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Issue Number: #1490
Date: Sunday 27th January 2019
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. FISM 2021 In Québec City Canada
3. MAGIC Live 2019 Update
4. S.A.M. Preview of February 2019 M-U-M
5. Magician Is Accused Of Groping Children
6. Magic Festival In Holland
7. Lies Damn Lies! - John Carey #28
8. Canadian Tour Dates For Ted Outerbridge
9. Pre-Publication Sale Of Carey's Way!
10. The Assembly Convention 2019 - Brisbane, Australia
11. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice
12. E-zine Archives
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1. Editor's Message
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2. FISM 2021 In Québec City Canada
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Message by Renee-Claude Auclair (Canada)
I
would like to let you know that the 9th Edition of the Festival
de magie de Québec and the 7th Edition of the Concours
international de magie " Michel Cailloux " will
take place from May 2nd to 5th, 2019 in Québec City,
Canada. Our 2018 champion, Nikolai Striebel, from Germany
will be back with us to perform with the new champion.
It
is interesting to know that we will have an international
level jury in Québec for the contest so this will
be a great opportunity for the competitors to get comments
about their acts. Also we will give a total of $3500 Canadian
dollars to the winners.
For
the Festival, we will welcome great magicians from 8 different
countries. They will be performing on stage for the public
and for the magicians. They will also share lectures all
week-end long with the magicians attending.
So
we invite you to register and visit us from May 2nd to 5th,
2019, in Québec City.
For
more information about our artists and contest: https://www.festivaldemagie.ca
Finally
we would like to say that the registrations for FISM 2021
in Québec City are coming in on a regular basis.
We will publish information about the hotels by the end
of February, on our website, so keep in touch by registering
to our newsletter at www.fismquebec2021.com
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3. MAGIC Live 2019
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Message by Stan Allen (US)
With
80% of the spots already gone, MAGIC Live 2019 is on track
to sell out for the fifth year in a row. So once again,
the place to be this August 4-7 is Las Vegas!
There's still time to reserve your place, using one of our
convenient payment methods:
1. You can either make the full payment of $445 and be all
set, or
2. You can enroll in our easy payment plan: $165 deposit
by February 1st, then four monthly payments of $70 (plus
$2 processing fee).
By the way, MAGIC Live offers a lot more (and a little less):
More Talent - Well over 50 performers and presenters are
booked each year at MAGIC Live, which means you'll see more
talent (twice as much) than at other conventions!
More Theaters - We build custom venues for our close-up,
parlor, and specialty shows, which means you see more of
the convention live, rather than on a video screen in one
big room!
More Vendors - The largest dealer room in North America
(close to 60 vendors), which means more shopping opportunities
for all of us!
More Magicians - Besides yourself, there are 1,599 other
attendees at MAGIC Live, which means you'll see more magicians
you know and more magicians you want to meet!
Less Expensive - Even though our registration rate is a
little higher, our room rate at The Orleans is a lot less!
When you combine registration and hotel, MAGIC Live is one
of the best convention bargains of 2019.
Hope you can join us. Surprises await!
http://www.magicconvention.com/register-now
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4. S.A.M. Preview of February 2019 M-U-M
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Message by Lindsay Smith (US)
"Mario Marchese: Magic's Punk Rock Peter Pan Philosopher"
by Chloe Olewitz is February's cover feature. Covering his
life, magic performances, meeting fellow adventurer Katie
Rosa, and Arduino (which you'll learn about) is a lot to
fit into just eight pages, but this article is a great start.
"The Torn & Restored Streamer" by Mario "The
Maker Magician" Marchese follows with a unique torn
& restored effect explained and illustrated with 19
(count 'em) photos to make everything clear.
Of course you know the name Mandrake but, no, this is not
the Mandrake you're thinking of. And no, it's not that one,
either! This is "Narda Mandrake: Dancer, Assistant,
and Magician," written by yet another Mandrake, Lon.
Yes, Narda and Leon Mandrake began performing together and
married in 1940. You'll enjoy reading about their performances
and life together by Lon Mandrake, the son of Leon, a.k.a.
Mandrake the Magician.
SAM's National President Ron Ishimaru devotes the majority
of his "From the President's Desk" column to recognizing
a number of SAM members who are significantly involved in
the Society of Young Magicians organization, the SYM. These
young magicians are the up-and-coming lifeblood of our organization
and these dedicated members are moving that objective forward.
Ron also highlights Brian South and Michael Rosander who
were presented the Presidential Citation at the Discover
Magic DMC2019 "Fun DUH Mentals" gathering in Las
Vegas in November 2018.
Our Dean George Schindler continues his remembrances of
Frank Garcia over the years in "Remembering Garcia
2" in "The Dean's Diary." The article begins
with Frank's athleticism in high school and his dreams and
becoming a prize fighter, and concludes with their publishing
partnership, Million Dollar Productions, and coauthoring
numerous magic books.
Just when you think you've experienced every possible mishap
in your show, "Illusions of Grandeur" columnist
David Seebach assures you that you probably haven't, based
on two experiences that happened to him since he wrote his
last column. These will get your attention. In the second
half of his column, he writes about two well-known illusions:
the Mysterious Duck Production prop, and Where Do the Ducks
Go?
In Brian Lees' column, "Taking the Stage," he
suggests that music is an element that can take a magician's
performance to the next level. Brian explains that magicians
use music in two postures - the first as background, the
second is to choreograph magic. His examples for both are
worth your attention.
Paul Draper addresses the pros and cons of "Strolling
Mentalism" and the challenges of various strolling
venues in his "On Second Thought…" column.
Says Paul, "Strolling is a fantastic up-sell when added
to any stage show you have already booked." Dozens
of examples abound when you're considering a strolling gig.
Kien Meng Wee, also known as Mr. Bottle, suggests differentiating
yourself from the competition by theming your show from
magic to, perhaps, a Superhero or Magical Princess show.
His contributor to this month's "Magic in a Bottle"
column is Patrick Wan who shares his presentation of the
Superhero Levitation.
"No Smoke, No Mirrors" columnist David Corsaro
continues his real world marketing advice for magicians,
this month emphasizing setting realistic and measurable
goals, and avoiding those "marketing experts"
who sell marketing courses that have potentially unrealistic
promises. How will you define success?
Cinde and Dal Sanders open their "TV or Not TV"
column with a back-and-forth dialogue about being always
on. From there, Dal takes over and explains what happened
recently and why. Call it being "always on," or
being "camera ready," or "being a magician
24/7." He promises to always be ready in the future.
And you?
"Tech Tricks" columnist and SAM's tech wizard
Bruce Kalver recommends two more wonderful magic apps that
are available in Magic Tricks by Mikael Montier. Need an
opener for your strolling gigs? Bruce's third recommendation
is The Momentum Tie that glows or pulses and absolutely
begs people to start up a conversation with you.
Books, tricks, DVDs, and Miscellaneous effects all receive
well-considered reviews from well-posted magicians in "Shop
Talk," a monthly go-to feature that looks at what's
new on the shelves. The evaluations range from "this
could go into your show," or maybe "this is for
you" or maybe not," or "maybe you should
think twice about ordering."
If you have read Norman Beck's columns over the years, you
should know by now that you should never place a bet, wager,
or gamble with him. You will lose. In this month's "Thoughts
on Thinking," he provides an excellent example using
a simple coin flip. This happened in Las Vegas. Norman calls
it a business transaction. You can call it what you will.
In addition to these regular features and columnists, there
are a dozen-plus pages of "Assembly Reports,"
and membership information, "Broken Wands," and
under "Diversions," another "Magic IQ Quiz"
from PNP Dick Bowman, "MagicWORDDoodles," "1-2-3-Go,"
and "Basil the Baffling and Chloe" by Alan Wassilak.
As always, our advertisers would enjoy knowing that you
saw their ad in M-U-M.
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5. Magician Is Accused Of Groping Children
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Message by Peter Phillips (US)
Boston
5 News:
Weymouth,
Massachusetts. - A Weymouth man working as a magician is
accused of groping children between 1998 and 2009.
David
Hussey, who goes by stage name of David Oliver, faced a
judge on Wednesday. Bail was set at $2,000 cash.
Hussey
is charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery
on a child over 14 and one count of indecent assault and
battery on a child under 14.
https://www.boston25news.com/news/weymouth-magician-accused-of-groping-children/908880997
Magician
Arrested For Alleged Indecent Assaults On Magic Class Students
In Early 2000s
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/01/23/magician-arrested-weymouth-david-hussey-magic-classes/
Weymouth
magician arrested on Rockland sexual assault charges
https://www.wcvb.com/article/weymouth-magician-david-hussey-known-as-david-oliver-arrested-on-rockland-sexual-assault-charges/26011954
Weymouth
magician charged with abusing students
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20190123/weymouth-magician-charged-with-abusing-students
Weymouth
magician accused of sexually assaulting young students during
magic classes
https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/01/weymouth-magician-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-young-students-during-magic-classes.html
Magician
accused of indecently assaulting kids during magic classes
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/01/23/magician-accused-indecently-assaulting-kids-during-magic-classes/D6EnLyBG6iEMT3xr7TzATJ/story.html
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6. Magic Festival In Holland
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Message by C Ros (Holland)
English
spoken Magic Festival in Holland with new concept
In
Holland a team of enthusiastic young magicians is organizing
the Dutch Festival of Magic 2019. This team has been experimenting
with the concept of conventions over the last couple of
years. Talking about a medical convention where you expect
doctors and nurses a magic convention seems to be oriented
more towards magicians than towards the general public.
However,
magicians exist thanks to the public. The Dutch decided
not only to change the name convention into festival, which
sounds much more inviting to the public, but also tried
to find elements that are appealing to the younger magic
generation, that is used to the speed of internet and social
media. Although most of the usual modules of any convention
are still part of the festival, the Dutch introduced what
they call MagicTED, short presentations by different magicians
each presenting a subject of maximum 13 minutes.
The
general public can still come and watch an evening gala,
this year with international stars like former world champions
Scott & Muriel, Alana and many others, but a very new
element is the International Hans Klok Trophy (HKTC) Competition
for Young Magicians (under 19). The competition is named
after the famous Dutch illusionist, who is this year starting
with his own show in Las Vegas.
After
two trials of this HKTC in 2017 and 2018, where Hannah from
Japan won the first trophy and Luna from S-Korea the second,
this year's HKTC is going to be really big. The beautiful
fairy tale like venue De Reehorst in the town of Ede is
the place to be from 30 May - 1 June 2019. The jury for
the HKTC will consist of well-known people like Boris Wild
(France), Andrea Baioni (Italy) and Vadim Savenkov (Russia).
Also
interesting is the working language. Where most countries
organize a convention or festival in their native tongue,
in Holland the working language is English, opening up the
festival for the whole world.
The festival also includes 'The Dutch Open', allowing magicians
from any part of the world to participate in the national
OPEN championships and try and win the Festival Grand Prix.
For
all information about this unique Dutch Festival of Magic
and the Hand Klok Trophy Competition go to www.dutchfestivalofmagic.nl.
Contestants for the 'Dutch Open' and the HKTC are to apply
before 1st April 2019.
For
more information you can contact c.ros@chello.nl
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7. Lies Damn Lies! - John Carey #28
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Message by John Carey (UK)
https://carey-scene.com/jc-main
The
lie detector plot is deservedly considered a classic of
close up card magic, and there are some truly superb versions
in print. What makes the effect so strong are the choices
the spectator gets to make and the ensuing entertainment
value the effect can generate.
What
I offer here makes an ideal opener. It makes wonderful use
of what's become known as the Matsuyama Petal force, which
with playing cards is a way of forcing one of two words.
My friend John Bannon uses it in an effect called Petal
to the Metal in his book Destination Zero. The actual force
was published with applications by Steve Beam in Semi Automatic
card tricks, volume 4.
Set
the Jack of Clubs, Hearts and Spades at positions 1,6 and
11 from the top of the deck. Place the Jack of Diamonds
on the face of the deck and you are good to go.
"I'm
sure most of you here have heard all about the polygraph
machine or lie detector. It's used by law enforcement agencies
around the world to determine whether a suspect is lying
or telling the truth. It's a highly sophisticated, very
expensive piece of equipment. But: did you know that a deck
of cards can be used as a lie detector? Much less expensive,
can be carried in your pocket and usually gives remarkably
good results. Let's put it to the test with you today Raj!"
Remove
the deck and false shuffle retaining your set up. Push off
a packet of five cards from the top and table them. Then
push off five more and table them to the right of the first
packet. Finally push off another five cards and table them
furthest to the right of the row, forming three packets,
each with a Jack on top.
This
is done as you make your opening commentary.
Swing cut a few small packets into your left hand, leaving
about a dozen cards in your right hand. Place this packet
(with the Jack of Diamonds on the bottom) on top of the
packet in your left hand, securing a little-finger break
beneath it. Execute a dribble force to your break as you
say you want Raj to put the thought of a card in his mind.
Raise the upper packet and show him the force card.
Assemble
the deck, keeping a little-finger break beneath the selection.
Pause a beat as you ask him to lock the image of that card
in his mind, then casually double undercut the forced selection
to the bottom and execute a slip shuffle retaining it there.
Table
the deck and ask your helper to cut off a fair sized packet.
You then pick up the remainder and place them on top, but
offset at an angle, setting up Max Holden's classic cross-cut
card force.
"So,
Raj, you are thinking of a card. These three small packets
of cards on the table are our lie detector. I will simply
ask you three questions and you may lie or tell the truth."
Ask
the spectator if his card is red or black? Whatever his
answer, pick up the packet on the left in readiness for
the Matsuyama Petal force: Deal the top card to the table
as you say "black" (opposite colour of force card)
and then place the next card underneath the packet as you
call out "red". Repeat this deal and duck procedure
with the remaining cards of the packet as you call out black,
red, black, red and drop the final card on top.
The
last colour you call will, by nature of the maths of the
deal, be the colour of their card (in this case red). Explain
that this technique shows the true colour and, depending
on his answer, comment on how the lie detector tells us
he is either lying or telling the truth.
Pick
up the next packet of the row and repeat exactly the above
process after asking him whether he is thinking of a Heart
or a Diamond? Be sure to call out the opposite suit to the
Diamond as you deal the first card and continue the duck
and Deal. Have some fun with the results here.
Pick
up the remaining packet and ask your helper whether he is
thinking of a number card or a picture card? He can again
be truthful or Lie. Carry out the petal force as before,
dealing the top card to the table as you call out number,
then ducking the next card underneath as you call out picture.
Continue and drop the last card on top, successfully forcing
the word picture.
"Well
we've had some fun there with your answers, Raj! You were
truthful only once but the lie detector found you out. For
the first time, tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth! What card are you thinking of?"
After
he says Jack of Diamonds, slowly reach over to the remainder
of the deck and slowly lift off the upper offset packet
from above with the right hand. Slide out the bottom card
and place it on his hand. A moment later have him turn it
over to reveal his 'thought of card'.
To
finish the piece, slowly turn over the three 'lie detector'
packets to disclose the other Jacks and bring the trick
home.
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8. Canadian Tour Dates For Ted Outerbridge
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Message by Joan Caesar (Canada)
February
2, 2019 - The Grand Theatre - Kingston, - www.kingstongrand.ca/
February
3, 2019 - Flato Markham Theatre - Markham, - www.markhamtheatre.ca/
February
12, 2019 - Luseland Homecoming Hall - Luseland, SK - www.townofwatrous.com/ArtsCouncil.php
February
13, 2019 - Watrous Civic Centre - Watrous, SK - www.facebook.com/LuselandArtsCouncil/
February
14, 2019 - Hudson Bay Allied Arts Council - Hudson Bay,
SK - www.townofhudsonbay.com/default.aspx?page=5
February
15, 2019 - CJVR Performing Arts Theatre - Melfort, SK -
www.facebook.com/Melfort-Arts-Council-1528906224086245/
February
16, 2019 - Maurice Taylor Performing Arts Theatre - Tisdale,
SK - www.facebook.com/TisdaleArtsCouncil/
February
23, 2019 - Morinville Community Cultural Centre - Morinville,
AB - www.morinville.ca/what-s-on/live-at-the-ccc/ticket-sales
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9. Pre-Publication Sale Of Carey's Way!
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Message by John Carey (UK)
Absolutely
thrilled, stoked and delighted to announce the pre-publication
doors are now open to my brand new book, Carey's Way! Head
over now to the website now to check it out, where you will
find full information of content plus multiple video demonstrations
and much more. The books are expected to ship out worldwide
on January 25th.
The
book is over 180 pages hardbound and crammed with 80 plus
effects covering card magic, coin magic and Mentalism. I
genuinely believe this to be my best work to date. A massive
thanks to Phill Smith for his amazing design and I.T work
on this project. I can't recommend his work enough.
The
book will retail at £35 but those people pre ordering
now can buy it for just £30 plus shipping! But theres
more. Everyone who pre orders will receive the ebook edition
of my previous book, Me, My Cards and I totally free of
charge! There's a free sample of 3 of the effects on the
site too. Here's the website for ordering: www.careysway.co.uk
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10. The Assembly Convention 2019 - Brisbane, Australia
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Message from Sean Piper (Australia)
June
21, 2019 - June 23, 2019 · Eatons Hill Hotel ·
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Here
at The Assembly HQ, we're putting the finishing touches
on our Saturday night stage show which promises to be a
spectacular line-up of both local and international talent.
If
you haven't already registered for the convention, what
are you waiting for? The EARLY BIRD RATE is available only
until the END OF JANUARY 2019, and includes no less than:
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4 x lectures
- 3 x intensive workshops
- 2 x world class stage shows
- 1 x amazing venue
https://www.theassemblycon.com.au/
Numbers
will be limited due to the size of the venue, so ensure
you get in early or you might miss out!
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