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Issue Number: #1618
Date: Sunday 9th May 2021
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 May 2021
3. Magical Women With Connie Boyd
4. Hollywood's Magic Castle Set To Reopen
5. Rob Lake Magic Special
6. Compatibility - John Carey #117
7. Milt Larsen Doc Trailer
8. Broken Wand - Bernard Reid (NZ)
9. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #10
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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go to: http://www.magicnewzealand.com/ezine-archive/2021-Jan-to-Dec-2021/1618-May09-2021.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 May 2021
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Message by Paul Romhany - Editor, Vanish Magazine

Our feature story is on Ekatarina who now lives in Canada. She has become one of the most popular social media magicians, teachers, creators and card artists. We get an exclusive interview with this superstar of social media magic and online training.

Nick Lewin looks at the anatomy of a joke. He offers advice and tips on writing and crafting jokes.

Steve Spill starts a new series about creating magic and original material for your act.

Ever wondered what a Hpyercube is and how it can be related to magic? The latest version of this interesting cube by Joe Ledoux offers a real insight in to this amazing mystery.

T is for Transformation. Lance Rich writes an amazing article on Transforming your magic. It's a real wake up call for many magicians.

Virtual Magic - Ryan Joyce shares his results of a recent survey about what magicians really think of online and virtual magic.

We also have some great magic routines from Louie Foxx with a four ace routine using Alexia, a virtual magic routine by Aaron Matthews, and a great kids mentalism routine by Christopher T Magician.

This issue has articles of interest for everybody plus the latest magic reviews and product highlights of magic routines you won't see anywhere else.

An interactive magic magazine with video, PDFs, and so much more ... and if you do like a printed magazine it is available from www.vanishmagic.com

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3. Magical Women With Connie Boyd
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Message by Connie Boyd (USA)

Today's guest on Magical Women

Lisa Menna:

Lisa Menna is a truly Magical Women. She has excellent magic skills, she's a naturally witty improv comedian, she earned the title "Best Corporate Magician in the World," she's been documented and recorded as being the best with Trade shows, she's the first female magician to lecture at FISM the World Championships of Magic, she's the first female to appear in all three rooms at the prestigious Magic Castle AND her non-profit organisation, "Cause To Wonder" is changing cultures globally educating in fun, novel ways about the treatment of women and the importance of clean water.

Lisa is changing the future with her skills and intellect. We are thrilled that Lisa has agreed to share her intellectual property with us.

Content

00:00 - 02:50 - Lisa Menna: Introduction, Experience & Credits
02:50 - 04:20 - Being Invited to Speak at the United Nations
04:20 - 5:02 - Theatre for Social Change
5:02 - 8:43 - Lisa's unique Education technique about the importance of Clean Water
8:43 - 11:56 - promoting "Helping Women brings Good Luck"
11:56 - 12:20 - Call to Action, please Subscribe & Comment

https://youtu.be/Vev87ybxk6A

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4. Hollywood's Magic Castle Set To Reopen
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Article forwarded by James Peterson (US)

DB Daily Breeze

Los Angeles' Academy of Magical Arts will reopen its iconic Hollywood clubhouse, the Magic Castle, for indoor dining and general amazement on Friday, May 21 after shutting down for more than a year amid the pandemic.

The 112-year-old venue will operate at a reduced capacity, down from a maximum number of 540 to closer to 100 attendees, and the club will initially broadcast videos of performances rather than jumping back into live performances, though plans for bringing performers back in-person are certainly in the works, officials said.

When it first opens, the club will provide its usual wizardry and service to members only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The venue will require attendees to wear masks when they are not seated at a table, actively eating and drinking.

The famed Magic Castle opened in 1963 as an elegant clubhouse for magicians. Before that, it was a private residence, an apartment building and even served as a home for the elderly for a time.

Milt Larsen, a television writer, co-founded the Academy of Magical Arts, and the club alongside his brother, Bill, and his wife, Irene.

During the pandemic, the Magic Castle did open some of its services. Members could pick up a meal to go or sit at socially distanced tables in the parking lot of the venue and enjoy something to eat. Most public events went on hiatus, though.

Randy Sinnott, Jr., the president of AMA's board of directors, said the process to reopen has had its challenges because it's hard to put the Magic Castle into a single category for county officials.
"We've been looking at it for probably about a month," Sinnott, Jr. said. "And a lot of it just had to do with the fact that we do have a rather unique structure. We are not just a restaurant, we are not just a theater, not just a clubhouse. We are a very unique mix of facilities."
Sinnott said the mix made it harder to reopen because the Magic Castle had to adhere to COVID-19 restrictions for multiple types of venue rather than just adopting the policies of a business that only serves food or only puts on shows.

Members and performers who are excited to get back into the club, he said.

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5. Rob Lake Magic Special
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Message by Steve Honsens

Some muggle friends (non-magicians) serving in the US military forwarded me this link for The Magic of Rob Lake's TV special made for the USA military. My friends (live out of the USA on armed forces base) saw it on the military TV channels and were impressed, and then found it online on YouTube and sent it my way. It is available for anyone to view online.

I was only a little bit familiar with Mr. Lake, but was extremely impressed by how good the special is. It even features illusions I have never seen before.

For those of us missing top quality magic specials, and fed-up with online fake and social media magic "stunts" and "skits", all magicians should check it out here. It is refreshing and I didn't realize how much we miss quality magic until I saw this:

https://youtu.be/K1gkIhGefAA

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6. Compatibility - John Carey #117
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Here's a very simple but strong piece I like to use in an informal session when meeting new people. It utilizes a beautiful old Paul Fox idea to good effect. It establishes you and then you can segue into further mysteries.

"Lori, before we begin properly, I'd like to see if we are working in sync, kind of like a compatibility experiment. Firstly give the deck a really good shuffle and then remove four cards, one of each suit. Don't let me see them for now. Mix those cards and spread them with the faces towards you. Then just think of one, turn the cards face down and mix them once more. So now even though there's over seven billion people in the world, nobody could know for certain what card you are thinking of right?"

So that's the opening script to this piece. We now ascertain the one piece of information we need to bring the effect home, using a Mavenesque ruse: "Be honest, Lori, you're not thinking of a red card, are you?" If she says yes you respond by saying you thought so. However, if she says no you counter by saying I thought not. It's subtle but works. A friendly and casual demeanor goes a long way here. Take the packet from your helper and spread it with the faces towards you. Let's say she thought of a red card.

We will now use the delightful Paul Fox gambit to successfully conclude the effect. up-jog either red card in the spread. Pause a beat and then ask is she thinking of the let's say Three of Hearts, the other red card in the packet? If she says yes you look at the other red card you up-jogged, smile and then push it square.

However, if she says she didn't think of that card, remove the jogged card from the packet and ask her to call out her card? Once she does slowly revolve the card in hand face up to successfully conclude this little game of mental compatibility. Put the packet back into the deck and continue.

Notes:

Both the Maven and Fox strategies are bold, but they work. Attitude is the key and a non-challenging presentation works wonders.

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7. Milt Larsen Doc Trailer
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Message by Phillip Peterson (US)

A look into the journey of Magic Castle founder, Milton Page Larsen.

Directed by Johnny Cannizzaro

https://vimeo.com/showcase/8347822/video/533207690

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8. Broken Wand - Bernard Reid (New Zealand)
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Bernard's death notice was in this morning's NZ Herald:

REID, Bernard Lawrence.

Died suddenly on 2 May 2021. Son of the late Joyce and John. Father to Daniel (Melbourne). Loved brother of Christopher, Piers (deceased), Gerard (deceased), Miriam, Godfrey and Nicholas. Much loved Uncle to many nieces and nephews.

A private cremation has been held, with a Memorial Service to be held at a later date.
Grand Master of Magic - rest in peace.

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Bernard Lawrence Reid was born on 4th August 1941, the second of 7 siblings, Christopher, Piers, Gerard, Miriam, Godfry and Nicholas. He went to St Patrick's Primary School then Sacred Heart College. To placate his father he studied at Epsom Teacher's College but found it pretty boring and spent most of his time in the drama department. His dream was to become a professional magician, a career move that his father was totally against. It all started back in 1952 with a visit to His Majesty's Theatre to watch The Great Virgil perform, then membership in the New Zealand Society of Magicians where he met Jon Zealando and Tony Wilson.

The three boys would get together on weekends, practice tricks and encourage each other to rehearse and perform so that, by the time the Indian magician Sorcar visited Auckland in 1957, they were performing at socials and parties and spending their earnings on new and larger illusions. By the age of 17 Bernard had two stage personas, Zig Zag the children's clown and Diabolo, specializing in stage magic and escapology. He also helped edit the NZSM newsletter and had a large collection of magic posters and books. His father was less than pleased.

After two years at college he chucked it in and moved to Wellington as a stage manager for the New Zealand Ballet Company then worked with the New Zealand Opera Company. In 1965 he toured the country as the detective in NZOP's very successful production of Porgy and Bess, starring Inia Te Wiata, the only role in the musical allowed to be played by a white fellow! Probably his hardest task on that tour was property manager, caring for a goat and a gaggle of high-strung poultry. Opera played in winter and Ballet in the summer but during the gaps Bernard designed and created illusions to cut, misshapen and disappear his wife Esme Catlin. As Diabolo and Esme they toured the country, appearing on television, in nightclubs, pantomimes and any other venues their agents George Tollerton and Eddie and Elaine Hegan could find them.

In 1966 Bernard and his new assistant, Leslie Probert, played a series of hotels around the South Pacific including the Phoenix in Fiji and the Bounty Club and Hotel Taaone in Tahiti where he also picked up 3 weeks in a French film called Tendre Voyou.

In 1968 they settled in Sydney and picked up a residency at the 7 Canoes Club in Kings Cross, some television work, bit parts in a number of Television shows including Skippy and Riptide and some RSL work. In 1968 Bernard and Leslie took a contract for 9 months in Vietnam, playing on American military bases. While there they shared the bill with Johnny Green and his group, The Green Men, who had been regulars on the Batman television show. Bernard and Leslie based themselves in Hong Kong and performed all over the East Asia: in Okinawa, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia.

A contract in the Philippines turned sour when the local currency was devalued by 50% leaving him well out of pocket, unable to pay his troupe's return travel expenses. As luck would have it his agent did him a deal, the show folk were sent home and Bernard downsized to work off his debt, resulting in gigs in some of the worst clubs in the country. Lady Luck smiled on him when the entertainment director at the Mirimar Hotel fell ill and Bernard was offered the job, then he picked up day work as an overdub artist on Japanese and Chinese films. His years of developing a clear British clipped accent at the Bailey Academy of Dramatic Art paid off. Other graduates of this Auckland afterschool training ground were Ellie Smith and Lisa Harrow!

Any spare cash was spent on designing and the construction of more illusions than a contract came up to work at the Crazy Horse Saloon in Beirut so he shipped the show over only to have civil war break out three weeks later. He sailed to Cyprus where upheavals caused more evening curfews then headed east to Turkey; then Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. By now Leslie and their young son Daniel were finding the pace too much and returned home to New Zealand. Her replacement was Linda McGarry who had worked with the Black Theater Company in Prague.

In 1973 Bernard met up with Johnny Green again in Cairo and they joined forces, their nightclub act taking them through France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium and into the Netherlands, working the US military bases. They stored most of his illusions and toured with a very much scaled down version with Bernard concentrating on his pickpocket comedy act. 'My pickpocketing act happened by accident one night in the early 60s. I was doing an audience participation routine and this fellow had a little instamatic camera with the strap hanging out his pocket. I was in a perfect position to take it so I did. At the end of the act I sent him back to his seat then called him back on stage and said, 'Here, you might need your camera,' and handed it to him. It got the biggest laugh of the night so developed the act from there.'

'I once got this guy up from his table at a Cyprus nightclub. I did my usual routine and got his belt and his wallet. After the act the club owner called me to his office and said the guy had complained that his wallet was $100 short. He was refusing to pay his bill so I told the manager that if it was going to be a problem I'd give him $100 from my own pocket and get rid of him. Then a waitress told us that she'd found a $100 note under the man's table.'

'A guy once banged into me in an apparent drunken stupor and I felt his hand go into my inside coat pocket. There was no wallet, only a bundle of papers, and he took them. I took him by the wrist, said 'excuse me but what time does the casino close?' and at the same time I took his watch which I offered to swap for my papers. He dropped the papers and ran!' 'The key is observation. If your audience is casually dressed then do something else, you need your mark to be wearing a jacket.

And it is next to impossible to remove elasticated watch straps so don't even bother.' 'You look at a necktie and know immediately whether a person is right or left-handed and what your plan of attack should be, because a left-handed person ties a tie completely differently than a righthanded person. From there you know which side of the person to work on. Also if it's a Windsor knot it's much easier to get off than a regular knot. 'In 1972 Bernard scored a gig on the SS Nieuw Amsterdam, the jewel in the crown of Holland America Cruises and in 1973 he became an entertainment manager on the SS Rotterdam, cruising the Caribbean in winter and Alaska in summer with an occasional world cruise. During Bernard's shore leave he continued to work with The Green Men.

In 1974 they featured in the lounge of the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas (host to Elvis and Priscilla's wedding) where Mitch D'Wood, the entertainment manager, was to invite him back a number of times. He also worked at the Flamingo (where Elvis had starred in Viva Las Vegas). Bernard's New York based manager Ephram Abramson was able to find him work whenever he was back home in either Las Vegas, where he lived and worked various venues over the years, or Sarasota, Florida. It was usual to have 4 months on shore each year when he would either join up with Johnny Green or tour his act throughout the USA and Canada, often as an opening act to high-ranking stars such as Cat Stevens, Bo Diddley, Cab Calloway, Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughn and dozens of others.

Johnny bought a nightclub in 1974 and Bernard accepted a job as cruise director for Holland America Cruises until 1978 when he transferred to Paquet Cruises. In 1984 he joined Ocean Cruise Lines on the Ocean Princess, sailing the southern Caribbean in winter while operating in Alaskan waters in summer. Her sister ship the Pacific Princess became famous for appearing in the TV series The Love Boat. He joined Princess Cruises in 1989, worked two years on board the Queen Elizabeth 2 then retired as a cruise director in 1994 but continued performing. In 2004 he joined the Sapphire Princess, one of the world's largest ships, cruising Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. In 2014 Bernard moved his home base to Auckland and retired from the business with short trips away now and then.

Over the years Bernard has been very supportive of the local magic scene, sponsoring the Magicana magazine and conventions. One of his greatest contributions has been the financing of top international magicians to lecture and perform at national conventions. In 1990 he arranged a prize of $10,000 worth of work on cruise ships around the world for the winner of the Top Comedy Award at the national magic Conference but a team of international judges decided that nobody was funny enough. Instead he created the $5000 Bernard Reid Magical Arts Trust to support young New Zealand talent. The first recipient, Rena MacLeod, won a study trip to Japan. In 1995 his beautiful Bernard Reid Comedy Trophy was first presented to Malcolm Silverman.

Bernard is a life member of the Variety Artists Club of NZ which also presented him with a Plaque of Honour in 1992. In 2001 he was granted the 2001 Grand Master of Magic by the Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians. It's well known that the wife of an entertainer takes on an impossible task. You are either together 99% of the time or 1% of the time and unless you are an extraordinary being you will either grow to hate the sight of each other or forget
what he looks like.

Bernard has married 3 times but admits that entertainment was his first love, which could either be seen as a blessing or a curse. He met Bonnie Ritter as a passenger and when they broke up he discovered her working on another cruise liner as an illusionist, much to Bernard's annoyance. She had stolen all his routines, a no-no in the magic business! Another episode of theft was his entire collection of 200 clown statuettes and a number of illusions from his storage locker while he was away at sea. Disappeared, I might add! Bernard's son Daniel now lives in Melbourne and makes a normal living as a computer programmer.

His grandfather would be well pleased!

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9. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #9
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Message by Paul Stone (US)

Before I introduce you to another great magic personality from the past that I'm featuring this week, I wanted to follow up on my promise a couple of weeks ago to tell you about my visit to the wonderful Pam Thompson.

Pam is now well and truly settled in her new home in Las Vegas. As usual she is surrounded by small dogs and I am delighted to report that she looks absolutely great. She was in tremendous form and we laughed for nearly two hours non-stop. She is a very special lady.

Carl "Bud" Dietrich was one of the best known tradeshow magicians or, as he was billed, industrial entertainers, in the United States for many years. Along with Jim Ryan, Eddie Tullock and Karrell Fox, Bud was one of the original and select group of magicians who earned their living promoting products and services in the corporate world at tradeshows and exhibitions across America.

Bud was also the face of Hoyle Playing Cards, regularly appearing at promotional events for them.

Although Bud primarily worked at tradeshows in the United States, he also represented the St. Louis Visitors & Convention Bureau (Bud actually lived in Belleville, Illinois) at the World Travel Market in London every year in December. It was at this event that I first met him.

At that time, I was a young man learning my trade by working the Northern Clubs in the UK, but I was keen to break into the lucrative world of tradeshows. I was visiting the World Travel Market with a client of mine; by sheer chance we passed by the St. Louis booth where Bud was performing. Needless to say, there was a huge crowd in front of the booth.

Bud was tall and immaculately dressed. What first impressed me was his presence and command of the tradeshow audience, which could often be difficult and were always in a rush. His calm, confident manner immediately put people at ease, and he was able to build a crowd without any fuss or the need to shout.

Bud was a first class magician at the top of his game. Without a doubt, his main secret was his likeability. If you saw him work, you would instantly warm to him and trust him. This was why his services were always in huge demand.

After one of his pitches, I introduced myself to Bud. Unlike some of his contemporaries, Bud welcomed me and over the next few years he mentored me and taught me everything I needed to know about the tradeshow business. He was generous with his advice and tips and even introduced me to many of his clients.

My good friend Shep Hyken from St. Louis, a leading light in the National Speakers Association also started out his performing life as a tradeshow magician and was mentored by Bud. Many other tradeshow performers were inspired by the Tradeshow Handbook, the bible of tradeshow magic, which Bud co-wrote with Dick Jarrow.

Among these performers was Seth Kramer, another valued friend of mine, who has also written his own "must have" comprehensive manual for tradeshow workers.

I was fortunate to spend quality time with Bud and his dear wife Audrey both in London and St. Louis. I'll be forever grateful to him for the kindness he showed me in sharing his considerable knowledge and his friendship.

Bud Dietrich was a real gentleman and a class act!

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

Eddie The Voice In a Million Low

Many, many moons ago, Eddie popped around home to give me a taped copy of an hour-long radio documentary, "The Eddie Low Story". The programme, compiled and narrated by Neil Collins (And Eddie - interspersed with various recordings), Disc Jockey, Compere and
Columnist from Dunedin, was broadcast via the NZBC (The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation) throughout New Zealand in 1971. Although I was aware of most of Eddie's story, much of what I've related has come from the tape that Eddie gifted me, nearly thirty years ago!

October 1973. Eddie, together with his management - Joe and Dennis Brown, arrived at the Country Music Association annual D.J. Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where he performed on the 'International Show'. Eddie's fabulous 'Voice In a Million', brought
the house down! The 3,000 plus hard-core music business people roared their approval as they cheered, whooped and hollered him back to centre stage for the show's only encore!

At his guest appearance on the 'Grand Ole Opry Show' the packed auditorium reverberated with applause as Eddie was introduced onto the stage, his reputation had obviously preceded him, following his appearance at the 'International Show'. As Eddie came to the finishing lines of 'Out Of Reach Of My Two Empty Arms', the applause thundered, as the delighted crowd in that huge auditorium rose, demanding an encore from the 'Magic Voice' of our own, brilliant,
Maori entertainer - Eddie Low. The Ryman auditorium was shaken to its very foundations as the ecstatic audience voiced its approval, as the compere/host recalled Eddie back to the microphone. As Eddie finished singing: 'I Can't Stop Loving You', the entire theatre again
erupted in frenzied exhilaration!

Just listening to the tape sends shivers up my spine. One can only imagine what it must have been like to have actually been there, physically feeling, experiencing the excitement and electrifying magic of the moment! As Eddie said: "That was a moment of a lifetime
for me. It is getting back a bit now but, it is still fresh in my mind and something I'll never forget"! A treasured compliment for Eddie came from the great Tex Ritter who remarked: "Eddie Low, he was sensational, dynamic - he makes Tom Jones look like a sharecropper!"

Whilst in Nashville, Eddie met many of the Country Music Greats. The list of worldwide household names runs like a Who's Who of C & W. All of them had nothing but compliments for Eddie. What followed is what Eddie himself describes as the fulfilment of his greatest
ambition. He was invited to record in the Nashville Sound Studios, under the direction of Bill Walker, the musical director of the then popular Johnny Cash television series. Grady Martin, lead guitarist on many of Elvis Presley's hits was also on the session Eddie also travelled to Canada, staying for six months, recording in Toronto and was a guest on a host of television shows.

John Rowles, Peter Snell, Kiri Te Kanawa, Colin Meads, Sir Edmond Hillary, Bob Charles, Edgar Benyon, Tex Morton, Franquin; just some of the fine New Zealanders who have carried the flag high for our country overseas. Add the name of Eddie Low.

Eddie Low has been a mate and a friend for a great many years, as has his lovely wife Bunny, whom we met when they immigrated to Sydney. Like me, Eddie is proud of his Maori heritage, as well as being a New Zealander. Actually, Eddie is half Scots as well, from his father's side. To celebrate his twin heritage, he produced a two CD compilation about two or three years ago, which he very kindly gifted to Veronica and I ; one disc covers various Maori songs, the
other, Scottish. The album is titled: Eddie Low - 'Land of my Mother… Land of my Father'. The little booklet that accompanies the album has a cover story that was written by Eddie's daughter, Maria Cowin (nee Low). It is a most interesting, poignant and well written
discourse about Eddie and his family. I've been trying to reach Eddie in Sydney but to no avail so far; so I'm taking the liberty of repeating Maria's cover story in my next episode. I know for sure that Eddie or Maria won't mind.

- Continues -

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