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Issue Number: #1598
Date: Sunday 29th November 2020
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. December Issue Of Genii Magazine
3. New Magic Teaching Website From Gerry Griffin
4. Letterheads And Business Cards From Magicians
5. Bluff Cards Across - John Carey #102
6. Christmas Magic In The Air!
7. Broken Wand - Matt Field MIMC
8. Broken Wand - Joe Kardwell
9.The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
10. E-zine Archives
11. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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2. December Issue Of Genii Magazine
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Message by Richard Kaufman - Editor Genii Magazine

If you subscribe to Genii for as low as $35 (www.geniimagazine.com), this is what you'll get this month!

On our cover this month is the inestimable John Carney, the winner of more awards from The Academy of Magical Arts than any other magician. He is well deserving of the accolades. We have been friends for over 40 years, and he was good from the get-go and is even better now. He makes everything looks so easy and natural - it drives me crazy. He has a new book coming out which, if it sells like his others, will be out of print within a year. Order it the day it goes on sale to ensure you receive a copy. Chloe Olewitz digs deep into the mind of Carney.

Our columnists this month include Libby Ward, who reports on the dining program at The Magic Castle (good thing they have warm weather year round); "Cardopolis" (and David Britland has started a free newsletter to which you should subscribe at https://cardopolis.substack.com), "Conjuring," "Chamber of Secrets," "Artifices," "Magicana," "Expert at the Kid's Table," "Exhumations," "The Eye," and reviews by David Regal, Francis Menotti, and Ryan Matney.

You will also get online access to every Genii issue all the way back to 1936 and every issue of MAGIC magazine.

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3. New Magic Teaching Website From Gerry Griffin
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Message by Gerry Griffin (US)

New magic teaching website from Gerry Griffin, owner of the California Magic Dinner Theater in Martinez, California USA. Please visit gerrygriffinmagic.com to see my newest endeavor. Blog, articles and teaching videos, updated weekly, all as part of this new subscription website. Only $10.00 US per month. gerrygriffinmagic.com

Thank you in advance for including me, I appreciate it.

With all my kindest thoughts and regards,

Gerry Griffin

gerrygriffinmagic.com
925-788-5326 - cell

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4. Letterheads And Business Cards From Magicians
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Message by Wittus Witt - Germany

It is almost a "Who is Who" in magic with examples from A like Alexander Adrion to Z like Jochen Zmeck.

You will see letterheads by Paul Daniels, David Copperfield, Cortini, Carter, Fanstasio, Carl Willmann, Janos Bartl, and many more.

Business cards also come from all over the world: Hector Mancha, Luis de Matos, Norbert Ferré, Dai Vernon, Robert Albo, Masoni etc.

Highlight is a scarce letterhead from Gloria de Vos - Kalanag's wife and stage partner.

The catalogue is available at 18,50 Euro plus postage and handling. 21 x 21 cm, 128 pages, saddle stitched, with more than 200 illustrations.

Have a look at YouTube.

https://youtu.be/kVTKYi7-HTY

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5. Bluff Cards Across - John Carey #102
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Yes you read that right. A bluff cards across effect. Nothing actually travels across but by playing with your spectators perceptions this is the effect you will create in their minds. There is a set up, but fear not, it's not crazy! From the top of the deck down have six X cards followed by an Ace, then three X cards, Ace, ditto, ditto.

Execute any convincing false shuffle and cut sequence as you begin, retaining your set up. "Let's see what Lady Luck has given us." We will now casually display a few groups of indifferent cards and set the Aces up covertly right under their noses. Push off three cards and take them in a spread into the palm-up right hand. Turn this hand displaying three indifferent cards and comment on them. Flip the packet face up letting it land on your left thumb and then take the packet from above with your right hand and table it.

Push off three more cards, secretly obtaining a left pinky break beneath the next card. Comment on the values as you flash the faces of the three cards and then flip them face-up on top of the deck. Immediately pick up the four cards below your break from above with the right hand and table this packet on top of the tabled packet. Repeat the exact above last sequence three more times, forming one large packet, the Aces secretly scattered throughout and reversed. Turn this packet face-down and ask a spectator to cover it with either hand. Flip the remainder of the deck face-up and start spreading it briskly in clumps. "So we're left here with a wide array of cards. Two's, Tens, Aces, Fours, sixes etc. Jacks are good, Kings are great, but in Blackjack you simply can't beat the?" Let them reply by saying the Aces. This is of course smoke and mirrors, but if you're attitude is relaxed and you act nonchalantly, the deception is solid. Hand this packet to another spectator to hold.

"They say in generations to come we will be able to teleport from A to B, but it's actually possible to do this now with cards, like the ones you named, the?" Once they confirm Aces you mime extracting cards one at a time from the second persons packet and invisibly tossing them over to the first spectators packet.

"They've gone but I guess you want proof? Have spectator two spread through his packet and confirm the Aces are gone. Let this moment sink in and then ask your first spectator to lift their hand. Take their packet and ribbon spread it revealing the Aces scattered face-up!

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6. Christmas Magic In The Air!
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Message by Marvin Berglas MIMC (UK)

Learning Magic is more popular than ever according to Marvin Berglas - creator of the world's biggest and best known magic brand - Marvin's Magic - who this week celebrates 33 years of their professional magic made easy. Marvin highlights the incredible upsurge of interest in magic this year.

It's a combination of factors including more and more families wanting to be entertained and learning new skills in these difficult times. Our award winning magic combines traditional family values with cutting edge technologies to give innovation and a contemporary feel to this cherished art form.

Parents love seeing their children enjoying learning and growing in confidence through interacting and performance rather than merely being attached to their screens.

This was highlighted by Retail and On Line giants, Argos who chose magic as the theme for their highly acclaimed Christmas TV ad campaign. Says Marvin "We were thrilled that our Marvin's Amazing Box of Tricks was chosen to be the main featured item in this prestigious advert, highlighting the fun young Daisy and Lucy had entertaining their family with a magic show. The sound track is Gary Barlow's catchy new single "Incredible" and again we were prominently featured in their social media campaign".

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/13072429/argos-christmas-advert-2020-christmas-magic-gary-barlow/

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7. Broken Wand - Matt Field MIMC
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Published in Facebook by Katherine Rhodes (UK)

It is with great sadness I have to inform you all that the wonderful Matt Field MIMC passed away last night. Matt was a superb man, a fantastic member of our Society and, above all, a wonderful friend. I will miss him and I know many of you will too.

Appropriate details of funeral, etc, will come from our Welfare Officer in due course.

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8. Broken Wand - Joe Kardwell
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Message by George Schindler (US)

Joe Kardwell passed away suddenly on November 7, 2020, at his home. His beloved wife of 46 years, Nancy Kardwell, was with him during his final moments. Joe was 84 years old. He was a 67-year member of the Society of American Magicians

Born and raised in Manhattan, Joe was a professional magician from his late teens through his early 30s, performing on Caribbean cruise ships, in major New York City hotels and in other venues in the U.S., Canada and Bermuda. Joe appeared on many TV programs, including "The Ed Sullivan Show," "The Paul Winchell Show" and "Sesame Street" during its earliest days. Later, he was the creator and publisher of the original Magic Magazine.

Joe Kardwell had a successful bird act in the 1950's. With Joe in his white tie and tails and his assistant in a light dress, two silks in her hand became a bird. Two rosettes on her dress were pulled apart to produce several silks and another bird. Lighted candles and canes and a newspaper produced more birds. And so it went until their flashy finish. After his time in magic Joe pursued an over-50-year career as an entrepreneur.

He was founder and president of Magic for Madison Avenue, which provided products and performers for magic-themed sales promotions .and special-event magic productions. Joe established JKI Inc., a rare stamp investment company. Together with his wife, Nancy, he built and eventually sold Kardwell Associates Inc., an advertising agency focused on the pharmaceutical and tourism industries, and Kardwell International Inc., a distribution business offering promotional and entertainment card and gambling products.

Joe is survived by his wife, Nancy; seven children and their spouses: 6 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.

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

Another 'Blast From The Past'

During the late Sixties, a Maori singer known as - 'Prince' Tui Teka, appeared on the scene, and became a sort of National 'Superstar Icon' in New Zealand. Many people thought that he was a 'Real Maori Prince' but in reality, it was just a fanciful title that he gave himself. Not only was he a singer but he also played various musical instruments as well, notably the trumpet. He had a big voice with a big personality to match - in fact he was a big man in every sense the word; I don't know what he weighed, but it must have been in excess of 20 stone (127/128 kilos), reminiscent of another Maori singer from the Sixties, the late Rama White - she was a wonderful woman with a great sense of humour, who was often advertised as a -' Ton Of Fun'!

Tui used to drive around in a station wagon - I think it was a 'Chevy' Impala and, where most people would have ' Go-Faster' stripes/decals, Tui had wood paneling that had been beautifully decorated with artistic Maori carvings - rather ostentatious but it did help to create the impression that he was a - 'Real Prince'! That's Showbiz! It was quite a sight to see him get into the car - you could actually see the vehicle lean over, the springs groaning as they took his magnitudinous weight! How he drove it I'll never know, most of the steering wheel disappeared within the folds of his gargantuan stomach!

The last time we saw Prince Tui Teka was at the Parramatta League's club (which was one of our regular club bookings), in Sydney Australia, I'm guessing but probably around 1980/81. He was performing as a guest artist with another New Zealand Icon - who just happens to be a very close friend of ours, the famous, Eddie Low - 'The Voice In A Million'! There were two episodes from that wonderful night that have been 'burnt into my memory banks' forever! The first was when Eddie and Tui - each standing on opposite sides of the stage, played, on their trumpets, a stirring rendition of Nini Rosso's 'Il Silenzio', which brought the house down!

The other episode was when Eddie sang a song that he had written himself titled - 'Songs From Home' which had every New Zealander in the place howling their eyes out, myself included, for the second time - the first being when Eddie, with his guitar, popped around to our home in Sydney one afternoon, and sang it for us, wanting to know what we thought of it. The tears running down my cheeks told him all that he needed to know. He headed off to a studio and commercially recorded it! I really am a 'Softie' at heart! Incidentally, the Secretary manager of the Parramatta League's club in Sydney was a chap called Bruce Cameron, who used to manage the Tainui Motor Hotel in Whakatane, which is where my wife Veronica was brought up and, where we lived prior to leaving for 'Aussie'. It sure is a small world!

I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this but - 'Where There's Smoke, There's Fire'! 'Prince' Tui, whilst on tour somewhere, in the 'Chevy', which was packed with hungry members of his band etc. pulled into a drive-in 'McDonald's'- up to that little mesh covered grill that you talk into. Winding the window down Tui says -" I'll have Five Big Macs, Three chickens - Five large chips and -Three large Cokes!" "Will that be all sir?" queried the tinny voice that issued from the speaker - that probably belonged to some snotty, pimply-faced fifteen year-old. Turning around Tui says, "And What Do You Fella's Want!!! 'Prince' Tui Teka died in 1985, at the age of - 48! 'Nuff said!

Tui Teka is buried at Tokomaru Bay, which is on the East coast - around 80 odd km N.E. of Gisborne, h/way 35, where the ruins of a frozen - meat plant and port installations are witness to better times. A Maori meeting- house, built in 1934, with some beautiful Maori carvings on display, is also there. Whilst on holiday recently, Jon Zealando stopped off at Tokomaru Bay and photographed Prince Tui Teka's grave. Veronica, who remembers Tui well from those early days, wanted to know if Jon had to use a - 'Wide Angled Lens'! She can be so SICK at times!

It's not entirely her fault. After 'hanging' around me more or less 24 Hours a day, for the best part of 31Years and, being bombarded with my wicked sense of humour, something had to rub off!!!

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