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Issue Number: #1638
Date: Sunday 26th September 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. 'AGT' Season 16 Winner Revealed
3. October Genii Magazine
4. David Copperfield's History of Magic
5. Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Season #8
6. Magic Circle's First Female President
7. Magical Women With Connie Boyd - Lea Kyle
8. Broken wand - Allan Slaight
9. Always On My Mind - John Carey #135
10. News From The Academy Of Illusions
11. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #30
12. Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater
13. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
14. E-zine Archives
15. 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/2021-Jan-to-Dec-2021/1638-Sep26-2021.html

On the 6th November Magic New Zealand ezine will be celebrating its 22nd year of publication.

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. 'AGT' Season 16 Winner Revealed
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Dustin Tavella INSPIRES The Crowd With Incredible Magic - America's Got Talent 2021
Winner Dustin Tavella has been practicing his entire life for this moment! The amazing magician showcases the power of giving through a moving performance.

https://youtu.be/ZnwLld8gYeo

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3. October Genii Magazine
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Message by Richard Kaufman - Editor Genii Magazine

Join us for as little as $35 a year at www.geniimagazine.com and get digital access to every issue of both Genii and MAGIC ever published!

On our cover this month is magic's holy place - David Copperfield's International Museum and Library of Conjuring Arts, the largest repository of magic history on earth. The props of Robert-Houdin, Alexander and Adelaide Herrmann, Kellar, Houdini, Thurston, Blackstone, Dante, Cardini, Mr. Electric, Vernon, Channing Pollock, and pretty much everyone else on the planet are all inside. That's just the start. Untold numbers of posters, scrapbooks, notebooks, and props of all sorts line the shelves in room after room after room.

There's an enormous library, a full size reproduction of Lou Tannen's Magic Shop, and an accurate reproduction of the theater in Martinka's magic shop. All of Robert-Houdin's greatest secrets are in their own room. It's a staggering jaw-dropping sight and one could easily spend a month and not see everything. The photo on our cover shows David standing at the edge of a staircase overlooking the largest room. Every bit of your hopes and dreams about magic are waiting in the museum.

And now you can visit from the comfort of your home because the museum has birthed a book by Mr. Copperfield, Richard Wiseman, and David Britland: David Copperfield's History of Magic. Published by Simon & Schuster, its release date is later this month. The book can be purchased from amazon.com for a bargain price. But, you may want to order it from Barnes & Noble because their edition will have an additional chapter not available elsewhere (look for the "B&N Exclusive Edition"). We're going to give you a head start this month with a Genii-exclusive article about the preparation of the book and three excerpts. Homer Liwag did all the swanky photography for both the book and article.

Columns this month include a look at the Jon Martin mechanical Rising Cards in John Gaughan's "Chamber of Mystery"; David Kaye explores what it means to have a really bad show in "Expert at the Kids' Table"; "The Eye," brought to us by Vanessa Armstrong, slings the latest news and mini-interviews our way; David Britland slips on oil and falls into water in "Cardopolis"; Roberto Mansilla puts a gaff to good use in "Artifices"; fun title award goes to "The Card You Picked Before You Took The One You Chose" in Jon Racherbaumer's "Exhumations"; Shawn McMaster walks you through a full evening at The Magic Castle in "Knights at the Magic Castle"; Jonathan Friedman embraces Halloween in a big way with two creepy tricks in "Magicana"; we wrap it up with reviews of books, tricks, and videos by David Britland, Mark Phillips, and Joe M. Turner.

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4. David Copperfield's History of Magic
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Book launch October 26, 2021
by David Copperfield

An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world's greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form's most famous artifacts housed at David Copperfield's secret museum.

In this personal journey through a unique and remarkable performing art, David Copperfield profiles twenty-eight of the world's most groundbreaking magicians. From the 16th-century magistrate who wrote the first book on conjuring to the roaring twenties and the man who fooled Houdini, to the woman who levitated, vanished, and caught bullets in her teeth, David Copperfield's History of Magic takes you on a wild journey through the remarkable feats of the greatest magicians in history.

These magicians were all outsiders in their own way, many of them determined to use magic to escape the strictures of class and convention. But they all transformed popular culture, adapted to social change, discovered the inner workings of the human mind, embraced the latest technological and scientific discoveries, and took the art of magic to unprecedented heights.

The incredible stories are complimented by over 100 never-before-seen photographs of artifacts from Copperfield's exclusive Museum of Magic, including a 16th-century manual on sleight of hand, Houdini's straightjackets, handcuffs, and water torture chamber, Dante's famous sawing-in-half apparatus, Alexander's high-tech turban that allowed him to read people's minds, and even some coins that may have magically passed through the hands of Abraham Lincoln.

By the end of the book, you'll be sure to share Copperfield's passion for the power of magic.

https://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfields-History-Magic-Copperfield/dp/1982112913

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5. Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Season #8
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Season 8 Premiere - October 1, 2021

Aspiring magicians from all over the world perform their best tricks to try and fool Penn and Teller, the world-famous magician duo. If the two can't guess how the trick was done, the "fooler" gets to be on their Las Vegas magic show.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1811179/

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6. Magic Circle's First Female President
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BBC News

Magic Circle: First female president says role 'is an honour'

A magician who has become the first female president of the Magic Circle says it is a "real honour" to have been given the role.

Megan Swann, who at the age of 28 also became the youngest person to lead the society, told the BBC it "means so much to be able to make history".

The organisation was founded in 1905 to promote and advance magic.

Ms Swan said she hoped her appointment would lead more women and young girls to practise the art.

The Magic Circle has some 1,500 members, including Dynamo, David Copperfield, the Prince of Wales and Sooty, all of whom had to prove their skill as magicians in order to join.

However, women have only been allowed to join in the past 30 years and just 5% of its members are female.

Ms Swann said it was "just amazing" to be the president of an organisation "which I've grown up with and I absolutely love".

"To be able to make history during the process is just the icing on the cake," she added.

The 28-year-old, from Eltham in south-east London, said it all started when she was given a magic set at the age of five, but "the turning point was joining the Young Magicians Club" when she was 10.

She said her favoured style was "environmental magic" where she uses her skills to "tell people about environmental issues and more importantly what we can do to help".

Asked what she hoped to see happen during her presidency, the magician said she would "love to see more women and young girls getting into magic... in the magic community as a whole, not just the Magic Circle".

She also wanted to see the return of public performances as many magicians had resorted to carrying out virtual shows online during the pandemic.

"There's nothing compared to a live audience in my opinion, nothing like being on stage," she said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58667304

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

#2 Exclusive | Gay Blackstone interviews Connie Boyd | the Academy of Magical Arts Magical Women #53

Sequel talk #2 Gay Blackstone interviews Connie Boyd in this exclusive, rare, footage for the members only on the "Behind the Bookcase" series at the Magic Castle and the Academy of Magical Arts in Los Angeles. Shoot Ogawa hosts the virtual talk from Japan.

Connie Boyd offers more than thirty years magic experience and is an award winning magician, a mentor, a director & producer. She has enjoyed a highly successful international career. Connie is credited for her original magic, magic routines & presentations.

Connie has developed a unique niche market with female magicians & magic production shows. Connie Boyd Magic has created four different, proven magic shows starring female talent: "Chicks with Tricks", "the Beauty of Magic", "Illusions" & "ILLUSIONISTA"

Many thanks to the Magic Castle and the Academy of Magical Arts for graciously allowing us to upload their exclusive footage to our Magical Women Interview Series.

Contents
00:00 - 00:31 - Introduction
00:31 - 03:11 - Connie shares insight about her magic through photos & video
03:11 - 03:26 - Call to Action please subscribe
03:26 - 05:21 - Connie discusses her journey from performer to management & direction
05:21 - 05:44 - Call to Action - please subscribe to our channel

https://youtu.be/N9uZ_tuefH4

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8. Broken wand - Allan Slaight
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Allan Slaight (1931-2021)

By Magicana Staff
September 20, 2021

On September 19, 2021, John Allan Slaight passed away peacefully, aged 90, at his home in Toronto. Born on July 19, 1931 in Galt, Ontario to John Edgar and Eileen Slaight, Allan soon made his mark, first, at 8 as a magician, and then, at 17 as a broadcaster, hosting a late night jazz program Spins and Needles in his new hometown of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

At 19, he married Ada Mitchell, moved to Edmonton, started a family, and jockeyed between local radio stations before becoming the News Director at CHED in 1953. In 1958, he relocated to Toronto and became the Program Director of CHUM, the fledgling rock and roll radio station. Thanks to Allan's endless energy, intuitive grasp of programming, and extraordinary ability to inspire, CHUM soon set the standard for rock and roll radio in Canada, and abroad.

In 1966, Allan left CHUM to pursue his own endeavours. And the hits kept coming: rescuing Radio Caroline, the pirate radio station serving the U.K., pulling Global Television back from the brink of bankruptcy, creating Q-107 in Toronto, and then acquiring Standard Broadcasting and transforming it into the largest privately-owned network of radio stations in Canada. His indefatigable energy and street smarts also helped shepherd the Toronto Raptors to Toronto. Allan eventually took control of the franchise and the building of the Air Canada Centre before turning ownership over to new stewards.

For Allan, people were always more important than profits. He demonstrated this time and time again through his community and philanthropic efforts. Hundreds of organizations-particularly those within healthcare, community services and the arts- benefited not just from his financial contributions, but also from his leadership, creativity, timeliness, and willingness to make his friends and associates their friends and associates. His philanthropic initiatives will percolate across Canada for years to come through The Slaight Family Foundation and La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso.

While Allan maintained a lifelong love for the conjuring arts, writing one of the most celebrated texts in the history of the literature, his greatest feat was giving people, regardless of their field of endeavour, the confidence and support that they, too, could perform the impossible.
The recipient of, among other awards of distinction, a Juno, an Honorary Degree from Ryerson University, a Star on the Canadian Walk of Fame, and the Order of Canada, Allan is survived by his children Gary, Greg and Marie (and their respective partners); five grandchildren (and their partners), and several great-grandchildren; and his brother, Brian (and his wife, Annabel).

Allan is also survived by the love of his life these past thirty-five years, his wife, Emmanuelle Gattuso. Together they were one, with a passion for life, for each other, and for helping others.
In lieu of flowers, please direct time, energy and, if possible, resources to a charity near to you.

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9. Always On My Mind - John Carey #135
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

This effect came about simply from the deck I like using these days, the Penguin Magic marked deck. It comes with a double backed gaffed card and I thought that I might as well use this gaff. Here is a strong and simple mystery card presentation.

Place the double backer inside your right pocket ahead of time. Perform a few effects and then hand the deck out for shuffling.

"Before I came here today I removed a card from that deck. I don't even know what it is. It's a mystery card."

The right hand removes the double backer and sticks it to your forehead, which will get a smile or inquisitive stare. Take back the deck and spread for a free selection, which the marks will tell you the identity of.

Let's say here it's the Seven of Diamonds. Hand a marker to your helper and request that they sign their card on the face as you look away. Turn back around and have the card returned and secretly control it to the top using your favorite method. Secure a pinky break beneath the signed
card.

"Now let's try something that some call telepathy, others call mind reading and some people state simply cannot be done. Mentally project your card to me and keep saying it over and over in your head, like Seven of Diamonds, Seven of Diamonds, Seven of Diamonds, yes?!" Let your helper respond and confirm you're correct. "It's as if your thoughts were always on my mind!" The right hand removes the double backer from your forehead and places it on top of the deck. As an intransit action extend your right hand palm-up and ask your spectator to extend a palm-up hand. Come back to the deck and execute a double turnover revealing their signed card. Hand it to them and your mystery is successfully concluded. Put the deck away and go to the bar for a well-deserved beer.

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10. News From The Academy Of Illusions
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Message by Jay Scott Berry (Australia)

I'm happy to report another banner week at the Academy: A dozen Private Training Sessions, 4 Private Zoom Shows, 2 ZoomStorming Group Sessions plus the 3rd episodes of GenoMania and the Darkstone Dossiers Mini-Series. To top it off, on Tuesday, we premiered another new show, Illuminations.

The intensive training ZoomStorming Sessions have already helped magicians around the globe up their sleight-of-hand game. When asked if we should continue them, the response was enthusiastic and unanimous! So, Sessions 5 - 8 are on the Calendar for Saturdays in October. I'll run each 90 minute Class twice, at 3pm SYD Time and again at 3pm NY time. More details are on The Art of Wonder FB Page.

Geno DeVille pulled out all the stops for the 3rd Episode in his Series. This one was Muggle Friendly, so Streamed live to the Academy FB Page. He began by announcing an Online Magic Competition for original effects and routines. He then played one of his original performance clips, as an example. It was an ingeniously simple, highly deceptive effect with coloured beads and a cup. We talked at length about my new Digital Downloads, to be released next month. I then performed part of one new routine, as a teaser. To top it off, Geno added 2 new segments, one on Bar Bets and the other for stories from the road.

Professor Emeritus, Anthony Darkstone, put the icing on the cake with the third in his Mentoring Mini-Series. His Guests were Grandmaster John O'Riordan and Academy Professor, Arthur Tivoli. From amazing performances, intelligent discussion and practical advice, it was a magical banquet, fit for a king! As always, you can view the full recording, free-of-charge, on the Academy FB Page.

For the full moon Equinox, we launched Illuminations, starring Romany, Eva May, Roger Nicot and myself. The theme for this roundtable discussion was "The Magic Mindset". From Science to Mysticism and Physics to Metaphysics, we took the road less travelled, exploring what it takes to attain, and maintain, Peak Performance, in Magic and Life.

Coming up on Sunday is our first Excelsior Gala Show. I will join Academy Director Tommillusions, with Stars, Rod Chow, Eric Stevens, Austin Moody, Joel Howlett and Ethan Sutton, for what promises to be a sensational show of visual wizardry and sophisticated sorcery.

Looking ahead, I'm very excited to announce that the first Mystic Cabaret will air on October 15th. With Arthur Tivoli as Emcee, the show will feature Magic, Music and Variety acts, all with a Mystical Flair. You will find more info on all of the Academy activities at: www.facebook.com/AcademyofIllusions

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11. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #30
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Las Vegas has always been known as the magic capital of the world, and after a period of time when it had lost a little of its sparkle, I'm pleased to report that it once again reigns supreme!

Magicians have won three out of the last five America's Got Talent series; Mat Franco has his own show at the LINQ, Shin Lim at the Mirage and just this week Dustin Tavella was crowned the winner for 2021, and he will be the new headline star at the Luxor. Each of them very different, and each with their own unique performing style.

So, when you add into the mix the legend that is David Copperfield at the MGM Grand, Criss Angel at the Planet Hollywood, Xavier Mortimer and Banacek at the Stratosphere, James Dimmare at the Mint in downtown Las Vegas, and Mac King at the Excalibur, not forgetting Jason Byrne in 'V' the Ultimate Variety Show and Nathan Burton both also at the Planet Hollywood, you'll quickly understand why magic is very much to the forefront here in Las Vegas!

Over the next few weeks, I'll talk in more detail about each of these top magicians, but this week I wanted to concentrate on the latest addition to the Vegas magic scene, Dustin Tavella.

I have to confess that until recently I had never heard of him. As I've mentioned before in previous Magic New Zealand ezine articles, I'm not a massive fan of AGT, and I only watch it sporadically, or when someone whose opinion I value recommends that I take a look.

In this case it was Lynette Chappell, Siegfried & Roy's leading lady and 'Evil Queen', who suggested I check out Dustin Tavella. Lynette has seen a lot of magic, and like me, it takes something special for her to be impressed. So, I did check it out, and boy, was Lynette right!

Everything about Dustin screams 'Star Quality'. His look is very 'now' and yet smart, his delivery is exceptional, and he has a likeability that makes audiences warm to him instantly.

His magic is clever and really strong, and he predominantly uses small props that play big. But for me, his big secret is that he is a story teller. All his routines are built around very relatable story lines that appeal to young and old alike.

I'm really excited about his new upcoming show at the Luxor. In my opinion, Dustin Tavella has that 'je ne sais quoi', that indefinable ingredient, that sets him apart. I predict that he will become a huge star.

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12. Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater
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Message by Danny Archer (US)

One of America's premier magic venues, the Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater will be streaming the new Josh Jay lecture live on 11/30/21 at 8 PM EST. They have three HD cameras so you'll be able to see as well, if not better, than the people in the live audience.

This will be the only chance to see this lecture as Josh is only doing two lectures one in Philly and one in NY (Not being streamed). Tickets are only $25

Question please contact info@smokeandmirrorstheater.com

For in theater tickets please visit - https://smokeandmirrors.wellattended.com/events/joshua-jay-workshop

For virtual tickets please visit - https://streamingliveshows.uscreen.io/catalog

Josh Jay Lecture

This November, Joshua Jay will be crisscrossing the country in a two-month book tour for the
public to promote the release of his anticipated book of essays How Magicians Think. His
publisher is sending him to just a dozen cities to do television, radio, shows, and signings in
support of this title. Joshua has arranged for a special lecture appearance on his night off in Philadelphia at the Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater.

This is a rare chance to see one of magic's busiest and most exciting performers. Joshua Jay is an internationally recognized talent. He is a former First Place Winner at the World Magic Seminar and was the 2020 Society of American Magicians Magician of the Year. He has won the Creativity Prize at FISM, and fooled Penn & Teller on Fool Us. Joshua has appeared on The
Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show with James Corden. He has created two of the best-selling tricks in magic over the last decade: "Balance" and "Inferno," and he co-owns Vanishing Inc. Magic, one of the largest and most prolific companies in magic. Joshua Jay is also known as one of our industry's leading lecturers. He is an exceptional teacher, and in his lecture he mixes close-up and parlor, easy and difficult, card and non-card magic. In his new lecture lineup, you will see him perform the following:

The Wager: a brand new, unpublished effect using four coins and a hundred-dollar bill. Visual, smart, and extremely deceptive.

Reverse Logic: The ultimate parlor opener. A spectator shuffled deck goes back into new deck order, a watch appears back on your wrist, and you travel back in time.

Any Card at Any Page Number: One of Josh's signature effects...you've never seen this classic of magic with an ending quite like this.

The Card Dazzler: This is a color-changing deck where the cards change in the spectator's hands...and then every card in the pack turns clear.

Cornered Complete: Make a borrowed bill appear in a spectator's wallet. You read that right. A spectator's wallet.

Plus, many more routines from Josh's original repertoire and product line.

Peace,

Danny Archer
215.870.8188 Cell

www.SmokeandMirrorsTheater.com

www.mindvention.net

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13. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
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Written by the late Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)
Fiji
Tuesday morning 8.30am. We go to Don Laine's office, where he verified this, and accused Eric of causing embarrassment to the company by contravening immigration laws. So we trotted down to immigration headquarters which looked like an old tumbledown shack. There we saw a Mr Kaleil, who, although not exactly welcoming, was never the less grudgingly pleasant. He told Tom to buy an application form for a work permit, fill it in, get two photos taken, and come back with $10. We went back to the hotel, filled in a six-page form, with Steve's help, got the photos
taken, and took the form back to Kalil, who was slightly less unbending. He said it took about three weeks to process, with a 50-50 chance, but when Tom, laying it on rather thick, told him
that it was costing us a small fortune in accommodation etc he said he would rush it through in two weeks. With this we had to be content.

We then headed off to the Fiji visitors' Bureau to see Paddy Doyle, whose name had been given by Eric. Paddy was wrapt, and assured Tom he could get him all the work he needed if the permit was granted. He called in his second in charge Steve Yagona, who phoned Kaleil, talk away in Fijian, then told Tom that we should know next week one way or the other, and that he thought our chances were very good. By this time and it was 4:30pm so we had a cold, solid steak at a snack bar, which was at least cheaper than at the Southern Cross, then went back to the hotel.

This morning (Wednesday 21st) and we paid our $50 bill at the southern Cross Hotel and caught the coach back to Paradise Point. This trip, although not so dusty, and with a better driver (the
Monday driver scraped the side of an oncoming car) took longer, as an hour from Paradise Point, the road was blocked by a truck which had slipped off the road, while transporting a 16 ton
bulldozer on the back. There were cars, trucks, buses, people watching, people photographing, people advising, and even a man up a telephone pole phoning Suva. After an hour's wait, our
busload came back, quite shaken. An Indian had got up onto the tractor to try and get it off the truck, but as he was driving it backwards, it had rolled over down the bank, with him still on it. Luckily, he managed to jump clear and run around it as it was still rolling down the hillside.

The roads in Fiji are atrocious! There are no speed restrictions, except those imposed by the road conditions, and these are severe. They are unsealed, dusty as hell, and wickedly slippery and muddy when wet! The 65-mile trip from Suva to the Paradise Point Resort takes about 3 - 3½ hours in the bus.

We arrived back at the Paradise Point Resort at 2 p m. to find that Eric had written a letter resignation to the company, and had threatened Don Laine with it. Eric showed us the letter he
received this morning from Laine - again blasting him re the show, and ordering him to charge us for our accommodation etc, less 50 per cent at the most, but on being confronted by Eric's resignation he said to disregard his letter. So for the moment, we're in 'Shit Street' without a paddle, or whatever else you might need in the aforementioned street. Bad news, Eric's mother, who has been ill for a few weeks, died last night, so Tom is out helping Eric to get boozed.

Two days later; more bad news! I can't believe it - the bloody permit has been refused! The reason given was that, although nobody in Fiji actually ate fire, or swallowed swords, performed
magic etc., there might be someone wanting to do it in the future, and Tom might be putting him out of a job. Not even the Company's Head Office or various Hotel Managers, etc., could influence the decision!

So now you have the full and complete story regarding that line 'Bloody Officious Indians'! As you may well understand, I was not a very happy laddie and why I cheered loudly when years later, Fijians finally rebelled, and took over their own country! It's a bit like Australia deciding to govern New Zealand. Ha!

We now had to make a decision. We could return to New Zealand, or try our luck in Australia. I remembered that my father had a friend, Bill Godfrey, who worked as a Security Guard at the
Sydney Airport. I got hold of his phone number, and gave him a call, explained our dilemma, and asked what he thought of us coming to Australia. Bill said, "When can you get here - and don't worry about a bed - we've got one waiting for you"! Well, what do you know - the Orchanté luck strikes again! It always does! We cashed in our return tickets, and bought tickets to Sydney.

Look Out Australia, Here We Come!

Continued next week …
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