport on his return from Borneo where he has spent the last several months on his academic biological research from Cambridge university. He first appeared in the Friday show of 1997 when he played the part of Eugene Robert-Houdin, son of the great French magician in Jon Marshall's recreation of the Ethereal Suspension. Another young magician, who first came to prominence as the British Junior Stage Magic Champion and was featured at The Magic circle Centenary celebrations in 2005, is Jonathon Shotton. Since then his talents have been seen in America and on BBC and ITV television, and this versatile youthful performer will present an act different from that which will be seen in the Opening Show at Southport. Bertie Pearce has travelled the world bringing to audiences a delightful melange of magic and ventriloquism, spiced with his eccentric and lively sense of humour, recognised by receiving The Magic Circle's Carlton award for Comedy. One of magic's most versatile exponents, Bertie, a drama graduate of Manchester University and the Ecole Intemationale du Theatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, is equally at home performing on stage, parlour, close-up, children, or cruise ships and his hilarious 'take' on this last arena is the subject of his show All Aboard. The show will be closed in fine style by the illusion act of James Long & Louise. James was bitten by the magic bug at the age of nine and within two years had won his first award and went on to win many more awards with his highly acclaimed card manipulation act, an act which took him to the finals of The Magic Circle's Young Magician of the Year Competition. At seventeen years of age he turned professional developing a small illusion show, which grew into a large scale production. That has taken him to every corner of the UK and much of Europe from sunny Spain to the low temperatures of Finland performed in theatres. Theme parks, and on board international cruise ships as well as many corporate events and private parties. James's illusions are custom built, original and entertaining and are performed with a style of his own. As the curtain falls on Eddie's last show we must all remember and thank him for the huge contribution he has made through his shows in securing the reputation and prestige of the British Ring Convention to become one of the foremost among the world's magical Conventions. Steve Evans is continuing his role as compere of the Shield Competition. Last year as well as introducing the competitors he initiated a joke competition between the acts. The jokes had been submitted by members and the one the audience liked most won a prize in the form of a rather expensive book kindly donated by Keith Bennett and a Trophy (all be it an inflatable one!). After its success first time round he is doing it again this year so here is another golden opportunity for every one of you to be involved and be participants of your Convention. You are invited to submit your jokes to Steve Evans 22 Old Fallings Lane Wolverhampton WV10 8BH. Alternatively you can e.mail them to Steve at Stevemagicbloke@aol.com or by text to 07900 191958. The jokes need to be short and are not those used in your (or others) act and should be the kind you would hear in the pub, be told at work or received by text. If you are into magic these are some more good reasons why you should be in Southport between 23rd and 27th September for the British Ring Convention. Made your registration now! -------------------------------------------- 11. Peter Reveen Has Been Named Magician Of The Year ------------------------------------------ Message by Roger Dreyer (US) Hold the Date, December 7th, Las Vegas. Peter Reveen has been named Magician of the Year by the Fantasma Ring #257 Las Vegas chapter of the International Brotherhood of magicians. Fantasma Ring #257 for the past several years has been producing amazing gala tribute shows put on by the world's greatest magicians. This year will be no exception. Save the date, Monday December 7th. On the bill so far to honor "Reveen, The Impossibilist" is Fielding West as MC, Lance Burton, Johnny Thompson, Anthony Rais, David and Dania (with their new Austin Powers style act), and many surprise guests who are considered the very best in magic. There is limited seating and seats purchased before October 1st are significantly less. Tickets for this special show range from $30 to $100. Go to IBM257.com for more information or email it's President John McClenahan at doctormagiclvl@embarqmail.com There is also going to be a very collectible program offered with limited ad space to send Peter your regards. Ads range from $25 to $350. The show is being produced by Roger Dreyer of Fantasma Magic and the Ring's members. In the past, greats such as Johnny Thompson, Carl Ballantine, Norm Nielson, John Calvert, and Marvyn Roy have been honored by the who's who in the business to standing ovation shows. Roger Dreyer says, "The night is so special because it is friends performing for friends above and beyond. Each year many of the magic professionals have performed not only the best parts from their act, but often created something brand new. Magic is such an amazing fraternity and the show is the way to say thank you to the magic greats as well as raise money for the club's youth program." Roger Dreyer CEO Fantasma Magic 421 7th Ave. (Entrance on 33rd Street) 2nd Floor New York, NY 10001 www.fantasmamagic.com 212 924-8345 -------------------------------------------- 12. Brad Manuel Mini Australian Lecture Tour -------------------------------------------- Message by Brad Manuel (Aust) Just a quick email to let you know that I am doing a "Mini" Australian Lecture Tour of the following cities.. Brisbane - Thursday 3rd September Melbourne - Monday 14th September Perth - Monday 5th October If you are in or around these cites on these dates, it would be great to see you there. If you have any questions or lecture information, just drop me an email: brad@bradmanuel.com.au Regards Brad Manuel www.bradmanuel.com.au -------------------------------------------- 13. George Sands Ropes -------------------------------------------- Message by Alan Sands I will be lecturing at the magic Castle on August 30th, and it is the release date of the book I just published called "George Sands Ropes" an updated, embellished book on all my father's rope Routines he ever wrote and published - all combined into one 112 page book. Alan Sands (800) 892-2287 www.alansands.com -------------------------------------------- 14. 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. 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