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Issue Number: #1533
Date: Sunday 22nd September 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. Magician's Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property
3. Wizard Product Review - News & Reviews
4. FISM-North America
5. Derren Brown: Secret On The Magic Word Podcast
6. Hypnosis - John Carey #54
7. AMA Performing Schedule October
8. GC Magic 2019, Convention, Gold Coast, Australia
9. Magic Music Series 2 Is Now Out
10. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
11. E-zine Archives
12. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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have some magic news drop me a line:
Editor@MagicNewZealand.com

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2. Magician's Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property
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Own Your Magic: A Magician's Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property Paperback - 6 Sep 2019

by Crasson Esq., Sara J. (Author)

If magic is your business, or if you are tired of seeing other performers copy the products of your hard work, it is worth considering what you can do to protect your intellectual property. In Own Your Magic, lawyer/magician Sara Crasson explains the benefits and limitations of patents, copyrights, and trademarks and gives you the tools to take action and protect your work. The foreword is contributed by David Copperfield.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Own-Your-Magic-Protecting-Intellectual/dp
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3. Wizard Product Review - News & Reviews
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Posted by David Penn on Facebook

David Penn, Sean Heydon and Wayne Fox take a look over some of the effects that have been sent over for review.

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Close Up Pads/Mats from https://www.propdog.co.uk/PropDog-Pro…/Propdog-Close-up-Pads
TimeLine by Patrick Kun from https://apps.apple.com/…/timeline-travel-back-…/id1474422612
From Your Favourite Murphy's Magic Dealer:
Lucid Dream by Jason Yu
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Download Vanish Magazine At http://www.vanishmagic.com

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4. FISM-North America
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Message by Joan Caesar (Canada)

Register at www.fismna2020.com for FISM North America before September 30 to get the best rate of $275.00 USD, if you're a FISM member. If you're interested in competing at FISM in 2021, FISM North America is the only way to gain a spot.

This is once again a Combined Convention with the Festival de Magie de Quebec and the Canadian Association of Magicians. Competing members of these groups will qualify for additional awards.

25 contestants in each of stage and close up will be selected to compete. When your act is ready, submit the video of your act when you register online or as soon as it is ready and no later than February 16, 2020 at 10:00 pm EST. Five preliminary judges will view your act and decide the qualifying contestants.

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5. Derren Brown: Secret On The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star

This week The Magic Word Podcast microphone travels to Broadway in New York City to see the new show: Derren Brown: Secret. We were part of the Press Team that got to see the show during opening week and we must say that he is a sensation and a "must see" show for magician/mentalist or layman alike. He is witty, handsome, commanding and appeals to the sophisticated, esoteric, demanding New York audience.

This week you come along with us as we travel to New York City then board the subway to travel to the historic Cort Theatre where Doug Henning had his "Magic Show" from 1975-1978 for an historic run. Now Derren Brown shares the same star dressing room used by Doug Henning. We also get to talk briefly with Derren on stage after the show then with one of the producers who tells the long, multi-year journey this show has made from London to Broadway.

You can see some videos promoting his show (including some effects done in the show), read the blog, see some candid photos, listen to the podcast, and download the MP3 file at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/518-derren-brown-secret And be sure to enter this week's contest for the new Nick Trost book, "Subtle Card Creations Volume 7" offered by Charlie Randall of H&R Magic Books. A copy of this book will be randomly awarded to six lucky listeners. Details on the website.

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6. Hypnosis - John Carey #54
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Message by John Carey (UK)
https://carey-scene.com/jc-main

Shaun McCree

This is a sandwich effect which has its inspirational roots in Alan Akkerman's 'Face Lift', which was published in my 1995 lecture note 'Stand-up Walkaround In The Hands Card Magic For Real People In The Real World' and also appears on my 'Mix & Mingle' DVD set from RSVP.

Like most of my material, it is done 'from a shuffled deck in use' and takes place entirely in the hands. I have been using it quite a lot lately in a walkaround cocktail party environment, where it is perfectly safe to hand a packet of cards to an obliging spectator as their other hand is usually occupied with holding a glass. Remove the red Jacks from the deck, place them face-up onto the face-down deck, and cut off the top half of the deck, handing it to a spectator for a moment.

Spread the other half of the deck faces towards you, explaining that you will reverse a card - and that they don't need to know which card it is just yet, but just to be aware that a card has been reversed. As this is said, reverse a card in the centre of the fan (any card) lowering it so that its face remains unseen by the spectators. As the cards are squared, the reversed card must be secretly righted, and many options are open for this - Marlo's 'Centre Reverse' or Bruce Cervon's 'Invisible Reverse', for example, but as any method of righting the card is suitable, I won't go into the detail of any one technique here.

The packet is now placed on a spectator's hand face down, as you swap packets with the spectator. The Jack's half is now taken up and you explain that the Jacks have been selected since their design resembles those hypnosis discs which used to be advertised in comics in the heady days of Ellisdons (before the Advertising Standards Authority) and for actually finding and sending me a couple of which,

I am indebted to George Woo! If I feel in the mood I may perform the spin where the card is spun on the tip of the second finger as a simulation of a hypno disc. However, as this preposterous claim is made, the right-hand lifts off the top three cards, the left thumb draws the top card back square onto the deck, and the rightcard(s) placed square on top. This is a standard displacement action.

Explain that the spectator is now to look at a card in your half. Take a little-finger break beneath the top card, and riffle down the packet with the left thumb for the spectator to call stop. When they do so, lift off only the top card in right hand Biddle grip as the left hand releases its thumb break and swings up to chest height, pushing over the top card for the spectator to note.

The left hand now swings back down drawing its top card back square as it does so and the right hand replaces its cards (actually a single card) onto the packet. As soon as it joins the packet, lift off about half of the packet in the right hand and dribble the cards back down onto the left-hand packet, then square up. This is Marlo's 'Bluff Sandwich' procedure from 'Marlo Without Tears', and the dribble replacement subtlety is, I believe, Roberto Giobbi's.

(The Bluff Force procedure works particularly well in a cocktail party environment, as people's hands are often busy with drinks, canapés and so on, so it would appear to be a courtesy to have them select a card without actually having to physically take one)

Now you tell the spectator that although he believes he has seen a card, he is actually under the influence of the Jacks. Here, you lift the top three cards off the deck, in Biddle grip. The left fingers draw out the lower card of the three into a fan. The left thumb momentarily clamps the fan to the top of the deck, allowing the right hand to retake the fan with thumb above and fingers below.

Explain that, under hypnosis, you hope to convince the spectator into believing that there is a card between the Jacks. As this is said, gesture towards the spectator with the deck, this larger action serving to cover the fact that you also spread the right-hand cards slightly to expose the face-down card in between the Jacks.

Now draw attention to the fan and the card. Turn the face-down card face-up and replace it between the two Jacks, saying "I don't know for sure if you can see a card, but if you can, it might look something like the one you looked at earlier..." Place the fan as it is back on top of the packet, and square everything.

Take the packet from above in right hand Biddle grip, and explain that although the spectator may see a card between the Jacks, there is in fact no card there at all. Here the left hand draws off the top three cards one at a time into the left hand, stealing back the selected card beneath the packet as this is done. The packet is now placed on top of the other half deck (handed to a spectator earlier) centralising the reversed section.

The three (actually two) cards are turned face-down and Hamman counted as three, stating that although the spectator may see three cards, there are only two (ENJOY THIS MOMENT because for once you're telling the truth and the spectator thinks you're lying, rather than the usual reverse!). This can also be a good moment to use Paul Harris' snapping technique, if you're familiar with it and conditions are appropriate, to simulate the sound of three cards.

Now snap your fingers, bringing the spectator out of his 'trance'.

Separate the two cards in as suspicious a manner as possible, before finally revealing that there are indeed only two cards. I generally turn the top card faceup, square it with the other, then undercut the lowermost card, turning it over and replacing it onto the other card and squaring - sort of simulating a Braue Reversal action with just the two cards. The idea is to make it look like a card might be being hidden by an awkward handling, keeping all the heat on the two Jacks, before you then simply spread the two cards to reveal there are only two - this also gives a moment of time misdirection, drawing attention away from the fact that the deck has been reassembled.

Call attention to the deck and remind the spectator that before you started you reversed a card...and that you don't know if the spectator saw a card, but that the card you reversed was the nine of Clubs (or whatever the selection was) and spread the deck to reveal that this is so.

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7. AMA Performing Schedule October
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September 30 - October 6, 2019
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
Jesse Dee
Early Performer
Nathan Kranzo
Late Performer
John George

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Alba
Late Performer
Ice McDonald
Palace Of Mystery
Rafael Van Herck
Diamond Diaz
Timothy Trust

Library Bar
Lauro Castillo
Thursday-Sunday

Peller Theatre
Chris Mitchell
Greg Wilson
Wednesday-Sunday

Friday Lunch
Nathan Kranzo

Sat. & Sun. Brunch
Parlour Kids' Shows
Greg Wilson

October 7 - October 13, 2019
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
Michael Mirth
Early Performer
James Galea
Late Performer
HM The King

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Handsome Jack
Late Performer
Santiago Michel

Palace Of Mystery
Eric Buss
Ivan Pecel
Danny Cole & Stacey

Library Bar
George Millward
Thursday-Sunday

Peller Theatre
Jade
Jonathan Levit
Wednesday-Sunday

Friday Lunch
Michael Mirth

Sat. & Sun. Brunch
Parlour Kids' Shows
Nancy Jean Gray

October 14 - October 20, 2019
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
John Kippen
Early Performer
Woody Aragón
Late Performer
Ferdinando Buscema

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Simone Turkington
Late Performer
Taylor Hughes

Palace Of Mystery
Larry Wilson
Steve Owens
Jody Baran & Kathleen

Library Bar
Bob Sheets
Thursday-Sunday

Peller Theatre
Albie Selznick
Andrew Goldenhersh
Wednesday-Sunday

Friday Lunch
Woody Aragón

Sat. & Sun. Brunch
Parlour Kids' Shows
The Amazing Geebo

October 21 - October 23, 2019
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
Misty Mew (M-W)
Early Performer
Paul Roffman (M-W)
Late Performer
Brian Ochab (M-W)

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Pop Haydn (M-W)
Late Performer
Phil Van Tee (M-W)

Palace Of Mystery
Piff The Magic Dragon (Mon-Tue)
David Kovac (Wed)
Mickey O'Connor (Wed)
Stoil & Ekaterina (Wed)

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8. GC Magic 2019, Convention, Gold Coast, Australia
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Message by Helen Coghlan

In 1978 Arthur Coghlan became a household name in Australia when he escaped from a locked 44-gallon drum on The Don Lane Show. Forty years later and no one has ever worked out how he did it. He'll be revealing the secret at GC Magic 2019, Magic Convention, Gold Coast, Australia.

17th-20th October 2019. You need to see it to believe it. Register now!!

www.gcmagic2019.com.au

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9. Magic Music Series 2 Is Now Out
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Message by James Laudermilk (US)

It's finally here folks! Since "Magic Music Series 1" was so popular I created "Magic Music Series 2" and it's up now! Royalty free magical music created just for Entertainers & Magicians by a Magician! Use this music for your shows, your videos, your websites! These Magical
soundtrack loops are anywhere from 5 - 5:30 minutes long and sound great looped.

Each music loop comes with both .m4a & .wav file formats for your convenience! This is the most diverse music I've created so far! I hope you enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed creating them! 1-minute demos are on the page also for you to listen to. There is something for
everyone in this music download! (Be on the lookout for Magic Music Series 3 coming soon!)

https://immersivemarketvr.com/my-services?olsPage=products%2Fmagic-music-series-two

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10. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
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Written by the late Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)

The Sixties
What a decade! Ten years of discovery - knowledge - experience, and fun.

My first Theatrical Agent was a lovely Scotswoman - Mary Throll - who was a singer in her own right. She owned Fuller's Entertainment Agency, which was the main Agency for artistes in Auckland. I haven't seen or spoken to Mary for years and years and .......... I found her phone number and gave her a surprise call the other day.

After the 'you'll never guess who this is' game, we had a wonderful chat about the 'good old days. She was so thrilled "you've made my day" she said. Mary said that she had been booking me for shows from late 1959, until she sold out to George Tollerton in March 1960; so, my magic abilities were far more advanced at that time, than I remember. Exactly 5 years later, in March 1965, Mary began the Throll Entertainment Agency, operating from the Strand Arcade, Auckland.

Amazing how you forget things/! Mary recalls my father bringing me into her office (at her request - she had heard about me from Jon Zealando), and that "you were very young". Well yes - I was 15, going on 16 (turned 16 on 13th (lucky for some) September 1960). That probably explains why I vaguely remember 'piddling' fees of 3 guineas (Three pounds and three shillings for those wondering what the hell a 'guinea' was) for shows. Veronica says that she was getting only £4.00 week for her 40 hours per week, first office job, so what the hell was I complaining about?

Mary Throll explained that she is at present writing her autobiography, due out later this year, she hopes, which is why she had the 'facts about me on hand'. "Oh, Tommy," she said "you were a little terror - and such a ladies' man in those days!" Who - ME? Naaaahhhhh!!

When George Tollerton the famous New Zealand ventriloquist, (see Page 11 of 'the Saga') took over the Fullers' Agency flag, in March 1960, he was then the main player for artists in Auckland - probably the whole of N.Z. Apart from the usual 'gigs' around town, the first major show he
booked me for was the 1960-61 Christmas/New Year concerts, at the Mount Maunganui Sound Shell with the HOWARD MORRISON QUARTET (New Zealand's most famous group). In fact - he booked just about all the artistes into the Christmas/ Holiday shows held in various resorts around the country.

You would move from one venue to another like a 'merry-go-round', as one show or artist moved out, another moved in - this went on for 2 - 3 weeks, over the entire holiday period. You sure learned how to handle and entertain huge audiences, (from 5000 up to 30,000, or more) in these
out-door (usually at night) concerts. 'Gee, they were good days', as my dear long-time buddy, Sally Metzger (nee Philips), put it recently.

The largest Live audience I personally performed for (excluding television- that's in the millions) a few years later (with my Hypnotism show), was in excess of 100,000 people at the Western Springs Stadium in the late 60s for the New Zealand 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS', run by the late BENNY LEVIN, (another well-known and respected Agent in Auckland - dealt mainly with bands and singers). Now, that was just a little overwhelming - standing on that huge stage, on my own, with only a microphone, and 100 chairs to back me up looking out at a never-ending 'sea of faces'. That's when all those years of experience 'playing' outdoor Christmas concerts, came to the fore.

When I joined the New Zealand Society of Magicians in Auckland Tony Wilson was the Editor of the Club Newsletter - many of which I've managed to keep all these years. I noted the other day (after blowing a mountain of dust off them), that in the June edition #14, 1961, Tony reported that I 'swallowed a sword' at the club - so I must have perfected that particular 'art', late 1960 - early 1961. Also, that I had performed my fire eating act December 1961, as he reported in the January 1962 newsletter #17 - so I must also have had that 'sorted' as well, sometime in 1960.

Next week, 1961-62. The 'TALENT TOPPERS TOUR' - Bed of nails, - Fire, and a little more of the Mime Act.

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11. E-zine Archives
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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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