Magic New Zealand® E-zine

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Issue Number: #1731
Date: Sunday 3rd September 2023
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, September 23
3. Performers at The Magic Castle - September
4. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #123
5. Atlanta Harvest Of Magic Sept 28-30th 2023
6. Magic Museum Bellachini - Episode 45
7. Tales From The Fantastic Magic Center - #56
8. Futuristic... - John Carey #208
9. PCAM Convention 2023
10. Ballarat's Gold Close-Up Convention Australia
11. E-zine Archives
12. Privacy Policy And Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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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, September 23
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Message Paul Romhany - Editor Vanish Magazine

Featuring our front and back cover including Bakore Magic and Gabriella Lester. Bakore Magic changed magic during Covid and created material that is great for zoom shows and live performances. They include the top three mentalists in the world Guy Bavli, Amir Lustig and Haim Goldenberg.

We also have a huge feature with photos of MAGIC Live! 2023 plus an exclusive interview with Stan Allen about running a convention and he answers a lot of questions many people have wanted to ask.

Enter To Win a re-design of your business card. If you submit your business card you will go in to the draw to have it redesigned by Ryan Joyce for free. Check out his article on what makes a great card.

Jordana Borensztajn continues her series on Magic and the Meaning of it.

We also take a look at The McBride Mystery and Magic School in Las Vegas. Paul Romhany & Jordana Borensztajn visit with Jeff at the school.

USB penetration - A great trick you can make up using a USB thumb drive

Tooth Pick Tube - a great little trick by Louie Foxx using some toothpicks and a little tube

Duck Chair Production - Hal Meyers shares one of his top secrets - he used it to produce a duck but you can produce anything

Future Stars of Magic - Nick Lewin visit The Magic Castle and looks at some of the up and coming stars coming out of the junior programme.

Neon Dreams in Las Vegas - Connie Boyd chats to Lance Rich about his incredible new book - the history of magic in Las Vegas.

3 Errors on your website - Cris Johnson looks at the 3 most common errors on a magical website

AGT experience - Dan Stapleton shares his personal experience with AGT

Reviews - the latest magic tricks, downloads, books, reviewed.

From www.vanishmagazine.com

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3. Performers at The Magic Castle - September
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Sept 5 - 10, 2023

Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Joshua Messado
Early: Eric Jones
Late: Johnny Ace Palmer
The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Patricia Magicia
Late: Rick Gerber

Palace of Mystery
Jonathan Neal
Willie Tyler & Lester
Dale Salwak

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
Jonathan Neal
Willie Tyler & Lester
Dale Salwak

Peller Theatre
Nader Hanna
Brady Glen

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
Lauro Castillo

Friday Lunch
Eric Jones

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
Johnny Ace Palmer

Sept 11 - 17, 2023

Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Bob Bolivar
Early: Paul Roffman
Late: Aki Mitsui

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Rachel Wax
Late: David Kaye
Palace of Mystery
Lucy Darling
Dave Kaplan

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
Lucy Darling
Dave Kaplan

Peller Theatre
Raven
Migz

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
Adam Wylie

Friday Lunch
Paul Roffman

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
The Arty Loon Show

Sept 18 - 24, 2023

Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Joyce Beck
Early: Javi Benitez
Late: Jonathan Pendragon

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: John Carney
Late: Dave Cox

Palace of Mystery
Jody Baran & Kathleen
Mickey O'Connor
Michael Finney

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
Jody Baran & Kathleen
Mickey O'Connor

Peller Theatre
Maginique with
Cyd & Mickey

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
Nick Dopuch

Friday Lunch
Javi Benitez

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
Steve Taylor

Sept 25 - Oct 1, 2023

Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Jared Kopf
Early: J Mike Pisciotta
Late: Jeff Kaylor

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Rafael Benatar
Late: Paul Draper

Palace of Mystery
John Shyrock
Chip Romero

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
John Shyrock
Chip Romero

Peller Theatre
Tyler Rabbit
Felix Jones

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
George Tovar

Friday Lunch
Jeff Kaylor

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
Jimmy H.

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4. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #123
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Message by Paul Stone (US)

I was sorry to hear that Coral Reveen had died last week. She was an integral and hugely important part of the success of Peter Reveen, and assisted him not only in his record breaking hypnosis shows in Canada but also as the leading lady in his spectacular illusion shows.

Mention of Peter, who was a very close friend, and someone that I greatly admired both as a performer and as a kind and generous human being, reminds me of the weekly lunches we used to have, which we nicknamed the Peter Reveen lunches, with Peter, Lance Burton, Bill Smith, Norm & Lupe Nielsen, and Fielding West, and a few other select magicians.

They were always great fun, and after Peter sadly passed, they were replaced by the Lance Burton lunches, which in turn, after Lance moved away from Vegas back to Kentucky to become a Gentleman Farmer, were re christened the Fielding West lunches!

We had one such lunch this week with Fielding, Bill Smith, Lupe Nielsen, Richard Faverty, Charlie & Sherry Frye, and Jason Byrne, at the same Thai restaurant we've regularly frequented.

I was driving today from Las Vegas to Phoenix and before going over the Hoover Dam, I passed by Lance's old residence, the 'castle on the hill' where I was fortunate to enjoy several dinners and get together with him, and amongst others, Johnny & Pam Thompson, another couple that are greatly missed.

On the first evening reception at the recent Magic Live Convention, I was walking round the impressive Dealers Room when I was approached by a masked magician, not THE masked magician. At first, I didn't recognise him, but soon realised that it was another old friend, Mike Close.

Mike was in town to work on another series of Penn & Teller's 'Fool Us' TV Show. It was good to see him, and we arranged to meet up for breakfast one day during the week.

The following day I received a message from Mike asking to postpone our breakfast as he had caught a bug. It turned out that it was in fact more than just a bug, and before we knew it, Mike was in the UMC Hospital, in a very poorly condition.

I'm glad to report that after a week's treatment, during which he still somehow managed to help several magicians on the show, Mike did make it back to complete the final week's filming.

I've always felt that Mike was underrated. He is a fabulous keyboard player, an excellent Close-up magician, and a very knowledgeable and well respected writer. He also edited the MUM magazine for a number of years, and did an outstanding job (I know, because I wrote a regular article titled 'Backstage' for his final two years in that position).

And Mike is the perfect Magic Consultant for 'Fool Us', having previously worked with Johnny Thompson on a Penn & Teller underwater TV Special.

Mike's lovely wife Lisa is a pretty amazing lady too! She worked with Mike on the layout and production of the MUM magazine, and not too many people know that she has one of the best Svengali Deck pitches on the planet!

I also vividly remember when she went to Guatamala to try to adopt a baby, and was there many months before finally she and Mike got the green light to adopt Ava who was then only a few months old.

That was obviously quite a life changer for Mike too, and to both their credits, Ava has blossomed into an incredibly talented and attractive teenager.

It's a shame we don't get to see much of them, as they moved to Canada quite a few years ago, but all their friends here in Las Vegas really miss them.

Mike and Lisa are two of my favourite people in magic.

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5. Atlanta Harvest Of Magic Sept 28-30th 2023
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Message by Ken Scott (US)

Join us for the Atlanta Harvest of Magic Sept 28-30th for the smallest/largest convention. The Atlanta Harvest of Magic deliveries great shows, lectures, magic dealers and epic late night jam sessions.

This year come and enjoy:
Blake Vogt
Taylor Hughes
Garrett Thomas
Christopher T. Magician
Oscar Munoz
Paul Richardson
Harry Allen
Brent Braun
Kyle Littleton
Chris Capehart
Mark Horowitz
Rick Merrill
Ken Scott

Come and see old friends and make new ones!
www.atlantaharvestofmagic.com

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6. Magic Museum Bellachini - Episode 45
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Message by Wittus Witt (Germany)

As I wrote recently, I am currently working on the third volume about cities in Germany that are particularly important for the art of magic. Hamburg covered the first volume, Munich the second and now it's Berlin. Berlin, a city that was divided for many years after the Second World War, occupies a special position. On one hand, there were several magic clubs in Berlin and on the other hand, Germany's most famous variety theatres were located here: the Wintergarten (in West Berlin) and the Friedrichstadtpalast (in East Berlin).

Anyone who was important in the world of magic performed in one of these two theatres. In the Wintergarten, for example, Dante (Harry August Jansen, 16 June 1882 - 16 June 1955) gave performances in the early 1930s. He was also seen here by Kalanag - at that time still Helmut Schreiber - who is proven to have copied some of Dante's work later. Above all, Schreiber/Kalanag repeatedly claimed that he had invented the magic word Sim-Sala-Bim. But by now we have long since established that it was Dante who first used this magic word. Anyone familiar with Dante's large multi-page brochure, which looks like a large travel suitcase on the outside, will quickly realise that Kalanag also had a very similar brochure made later.

You can compare the two brochures here:

Here you can find the Kalanag brochure from 1949/50 (Kalanag/Stuttgart).

https://www.zauber-pedia.de/index.php?title=Kalanag-Programmhefte

Here you can see the Dante brochure:
https://www.zauber-pedia.de/index.php?title=Dante

Both programmes are somewhat the same size and both show the name large and diagonally on the title page.

See you next week
Wittus Witt
www.hamburger-zaubermuseum.com

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7. Tales From The Fantastic Magic Center - #56
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Message by Kent Cummins, Director (US)

Texas Association of Magicians

Everything is bigger in Texas…or at least, that's what we Texans say! And the Texas Association of Magicians TAOM) convention has often been one of the largest annual magic conventions in America.

The convention started as a picnic hosted by Herman Yerger in Austin, and became the TAOM on Labor Day (an American holiday) weekend in 1944. By a wonderful coincidence, my wife Margot was also born on Labor Day, September 4, in the same year! So, maybe it is appropriate that we often celebrate her birthday at this magic convention.

My first TAOM Convention was in 1960, when I won the Teen Trophy. I had just asked if I could perform in the show; I didn't know there was a contest! So, for 1961, I worked hard all year and presented what I considered a wonderful competition act. I invited Dena Lister, the younger daughter of my friend Glidden Lister (Jo Jo the Clown) to be my beautiful assistant.
But we lost to a 2-brother comedy act which included Tom Britton, who has become a lifelong friend…and co-author of The Magic of Change. Tom also eventually married Dena.

I became President and Convention Chairman in 1983 at the age of 40, and I am now a proud member of the Order of Willard, awarded to us old guys (and gals) who have been participating for many years.

If you are reading this on Labor Day weekend, September 1-4, 2023, then I am at this year's TAOM Convention in Houston, Texas. Souvenir programs and other memorabilia are on display at my Fantastic Magic Center, as well as my tiny teen trophy from 1960.

The Fantastic Magic Center is dedicated to preserving and sharing the art of magic. But I can't do it without your help. My Patreon account is the same place as my free weekly podcast:

www.FantasticMagicCenter.com
kent@magichotline.com

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8. Futuristic... - John Carey #208
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Futuristic is my current favorite approach to the classic mystery card plot. It's an improvement on a couple of versions I had in my books Crafted with Carey and Minimalistica. This version has a stronger theatrical build I believe.

Hand out the deck for shuffling. "Cards have been used by Gypsies and Psychics for generations to tell the past, present and future. Today we shall explore what the cards say about you, Mandy." Ask your spectator to take out any random card and place it sight unseen face-down on the table. "This card is the future." Take back the deck and turn it face-up. Spread the cards and have any card freely named. Let's say it's the Five of Spades. Remove it and ask your helper to sign it on the face. Have the card returned and control it to fourth from top using a favorite deceptive method. Table the deck a moment.

"So you have signed a card that will represent you, Mandy. Now let's give the deck a few cuts and explore your past and then discuss what the cards are telling me about the present." Pick up the deck and execute any good false cut. I use the Jay Ose false triple cut from Lorayne's Close up Card Magic. Take the deck and spell the word PAST as you deal one card per letter face-down onto the table in a packet. Take the last card dealt and place it to the left of the mystery card. Drop the deck on top of the other dealt cards and then spell and deal the word PRESENT, one card for each letter into a packet like before. Take the last card dealt and place it to the
right of the mystery card. Drop the deck on top of the small packet and set it aside.

"Let's see what happens when we combine the past and the present with the future." Take the card at the left end of the row at the fingertips of the left hand and the card at the right end of the row at the right fingertips in readiness for Brother John Hamman's sandwich switch: Both hands
approach the mystery card at the same time. The left hand card goes on top of it as the right hand scoops up the mystery card. Butt the packet square and then immediately slide out the bottom card, turn it face-up and place it on top of the packet. With no hesitation draw out the new bottom card, turn it face-up and then slide it to the bottom of the packet. Table the packet face-up and spread, exhibiting a face-down card between two face-up cards. A switch has been done right under their nose and from a technical standpoint, you're work is done.

Now for some smoke. I point to the face-up card at the bottom of the sandwich and give a little cold reading about their past. Please keep it light! Then I focus on the upper face-up card of the sandwich and discuss the present, giving a positive overview. I remove the two face-up cards
and set them on top of the deck, leaving a face-down card in view. "So the past is the past and the present is what it is. But that card there was removed by you and placed on the table at the very beginning. Maybe that card can tell us something very special about you Mandy? How you
sign your name!" Have the 'mystery card' turned over to reveal her signed card as you tell her that her future is looking amazing!

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9. PCAM Convention 2023
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Pacific Coast Association Of Magicians
90th Anniversary
November 9th - 12th 2023
Carlsbad, California

The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians (PCAM) is an organization for professional, semi-professional and amateur magicians, that incorporates chapters around the entire Pacific Rim, including Japan, Hawaii, California, and Western Canada.

Founded in 1933, they host a well-known annual magic convention, which is limited to a few hundred registrants and gives out awards in several different competition categories including the Pro-Challenge. We are the longest running, continuous magic convention in the world and our PCAM family refers to it as the "biggest little magic convention in the world".

Our 90th edition of the PCAM Convention will be held in Carlsbad, California in 2023.

https://pcammagic.com/

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10. Ballarat's Gold Close-Up Convention, Australia
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Message by Ben James (Australia)

Celebrating Over 50 years Of Convention Magic

Honouring Steve Walker

Special Guest Lecturer Chris Congreave from England also the launch of the Steve Walker Book by Vinal Kumar

Two massive days of Close-Up Magic!

October 14 and 15 2023

Every participant will receive a Convention Goody Bag containing:

1. Program

2. Final edition of the Australian Close Up Magazine of the 70's 'The Blueprint' vol 7 issues 11 & 12. Which have never been in print.

3. Rare Audio recording of Harry Lorayne and John Braun they made for a previous Ballarat Convention.

4. Rare Jeff Crozier audio interview

5. Booklet on the History of Ballarat Conventions by Vinal Kumar.

6. Highlight DVD of past Ballarat Conventions.

Plus more if we can do it!
The Program will consist of shows, workshops, panels, lectures and various talks and information on close-up magic.

Venue : Midlands Terrace Recreation Room,1111 Doveton Street Nth Ballarat. Venue has full sound system, heating, 2 large screen TV's, full kitchen, toilets and bar all under the one roof!

Cost : $100 - which covers 2 Lunches, 1 Dinner, tea/coffee, biscuits & Guest Lecturer from England & Goody bag.

Due to the intimate nature of the convention if we haven't received your payment by August 31st a waiting list will apply .

Pay to : Barry Govan
BSB - 013-912
Account - 519824858
Please be sure to put your name on the bank transfer for registration
Date : 14 &15 October 2023
Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 1pm

Parking : Cars are not allowed in the venue as it is a retirement village but there is an IGA next door with plenty of room and free all day parking.

Accommodation: Important note The South Street competitions are on at the same time so it is very important to book your accommodation for the Saturday night ASAP.

Magicians have been offered a slight discount on rooms at the following Motels - just mention you are here for the convention.

Miners Retreat 604 Eureka St Ballarat 53316900
King room $145
Twin $150 (2 people)
Family room $180 (4 people)
The Victoriana Motor Inn 214 Victoria St 53333577
Queen room $135
Standard Twin $135 (3 people)
Or Google Ballarat accommodation for more choices
Please direct all enquires to Barry on
0418 991151 or barrygovan43@gmail.com
Or email Ben at
benjamesmagician@gmail.com

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11. 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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