Magic New Zealand® E-zine

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Issue Number: #1535
Date: Sunday 6th October 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. Vanish Magic Magazine 63 - Another World Exclusive
3. Milbourne Christopher 2019 Awards
4. The Night Magic Show At NYC's Secret Museum
5. Midsection Force - John Carey #55
6. Milt Larsen's Magic Castle Cabaret - October Show Schedule
7. Special Offer For I.B.M. Members
8. Australian Gold Coast Magic Convention
9. Potter & Potter Auctions
10. Magic Music Series 2 Is Now Out
11. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
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 HTML format
go to: http://www.magicnewzealand.com/ezine-archive/2019-Jan-to-Dec-2019/1535-Oct06-2019.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 63 - Another World Exclusive
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Message by Paul Romhany - Editor Vanish Magazine

104 Pages - Free to download or read online OR purchase your hard copy from inside the magazine.

The October issue we feature Australia's most famous magician Cosentino. With this exclusive interview we were able to interview Cosentino and look through his warehouse and talk about his past and future projects. Also included are never before seen photos.

We also feature some great magic you can make and perform such as Louie Foxx's Floating Cellphone and a great Kids Trick by Colin Underwood using nothing but a paper bag.
Felicity Fields continues her wonderful series called "A Squib in the World."

Nick Lewin writes a very important piece called, "Politics of Patter." If you want to get some insight in to patter and correctness this might be your answer.

Vanish also gets to visit and review the Derren Brown show Secrets on Broadway - our correspondent Ben Robinson gives us a real insight in to the show and needless to say if you are in NY you will want to catch it.

Hal Meyers visits The Chicago Magic Lounge and finds out one of the success's is Jan Rose who is a performer and MC and keeps everything running smoothly.

Latest Magic Reviews - The latest magic reviews, DVDs and tricks.

Free download from www.vanishmagazine.com

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3. Milbourne Christopher 2019 Awards
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The Milbourne Christopher Foundation was established by Maurine Christopher (1920-2013) in 1989, and was created to perpetuate the memory of her husband and his lifelong interest in encouraging excellence, originality, and leadership in the art of magic and to helping keep conjuring on a level with other popular entertainment forms including dance, drama, comedy, and music. Incorporated in New York State in 1991, the foundation is federally approved as a charitable organization which was financially supported in the past, and so too will be in the future, through her contributions.

The board members have changed through the years, as have several of the award judges. Both the officers and award judges donate their services to the foundation. It was Mrs. Christopher wish, and the purpose of the foundation, to sponsor annual awards that spotlight the best magic has to offer contemporaneously in performing, writing, publishing and invention.

The categories reflect Milbourne Christopher's diversified career.

This includes the areas of:

o Author and/or publisher

o Outstanding illusionist and/or illusion creator

o Promising young magician

o Mentalist

o Life time achievement / Master's 2019

Winners: Master's Award: Steve Cohen
Mentalist Award: Gil Eagles
Close-up Award: Daniel Roy
Illusionist: Chuck Jones Lifetime Award: Dorthy Dietrich & Dick Brookz

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4. The Night Magic Show At NYC's Secret Museum
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Message by Roger Dreyer

The After Hours Show in NYC's Secret Museum

The Houdini Museum of New York is nothing short of a magical experience. A free museum tucked away in lower Manhattan full of the personal belongings of fabled New Yorker Harry Houdini, who died on Halloween at 1:26pm. The Houdini museum also features a magic shop, where modern magicians meet to discuss secrets of their own and test out their newest tricks. October 11th and 18th the Houdini Museum will be holding exclusive secret shows a part of the new "Night-Magic" at the Museum series.

"The shows are one of the most unique experiences in New York. You get a private museum tour at night, a behind-the-scenes look at our collection. It's a different atmosphere at night, and the show is super intimate being 40 seats. It feels like the magician is performing just for you". Notes RJ Lynch, Director of the museum.

The show series is kicking off with America's Got Talent star Eric Jones, performing on the stage. Jones was not only a finalist on AGT, but he is also a regular on the CW's Masters of Illusion, and he even fooled Penn & Teller on their hit show Penn and Teller Fool Us.

The night of magic costs just $45. VIP tickets are available for $65 and they include an additional tour of the back offices of the museum as well as a tour of the secret collections that have yet to be seen by the public. The museum is located at 213 West 35th street in Manhattan. Tickets are available at houdini.wellattended.com.

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5. Midsection Force - John Carey #55
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Message by John Carey (UK)
https://carey-scene.com/jc-main

Burying The Aces

Paul Gordon

This trick is an impromptu way of utilising various Gene Finnell ideas from his Free-Cut Principle booklet of 1967. This routine is based on a few ideas of my own from my 2003 booklet, Explorations. From the late J.C Wagner: "Jeez, Paul. This is going straight into my act!"

Whilst toying with the deck and openly removing the Aces, ensure the top four cards are value Eight or higher. Usually you'll find four cards together within the spread; in which case you merely cut them to top. If not, swiftly cull them to position. Let's assume, for this description only, that the top card is a Nine followed by a Ten, then a Jack and an Eight. (Crimp the corner of the Eight; the fourth-from-top card.) So, remove the Aces and lay them in a face-up row. For this description only, lay them in CHaSeD order from left to right. In reality, the order is not pivotal.

Hold the deck face-up in dealing grip. Now, because the top card is a Nine, push over eight cards (nine less one), flip them face-down and table beneath the AD. Okay, because the second from top card is a Ten, push over nine cards (ten less one), flip them face-down and table beneath the AS. Once more, because the third top card is a Jack, push over ten cards (eleven less one), flip them face-down and table beneath the AH. Finally, flip the inhand remainder face-down and table beneath the AC.

Patter about burying and losing the Aces. Aided by the corner crimp, cut off the top four cards (make it appear random) of the packet beneath the AC and hold in dealing grip. Ask the spectator to turn the AC face-down onto its pile. Ask him to cut some cards from the pile beneath the AH and drop onto the AC pile; thereby burying the AC. Then ask the spectator to turn the AH face-down onto its pile. Ask him to cut some cards from the pile beneath the AS and drop onto the AH pile, thereby burying the AH. Again, ask the spectator to turn the AS face-down onto its pile. Ask him to cut some cards from the pile beneath the AD and drop onto the AS pile; thereby burying the AS. Finally, ask him to turn the AD face-down and drop it on its pile. You then drop your inhand four-card packet onto the AD. Gather the four piles by going from right to left. i.e., AD pile onto AS pile. Combined onto the AH pile and then the combined three piles onto the AC pile. If you can, false cut the deck.

Reiterate the free cuts and the 'losing' of the Aces. It really does look that way, thanks to Gene Finnell. Now, deal the top four cards face-up into a left to right row. They'll be the Nine, Ten, Jack and Eight - apparently four random cards. Holding the deck face-down in dealing grip, say, "Let's see if these four cards can locate the Aces." Deal nine cards under the Nine, ten cards under the Ten, eleven cards under the Jack and eight cards under the Eight. Discard the inhand remainder. To end, flip the packets face-up to reveal the Aces. Ta da!

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6. Milt Larsen's Magic Castle Cabaret, Montecito - October Show Schedule
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Message by Steve Mitchell (US)

October 2 - 5 Paul Draper
Paul Draper acts as your guide to the secrets of human nature and wonders of the universe, breaking the laws of physics and defying the rules of reality. Become an expert in persuasion and deception as he demonstrates how to determine who has something to hide. Watch in disbelief as he bends metal and minds at will. Draper will make you laugh, gasp, and question the world as you know it.

October 9 - 12 Zabrecky
"Zabrecky - the name means 'Abracadabra,' sideways" - LA Weekly
There's simply no other magician like Zabrecky. Through a wide range of artistic work that spans acting, magic, and music, Zabrecky has established himself globally as an original entertainer. In live performances, he invents a magical world through a series of strange and beautiful effects which he combines with remarkable timing and sensational theatrical edifice.

October 16 - 19 Hannibal
Hannibal has been in and around theater since he was six, when he appeared on stage in 'The Music Man'. A veteran street performer, he worked his way up through the ranks of comedy clubs and night clubs to eventually work for Fortune 500 companies worldwide.
In 2018, Hannibal relocated to LA to explore new magic and new venues ... and here we are.

October 23 - 26 Jade
Jade has delighted audiences on international and American television and has performed on the stages of variety theaters around the world, luxury cruise lines, and casino revue shows in Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. Jade is honored to have performed for the Royal Family of Monaco as well as appearing recently on the Penn & Teller: Fool Us! television show.

October 30 - November 1 Bruce Gold
Bruce is known for "an expressive face that wrings laughter from every observer," reviewers is also noted; "Mr. Gold brings an uncommon level of sophistication to his humor and hocus-pocus providing even those who are lactose intolerant needn't worry that he's just another cheese ball."

November 2 George Tovar (Saturday Only)
His superlative sleight-of-hand skills, in combination with his engaging personality, has made him a sought-after entertainer. He has been performing at the Magic Castle for well over 20 years and his popularity enchanted Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, who hired him as one of the first performers in their new $65 million-dollar attraction - Caesar's Magical Empire.

Magic Castle Cabaret
30 Los Patos Way, Montecito, CA 93108
805-845-0555
www.magiccastlecabaret.com

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7. Special Offer For I.B.M. Members
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Message by Dal Sanders (USA)

The 2020 S.A.M. National Convention is coming In January and we have a special offer for our friends that are IBM Members. For the month of October, we are inviting all IBM Members to register for the S.A.M. Convention in Las Vegas with the same savings that we offer S.A.M. Members. For more information, check out our ad on Page 11 of the October issue of The Linking Ring or register at http://www.samconvention.com/las-vegas-2020/registration. Just insert "IBM" where it says SAM Member Number on the online registration form. This offer is good through October 31st, 2019.

The convention will be in Las Vegas, January 18 through 21 at the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street. The lineup is terrific and will include The Rudy Coby One Man Show, Mat Franco's hit show, Magic Reinvented Nightly and Juliana Chan will present The Gold Medal Winners of China (including Ms. Ding Yang performing her dove manipulation act, which was a hit at MAGIC-Live 2018.)

You will also see Gala shows featuring Fielding West, Kid Ace, Gustavo Raley, Kerry Pollock, Yukihiro Katayama, Scott Alexander, Eric Buss, Michael Holly, Stephen Bargatze and Harrison Greenbaum. Our World-Class Close-Up Show will feature Henry Evans, Danny Archer, Tony Montana, Daniel Roy and Sergio Starman in multiple seating so everyone will be able to enjoy the show.

Finally, you won't want to miss The Mac King Celebrity Roast. Be there when The Amazing Jonathan, Chris Kenner, Clint Holmes, Derek Hughes, Earl Turner, Johnny Katz, Mike Hammer, Nick Diffatte, Stephen Bargatze, Piff The Magic Dragon and other SURPRISE guests pay tribute to Mac and his incredible run as a Las Vegas Headliner.

This is going to be a terrific convention and the Society is excited to include our brothers and sisters to Las Vegas.

Again, go to http://www.samconvention.com/las-vegas-2020/registration before October 31, 2019 and insert "IBM" where it says SAM Member Number on the online registration form.

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8. Australian Gold Coast Magic Convention
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Message by Helen Coghlan (Australia)
Event Organiser

There are now only 2 weeks to go to the Gold Coast Magic Convention.

Among the many highlights are the producers of Penn & Teller: Fool Us will be here chatting about magic on television and also giving magicians the chance to audition for the hit TV show. Remember, you don't have to fool them, you just need to be entertaining.

You'll be able to get up close and personal with US card magician, Richard Turner and also, Master of Levitation, Losander in the dealers' room after their lectures.

You could win $4,000 worth of electronic mentalism from Illuminati Magic. There's also a presentation to see the future of magic and how you can bring your act into the 21st century.

Someone will be given the opportunity to be locked on to the escape that Helen Coghlan performed on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and, if you can escape in the same time or less than Helen did on the show, you'll get $1,000.

Registration also includes a Gala Magic Show and Buffet Dinner (valued at $100).

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9. Potter & Potter Auctions
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Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction

Public Auctiono Oct. 18, 2019

Our October 18th Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction features more than 500 lots, including many first editions, autographs, maps, and prints.

Place your bids at potterauctions.com

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

Message from Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante) (UK ex-pat Kiwi)

FIRE-EATING -'Little boys shouldn't play with matches' - Oh, Really!

1960 -61

When I first started this episode about Fire-eating, I couldn't think what to say, except, Practice, Perseverance, putting up with burns - etc., but on reflection, there's more to it than just that - it's now turned into what could be an extended edition.

SOME LIKE IT HOT, and I'm not talking about Mexican chilli peppers (although there is a rather messy story about those, that I may relate later). DON'T BREATHE IN - BREATHE OUT! is the golden unwritten law/advice given by mentors to apprentice fire-eaters. A Mentor? Such luxury - I'm completely self-taught in all aspects of my skills, fire-eating being no exception. Consequently my techniques are my own, so BREATHE IN I did - quickly learned it's not such a clever thing to do, unless you apply controlled Yoga breathing disciplines, which I did, once I got the basics sorted out, like, blisters - inside and out - fearsome burns, patchy/singed eyebrows and hair, correct angles, etc. Thank God for self-hypnosis.

Fumes, from whatever type of fuel you are using, can get down into the lungs and do some awful damage. Worst case scenario - as you bring a flaming torch towards your mouth, it could ignite the fumes which have accumulated in your lungs, and KA-BOOM - your chest would explode!! Unfortunately for some, this has happened. My exclusive routine requires that I DO inhale fumes - most dangerous, as the slightest error in judgement or breathing would result in an internal explosion - I would, in fact, blow up. ('wow - that guy has guts' 'You're telling me - they've splattered all over the place)

My first fire torches were the wooden dowling rods from coat hangers (with the wire removed, of course). Silver paper from cigarette packets wrapped around 4" of one end - stopped the fire and heat from burning through the dowling. Next, an old sheet from Mum's linen cupboard (I
think it was old), torn into long strips, and wrapped around the silver paper, building it up to a size which would fit right into my mouth. In fact, the 'heads' of my torches are much larger than those of other fire eaters I've seen (larger the torch head, the bigger and hotter the flame). One I made up was so big that I had to physically 'push' it into my mouth. This I used when going around the audience to 'feel the heat' of the flame. It sure came in handy for 'smart arses', and reporters, also those fire-eaters who would come backstage to 'prove' that they could do better, using my torches. Ha!

In forty years, I've yet to meet anyone who could get THAT torch near their face, let alone into their mouth - too big and too hot - so, how did in manage it? Two things - the torch was custom made to fit (only by cramming) my mouth, and Self Hypnosis. I simply blocked the searing heat
from my mind (actually, self-hypnosis was the driving force behind the entire Fakir show).

Most fire-eaters include 'body burning' in their routines - where you run flaming tapers over your bare arms, body, etc. If done quickly enough, no problem. Not me, it was done 'painfully' (as far as the audience was concerned) slowly - again, hypnosis. Years ago, in a dressing room after a gig, Veronica said 'I've never noticed it before, but your arms come up in goose-bumps when you run the fire over them'. Well, yes, because I've convinced my subconscious that my arms are ice-cold - it only takes a few seconds to do this.

There is a well-known hypnotic experiment where a hypnotised subject, when told that a pencil - (or anything else, for that matter), is a red-hot poker, will jump, scream, and blisters will develop where they've been touched. If however, they are told that the arm was cold/frozen, it develops (like mine) goose-bumps - and if you hold a burning match or such under their arm, they will feel nothing, nor does the skin blister, (although it will eventually, if 'burnt' for too long). Many stage hypnotists, as part of their performance, tell their subjects 'you're in Antarctica (or similar). You're so cold...etc. etc' If you were close enough, you would see that these subjects do react PHYSICALLY - shivering, goose bumps - as if they had been 'magically' transported to such an extreme climate. The reverse is also true. When told they are in the Tropics, they will not only throw off clothing, but, break out into beads on perspiration. Such is the power of suggestion.

I have a four-inch scar on my right arm, the result of a News reporter 'roasting' it himself, with one of my torches - trying to prove that I was a fake. Hypnosis controlled the pain, but of course, the skin still burnt, eventually. This reporter in fact wound up giving me a good review, and I can't think of a better way to finish this episode, than to quote his review, word for word. It is from the Auckland Star's 8 O' clock News and Features, Sat June 23rd 1973. Headed

'EATING OUT WITH FIERY FLETT'
Quote; 'I USED to think there was a trick to most stage acts - until I tried fire eating. It was when the flaming torch was level with my teeth that it suddenly dawned on me that there was no trick to the art.

Now I won't have to shave for a month and I've a permanent 5 o'clock shadow of charcoal.
Auckland fire-eater, hypnotist, magician and sword swallower Orchante showed me this week how to do it. He swallowed two burning tapers - held the fire in his throat, then re-lit them by blowing out. He let me hold a burning taper under his forearm, he didn't mind, and I swear there was no trick attached. He swallowed a 3 ft chrome sword, ran flaming sticks across his stomach
and then, lying on a bed of nails, placed another bed on his chest and asked two men to jump on it.

Unlike some similar acts, the nails were all sharp enough to draw blood. He claims he does it with self-hypnosis. Well, if he could do it, I could.... The 30-year-old entertainer handed me a taper dipped in white spirit and showed me how to hold my mouth. I should have held my mouth three hours earlier when the editor handed out the job.

Flames
The flames from the taper flared about 18in into the air, blackening the ceiling in the process. I tilted back my head, opened my mouth and tentatively poked the flaming mass towards my face.
Only the smell of burning eyebrow made me stop. Then I tried again. The torch was lower this time and it passed lips, singing off excess skin, and reached my teeth. If you've ever held a burning torch against your teeth, you'll know how it felt.

That's when I decide there was no future in fire-eating. But Orchante does that much and more. He plunges flaming torches into his mouth and closes his lips around them. His head lights up like a Chinese lantern. Personally, I prefer eating crepes-suzette. Unquote.

I had a 'short' footnote to add here, about the fuel used by fire-eaters - it's now become next week's saga. I did say at the beginning that this could become an extended edition.

NEXT WEEK - 'okay, Lucifer - now what's your poison? Sorry - fuel!'

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12. E-zine Archives
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