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Issue Number: #1668
Date: Sunday 15th May 2022
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. Academy Of Magical Arts May Performing Schedule
3. The Magic Word Podcast
4. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #59
5. Into The Heart And Art Of Street Magic
6. Magical Women With Connie Boyd
7. News From The Academy Of Illusions
8. Easy As 1,2,3!!! - John Carey #159
9. Steve From Estates Of Magic
10. Masters Of Illusion
11. E-zine Archives
13. Privacy Policy And Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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Editor@MagicNewZealand.com

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2. Academy Of Magical Arts May Performing Schedule
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The Magic Castle, Hollywood

May 16-22
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Bill Bentz
Late: Adam Grave

Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Chris Capehart
Late: Mark Clearview

Palace of Mystery
Mickey O'Conner
Pop Haydn

Palace of Mystery Brunch
Mickey O'Conner
Pop Haydn

Peller Theatre
Ron Saylor
Dennis Forel

Library Bar
Hannibal

Friday Luncheon Close-Up Gallery
Aaron Fisher

Saturday & Sunday
Brunch Parlour Kids Show
Chris Capehart

May 23-29
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Jeff Bornstein
Early: Laura London
Late: R. Paul Wilson

Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Matt Donnelly
Late: Jon Stetson

Palace of Mystery
Jonathan Neal
Chris Hart

Palace of Mystery Brunch
Jonathan Neal
Chris Hart

Peller Theatre
Michael Ammar

Library Bar
Nick Dopuch

Friday Luncheon Close-Up Gallery
Laura London

Saturday & Sunday Brunch
Parlour Kids Show
Nick Paul

May 30-June 5

Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Chris Canfield
Early: Derek Ostovani
Late: Gogo Cuerva

Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Howard Blackwell
Late: Scott Tokar

Palace of Mystery
Arthur Trace
Luna Shimada

Palace of Mystery Brunch
Arthur Trace
Luna Shimada

Peller Theatre
Kerry Ross
Chuck Jones

Library Bar
Laurel Costello

Friday Luncheon Close-Up Gallery
Gogo Cuerva

Saturday & Sunday Brunch
Parlour Kids Show
Scott Tokar

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

Last week we took a virtual trip to the "paradise" island of Mauritius to visit with French magician, William Watt. He decided to take a big chance and leave a lucrative career in magic behind in Paris and relocate to a tiny island off the coast of South Africa where he rapidly became the "big fish" on the island. He has a ton of great advice and solid opinions on performing that I think every magician will learn from and enjoy. You can listen to this episode #679 wherever you get your podcasts. But for more content, please visit: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/679-william-watt

This week we stay a little closer to home by visit the "Fantastic Magic Center" in Austin, Texas, that is the personal magic museum of Kent Cummins. Kent has been performing magic for over seven decades and has a ton of stories and experiences to share. This week, he shares several of his observations and advice from over those years in the podcast. You can view some photos of his museum plus listen to the podcast at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/680-kent-cummins

MAGIC Live! begins on May 15 and runs through May 18. The Magic Word Podcast will be there and posting daily updates from the convention floor with conversations with organizers, talent, registrants, dealers and others. Come back every day for these reports as they are posted on The Magic Word Podcast. And of course, you can always keep updated by subscribing to the podletter so you know what's happening and whose doing it. You can subscribe to the podletter through our website.

One last thing before we go, during this past week, we hosted a one hour virtual lecture by Bill Wisch. It was posted on our Facebook page as well as YouTube. It was the official launch of his new, two volume DVD set on Slydini's Silks that included explanations of four of Slydini's effects. If you act quickly, you will be able to get a discount on the DVD set by following the link in the video. You can view the lecture on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/dW8QyVJwPgw

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4. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #59
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Message by Paul Stone (US)

I've mentioned before in my articles that I have lunch at least once a month here in Las Vegas with a few good magic friends including Bill Smith, Fielding West, Lupe Nielsen, and Charlie & Sherry Frye. This started out as a weekly event for Peter Reveen, and then became lunch with Lance Burton, before he moved out of town to become a gentleman farmer!

Someone else who also regularly joins us is Richard Faverty. Whilst his name may not be as Internationally known as the others in this group, Richard has more than left his mark on the magic community, particularly in Las Vegas, as the photographer to the Stars.

He owns Beckett Studios which he opened in 2001, and he has been in constant demand ever since. Many of the most iconic promotional photos adorning the billboards around the Las Vegas Strip were shot by Richard.

Richard also was responsible for over a dozen Front Cover photos for Stan Allen's 'Magic Magazine'.

I called Richard on the phone to get some background on his life and what he told me in half an hour could fill a 200 page book! He literally didn't draw for breath, and his life story is both fascinating and captivating. So, here's a very brief overview!

All Richard ever wanted to do was become a photographer, and he became a freelance photo-journalist in 1970's in Chicago. He worked for all the major magazines and newspapers including Time Life, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, NY Times and the Washington Post.

Through a friend Richard found out that selling photos to the National Enquirer paid twice as much and he found a niche as the 'freak specialist', and soon became the 'go to guy' for photos of the tallest, the fattest, Siamese twins, UFO sightings and psychics.

But very unexpectedly his career path changed when in 1980 he was sent to Fort Wayne, Indiana to cover an attempt by a 'bubble expert' named Eiffel Plasterer to encase a person inside a soap bubble.

The attempt ended in failure with Plasterer claiming the challenge was impossible. But Richard was intrigued and decided then and there that he would find a way to do it.

And succeed he did, managing to encase his young three year old daughter inside a huge bubble. Not only that, Richard then sold the photographs of this stunt to the National Enquirer.

As a result of this, Richard found himself inundated with requests from around the globe to photograph all types of objects inside a bubble.

In 1985 he was invited to appear on a Japanese TV Show doing a 5 minute bubble act. Although Richard didn't have an act, the lure of $5000 plus first class travel was too good to turn down, so he put together a 'History of Bubble Blowing' act featuring various inventions including a remote controlled bubble blowing robot.

A booking agent in Las Vegas saw the show and started offering Richard regular gigs and one of them was in Israel working with the Fercos Brothers, who performed an act in the style of Siegfried & Roy in a basketball stadium in front of 8,000 fans.

Richard graphically remembers the first show. He had never before run the act and, just as he was announced, they had a massive power failure. Instead of all his ingenious visual effects, there was just one single light bulb above him, and dead silence!

The show producer shouted to him 'just make some f…… bubbles!' so Richard made a series of gigantic bubbles which, by sheer chance, when lit by the single bulb, looked amazing, and Richard received a standing ovation from the entire audience!

This was Richard's entrée into the world of magicians, and he was now well and truly hooked. His bubble act, now lasting 8 minutes, took him around the world, and in the process onto several major TV shows like 'What's My Line', Johnny Carson Show, Letterman and many others in South America and Europe.

He 1986 Richard released 'Professor Bubbles Official Handbook, and the Swiss Army Bubble Wand, which he licensed, and 32 million were sold over a 19 year period. Not bad for a photographer!

Amongst other show credits, Richard appeared in Jeff Kutash's legendary show 'Splash' for a year at the Riviera Hotel & Casino.

Richard is now regarded as the number one entertainment photographer in Las Vegas and his client list is impressive. Many of the world's top magicians have benefitted from his originality and creative images.

And I nearly forgot, Richard is one of the most modest and friendly guys you'll ever meet!

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5. Into The Heart And Art Of Street Magic
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Message by Jeff McBride (US)

A Three-Day Journey into the Heart and Art of Street Magic

What do Penn & Teller, David Blaine, Harry Anderson and Amazing Jonathan all have in common? They all began their careers with Street Magic! Yes, many of the world's most famous magicians began as street performers, and the skills they learned helped them in their careers. Now it's your turn to learn the secrets of the masters!

These classes will teach you to:

Gain confidence and how to control your audience
Develop your character and showmanship skills
Polish your presentations
Have fun and make money at the same time!

Who is this class for?

Magicians interested in learning how to perform more powerful magic
Anyone interested in the performance, business, art and history of Street Magic
Performers who want to learn how to capture attention and control an audience
Performers who want to make more money with their magic or travel the world with their show
Magicians who want to learn the techniques to work the streets and how to apply them to other venues

Three Saturdays in June - 4, 11, 18 - 12:00 p.m. (noon) to 2:00 p.m. Pacific time

Registration $145 until June 1, then increases to $195

https://shop.magicalwisdom.com/event/the-las-vegas-street-magic-super-sessions

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

Sylvia Schuyer is a Dutch magician featured in this "Blast from the Past" vintage video interview with Jan Lenferink from 1992 taped on RTL RUR. In this interview clip Sylvia performs gypsy thread and money magic.

Sylvia was born into an entertainment family. Her father is a professional magician, her mother a dancer, host and model. Sylvia is a professional MC (Master/Mistress of Ceremonies) and a magician.

https://youtu.be/OVTQm_5QJ_M

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

Two months ago, Frank Everhart was my guest for the "Spotlight On" program. He spoke freely about growing up with Magic, his legendary father, their first trip to Key West and the beginnings of Frank's Magic Bar. He also mentioned that the Bar's 25th anniversary was coming up in mid-May. When you know the history of Frank Everhart Senior, dating back to the legendary Ivanhoe Bar in Chicago, you begin to understand that this is one of the great success stories in modern magic.

After the interview, I was struck with the idea to create a Hybrid Convention to celebrate this auspicious anniversary. Not as a profit making venture, mind you, but simply in service of the Art. For this, I've managed to pull together a team of masters, grandmasters and legends, all of whom have some link to Frank and Bar Magic. These include Doc Eason, Michael Ammar, Max Howard, Greg Gleason, Geno DeVille and John Johnson. We now have a full schedule of Virtual and Live Events on May 15th starting at 2pm Key West Time (EST). We will also have Preview Events on Saturday the 14th, starting at 3pm. All details can be found on the Key West Konvention FB Page: www.facebook.com/KeyWestKonvention

But the BIG NEWS is that all of the Stars are waiving their fees in order to make this a FREE Konvention! Please note that there is limited space on the Zoom Meeting. Hop on over to www.DeVilleMagic.net to reserve your spot. We will also be Streaming to Youtube: www.Youtube.com/JayScottBerry

In other news, the 27th Episode of GenoMania became a de facto test run for the Konvention. Instead of the usual Stream to FB, attendees were invited onto Zoom, and I also streamed the program to Youtube. After addressing a few tech issues, we were off and running! Besides outlining the upcoming weekend's events, we talked about having a Commando Cruise Ship Act in case luggage doesn't arrive. Geno shared Michael Finney's version of "Professor's Nightmare". We wrapped it all up with another lighthearted rant in "What Gets Your Goat?"

Both of last weekend's S.A.M. Online events were very well attended. I was honored to be part of the Doug Henning 75th Birthday Celebration and then present a mini Masterclass on the Sanada Gimmick for the V1.2 Assembly. A big thank you to the team of producers and attendees. Bravo!

As I write this, we are just two days out from what promises to be an epic, one-of-a-kind, Hybrid Convention. I hope to see you all there, as we navigate the new normal.
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8. Easy As 1,2,3!!! - John Carey #159
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

If you play by the rules of "effect is everything", the following triple 'Which Hand' routine should get your interest. The price to pay is three gaffed coins. A double headed two pence, a double tailed ten pence and a double headed 50 pence. Carry these in your pocket with a few
regular coins of different values to the gaffs and you're all set.

Request the help of three people. "Today I would like to demonstrate the sending of thoughts. I've got some change here we can use for our test." Bring out all your pocket change and casually hand the two pence to spectator one, the ten pence to spectator two and the 50 pence to
spectator three. Put the rest of the change away. Ask each participant to cover their coin with their other hand and shake their hands up a few times. "I will look away now. Take a peek at your coins. If it landed heads up, hold it in your left fist. If it's tails up hold it in your right first. Then each of you make your other hands into fists and then tell me when it's cool to turn back to face you."

So as per the above script when you turn around you will be all set for a beautiful triple divination. But don't throw the power of the effect away by doing so immediately. Work with each participant in turn, saying you will try and pick up on their thoughts, the inflections in their voice and so on. Really act out the moment because if you really could read minds it wouldn't be easy!

Eventually you can do the triple revelation. I hold my left hand out palm down and push down the right hand of the person holding the two pence, the left hand of the person holding the ten pence and finally the right hand of the participant with the 50 pence. This can be and indeed
should be dramatic. All that's left to do is ask each person to open their remaining hand that's in a fist to reveal a super strong triple 'Which Hand' divination!

Notes: Overseas readers naturally substitute double sided coins you can acquire in your own currency.

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9. Steve From Estates Of Magic
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Message by Steve Varro
stevevarro007@gmail.com

Most of the items we sell come from estates of magicians who have retired or passed on.

We send out our monthly catalog to over 5,000.00 magicians.

If you would like to receive our monthly catalog of available magic props for sale just contact us by submitting your email and you will be added to our list.

https://estatesofmagic.com/

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10. Masters Of Illusion
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Message by Steve Moyer (US)

Up next on week six of season eight of Masters of Illusion on the CW Network

Hosted by Dean Cain

Saturday, May 14th with two 30-minute episodes airing back to back, starting at 9/8C

9:00 - 9:30 p.m. "The Bed of Nails and the Magic Wand"
Starring Naathan Phan, Jonathan Goodwin, Eric Jones,
Levent and Stuart MacDonald

9:30 - 10:00 p.m.: "The William Tell Experiment"
Starring My Uyên, Chipper Lowell, Eric Jones,
Farrell Dillon and Trino, Kevin Li and Jonathan Goodwin

To view performance highlights of the May 14th original episode airing from 9:00 - 9:30 p.m., please visit: (Highlight Clip of Magician Naathan Phan and Dean Cain https://warnerbros.box.com/s/5il78vsgr71ogcmcbs0og04hjgs19ub6 and (Compilation Clip of all the magicians in this episode: https://vimeo.com/699862104/0a191117cb

Masters of Illusion - "The William Tell Experiment" - (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET) (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)

Recipe For Magic - Hosted by Dean Cain, Masters of Illusion features amazing magic performed by cutting-edge illusionists, escape artists and performers displaying skills ranging from perplexing interactive mind magic to hilarious comedy routines - all in front of a studio audience. Magicians featured in this episode include: My Uyên (Tamborine Fire), Chipper Lowell with Dean Cain, Eric Jones (Completely Baffling), Farrell Dillon & Trino (Saving Money), Kevin Li (Recipe for Magic) and Jonathan Goodwin (Master Marksmanship (#802) (Encore Performance) Original airdate 4/16/2022.

To view performance highlights of the May 14th encore episode airing from 9:30 - 10:00 p.m., please visit: (Highlight Clip of Magician Chipper Lowell and Dean Cain) https://warnerbros.box.com/s/ecry8y3zfbyg4g82uyxmdub3lm7gyqb4 and (Compilation Clip of all the magicians in this episode) https://vimeo.com/696675931/b2b4d6b04a

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