Magic New Zealand® E-zine

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Issue Number: #1683
Date: Sunday 4th September 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. Vanish Magic Magazine #98
3. Free Vanish Magic Magazine - Science & Magic
4. World Magic Day 2nd September
5. World's Largest Magic Book Sale
6. The Magic Word Podcast
7. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #75
8. Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center - #8
9. Cards Of The Clan - John Carey #170
10. John Carey's Monthly Masterclass Sessions
11. News From The Academy Of Illusions
12. Magical Women With Connie Boyd
13. Broken Wand - Martin Lewis
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: https://www.magicnewzealand.com/ezine-archive/2022-Jan-to-Dec2022/1683-Sep04-2022.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 #98
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Message by Paul Romhany - Vanish Magazine (New Zealand)

Our feature artist is FISM Parlor Magician champion Shoot Ogawa. Jonathan Todd talks to Shoot as he continues his run at The Magical Mystery Show! in Hawaii and tries to get an insight in to what makes a world champion.

We pay tribute to two great legends of magic who we lost recently. Nick Lewin pays a heartfelt tribute to his long-time friend Martin Lewis, and we say farewell to Magic consultant and creator to the stars including Copperfield and Doug Henning - Doug Bennett.

Connie Boyd sits down with Rachel Wax to find out how she got in to magic and why she is quickly becoming one of the leading comedy magicians around today.

We get an exclusive behind the scenes of the recent film, "Looking for Erdnase". This movie was released in August and Vanish gets the latest photos and story from the director.

We also have the very latest effects and downloads for review plus some great product highlights including the App, "The Architect of Predictions," and "Waken" which is a remote controlled Haunted Pack routine.

Magic Tricks - routines for stage, parlor and more.

So much more inside this September edition of Vanish Magic Magazine.

Available as a download and printed from www.vanishmagazine.com

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3. Free Vanish Magic Magazine - Science & Magic
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Message by Paul Romhany - Vanish Magazine (New Zealand)

This is a very special edition and is free to download.

The connection between Science and Magic has been a fascination of mine for many years. You can imagine how excited I was when a few months ago I got a call from Adam Fleischer. I knew of Adam from The Magic Manuscript, magic's first full-color glossy magazine that he launched and edited during the 1980s.

It was a trend-setting publication and was part of what inspired my path in magic and in publishing and editing Vanish. During that period, Adam, along with America's first FISM Champion Vito Lupo, also produced The New York Magic Symposium conventions in the 80s. The New York Magic Symposium was known to set a new bar for the quality of talent and production for magic conventions. The event featured some of the last appearances by the likes of Slydini and Dai Vernon.

Now, 25 years since the last Symposium, Adam and Vito are launching a new event. The International Magic Symposium will be an academic conference on how magic inspires science, technology, teaching, and creativity to be held in Venice, Italy (dates for the first event have yet to be announced). While the event will feature a handful of the brightest minds in magic and a select group of top performers, the event's attendees will predominantly be scientists, academics, and technologists.

Driven by their interest in this area, both Vito and Adam collaborated with me to produce this special issue of Vanish on how magic inspires science and creativity. I'm fascinated by the confluence of magic with science and academia, and I think we have an issue chock full of articles that will be of interest to both scientifically inclined magicians as well as magically intrigued scientists and academics.

This features contributions from Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Parag Mallick, Stefan Thomke, Jason Randal, Peter Prevos, John Harris, Jason Leddington, Anthony Barnhart, Richard Wiseman, Michael Ammar, Mark Setteducati, Jason Latimer, Jeanette Andrews, Jamy Ian Swiss, Carlo Mariconda, Alberto Tonolo and Gustav Kuhn.

The link is https://joom.ag/IjId

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4. World Magic Day 2nd September
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Message by FISM

The 2nd September is the BIG day, it is World Magic Day.

What did you have planned for this magical day?

Are you performing a show, or do you have other magical plans for the day, let us know and tag us with #worldmagicday

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5. World's Largest Magic Book Sale
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Message by EstatesOfMagic.com

In September 2022 …

This is the biggest most discounted book sale we have ever had. The great thing about books is that the information never loses its value.

Buy a trick and you get one trick, buy a book and you get many tricks.

While most prices have been reduced you'll want to be sure to notice the special blue line discounts for extra savings.

(For example: buy one get one free or buy two and get three free)

Go to estatesofmagic.com and click on the September Book Sale button. Most are new and all are in very good condition.

The 2nd Catalog this month is our "MAKE ME AN OFFER" Catalogue.

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6. The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star (US)

This summer has been a whirlwind of crazy days and nights with plenty of travel. I have only been in my house for a total of 10 days since May 2022. Since late May, the Magic Word Podcast has been in Dallas, Las Vegas, Branson, Atlanta, Quebec, Colon, Detroit, and Baltimore where I attended magic conventions and other magic-related events, most of which all have been reported on The Magic Word Podcast. If you have not caught up with us, then you are probably far behind as we have not only released daily reports from F.I.S.M., the I.B.M., and other conventions, but we also threw in episodes with Michael Caveney and Gloria Dea, among others.

This week we travel to Fort Worth for the Texas Association of Magicians annual convention. Please join us for updates from the T.A.O.M. as we plan to consolidate the four day event down to two episodes: days one and two and days three and four, since not much is happening on the first and last days.

Over the past few months we have also welcomed a few new Friends of The Magic Word who have donated or pledged to financially support the podcast. We thank and welcome them to the community and invite you to consider joining them. Please surf over to: https://themagicwordpodcast.com where you can get caught up with what you have missed.

Thanks for listening.

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7. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #75
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Message by Paul Stone (US)

I'm currently back in UK and enjoying spending time in my home city of Liverpool. Later on in the week I'll be catching the train down to the south coast of England to Eastbourne to lecture at the IBM British Ring Convention.

In my article last week, I reported the very sad news that IBM British Ring and International Past President, John Pye, had passed away.

Thanks to my old friend Martin Scott-Price who kindly offered to drive me, I was pleased to be able to attend John's funeral in the picturesque village of Grindleton, near to the home of John and his lovely wife Carol.

The service was held in the quaint old St Ambrose Church where John had not only worshipped in, but had also on occasions filled in as the organist.

The church was packed to capacity with over 100 family and friends with even more overflowing into the church hall across the road, a testament to John's great popularity.

Carol thanked everyone and read a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson titled 'The man is a success', which seemed entirely appropriate.

Magic obviously played an important part in John's life, where he rose from a young hobbyist magician to eventually hold top positions in virtually every major magic organisation, including IBM and FISM.

Above all, John was a family man first and foremost. Always immaculately dressed, John was a real gentleman. His was a life truly well lived. RIP.

I wanted to end this week by singing the praises of Martin Scott-Price. I've known Martin for over 40 years, we first met when he won the British Ring Shield Competition and I won the Comedy Cup.

Martin is one of the foremost Punch & Judy workers in the UK, as well as an experienced magician and children's entertainer, where he is in constant demand.

What is even more impressive is that, together with his talented partner Jorge, he owns and runs the Pelham Lodge Hotel in Blackpool, the town where the world's largest magic convention takes place every February.

Martin is literally the head chef and bottle washer! He never stops, and I'm not sure where he gets his energy from. If you ever find yourself in Blackpool and need somewhere to stay, Martin will make you very welcome.

And whilst you're there, make sure you don't leave without checking out his fabulous puppet museum which is hidden away in the basement of the hotel. It is amazing, and one of Blackpool's best kept secrets!

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8. Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center - #8
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Message by Kent Cummins, Director

Real Magic Stores

I feel sorry for today's young magicians who have never had the opportunity to just hang out at a bricks-and-mortar magic store. Yes, there are myriad opportunities to purchase magic tricks, books, props and memorabilia online, and some of the suppliers do a good job of providing videos and other information to assist in the purchase decision.

But it just isn't the same.

Going to a magic store was so much more than just purchasing the latest magic trick. It was an opportunity to immerse yourself in the culture of magic, learning from the proprietor…and sharing ideas with the other customers.

First we looked through the Yellow Pages of the city we were visiting. There was not usually a listing for "Magic Shops;" one had to look under "Magician's Supplies." Fortunately, that was on the same page as "Magicians," so we got a sense of magic in the city before leaving home.
I had the opportunity to hang out at Lindhorst's Magic Den in St Louis, Lou Tannen's in New York, Jack Chanin's in Philadelphia, Ireland's/Magic Inc in Chicago, Al's Magic Shop in Washington, D.C., Owen Magic Supreme in Southern California, Abbott's in Colon, Michigan. Thanks to my Army active duty, I was also able to hang out at Mayette Magie Moderne in Paris, Zauber König in Munich, Davenports in London.

I worked behind the counter of the Checker Fun Shop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana when I was a student at LSU. I spent many hours at the Scott Magic Company in Fred Scott Donaldson's garage in Austin, Texas.

But my favorite magic store was the Fun 'N Magic Shop in San Antonio, Texas. I'll tell you more about it and Louis Berkie, the proprietor, next week.

The Fantastic Magic Center is dedicated to preserving and sharing the art of magic. Check out my free weekly podcast at:
www.FantasticMagicCenter.com
kent@magichotline.com

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9. Cards Of The Clan - John Carey #170
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Cards of the Clan is a very direct, seemingly impossible fiveway matching routine I simply love performing. If you can bottom deal, you will use this. Remove the Ace through Five of Clubs and the Ace through Five of Hearts from the deck and openly arrange them in numerical order,
Aces on top and Fives on the face. Table each packet face-up in a spread condition, as you point out each group is in numerical order.

Offer your participant the free choice of either Clubs or Hearts. Let's say that they want Clubs. Have them pick up that packet and turn it facedown. You pick up the Hearts and do the same. Say to them you will play something called do-as-I-do. Ask them to copy you and reverse deal the cards into a face-down packet. As they are doing this you bottom deal four times and toss the last card on top. There's lots of cover here and bottom dealing from a small packet isn't that difficult.

Next ask your helper to pick up their packet and reverse deal again, taking their cards back to where they started. Then have them turn the top card of that packet face-up, showing the Ace of Clubs. "So now we are in a situation where my cards are out of order compared to yours. But, you see, cards are very clannish and like to hang out together. Watch!"

Your left hand takes their face-up card as your right hand takes the topface-down card off its packet simultaneously. Bring both hands forward a few inches and drop the left hand's face-up card as your right hand turns its card face-up beside it to reveal a match of Aces. Repeat exactly the above with the remaining four face-up and face-down pairs to conclude a most startling matching or numerical follow the leader effect.

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10. John Carey's Monthly Masterclass Sessions
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Greetings!

I'm delighted to announce the ninth in a series of monthly Masterclass Sessions, on Friday Sept 9th at 8pm UK time via the zoom video conferencing platform!

Each month a different card, coin or close up magic concept, technique and or plot will be discussed in exacting detail Carey style. This month's topic is called Every Move a Move!

They say that knowledge is power. Twenty Six utility moves will be taught, including single and multiple card switches, highly deceptive forces, devious key cards, false cuts and shuffles and so much more!

It's going to be such a fun event, where we can interact together and you can ask questions real time. The session will be recorded so don't worry if you can't make the live broadcast. It promises to be a great evening!

This is a pay what you can event. To subscribe simply PayPal your payment to: johncareymagic@gmail.com

You will then be sent a zoom link. The recording of the masterclass will be sent out within 24 hours of the event. As always, thank you so much for your valuable time and support!

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

A fanfare and drum roll, pop the champagne and fire off the confetti cannons, for today we celebrate the one year anniversary of the Academy! We set out with the goal of using the most advanced technologies to teach and perform this most ancient of Arts.

And what a year it's been: Over 300 Private Training Sessions, 40 ZoomStorming Masterclasses, 50 webcasts of GenoMania, Spotlight On, Illusioneering, Illuminations and The Golden Age of Mentoring. We also produced the Key West Hybrid Konvention, 3 Gala Shows and 2 Magic Castle Virtual Shows. Along the way we produced 15 new Digital Downloads which now brings our total to over 60, covering a full spectrum of the Art.

As if that's not enough, to celebrate this auspicious occasion, we have released 3 more, brand new Downloads covering my latest routines:

Framed: A golden purse frame is freely displayed, from which a silver coin appears, then another, and another, each increasing in mystery. One is then placed back in and vanishes! Finally a large 3" silver coin appears! This is pure sleight-of-hand at its best, with many original moves to maximize the wonder. Early Reviews: "You are the Master!" - Larry Wright, "That was great!!!" - Greg Gleason, "Pure Class!" - John O'Riordan "Superlative!" - Terry Robinson, "Superb!!!" - Gary Frieden

Wandering: The runaway hit from my "Art of Wonder" Lecture and Magic Castle Virtual Show. From empty hands, a solid wand appears. It is displayed and spun between the fingers, hand-to-hand. Then, without any false moves, a Solid Brass Ring appears! What follows is an astounding sequence of the Ring penetrating on and off the Wand. Finally, the Ring completely vanishes! All may be examined throughout and may also be performed with a finger ring. Jay explains each move, step-by-step, in great detail. Again, the early reviews are exemplary: "The master at work. So much to learn from this!" - Roy Eidem, "Excelente manipulación!" - Gabriel Reyes, "Excellent!!! Bravo!! What makes this work, aside from your amazing skill, is the look of wonder you present as each miracle occurs, thereby reinforcing its impossibility to your audience. Kudos to YOU!!!" - Gary Frieden

Ovatio: The purity and simplicity of this routine is what makes it so miraculous. A single playing card is displayed, hand to hand. From behind it, a large sponge ball appears. It is then clearly shown and, in the gentle wave of the card, disappears. This is repeated a number of times, in different ways, all while showing the hands otherwise empty. The card and ball may be examined at any time and the effect can even be performed with your business card! The entire routine is fully explained, step-by-step. When it comes to creating maximum wonder from minimum props, Ovatio can't be beat.

As with all of our Downloads, these are state-of-the-art, Full HD, Multicam productions. You can check out the performances on our Facebook Page and on the Magic Ladder Website. And, for the next week, we are offering a "Buy 2 Get One Free" on these new Downloads: https://magicladder.net/product-category/jay-scott-berry/general-magic-jay-scott-berry/

So we look ahead to the next year, with a continued commitment to excellence. We stand upon the shoulders of giants and are, therefore, bound by honor to see farther. Excelsior!

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

Rachel Wax represents a new generation of female magicians who are carving and securing their place into magic's "it" scene. Gloria Steinem called her, "the most fan-XXXing-tastic magician" when she when she performed at the exclusive Camp Female Founders Fund hosted by Anu Duggal in the Hamptons this past June.

Rachel is featured cover girl in Vanish International Magic Magazine, September 2022. http://www.vanishmagic.com.

We are including an interview produced by QUARTZ about Rachel's Magic: Good magic feels like it's all up to chance-the right card happens to be in the right place at the right time. All of that is, of course, an illusion, achieved through hours and hours of practice.

Rachel Wax works in fashion by day and magic by night in Speakeasy Magick at The McKittrick Hotel in New York. In this second episode of our member-exclusive show risk, she tells us that the biggest risk most magicians face is not messing up a single trick, but rather losing control of the audience.

https://youtu.be/hdby2WxoCgs

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13. Broken Wand - Martin Lewis
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Message by Paul Green (US)

Martin Lewis has passed on. He was a very creative magician that has left a legacy of tricks and routines that have become classics amongst magicians around the world.

He was my friend and I will miss him.

My heartfelt condolences to his wife Susanne Lewis, his family, and to those whose lives were touched by him.

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14. E-zine Archives
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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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