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Issue Number: #1547
Date: Sunday 8th December 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 December Edition
3. SAM Magic Camp Scholarships
4. The Magic Word Podcast
5. Monday Night Magic Schedule (December)
6. Magic & Medicine
7. Broken Wand - Nina Schindler
8. FISM North American Championship of Magic 2020 /CAM 2020
9. Simplex Standup Coins Through Table - John Carey #63
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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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-2019/1547-Dec08-2019.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 December Edition
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Message by Paul Romhany - Editor Vanish Magazine

Our feature artist is Amberlynn. You may have seen her on America's Got Talent and other TV shows. We get the exclusive inside story on Amberlynn and find out her many other talents such as photography and design.
Learn some great magic tricks from close-up to standup. Contributions from professionals around the world.

Nick Lewin gets an exclusive look inside Marvyn's Magic Theatre, a new theatre hosted by Jeff Hobson.

Stories on the Road by Trade-Show magician Harrison Carroll.

Hal Meyers checks out a new book by Sara J Crasson that every magician will want to read about intellectual property in magic.

Felicity Fields touches on a subject that is rarely discussed in magic - Touching.

The latest reviews of magic tricks, books and DVDS.

Product Highlights - we feature routines that offer something special and you might not see in regular magic magazines or online reviews.

Printed Magazine - you can now purchase Vanish from the website - www.vanishmagazine.com

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3. SAM Magic Camp Scholarships
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Message by Trudy Monti, A.I.M.C.

For over twenty years, the Society of American Magicians Magic Endowment Fund has awarded full tuition scholarships to promising young magicians between the ages of 10 and 18 to attend facilities focused on the magical performing arts. Scholarships are available for Tannen's Magic Camp in Pennsylvania (July 11-18, 2020).

Candidates must be able to demonstrate talent and dedication to the magical performing arts discipline. Scholarships are also available for Jeff McBride's Magic & Mystery School in Las Vegas (June 22-28, 2020). Scholarship applications are available on the www.magicsam.com website at the following link: https://www.magicsam.com/page/Scholarships or https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.magicsam.com/resource/resmgr/docs
/sym_docs/magic_camp_application_2020.pdf

Please Note:
The deadline for submitting applications for a scholarship to Tannen's Magic Camp is February 20, 2020.

The deadline for submitting applications for a scholarship to Sorcerer's Safar or McBride's Magic & Mystery School is May 1, 2020. NOTE that no applications will be accepted electronically.

Please visit the S.A.M. website for complete information.

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

This week we begin the busy holiday season and the month of December for parties and magic. On The Magic Word Podcast, we make our annual visit with Murray Sawchuck, Celebrity Magician, in Las Vegas who updates us on what has been going on with the magic scene on the Strip and Downtown during this past year.

He also gives us some suggestions for non-magic tourist destinations for other members of your family who might want to see something other than a magic show or the inside of a casino. Murray also tells us what has been working and what hasn't been working for promoting his brand (and yours) in the social media.

You can watch some of Murray's videos, read the blog, see some photos, listen to the podcast online and download the MP3 file at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/533-murray-sawchuck-2019

This week we also welcome Tom Yates and Dan Raridan as the two newest Friends of The Magic Word. Thank you guys for your financial pledge and donation to keeping this podcast going and free to the world of magicians.

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

Monday Night Magic December Schedule (All Performers Subject To Change)

December 9th: Rafael Benatar, Marcus Monroe, Gerry McCambridge; MC Peter Samelson
Close-up: Rachel Wax, TJ Tana

December 16th: Michael Karas, Francis Menotti & Lindsey Noel, Harrison Greenbaum; MC Todd Robbins
Close-up: Peter Samelson, Mike Patrick

(There will be a 5pm & 8pm Show on 12/23/19)

December 23rd: Jeremy Mikaelson, Peter Samelson, Chris Capehart; MC David Corsaro
Close-up: Michael Chaut, Brandon Williams

(There will be a 5pm & 8pm Show on 12/30/19)

December 30th: Alexander Boyce, Marcus Monroe, Jason Suran; MC Todd Robbins
Close-up: Harrison Kramer, Patrick Davis

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6. Magic & Medicine
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Message by Jay Fortune

In 2006 I was invited as a guest to perform at Magic & Meaning in Las Vegas. The conference is one of, if not the, leading conference globally to explore the connections between the magician and the human condition. Another world-class conference, also hosted in Las Vegas, is Magic & Medicine, which explores how the healing power of the magician can be utilised by medical practitioners.

Now, after years of behind-the-scenes negotiations and the generosity of friends, I'm excited to be bringing a flavour of both of these events to the UK for the first time ever. Shaman & Showman takes place on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March, 2020, in Blackpool (the Las Vegas of the UK!).

Hosts Jeff McBride and Dr. Lawrence Hass discuss this unique conference weekend for which tickets are now on sale. Tickets available from £55 per day (Early Bird until 31.12.19), including over £150s worth of free merchandise. Limited spaces.

Further info: www.jayfortune.co.uk/shop/

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7. Broken Wand - Nina Schindler
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Published in the New York Times

Schindler - Nina (Zuckerman). Our beloved Nina passed at age 84. She was a lifelong Girl Scout and the first and only woman elected President of the New York Chapter #1 of the Society of American Magicians, a position held by Harry Houdini in 1917. Nina was the perfect magician's assistant and got all the laughs in her husband's comedy magic act.

Nina loved to travel and was a voracious reader of mystery books. Nina was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. In lieu of a funeral there will be a celebration of her life. She leaves husband George, and her children, Shari, Scott, Dee, daughter-in-law Arlene and five grandchildren, Chelsea, Daniel, Paige, Carly and Kobi, and a sister Lorette Zirker.

Published in The New York Times on December 1, 2019

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8. FISM North American Championship of Magic 2020 /CAM 2020
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Message by Joan Caesar (Canada)

FISM North American Championship of Magic 2020 /CAM 2020 (A Combined Convention) and FISM World Championship of Magic 2021 both in Québec City.

The 2020 Combined Convention hosting both FISM North American Championship of Magic and the Canadian Association of Magicians will host the contest that will decide who will represent North America in the FISM competition the following year, as well as the Canadian
Association of Magicians champions in stage and close up.

This Combined Convention will be held May 6-10 in Quebec City, Canada. A list of hotels is already offered:
https://www.fismna2020.com/hebergement?lang=en

You can register and find more information about the convention and hotels at www.fismna2020.com

Don't forget, the price of FISM North American Championship of Magic 2020 will increase at the end of February.

FISM World Championship of Magic 2021 will be held also in Quebec City July 26-31, 2021. It is at this event that contestants will come from around the world to compete in their category to place in their group as well as the Grand Prix. This convention is held once every three years
in different countries. It is the first time it will be held in North America.

You can find more information about both conventions on the FISM
website: www.fismquebec2021.com

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9. Simplex Standup Coins Through Table - John Carey #63
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Message by John Carey (UK)
https://carey-scene.com/jc-main

The coins through the table is an all-time classic with so many beautiful methods in print by Slydini, Vernon et al. I wanted a simple, practical and direct version that I could do standing. Grab three half dollars and let's have some fun!

Take out three half dollars and place them into a row on the table. "A little mystery with one, two, three pieces of silver and a solid table top!" As you say this pick up the first coin and execute a fake transfer into the left hand which closes into a fist. The coin is retained in the right-hand finger palm. Pick up the second coin between the right thumb and first finger and execute a clink pass as you partially open the left hand and allow this coin to fall on top of the finger palmed coin and then let it bounce off into the left hand which then closes. Pick up the third coin and execute another clink pass, but this time retain that coin with the other in the right-hand finger palm.

"Allow me to demonstrate an effect of solid through solid, one coin at a time." Extend your right first finger in a pointing action as you complete this sentence. The Ramsay subtlety nicely conceals the two finger-palmed coins.

Bring the palm-down left fist a few inches above the table top. As you do this, work the coin inside that hand into a heel clip position. The right hand descends below the table. Knock the left fist sharply against the table and then raise it. "That's one!" Push one of the two right-hand coins
to the fingertips and bring it out from beneath the table to display at the fingertips. Drop it to the table. Take the right hand back below the table and pause.

Then knock the left fist once again against the table top. "There's number two." Bring the right hand out palm up with the coin displayed at the base of the third and little fingers in open finger-palm. Turn this hand palm down below the left fist and retain this coin in finger-palm as you allow the heel clipped coin to drop from the left fist to the table. This of course is a simple Han Ping Chien.

"Two down and one to go! Extend the right first finger in a pointing action as you say this. Take the right hand below the table one last time. To conclude the effect slam the left-hand palm down onto the table, at the same time allowing the right-hand coin to hit the underside of the table.
Slowly lift the left hand away and turn it palm up. Then dramatically bring the right hand out from beneath the table to reveal the final coin and complete the effect.

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

Memories

Recap - I've met Peter Taylor, Auckland Juggler/Acrobat. We're heading back to Auckland after a 'gig' - it's New Year's Eve 1964/65, five minutes to midnight.

Door opens, and there looms the large, solid form, of a New Zealand farmer - 'Yeah - what you want?' I explained that we - Peter and I - were professional entertainers, he, a juggler, me, a magician - had just done a show at the Thames Memorial Hall, and no, our car hadn't broken down, but could we bring in the New Year with them? In return, we would royally entertain them; how could he refuse - according to me, we were the two biggest talents in New Zealand. Well, I believed it myself, and had long given up blushing, years ago.

'Come on in' he roared 'Hey', he tells his wife and kids 'We've got a couple of blokes here who're going to put a show on for us'

Peter growls in my ear 'It's alright for you with your magic tricks and stuff - what the Hell am I going to do?'

'Improvise' I said.

After the usual midnight drinks and the shaking of hands, Peter and I, for one hour, put on 'the show' for our audience of five - Mum, Dad, and three kids. Peter juggled anything 'juggleable' - fruit, eggs, etc. He balanced chairs, a table, a broom, and performed some gymnastic feats,
using the chairs to balance on. In between his bits, I performed Close-up magic, with sponge balls, thimbles, coins, etc., during which Peter ambled out to the car, and got three swords - two were his, one was mine - actually Peter had one sword, the other was a dagger.

The sword was about 3 feet long, very heavy, and the point was needle sharp. He gripped the dagger in his teeth, and placed the sword, point to point on the dagger. With the sword perfectly balanced, and from a standing position he gradually lowered himself to the floor, until he was flat on his back. He then gently pushed the blade so that the sword slowly revolved on the tip of the dagger. The slightest slip or misjudgement, and the heavy sword would have plunged straight down and penetrated his throat. It was a most dangerous and breath-holding feat. And what did I do with mine - why, swallowed it, of course

I'll bet, that that farmer, his wife, and their now adult kids, recount the tale every New Year's Eve to their children and grandchildren and friends, about that wonderful night when two strangers, on the last minutes of 1964, appeared at their door, and, then vanished into the stillness of the night. Over the years, the telling of the yarn has probably turned into some sort of folklore type legend.

Peter and I became great friends - we would meet up in Auckland City on Friday nights (if we weren't working), and stand on the corner of Queen Street and Vulcan Lane (there was also a small Pub a few yards away, which helped keep our whistles wet), watching the passing parade of long legs, and mini-skirts, go by. We figured that if we waited long enough, the tops would get lower, the minis, shorter, and eventually they would meet in the middle. Never happened, which was a shame, as for the sake of modesty, I'd invented a bikini which came straight from my wild, youthful imagination; it was going to make me a fortune. I called it the 'Brewery Bikini' - two bottle-tops and a cork - the de-luxe model had convenient tassels, tastefully attached, to ease removal/extraction! I didn't get rich!

The Orchantê Saga is about my life, as a globe-trotting New Zealand magician/entertainer - originally to inform other New Zealand magicians what I've been up to, over the last 30 years, and as Alan Watson succinctly put it, to make aware to the younger magicians, of my contribution to New Zealand magic, and my proud 'flag-waving'. It is also turning, at times, into a brief history of New Zealand 'show biz' folk, and others, who were, and are, a part of my life - so, more of Peter Taylor next week, with Sally Phillips, Peter Newberry, and David Baylis.

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11. 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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