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Issue Number: #1446
Date: Sunday 6th May 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 Magic Magazine Edition 46
3. Moi-yo Miller's 103 Birthday
4. The Magic Word Podcast - Magic Theaters Redux
5. Monday Night Magic Schedule (June)
6. Conveying And Using Personality - #486 - Kyle Peron
7. The Magic Of Johnny Thompson - Second Printing
8. Georges Méliès: France's Magician Of Early Cinema
9. Potter & Potter Auctions' April 28th, 2018 Magic Memorabilia
10. FISM Korea 2018
11. GeniiCon - Sydney, Australia
12. E-zine Archives
13. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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If you would like to read the Magic New Zealand e-zine in a HTML format
go to: http://www.magicnewzealand.com/ezine-archive/2018-Jan-to-Dec-2018/1446-May02-2018.html

If you would like to write a regular column for Magic New Zealand or
have some magic news drop me a line:
Editor@MagicNewZealand.com

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2. Vanish Magic Magazine Edition 46
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Message by Paul Romhany - Editor Vanish Magazine

Feature artist is Maddox Dixon - a name many may not be familiar with and Vanish is proud to introduce him to the magic world. Maddox has opened for the likes of Cold Play amongst other notable artists. We predict we'll be hearing big things from him in the very near future.

AMA Awards in photos - 2 page spread with all the photos from the event
Jeff Christensen - Magic and Education
Chris Philpot shares more ideas on 100th Monkey principle
Steve Valentine - 13 Tips for When You Mess Up
Harry Anderson Tribute by Ben Robinson
Jeff Hobson - video interview with Kevin James on creativity and The Illusionists
Colin Underwood - Street Performing
Ben Robinson - Wonderment
Jim Sisti - Regaining your Spark
Nick Lewin - Evolution of a Magic Show featuring Mistie and Kyle Night

Tricks by Chris Philpot, and Andrew Musgrave

Review of the latest magic tricks
News and more ….

www.vanishmagazine.com - free to download the digital copy or read online or buy a printed hard copy.

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3. Moi-yo Miller's 103 Birthday
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Message by Phil Temple (US)

Moi-yo now lives in Chomley House in Australia, a full care retirement home, and while she has dementia, she greets each day with a smile.

She reportedly doesn't recognize friends or family members anymore, but she's doing as well as can be expected for a lady of her age; 103 years old!

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4. The Magic Word Podcast - Magic Theaters Redux
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star

This week on The Magic Word Podcast we bring back to producers of magic in theaters: John Sturk and Danny Archer of the Chicago Magic Lounge and Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater, respectively. They talk about their new theaters that were opened since they first talked about it on the podcast two years ago. Each has a unique spin on what they have created and how they market the theaters to get people in the door.

You can listen to the podcast at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/2018/5/3/422-magic-theaters-redux or you can hear it on iTunes, Tunein, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, and a multitude of other podcatchers.

We also congratulate the winners of the "Peek Pack" by Brian Gillis from our recent podcast by Gregory Wilson: Mark McDermott (Mark Alan) and David Woodrow. Congratulations, guys, and thank everyone who entered. We had 100 entries but only two could win, so good luck to the rest of you on the next contest.

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5. Monday Night Magic Schedule (June) - New York
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Message by Peter Samelson (USA)

Monday Night Magic June Schedule (All performers subject to change)

June 4th: Alexander Boyce, Francis Menotti, Michael Chaut; MC Todd Robbins
Close-up: Richard Cohn, TJ Tana

June 11th: David Corsaro, Chris McDaniel, Eric Dittelman; MC Ben Nemzer
Close-up: Noah Levine, Brandon Williams

June 18th: TJ Tana, Jeff Moche, Eran Raven; MC David Corsaro
Close-up: Michael Chaut, Patrick Davis

June 25th: Michael Karas, David Oliver, Harrison Greenbaum; MC Todd Robbins
Close-up: Eric Brown, Matias Letelier

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6. Conveying And Using Personality - #486 - 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

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 really 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 kylekellymagic@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you.

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7. The Magic Of Johnny Thompson - Second Printing
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Message by Julie Eng

We are pleased to announce that, with the sell-out success of The Magic of Johnny Thompson, Magicana is now preparing a second printing of this historic book.

But, it will take a little time, because Johnny wants to make sure the reprint is the same as the first, which means he is going to sign each copy, just as he did before. Johnny is that kind of a guy-he doesn't want to disappoint anyone.

So please hang in!

While we don't have a final delivery date for this second run - because of the personal touch Johnny is giving each copy - we can say that we will aim for delivery in July.

MORE: www.magicana.com/thompson

Thank you to everyone for the tremendous support for the book.

We will be sure to update you as soon as we have more to share!

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8. Georges Méliès: France's Magician Of Early Cinema
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Article forwarded by Peter Wilson (US)

Independent

Georges Méliès: France's magician of early cinema who sent a rocket to the moon.

Pioneering silent filmmaker specialised in steam punk imagery and innovative effects taking inspiration from stage illusions, Jules Verne and HG Wells.

French filmmaker Georges Melies (1861-1938) is the subject of today's Google Doodle, the first ever presented as a 360-degree VR animation.

Melies is an entirely fitting subject for this innovative new approach.

An illusionist and stage magician before he turned his hand to cinema in its earliest days in belle epoque Paris, he was an extraordinary visual stylist and technician who is still much admired a century on.

Best known for the unforgettable image of a scowling celestial body annoyed that a rocket ship has crashed into its eye in A Trip to the Moon (1902), Melies was most recently seen in Martin Scorsese's film Hugo (2011) where he was played in old age by Sir Ben Kingsley.
He was born in 1861, the son of luxury shoemakers who - after attending the prestigious Lycee Louis-le-Grand, completing military service and serving an apprenticeship as a clerk in London - shunned the family business to work as a conjurer at the Theatre Robert-Houdin in Paris.

Here, Melies developed a fondness for stagecraft and visual effects, working with mechanical automata, trapdoors and lighting, eventually selling his boot factory shares to his brothers and buying the theatre outright.

After seeing the Lumiere Brothers sensational moving picture camera in action in 1895, Melies rushed out to establish his own studio and began making films that featured clever illusions and tricks created by experimenting with double exposure, cutting and rewinding, building on his theatrical innovations.

Using elaborate painted sets akin to those of Paris's music halls, Melies was a true pioneer who played a key role in the evolution of cinematic technique and the medium's storytelling grammar.
He also had an acute sensitivity for the sort of blockbuster spectacle audiences would be attracted to.

Specialising in horror and steam punk science fiction, taking inspiration from the fiction of late Victorian visionaries Jules Verne and HG Wells, his most famous film remains A Trip To The Moon, which starred acrobats and dancers from the Folies Bergere and the Chatelet ballet.

As fantastic as this is, perhaps even more extraordinary is the later Tunneling The English Channel (1907), in which he effectively predicted the advent of Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel.

Other celebrated works including The Vanishing Lady, The Haunted Castle (both 1896), The Astronomer's Dream (1898), Bluebeard (1901), The Impossible Voyage (1904), The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) and Baron Munchausen (1911).

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/georges-melies-
filmmaker-silent-cinema-moon-rocket-paris-vr-google-doodle-a8333896.html

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9. Potter & Potter Auctions' April 28th, 2018 Magic Memorabilia
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Message by Potter & Potter (US)

I am delighted to share with you the results of Potter & Potter Auctions' Magic Memorabilia event, held on April 28, 2018 in the company's Chicago auction gallery.

This annual signature sale included an astounding array of magic related apparatus, ephemera, books, and advertising from the late 1800's onward.

Please see the attached press release and highlight images for more information.

Gabe Fajuri, President of Potter & Potter Auctions, is happy to speak with you about this sale. He can be reached at info@potterauctions.com or 773-472-1442.

My contact information is below if I can be helpful in any other way.
Cheers and best,
Rebekah Kaufman

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10. 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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11. GeniiCon - Sydney, Australia
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Message by Kent Blackmore (Australia)

With only six weeks before GeniiCon starts in Sydney, registrations have been going great guns! There's still time to book but you should be quick. As well as our previously announced guest artists, Greg Britt, Christian 'CardShark' Schenk, Melbourne's Nick Kaye, and Matt Falloon will add to the amazing lectures, performances and business-focus talks.

Lots of dealers, an amazing venue and days packed with magic! www.geniicon18.com

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12. 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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