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Issue Number: #1324
Date: Sunday 9th October 2016
Editor: Alan Watson QSM
www.watson.co.nz
E-mail: editor@magicnewzealand.com
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Hi here is the latest news
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1.
Editor's Message
2. Scary Clown Sightings Spreading Across The United States
3. 'Killer Clowns' Come To Canada
4. Clairvoyants on Cover of October Linking Ring
5. IBM-SAM Combined Convention - Billy Topit Master Magician
6. The Magic Word Podcast - How Garrett Thomas Looks At
Magic - Part Two
7. Conveying and Using Personality - #418 - Kyle Peron
8. Marvin's Magic Takes Over Hamleys Display Windows
9. Magicpalooza Presents A Florida First!
10. 10th Magic Night in Iceland with Dave Jones
11. Daytona Festival of Magic
12. Cardistry Cubed Recently Won "Best in Show"
13. MINDvention 2017
14. 108th Salute to Magic Show
15. Disappearing Act: Bernard's Magic Shop Forced Online
16. FISM 2018 Open For Registration
17. e-zine Archives
18. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice
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1. Editor's Message
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Remember
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Editor@MagicNewZealand.com
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2. Scary Clown Sightings Spreading Across The United States
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Scary clown sightings: Video craze sweeps Twitter as mob
goes "hunting"
Mark
Molloy
6 October 2016 o 5:41PM
Creepy clown hysteria is spreading across the United States
and many have been capturing the unusual sightings of the
creepy jesters on their smartphones, including a recent
"clown hunt" at Penn State University.
The
@SpookyClowns Twitter account, which has amassed 160,000
followers, is sharing clips and photos of "scary clown
sightings".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/05/scary-clown-sightings-video-craze-sweeps-twitter-as-mob-goes-hun/
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3. 'Killer Clowns' Come To Canada
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After a wave of "creepy" clowns were spotted across
the United States late this summer, the phenomenon seems
to have migrated north to Canada.
"Killer
clown" sightings have been investigated by local police
in Gatineau, Quebec, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and
Bowmanville, Ontario, and more reports have spread on Twitter
and Facebook.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37567132
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4. Clairvoyants On Cover Of October Linking Ring
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Message by Dennis Schick, USA
The
October issue of The Linking Ring is now available on the
Website of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, and
is in the mail to all members who pay for it. The cover
story is one of the biggest successes in magic this year
-- The Clairvoyants -- Thommy Ten and Amelis van Tass. Read
about how they met, developed their act and have appeared
all over the world. There are twenty-two photos over the
eleven pages, including one showing Thommy with straight
hair (not the curly hair we know him by). They performed
at the I.B.M. Annual Convention in San Antonio in July so
for them to then finish second (they really should have
been first) in America's Got Talent, was a special treat
for all of us who saw them live.
Now
here's an idea which should spread to other campuses. In
"Smoke & Mirrors at Northwestern University,"
Robert K. Miller describes a club started by two local Ring
43 members, which gets students involved in learning and
performing magic for other students on campus.
Criss
Angel has a son with cancer. In an article entitled "Guardian
Angel," Simone Marron tells about his starting a foundation,
and his holding a fundraiser at his theater on September
12 to raise funds for pediatric cancer research and treatment.
This
is the last issue with continuing coverage of the I.B.M.
Convention in July in San Antonio. This issue includes articles
on the "Super Session", "The Linking Ring
Comes to Life," the late night lecture on "Tragic
Magic" by Joshua Jay, and two panel discussions, one
with six magicians who were on Penn & Teller's Fool
Us television show, and another about the twenty-five-year
history of the Mystery School, by Jeff McBride and Eugene
Burger.
The
Linking Ring is honored to have a stellar lineup of columnists.
This month, Kent Cummins tells us about "Making Money
With Magic" in his column, Marketing Magic; In "Cutting
Up Jackpots", Bev Bergeron discusses "Magic for
Children" Scott Hood writes about a solution to "No
latex" rules in hospitals in his The Therapy Of Magic
column; and Skip Way devotes his column Polishing The Rings
to "Packaging Lessons".
In
The Card Corner, Mike Powers shares his column with Chris
Wilcox, who bring us "Four-Peat Deceit" Andrew
Woo gives us "The Elevating of OTL" in his Simple
Diversions column; Chris Beason turns over his Situationally
Yours column to Josh Janousky, who give us "Alignment"
and In his Auto-Magic column Michael Breggar presents "Coining
MiraSkill.
In
the popular Hocus in Focus column, there are reviews of
eight new magic books, DVDs and tricks. Eleven people are
honored for their contributions to magic in this month's
Broken Wand. There are Ring Reports from fifty-five Rings.
For
more information on the I.B.M. and The Linking Ring, go
to www.magician.org
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5. IBM-SAM Combined Convention - Billy Topit Master Magician
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Message by George Schindler (US)
Louisville
Premiere of Billy Topit Master Magician to kick off IBM-SAM
Combined Convention!
July 2017 will be a home coming celebration for Louisville's
two most famous magicians - Lance Burton and Mac King -
to whom the IBM-SAM convention will be dedicated.
In recognition of this occasion, Lance Burton will present
the Louisville Premiere of his award winning film, Billy
Topit Master Magician, as the opening event of the IBM-SAM
Combined Convention next July 11. Joined by his fellow Louisville
native Mac King, Lance will be on hand for a red carpet
showing of the movie at the Kentucky Center's Whitney Theatre.
Billy Topit Master Magician took the Award for Best Family
Film at the 2016 Wild Rose Independent Film Festival. It
also won Distinctive Achievement Awards for Production Design,
Art Direction, Costumes, and Visual Effects. Lance also
won a Distinctive Achievement Award for Acting. Lance, Mac,
and Michael Goudeau, who is the co-screen writer and a featured
cast member, will be available for an interview and Q and
A session at the film's conclusion.
The premiere will be free to all registered attendees of
the convention and tickets will be sold to the public to
raise funds for local charities.
Don't miss this historic and IBM-SAM exclusive event. This
will be the only convention showing of this film in 2017.
This red carpet premiere brings a bit of Hollywood glamour
to the Louisville Combined Convention with stars, photo
ops, and a movie that all magicians will particularly enjoy
as they try to spot all the magician actors in the film.
Hi resolution photos on request.
ibmsamnews @gmail.com
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6. The Magic Word Podcast - How Garrett Thomas Looks At
Magic - Part Two
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Message by Scott Wells M.I.M.C. with Gold Star (USA)
In
this final podcast in a two part series, Garrett Thomas
continues to give us his perspective of how he looks at
magic. In particular, he discussed the fallacies in the
two well-known statements, "A magician is an actor
playing the part of a magician," and "For those
who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who
don't, no explanation will suffice." Garrett also talks
about why he doesn't incorporate comedy and jokes into his
routines. He also talks about the different restaurant venues
where he works including the old "Forks Hotel"
in Cheektowaga, NY, home of the F.F.F.F. Original Close-Up
Convention. He concludes by telling stories about consulting
for David Blaine and how he got the job.
You
can watch a video of Eddie Fechter at the Forks Hotel, see
some photos, read the blog, enter the contest, listen online,
subscribe to the podcast and download the MP3 file at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/325-garrett-thomas-part-two
You can also listen via your favorite podcast app. We also
have a couple reviews of tricks from Murphy's Magic Supplies.
Be sure to check out the Magic Shop online at The Magic
Word and help support the podcast with your purchases.
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7. Conveying and Using Personality - #418 - Kyle Peron
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Message by Kyle Peron (US)
magic4u02@aol.com
http://www.facebook.com/perondesign
http://www.kpmagicproducts.com
I posted recently on Facebook asking a simple question.
What is one of the best qualities or traits you feel makes
for a good magician and why? It was an interesting discussion
that brought about a lot of great answers and opinions.
However, one item kept coming up by many people. It is a
single word called "personality". It was so great
seeing so many folks give value to personality over other
things.
I really think personality is so underrated in magic today.
People just simply forget the power it has in everything
we do. A trick is just a trick. The people want to like
you. If you take the same trick and place it in the hands
of someone who has and conveys personality and then someone
who does not, it looks like a totally different effect to
a lay audience. It really is that stunning to see happen.
Tricks alone do not really mean anything by themselves.
A trick will not happen or work without the magician. Place
a deck of cards on a table and they are not going to start
doing an ACR routine by themselves. If they do, then start
to run real quick. It is YOU that makes the difference and
it is YOU that makes the magic happen. If this is the case,
then focus should be on you and not the prop or trick you
are presenting.
But what is it about you? It is your personality that really
makes the audience enjoy the experience and enjoy you in
the process.
I honestly feel that people want to be entertained way more
than they want to be fooled. People want to walk away having
had fun with the experience of what they just saw happen.
Take some of the best acts out there today. Take a look
at the ones that you really love to watch perform. It is
safe to say that you enjoy them because 95% of their act
is not solely based on the magic alone. There is more to
what they provide isn't there? The good entertainers are
that way because a majority of their act is interacting
with the audience in a comical entertaining way, engaging,
dialogue, connecting, talking. etc. It is the essence of
their personality that makes you enjoy what they do.
It is interaction and expressing personality. It is taking
the audience on a journey and getting them laughing and
having fun instead of just seeking the WOW only.
I think that is key. If you could take away the trick in
any performance, and safely say the routine is still entertaining,
then I think you have something. Take away the props and
the trick and then look at what that performer does. I can
safely say the entertainers that "get it" are
the ones who without any of these props, can still entertain
and audience and have them enjoying every minute of it.
This is the essence and importance of personality in magic.
There is a quote that was shared to be by my good friend
Dan Birch. Dan said the quote goes like this. "If they
walk away saying remember the trick that the magician did,
then I have failed. But if they say remember the magician
who did that trick, then I have succeeded." I was so
glad Dan shared this with me because it got me thinking
that it is your personality that makes them remember you.
I think that is a key to developing a likeable character.
Some magicians try to focus so much on the trick only that
they are void of any personality at all. I want the audience
remembering me not my deck of cards.
No one is saying not to have the tricks. What we are saying
is that the focus of any performance should not be on the
trick itself. The trick is just a prop. The focus should
be on personality and using that personality to truly take
the effect to an entertaining level. It is giving the audience
more to enjoy. You add personality into what you do and
I guarantee your audiences will thank you for it.
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.
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8. Marvin's Magic Takes Over Hamleys Display Windows
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Message by Lorraine Rosi | Project Manager
Marvin's
Magic Takes Over Hamleys Display Windows
There has been a real buzz of excitement down Regent Street
this September. The RIBA Regent Street Windows Project are
not the only eye-catching window displays drawing the crowds.
Passers-by have been mesmerized by the Marvin's Magic engaging
window display at Hamleys where holographic gloved hands
perform incredible magic before their eyes and entice them
to come in and experience the magic live and close-up.
More than 30 years ago, Marvin's Magic launched its first
internationally renowned magic department within Hamleys
London store and has ensured that the amazing magic tradition
at Hamleys has flourished. Its magic sets are consistently
amongst the best sellers and by cleverly combining the rich
heritage of magic with cutting edge technology, has not
only produced an award winning i-Magic range, but is attracting
quite an audience at its fascinating window display.
Marvin Berglas, award winning magician and Creator of Marvin's
Magic says "We are proud of our magical partnership
with Hamleys, inspiring and encouraging the next generation
of magicians through excellence in magic. It is always good
to see that we are still bringing magical smiles and wide
eyed amazement to children and adults alike. We can't give
away any secrets but our captivating window display at Hamleys
will certainly give passers-by a real treat and if they're
lucky, they may even see me lose my head!"
Marvin's Magic shop windows can be seen at Hamleys stores
in Glasgow, Dublin, Manchester, Cardiff, Lakeside and also
throughout Scandinavia. There will be various ongoing Marvin's
Magic demonstrations, promotions and events in all their
stores internationally including the latest huge superstore
just opened in Prague and Nanjing, India.
Definitely not one to be missed, so visit Hamleys before
the end of October to watch Marvin's Magic up to its tricks
again.
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9. Magicpalooza Presents A Florida First!
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Message by Dan Stapleton (US)
Florida
Close-Up (and parlour) Conference & Competition
May
12-14, Orlando, Florida
$2500
in cash prizes to the top six contestants
Headliners
include:
Jon Racherbaumer (Special Guest)
Dan Fleshman (Hospitality Engineer)
Kostya Kimlat (He fooled Penn & Teller)
Jon Armstrong (from Penn & Teller-Fool Us)
Jim Vines (2016 IBM Gold Cups winner)
Jafo (The Curator of Mystery)
Chastain Criswell (Traveling Magician)
Nathan Coe Marsh (from Penn & Teller Fool Us)
Antony Gerard (from the Netherlands)
Paul Hallas (from England)
Many
more to come...
Lectures, Forums, Shows and Dealers
All this for only $125 ($139 after March 1)
Kids
under age 12 free
Hotel rooms only $94.
Awards Banquet $33
Visit
www.magicpalooza.org
It's Florida! Make it a vacation!
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10. 10th Magic Night in Iceland with Dave Jones
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Message by Gunnar Kr. Sigurjónsson, MMC
The Magicians' Guild of Iceland
The
Magicians' Guild of Iceland, IBM Ring 371, will hold its
10th annual Magic Night on Wednesday 19th October 2016 in
Salurinn Concert Hall, Kopavogur. The doors open at 19:30
when a group of close-up magicians will walk around, showing
magic that actually happens in the spectators hands. At
20:00 hours the show starts on stage, featuring Jon Vidis
Jakobsson, Gunnar Kr. Sigurjonsson, reverend Petur Thorsteinsson,
Kristinn Karlsson
& Sindri Diego, Arnulfur "Eagle-Wolf" Hakonarson
and Kristinn Gauti Gunnarsson.
During
the intermission there will be even more close-up magic
in the halls and corridors and the show ends with the magic
of award winning magician: Dave Jones from England, who
is a Gold Star Member of The Inner Magic Circle. On Thursday
there will be the lecture of Dave Jones for the magicians.
Further
information from the Guild's president, jonvidis@tofrar.is.
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11. Daytona Festival of Magic
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Message by Harry Allen (US)
It's
Around The Corner!!
Daytona Festival Of Magic
November 4-5-6 2016
www.daytonamagic.com
Click on "convention"
You
Don't Want To Be Left Out!!!!
Just
Booked
Christopher Hart
He will be joined with:
Jon Armstrong (Fooled Penn and Teller)
Tony Chapek (America's funniest video)
Keith Fields (England)
Paul Gertner (Fooled Penn and Teller)
Karl Hein (TV magician)
Hellers (Illusionist)
Jay Mattiolli (Americas Got Talent)
Victor and Diamond Las Vegas-On Penn and Teller)
David Hira (Trade Show and all around Magician)
Scott Humston (Children's Magician world renown)
Tryy Lunceford (Magic Castle regular)
Erick Olson (Corporate Magician)
Harry Allen (Everything)
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12. Cardistry Cubed Recently Won "Best in Show"
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Message by Adam Mada (Australia)
Cardistry
Cubed recently won "best in show" for the Sydney
Fringe Children's program.
Cardistry
along with Adam Mada are being sent on a tour through India
courtesy of the Australian High Commission in November.
Related
press article here:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/arts/teens-making-magic-teen-illusionists-lucas-itrawan-and-ash-hodgkinson-show-their-skills-in-festival-show-before-their-first-international-tour-in-what-is-a-magical-career/news-story/dd8cb7fcf2927970a0b67fa35caee697
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13. MINDvention 2017
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Message by Danny Archer (US)
Mentalism
is extremely popular right now and many people wonder they
go to learn about this fascinating topic. MINDvention is
the only open mentalism convention in the US and the thirteenth
annual convention is coming up this November 13th - 15th
in Las Vegas, NV. The special guest of honor and recipient
of our Lifetime Achievement Award is Rick Maue.
For
one night only, Rick Maue is coming out of retirement to
present his show, "A Fine Li(n)e". As many folks
know, most of Rick's time is spent battling a series of
serious medical conditions. However, as a major part of
his ongoing therapy, Rick created this very unique play,
and he has been performing it in a very intimate parlor
setting in his own home.
"A
Fine Li(n)e" is a tasteful blend of autobiographical
monologue and mentalism. As Rick says, "The show is
certainly more Spalding Gray than Derren Brown ... but both
art forms are treated with great respect and presented with
pride." This will be your only opportunity to see Rick
perform "A Fine Li(n)e", unless you visit him
at his home in Pittsburgh. So make your plans now to see
his show in Las Vegas at MINDvention.
This
year, in addition to the lectures on effects and techniques
by performers; John Archer, Ted Karmilovich & Menny
Lindenfeld (plus more to be announced) we will be focusing
on the business and performing sides of mentalism.
Jamie
Salinas and Robert Allen -The Business Side of The Seance
Business.
Mindpro - Business Techniques for Mentalists
Bill Gladwell - Finding and Booking Your Show into Theaters
Willam Rader - Promoting your show and how to sell tickets
Joshua Lozoff -Theatrical Techniques for Mentalists
David Gerard - Performance of Mentalism
Plus more presenters to be announced.
There
will also be a show each night and two workshops being offered
the day after the convention.
Bob
Cassidy will be holding court in Jack's Irish Pub there
is a great dealer's room with all the latest props and effects,
and I can promise you three full days of mentalism and business
and performance techniques for mentalists. More info on
our website... MINDvention
Danny
Archer
MINDvention producer
www.mindvention.net
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14. 108th Salute to Magic Show
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Message by George Schindler (US)
"Salute
To Magic", the world's oldest continuing magic show
presented by the Parent Assembly #1 of the Society of American
Magicians will continue on April 8, 2017 at the Queens Theatre
in New York City.
Professional
acts may submit videos after contacting the producer Nina
Schindler at salutemagic@aol.com
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15. Disappearing Act: Bernard's Magic Shop Forced Online
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Australia's oldest magic shop and a mainstay of Elizabeth
Street for over 70 years, Bernard's is shutting (physical)
shop for good.
http://www.smh.com.au/video/video-news/video-victoria-news/disappearing-act-bernards-magic-shop-forced-online-20161004-4lfts.html
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16. FISM 2018 Open For Registration
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Message by Joan Caesar (Canada)
FISM
in South Korea
The
2018 FISM website is now open to take reservations. It will
be continually updated with information about the convention.
Now is the time to book your reservation in order to take
advantage of the lowest fee and to be given the best seat
possible for the Gala Shows:
www.2018fismbusan.com
I
look forward to seeing you there.
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