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Issue Number: #1439
Date: Sunday 8th April 2018
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. Vanish Magazine 45 Is Out Now
3. April Linking Ring Salutes American Museum Of Magic
4. The Magic Word Podcast - Chip Romero - A Chip Off Of Doug Henning
5. Monday Night Magic Schedule New York (May)
6. The Children's Performer: A Kid at Heart - #482 - Kyle Peron
7. Potter & Potter Auctions
8. Looking For Information On Stephen Long (Peachy Keene)
9. Daytona Festival Of Magic
10. A History Of Magic eBook
11. FISM Korea 2018
12. Magic At The Tivoli - Sydney Australia
13. E-zine Archives
14. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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Editor@MagicNewZealand.com

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2. Vanish Magazine 45 Is Out Now
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Message by Paul Romhany - Editor Vanish Magazine

Latest edition of Vanish is out now. We feature Australian illusionist and dancer Anthony Street. His new ground-breaking magic/dance shows are really going where no other show has gone before.

Jeff Hobson The Illusionist Interview Series. A new series where Jeff interviews members of the cast of The Illusionists. This is a video interview and can be viewed on the digital copy. First guest is The DareDevil: Jonathan Goodwin

Mark James article on Cruise Ships and going back to work on them after a few years absence. It's a very unique take on a very popular venue for magicians.

We also continue with other regular articles, interviews, reviews and more plus lots of great magic tricks.

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3. April Linking Ring Salutes American Museum Of Magic
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Message by Dennis Schick (USA)

The cover story of the April issue of The Linking Ring, the monthly magazine of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, I.B.M., is a salute to the fortieth Anniversary of the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan. Rick Heath's fifteen-page article includes twenty-eight illustrations. This is a terrific article and it makes you want to make a special effort to visit the museum.

Other features of the April issue of The Linking Ring include: "Franco the Great," by Justin Style, about an artist/magician in Harlem, New York City, who paints blindfolded; "All is Grand," in which Randy Vander Wal gives a preview of what Grand Rapids, Michigan and the Grand Plaza Hotel offer those attending the I.B.M. Convention in July; and "Magic, Clowning, & Cartoons," by Rachel Struad, is the tale of Dal and Cinde Sanders of Dallas, Texas and their successful dual careers.

The Hocus Pocus Parade this month is from Paul Gordon, who brings us fourteen of his original card effects. This is his second One-man Parade for The Linking Ring. In Hocus In Focus this month, reviewers bring us their opinions of nine DVDs, books, and tricks new on the market. The Broken Wand pays tribute to fourteen people who helped spread joy and laughter over the years.

The Linking Ring has some of the best Columnists in magic. In the April issue you will find these Columns and columnists: Bev Bergeron's Cutting Up Jackpots asks us, "Which came first, the egg or the rubber chicken? This column is "More of the Beginning of Standard Magic." Skip Way's Polishing The Rings brings us "Video Lessons," about videos their Ring makes of magic lessons for Magic Youth Raleigh; Carlos Adriano's Connecting With Kids tells "In Praise of the Ridiculous," about getting down to the children's level; and Kent Cummins writes "Picture this: Video for Magicians," in his Marketing Magic column.

More Columns: "Comedy Script Writing" is the name of Dr. Lynn Miner's column, Magic Words Matter; Craig Bettien turns over his column, Petite Magia. to Eric Lewis, who gives us "Modern Curious Cubes;" Scott Humston's 2-Minute Tips this month is about "Entering the Stage;" this month Mike Powers gives his column, The Card Corner, to Terry Hedges, who gives us "Subliminal Persuasion;" in Simple Diversions, Andrew Woo delivers "Vanish of Liberty," a miniature version of the famous David Copperfield vanish of the real thing, in his column, Simple Diversions; Michael Breggar turns over his Auto-Magic column to Michel Potts, who gives us "Inexplicable;" and Dr. Lynn Miner explains "Assessing Ring Member Satisfaction" in his Ring Resources.

The Linking Ring is a benefit of membership in the International Brotherhood of Magicians. It is available in hard copy as well as electronically. For more information, go to www.magician.org.

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4. The Magic Word Podcast - Chip Romero - A Chip Off Of Doug Henning
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star

We all stand on the shoulders of giants. And there has been no more of a giant in our magic industry than the diminutive Doug Henning. In this week's podcast of The Magic Word, we are joined by noted Henning collector (and cruise ship magician), Chip Romero. He has arguably the largest collection of Doug Henning memorabilia in the world. And naturally, he is the foremost authority on Doug, too. Chip chats about his collection and debunks some Henning myths and sets the record straight on a few things, too.

You can see some photos of Chip and Doug Henning, read the blog, listen to the podcast, and download the MP3 file at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/415-chip-romero

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5. Monday Night Magic Schedule - New York Magic (May)
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Message by Peter Samelson (US)

May 7th: Mike Patrick, Christian Cagigal, Eric Dittelman; MC David Corsaro
Close-up: Michael Chaut, TJ Tana

May 14th: Torkova, Keith Fields, Eran Raven; MC Todd Robbins
Close-up: Noah Levine, Patrick Davis

May 21st: Alexander Boyce, Joel Ward, Michael Chaut; MC Ben Nemzer
Close-up: Eric Brown, Matias Letelier

May 28th: Ben Nemzer, Marcus Monroe, Chris Capehart; MC David Corsaro
Close-up: Mike Patrick, Jason Suran

(All Performers Subject To Change)

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6. The Children's Performer: A Kid at Heart - #482 - Kyle Peron
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Message by Kyle Peron (US)
magic4u02@aol.com
KyleKellyMagic@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/perondesign
http://www.kpmagicproducts.com

What got you into magic and performing for children? No, not the tricks you saw or the magician at your birthday party. I am also not even talking about the magic shop you may have gone to when you were a child or the magic set you got as a gift. What I am talking about is something deeper that I like to think we all share. What is it inside of us that make us realize that performing magic for children is not just something we want to do... but something we HAVE to do?

If you look deep inside yourself you can probably pinpoint a certain moment in time. A time perhaps when you realized that even if you never got paid to perform for children, you still would do it anyway because you just have that desire to entertain kids.

But I think something happens to many of us children's entertainers. We seem to forget what got us into children's magic in the first place. We seem to allow ourselves to get so hung up on the show and the routines and the business and all the aspects of what we do, that we forget why we are doing it in the first place.

I think this can be a big problem. The reason is that we then just go through the motions of the performance when there really is nothing there at all. There is no substance because your heart is not really in it. And the most important part of this is that the children know it. Children can read us adults better than we give them credit for.

So how can we stop ourselves from going down this path of forgetting who we are and why we do what we do? First, I think it is important for any children's performer to get in touch with the inner child inside of us.

The inner child is often hidden so much because as an adult we fear that touching base with our inner child is .. well childish and immature. We as adults feel that we cannot show our inner child because that is not what adults do. But as a performer we are forgetting something. We forget that we are entertainers first and magicians second. We are there to entertain the children in the best way possible. If this is true, then isn't this the perfect time to let your inner child out?

As a children's performer we are given a great gift of opportunity. Think about it. We are given the chance to act like a child again and to do so freely. We are given the opportunity to be silly and goofy and funny because we know the kids react positively to it and can relate so well to it.

It is also that inner child inside of us that we need to remember when we are performing. How many times have you done so many shows on the same day or the same week that you find your mind is just not where it should be? Probably a lot of you right now can recall times like this vividly. It happens to us all.

The problem is that if we are just going through the motions, are we really giving the children and the client the best show we can possibly give? It is times like this where we need to go back to remembering why we got into performing children's magic in the first place.

Every show you do for a child you really must learn to stop yourself for a second and think. If we think hard enough we can always remember that there is probably a kid in that audience that is seeing a magician for the very first time. The reality is when we realize that magician they are seeing for the first time is YOU! That is a very big deal.

When I perform for children I keep a few signs in my cases. One of them reminds me of this very fact. It helps me put my mind where it needs to be to make sure that child goes home thinking highly of the experience and of magic in general.

So why do you perform for children? Think about it long and hard and remember what your answer is before you perform your next kid's show. I think you will realize just how magical it really can be.

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 KyleKellyMagic@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you.

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7. Potter & Potter Auctions
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Catalog now online

Spring magic auction

Our Spring Magic Auction features two recently rediscovered Houdini scrapbooks. The auction also includes Houdiniana in a range of categories, plus a wide offering of magic books, posters, broadsides, ephemera, and vintage magic apparatus.

New for 2018!

Now you can bid live, online (with a 20% buyer's premium), at potterauctions.com

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8. Looking For Information On Stephen Long (Peachy Keene)
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Message by Dennis Schick (US)

Last month I learned of the death of Stephen Long (Peachy Keene). But I have not been able to find an official obituary on the Internet, or a funeral home or newspaper. Also funeral programs often have full obituaries. I am looking for the details usually found in obituaries: full name, date of death, where he lived, occupation, survivors, etc. If any of you have seen any of these, please send it on.

Thank you.

Dennis Schick, editor <crylds@att.net>
The Broken Wand, in The Linking Ring
International Brotherhood of Magicians

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9. Daytona Festival Of Magic
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Message by Harry Allen (US)

www.daytonamagic.com

https://www.daytonamagic.com/2018-convention.html

November 2-3-4 2018
Look who you will see...........
Jeff McBride
Joshua Jay
Losander
Andi Gladwin
Duane Laflin
Micheal Trixx
Naathan Phan
Sindy Skinless
Mickey Silver
Harry Allen
Mark Preslely
Scott Humston

People are registering from all over the world!

Great resort on the ocean-stage shows in a state of the art theatre.

Harry Allen
386-252-6767
800-346-2442

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10. A History Of Magic eBook
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Message by David John O'Connor (Australia)

With fraternal greetings from Brisbane. I have just completed an A 4 - 177 page manuscript titled " A History of Magic" that traces the lives and times of a number of early famous magicians and includes some current famous performers.

There are about 60 essays or stories including a number of black and white and coloured photographs that should appeal to fellow magicians who have an interest in magical history. I had initially intended to write it as a book but the cost to have books printed was prohibitive, so am making the manuscript available as an eBook. I have been working on the project for just over 2 years and as each story was completed I would forward it to Julian Mather's
magic forum at www.magictricksforkids.org where he placed them up on their website under their History of magic.

It was a labour of love but I enjoyed the challenge of research and writing the stories. Then I decided to write a book for myself and family but found it just too costly. I am charging $10 for the eBook download.

If this is of interest please email me: David John O'Connor davidjmagic@gmail.com

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11. FISM Korea 2018
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For the latest news on FISM Korea go to:

http://www.2018fismbusan.com/list.php?bbs_id=main_eng&cntry=_eng

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12. Magic At The Tivoli - Sydney, Australia
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Article forwarded by Bernard Reid (New Zealand)

For all event enquires call the Box Office on (02) 9677 4916

Saturday, June 9th, 2018 | 8:00 pm | Adults $25 | Children $15 | Tivoli Showroom

Buy tickets online:
https://tickets.rootyhillrsl.com.au/WEBPAGES/EntaWebEvent/EventSeatBlockPrices.aspx

A full evening of magic and grand Illusion for the whole family featuring, not one, but seven International magic stars!

For the first time ever at Rooty Hill, GeniiCon International Magician's Conference Sydney Australia presents a full evening of Magic and Grand Illusion.

We've gathered together not one, but seven International magic stars hailing from the USA, UK and across Australia and together they will present a hilarious and mind-blowing night of visually spectacular magic.

Never seen a lady sawn in half? Or classic magic where cards, balls and even doves seem to just materialise at the magician's fingertips?

We have all that and more besides; we even have Australia's top lady magician who channels Jeannie herself. We've got comedy magic too, from the funniest guys in the business.
You'll be super close to the action, these seven, multi-award-winning magicians have performed in the world's greatest showrooms from the six-star cruise lines of the Caribbean to the biggest stages in Las Vegas. This is your one and only opportunity to see them right here in Sydney.

Magic at the Tivoli is a fast and funny 2-hour show which is suitable for the whole family from the young to the young at heart! Don't delay, book today for Sydney's only grand magic spectacular.

The Magicians:
Levent hails from the United States and starred in the Hollywood TV series Masters of Illusion. His hilariously skillful act would normally be seen only on the five and six-star cruise ships of the Caribbean!

Jeannie - Sue Anne Webster is not only channeling Barbara Eden, she is authorised by the owners of the original show to perform her charming and amazing Jeannie magic act.

For something completely different, Silly Billy is New York's finest family magician. It might be icky and sicky, but he's a seriously silly guy.

Joel Howlett has won every magic competition across Australasia and this lead to him performing with his heroes on the grand stages of Las Vegas. His breathtaking skills will attack your senses.

Paul Richards is a major creative force in magic, not only does he invent some of the coolest tricks you've seen, he performs them for major corporations right across the United States.

Sean Taylor comes to us from the United Kingdom, (via Castle Hill). A witty and clever corporate performer who has been described as the best in his price range.

Brendan Montanner and his grand Illusion show Magic to the Max has been a firm Aussie favourite for more than 15 years. If you've seen a lady sawn in half before, wait until you see this guy and his glamorous assistants.

https://rootyhillrsl.com.au/entertainment/magicshow/

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13. E-zine Archives
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Back issues of the Magic New Zealand e- zine go to:
www.magicnewzealand.com click on the red button centre right "Archives"

When you enter the archive the e- zines are in issue order in folders for each year and are Coded, e.g. 001 Nov06 1999.txt first three numbers (001) denote issue number, then the date (Nov06) and the last figures the year (1999)

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