Magic New Zealand® E-zine

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Issue Number: #1693
Date: Sunday 13th November 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. Magic New Zealand Ezine 23 years Old
3. Mark Leveridge Retires From Magicseen
4. Magic Castle Performance Schedule
5. Dr. Larry Hass On The Magic Word Podcast
6. Magic Museum Bellachini - Episode No. 10
7. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #85
8. Tales From The Fantastic Magic Center - #18
9. A Simple Holdout - John Carey #179
10. News From The Academy Of Illusions
11. Bamboozlers - Volume 4 By Diamond Jim Tyler
12 Quirky Forces - By Chris Wardle
13. E-zine Archives
14. Privacy Policy And Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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2. Magic New Zealand Ezine 23 years Old
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Message by Alan Watson - Editor Magic New Zealand

The years keep marching on!

This month Magic New Zealand will be 23 years old.

The Ezine is emailed out weekly to 1,700+ magicians around the world. It
is also posted to the following Facebook groups:

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All the back issues of Magic New Zealand e- zine are online.

Go to: www.magicnewzealand.com

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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3. Mark Leveridge Retires From Magicseen
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Message published on Duncan Trillo's Facebook page

Mark Leveridge Retires From Magicseen. After almost 18 years as editor
and co-owner of Magicseen Magazine, Mark Leveridge has now retired from
the role, the current November issue being his final one. Mark said:
"Nothing lasts forever, and for me personally I have reached a point in
my life where the most precious commodity in it, is my time.

Fun though Magicseen has been, I have decided that this is the right
moment to leave my editor's desk and to withdraw from the magazine. It's
not a decision that I took lightly, but once having made the decision,
it feels like the right thing to do." Although no longer involved with
Magicseen, Mark is not retiring completely from magic and will continue
to put his energies into Mark Leveridge Magic and his online club,
E-Club Pro.

Magicseen will move forward under the stewardship of Phil Shaw, one of
the founders who started the magazine back in 2005.

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4. Magic Castle Performance Schedule - Hollywood
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November 14 - 20, 2022
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour (Wed - Sun)
Cocktail: Dana Pleasant
Early/Late (Mon - Sun)
Early: John Carney
Late: Tam Vo

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Rafael Benatar
Late: Johnny Ace Palmer

Palace of Mystery
Mondre
Ice McDonald

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
Mondre
TBD

Peller Theatre
Greg Van Holsbeck
Mark A. Gibson

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
?Mike Pisciotta

Library Bar
Lauro Castillo

Friday Lunch
Dana Pleasant

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
(Kids of All Ages)
Johnny Ace Palmer

November 21 - 27, 2022
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour (Wed - Sun)
Cocktail: Greg Otto
Early/Late (Mon - Sun)
Early: Rob Thompson
Late: Luis Carreon

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: TBD
Late: Mark Kalin

Palace of Mystery
Chris Mitchell
Hans Davis

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
Chris Mitchell
Hans Davis

Peller Theatre
The Cosmic Romantics

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
?Mike Pisciotta

Library Bar
Danny Magic

Friday Lunch
Luis Carreon

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
(Kids of All Ages)
TBD

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5. Dr. Larry Hass On The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells M.I.M.C. with Gold Star (US)

Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Hass has been the Dean of Jeff McBride's Magic and
Mystery School since the 2017 passing of Eugene Burger. This week on The
Magic Word Podcast, Larry talks about the school, how it works, what
they do and how you can participate. He also gives some great advice
about how to improve your performances and marketing.

You can listen to this wherever you get your podcasts, whether it's
iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Google Play among others. And if you
have a Google or Amazon device in your home, just say, "Play the Magic
Word Podcast" and magically the latest episode will fill your home! But
for videos, links, photos, the blog and more, please visit the website
at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/724-larry-hass

And if you can support us with your financial pledge, we would greatly
appreciate it. Over the past few months, our expenses have increased but
unfortunately over 25% of donations and pledges have been reduced or
deleted. So, if you have been enjoying The Magic Word Podcast but
haven't made a pledge, then anything you can do to help support the
podcast would be wonderful. Thank you in advance for your patronage and
support.

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6. Magic Museum Bellachini - Episode No.10
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Message by Wittus Witt (Germany)

Magic Museum Bellachini - Episode 10

To keep a museum alive, three factors should be inevitable

1. the museum needs regular opening hours
2. the museum needs to change the exhibits from time to time
3. the museum should offer guided tours

I was also guided by these three points, which an experienced museum
director told me.

1st point: opening hours I set the opening hours to four days a week,
Thursdays through Sundays. Since Hamburg is also an important tourist
city, it was therefore important for me to be open on Sundays as well.
The times are from 11:00 in the morning to 17:00 in the evening. Since
in Hamburg the museums are open on Thursday until 21:00 in the evening,
I have also adopted this time.

2nd point: changing exhibitions.

Here there are many themes in magic, according to which I can always
choose the exhibits. So the first one, the opening exhibition, is of
course dedicated to the magicians who bore the name Bellachini. Here in
my collection there are quite a few posters and books that bear the
name. Also a magic box was named after Bellachini.

I received a special loan from the local history museum of the city of
Attendorn. Here is a travel and prop suitcase of Theodor von Schledorn
(Bellachini No. 4). It is a huge old suitcase as big as a refrigerator.
You put it down and open it in a vertical position. In the left part
hang stage shirts. In the right part there are four big drawers, in
which, unfortunately, there are only a few props: two bottles for the
changing bottle-trick, several feather flowers and a telescopic flagpole.
You can see the suitcase in the Magic-Pedia here:
http://www.zauber-pedia.de/index.php?title=Bellachini_-_Theodor_von_Schledorn
3rd point: Guided tours

I offer guided tours for groups of six or more people. Now I am curious
about experiences myself.

Stay curious for the next episode ;-)

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7. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #85
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Message by Paul Stone (US)

As I mentioned in last week's article, I was delighted to be invited
over the weekend to the Magic Castle in Hollywood by Diana Zimmerman, to
attend a showing of Dave Baram's award winning documentary titled 'Ball
& Vase'.

I'm not going to spoil the movie by revealing the story but suffice it
to say that it does have a strong magical theme running throughout,
whilst also dealing with an important issue that impacts millions of
people around the world.

This short movie which was written, directed, and produced by Dave
Baram, stars Austin Pendleton as the main character, who is superbly
played by this veteran actor.

'Ball & Vase' has won top awards at several Film Festivals and is in
line for a possible Oscar nomination, which in my opinion would be well
deserved.

I then flew from LAX to London, and I'm writing this in my hotel in
Sheffield where I am due to spend a couple of days working on a new
project with my talented tech guy, Tim Smithies.

Tim also has many other credentials including magician, show producer
and ukulele performer with his son Jake, in their duo named 'Dead Man's
Uke', headlining festivals across Europe!

And by a happy coincidence, I was also able to meet up for Dinner with
another 'magic friend' Steve Short, and his bubbly wife Carla, who just
happens to hail from my home city of Liverpool.

Steve is a well-respected magician and writer, having penned successful
books on Alan Shaxon - together with Past Magic Circle President Scott
Penrose, and on David Nixon, and Johnny Hart.

Steve is currently working on another book about one of magic's
favourite magicians, also another Past Magic Circle President, the
Shriek of Araby himself, Ali Bongo. It's sure to be a winner.

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8. Tales From The Fantastic Magic Center - #18
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Message by Kent Cummins, Director (US)

The Magic Camp

The Fantastic Magic Camp in Austin, Texas, is celebrating 30 years of
existence, having helped thousands of children and the adults who love
them through the innovative use of magic, juggling, and puppets. (The
camp also teaches clowning, balloon sculpture, ventriloquism, unicycle,
rola-bola, improvisation, and other areas of variety arts.)

It all started in early 1993, the year that I turned fifty. I was
wishing that I had some way to give back for the amazing life I was
leading, but I didn't have enough time to regularly volunteer, or enough
money to make a significant donation. My friend Robert Crampton, who ran
the McGruff the Crime Dog program for the Austin Police Department, had
an idea.
"Start a summer camp for kids!" he suggested. "You can take the magic
lessons, juggling programs, and puppetry teaching classes and put them
all together."

I said, "That's an interesting idea." He said, "NO! That's a BUSINESS PLAN!
And by that summer, we had the first four sessions of Magic Camp in
Austin, Texas.
We started with four one-week sessions, but all the kids from the first
week wanted to come back the second week...and the third...and the
fourth! The next year, we changed to four two-week sessions, and soon we
were filling up the entire summer with multiple sessions in multiple
locations.

I didn't put my name on the camp, because I didn't want it to be about
promoting myself. (I was truly looking for a way to help others.) But
when the Jewish Community Center, YMCA, and other organizations started
offering their own "magic camps," I had to protect our brand. It became,
"The Kent Cummins Magic Camp."

You can learn more about Fantastic Magic Camp at www.MagicCamp.com.

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. A Simple Holdout - John Carey #179
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Here's a little utility I've had a lot of fun with of late. It was
inspired by a lovely idea of Ben Earl's called the Spectator Shuffle
Holdout, from his magazine Gambit.

Let's say you have the Aces on top of the deck. Execute a riffle shuffle
retaining their position and then table the deck. Mention that sometimes
at the end of a card game late at night, gamblers like to play cut 'em
high, the person getting the highest card being the winner. Cut off about a
quarter of the deck and table it face-down to your left. Ask a spectator
to pick up the balance of the deck and give it a quick overhand shuffle.

Then ask them to cut the cards into three face-down packets which they
table to the right of the first packet. Ask them to turn each packet
face-up and comment on the random values they have cut to. Then have
them stack the packets up from right to left and table the deck
face-down. Your Aces are still on top and they shuffled...

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

We hit November at full speed here at the Academy. Another new website,
more graphics, publicity material, business cards and a Sizzle Reel in
production! That's in addition to my twelve regular students, who are
each building their skills and repertoire, from Cups & Balls, Linking
Rings, Floating Table, Ring & Ribbon, A Question of Destiny, Coins,
Cards and more.

This week, my pet effect is producing a beer bottle from an empty paper
bag. It's built upon the classic Eugene Burger effect in which the bag
begins flat, is freely shown then casually unfolded. From inside, you
pull out a shot glass (or two). My challenge to students is then
reaching into the bag and pulling out a full bottle of beer or wine.
This can then be opened, and poured. It's a stunning production, which
is very practical in real world conditions, from Bar to Stage Magic.

But the big news of the week is that Joseph Di Pietro took two Top
Prizes at the Dayton Beach Magic Competition! This was a goal we set six
months ago. After careful consideration, he decided to focus on
Strolling and Close-up. My first advice on competitions is that it's an
opportunity for accelerated personal growth. Having a deadline to
compete focuses the attention on all aspects of performance, and publicity.

Joseph is a well-established working Pro, but this was his first magic
competition. To his credit, he took on some very difficult routines,
including my Ring & Ribbon and Ovatio. In a field that included some top
local and regional talent, he delivered two exceptional performances and
made an indelible first impression. As I often say, "It doesn't matter
where you are on the ladder. What matters is always reaching for the
next rung".

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11. Bamboozlers - Volume 4 By Diamond Jim Tyler
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Message by Diamond Jim Tyler (US)

Bamboozlers- The Book of Bankable Bar Betchas, Brain Bogglers, Belly
Busters and Bewitchery - Volume 4 by Diamond Jim Tyler has been released.

The long awaited Volume 4 is here!

Volume 3 released in 2013. Once again there are 75 bits of business like
the previous volumes. This is the biggest volume yet. Volume One had 128
pages, Two had 136 pages, Three had 144 pages and Four has 188 pages.

There's more jokes and longer routines. It is the same high quality with
heavy stock pages, a faux purple leather cover, plus a purple silk
ribbon marker with matching head/tail bands. The same silver foil
stamping and silver gilded pages garnish the book.

This is a limited run. DJT does not plan to print a second edition of
Volume Four.

Buy it while you can to make your collection complete. Buy it for $24.95
plus shipping at https://djtyler.com/product/bamboozlers-4/

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12. Quirky Forces - By Chris Wardle
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Message by Chris Wardle (UK)

Having completely sold out twice, 'Quirky Forces' is reprinted and now
available again from all major dealers.

Fifty sneaky, ingenious, offbeat forcing methods from award-winning
originator Chris Wardle

Hardback, with over 200 pages and 40 graphics (photographs/images/tables)

With a foreword by Ian Rowland

'Quirky Forces' contains fifty simple, devious forces over eight
chapters, covering forces with words, images, cards, numbers, magic
squares and grids, forcing gimmicks, book tests and colours, together
with complete routines for the working magician.

'Chris Wardle has the rare knack of devising very good tricks indeed.
His magical inventions are always practical, satisfyingly ingenious and
slyly deceptive. Chris's creations rely on a clever force or a way to
apply a familiar forcing principle in a new way. In this superb new
book, Chris presents a range of his favourite forces and shows how to
use them to create intriguing effects that are as baffling as they are
fun to watch' Ian Rowland

'Chris is a treasure trove of inventive, commercial ideas, and this book
is no different. I can always tell a good magic book by the amount of
page corners I have folded down, and I can hand on heart say I turned
more corners of Quirky Forces down than any other book.' Preston
'Spooky' Nyman, editor Mazel Magazine

'This IS the book you are looking for! Chris' fantastic new book
contains FIFTY sneaky and devious forces over eight chapters. Basically,
if you want to cleanly force anything at all, in any category
whatsoever, Chris has you covered. Highest recommendation from me, I
consider this book a must-buy.'- Mark Elsdon

''Quirky Forces' is an ambitious subject and Chris has managed to
present an impressive number of clever ideas and forces. I was super
impressed.' Andi Gladwin

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