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Issue Number: #1744
Date: Sunday 3rd December 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. Interview With Renée-Claude Auclair, President Of FISM North America
3. Spy Craft On The Magic Word Podcast
4. December Magic Castle Schedule
5. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #136
6. Colley Index
7. Magic Museum Bellachini - Episode 58
8. Tales From The Fantastic Magic Center - #69
9. What Is The Real Work? An Essay - John Carey #218
10. E-zine Archives
11. 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. Interview With Renée-Claude Auclair, President Of FISM North America
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The blogs are getting better and better.

This time an amazing interview with Renée-Claude Auclair, President of FISM North America and FISM WCM 2022 Organizer.

Follow the link below to the interview and after reading let us know who you like to see interviewed in the future.

https://fism.org/fismblog/interview-with-rene-claude-auclair-president-of-fism-north-america-and-fism-wcm-2022-organizer/?fbclid=IwAR1hE_IRZ_J5RjBniJVvxfcWqz53Z_E8DX2_uPvGdzM_L5j21ky0UF1JUCU

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3. Spy Craft On The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells MIMC*

That could have gone in a completely different direction and oftentimes it does in the world of spy craft. This week we chat with the former Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.), John McLaughlin. There are a lot of similarities related to keeping secrets whether as a spy or as a magician all of which are discussed this week. We also talk about a few declassified operations including "the Mincemeat Project" and "the War Magician" among others. John is also part of the Washington, D.C. group of magicians who regularly performs in the area and is also discussed this week.

You can listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts. But for more information, see some photos, watch videos, read the blog, get links and more, please visit the website at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/803-john-mclaughlin

And while you are shopping online this holiday season, don't forget to visit Amazon.com through our Affiliate link at the bottom of the page of our website. Every purchase helps the Magic Word with a few cents here and there that mounts up with the more of you who click on.

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4. December Magic Castle Schedule, Hollywood
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Dec 4 - 10, 2023
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Sirinda
Early: Jonathan Levit
Late: Adrian Vega

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Shoot Ogawa
Late: Cody Stone

Palace of Mystery
David Goldrake

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
David Goldrake

Peller Theatre
Maginique
with Cyd & Mickey

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
Doc Eason

Friday Lunch
Doc Eason

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
Frank Thurston


Dec 11 - 17, 2023
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Mike Elkan
Early: Juan Carlos Sawyer
Late: Erik Tait

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Simon Coronel
Late: Dom Chambers

Palace of Mystery
Murray SawChuck
Lefty

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
Murray SawChuck
Lefty

Peller Theatre
Jonathan Neal
John Carney

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
Doc Eason

Friday Lunch
Erik Tait

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
Steve Taylor

Dec 18 - 23, 2023
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Harrison Lampert
Early: Kayla Drescher
Late: David K. Yee

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Arthur Benjamin
Late: Scott Tokar

Palace of Mystery
Danny & Stacey Cole
Zabrecky

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
Danny & Stacey Cole
Zabrecky

Peller Theatre
Dave Cox

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
Joan DuKore

Friday Lunch
Bill Goodwin

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
Scott Tokar


Dec 26 - 31, 2023
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail: Matt Vizio
Early: Victor Piña
Late: Armando Lucero

The Parlour of Prestidigitation
Early: Paul Green
Late: Oscar Muñoz

Palace of Mystery
The Evasons
Rocco
John Shryock & Mari Lynn

Saturday & Sunday
Palace Show
The Evasons
Rocco
John Shryock & Mari Lynn

Peller Theatre
Derek Hughes

The Hat and Hare
Nick Dopuch
Mike Pisciotta
Bob Gebert

Library Bar
Adam Wylie

Friday Lunch
Victor Piña

Saturday & Sunday
Parlour Kids Show
Oscar Muñoz

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5. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #136
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Message by Paul Stone (US)

Whilst in the process of gathering together material for a book that I am writing, and which will undoubtedly take me another year to complete, I've come to the realisation that I have kept hundreds of photographs, fliers, and posters from most of the shows and events that I have either produced, emceed or performed in, over the last 50 years.

I am definitely not a magic collector, but over the many years that I have been involved in magic, and having either booked or worked with most of the top magicians in the world, I've accumulated some very collectible magic memorabilia.

All these items are one-offs and unique, and will not appear in the regular magic auctions. These include items from Fred Kaps, Siegfried & Roy, Lance Burton, Peter Reveen, Johnny Thompson, Norm Nielsen, and Maurice Fogel, to name a few.

There are also a number of signed books, all in pristine condition, from magic luminaries like Harry Lorayne, Juan Tamariz, Bill Larsen, Jack Kodell, Marvyn Roy, and several others.

Time marches on, and as I'm planning on travelling a lot more in the coming year, I've decided that these items need new homes! So, if you are a collector, or know any serious collectors who would like more details, my contact email is paulstonespeaks@gmail.com

With Christmas just around the corner, these would make great gifts for that special someone in your life!

Last week, I mentioned my two sons Danny and Ben, who have followed my two real passions in life, Variety entertainment and Football (Soccer!) and both of whom have made successful careers in them.

Danny signed his first professional contract at the age of 15 with Blackburn Rovers FC, who were in the English Premier League at that time, He then moved to Notts County FC in Nottingham, where he played for a number of years.

He then crossed the Atlantic to Las Vegas to coach Youth Soccer, before moving into coaching Professional men's teams in Denver, Oklahoma City and more recently Phoenix.

Over the years, I always strived to watch Danny play as often as possible, and I've enjoyed many exciting moments as his career developed. But none more so than a couple of weeks ago in Charlotte, South Carolina!

The team that Danny currently coaches, Phoenix Rising FC, play in the United Soccer League. There are 20 teams in the Western Conference and 20 teams in the Eastern Conference.

At the end of each season, the top 8 teams in each Conference go into Playoff matches to determine an overall winner, with the top 4 teams having home field advantage.

Phoenix Rising FC finished in 6th position, so had to play the 4th placed team San Diego, in San Diego. Phoenix Rising won that game in overtime. They then qualified to play 2nd placed Orange County, in Orange County … and beat them in overtime.

That left them to play the Number 1 team, Sacramento, in Sacramento in front of 15,000 hostile fans … and they beat them with a winning goal in the last five minutes, to become Western Champions.

So, they now had to play the winners of the Eastern Conference, Charlotte, in Charlotte, South Carolina, for the National USL title, this being the fourth consecutive week Phoenix Rising had been on the road!

After being behind by one goal, Phoenix Rising equalised in the final minute, taking them into extra time. Extra time finished all square, so the match had to be decided by 5 penalty kicks each.

Phoenix Rising missed their first two penalty kicks, and Charlotte scored both of their penalty kicks. Phoenix scored their next two kicks and Charlotte missed both theirs!

It all came down to the last penalty kick. And yes, you guessed it … Phoenix Rising Scored their kick, and Charlotte missed their penalty kick. So, Phoenix Rising became the USL National Champions!

It was an unbelievable night and achieved completely against all the odds. Now that is what I call real MAGIC!

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6. Colley Index
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Message by Michael Colley (UK)

I'm pleased to announce that, just in time for Christmas, I have completed the "Colley Index" to the New Pentagram, Edited by Peter Warlock from 1969 to 1989.

There are 2134 article entries, with up to 9 categories per entry (there are 520 categories), 5853 name entries and 320 photo and picture entries. The price is £25.

This is an addition to the Colley Series of Indices, which also includes ABRAcadabra, Club71/The Magician, Demon Telegraph*, The Gen*, Goodliffe's Magic Monthly, The Jinx, Magic Magazine* (Max Andrews), Magigram*, Magic Wand (Photos only), Mind & Magic (Ted Lesley), The Pentagram (also edited by Peter Warlock), Stanyon's "Magic" and The Wizard. There is also an index to 14013 photographs in the first 100 volumes of the Magic Circular.

All can be searched by Author, Title and Categories. Output can be as Datasheet or as .pdf report.

The New Pentagram Index, like the previous ones, is an Access database, but the information can be provided as Excel spreadsheets, as .pdf files or as .csv for importation into other databases.

The indices marked with * also have indices of the Advertisements in the magazines.

Full details of all Indices can be obtained from the compiler, Dr. Michael Colley at cmcolley@themagiccircle.co.uk

P.S. All the above indices have also been combined into a Compendium Index which can be searched as a whole database or as separate magazines.

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7. Magic Museum Bellachini - Episode 58
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Message by Wittus Witt (Germany)

Today I received the first copy of the latest issue of my magazine from my printer: Magische Welt, issue 6, 2023.

It is packed full of stories about the art of magic. I am particularly pleased to be able to introduce another magical woman: Marine Feral. A young French woman who is very active on Instagram. She shows her tricks with a lot of charm and esprit. She's easy to find on Instagram. She comes from France and is a tax consultant by profession. I was able to conduct an interesting interview with her.

My good friend Richard Hatch from the USA is also featured in this issue. He visited my museum a few weeks ago and gave a very remarkable lecture on the magician Günther Dammann.

The Magic Circle in the city of Dresden celebrated its 100th birthday and Alexandra Duvivier (also from France) gives answers to questions that nobody has ever asked her. Very funny.
The "Theory and Practice" section is all about spectators. Carsten Hoffmann poses the question: Is there such a thing as a bad audience? I think this makes for a very interesting discussion. How often have we said after a performance: But they weren't in such a good mood today! Is that really down to the audience or perhaps to a large extent to the performer himself?

Carsten sheds light on many aspects of performances: The location, the atmosphere, the composition, the timing and many other points.

Incidentally, James Hagy from the USA also thinks very similarly. I have the honour of gradually publishing his equally interesting publication "Secrets magicians COULD tell" in my magazine.

In my opinion, far too little thought is often given to the framework conditions of a performance. Many problems can be solved in advance or discussed with the organiser.

The supplement describing magic tricks was once again designed by the Berlin magician Fabian Weiss. He shows many original ideas.

All in all, a very exciting international issue to round off the 72nd year of Magische Welt magazine.

Here is a brief introduction to the magazine:
https://youtu.be/eexn_yaau-4

See you next week.

PS: Last week I welcomed visitor number 1,600 to my museum … what a joy!

Wittus Witt

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8. Tales From The Fantastic Magic Center - #69
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Message by Kent Cummins, Director (US)

I love Puppets!

My mom, Mary Lou Cummins, made me my first two hand puppets for Christmas in 1949, when I was six years old (but soon to be seven!). It was the same year that my dad gave me my first magic set, the A.C. Gilbert Mysto Magic Exhibition Set.

My dad also helped me build a puppet theatre out of a large wooden shipping crate, and I put on simple puppet shows with the Santa and Rudolph hand puppets that Mom had made from McCall's patterns. (Dad worked for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, so Mom had lots of sewing stuff.)

I continued collecting puppets throughout my childhood, and in the sixth grade Dad let me turn the garage into an amazing puppet theatre, with stages for both hand puppets and marionettes. I remember telling Mom that I was not sure whether I wanted to be a magician or a puppeteer. For the time, I was both.

Then Dad got promoted, and we moved to Baton Rouge. I packed up my puppets and never saw them again. The theatre couldn't be moved, and the puppets were apparently lost by the movers. I was crushed!

I did write a puppet show on nutrition while at Baton Rouge Junior High School, which resulted in my very first letter of appreciation in 1956. But I never accumulated another large collection of puppets.

When I started college at LSU, Mom joined the Puppeteers of America and started performing as well as making puppets.

When I started Fantastic Magic Camp in 1993 at the age of fifty, I hired Mom to be the first puppetry instructor.

I still love puppets!

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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9. CAANY! - John Carey #218
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Earlier in this volume we explored the 9's force. Let's revisit it one last time with this subtle and deceptive little piece. Preset the Joker at 17th from the top of the deck. False shuffle and then turn the deck face-up. Start spreading the cards and ask a spectator to name any card they see?
You want to make the spreading rather methodical, so that they name a card in the lower half of the deck. Let's say they name the Ten of Clubs.

As soon as they name their card, Hofzinser cull it under the spread and continue spreading until you arrive at the Joker. Load the culled card next to this card and square up. Their freely named card is now 18th from the top. Flip the deck face-down and hand it to your helper. Walk and talk your spectator through the Jay Ose triple false table cut, them cutting off around a third and tabling this packet. Then ask them to cut off another packet and tabling that to the right of the first packet and then place the remaining packet down furthest to the right of the row. A moment later have them gather up the packets from left to right. Now for the scripting and range and number force.

"They say that between the ages from 20 to 30 is where the majority of people find stability in their life, both in a personal capacity and professionally. I'd like you to think back to one of those years Mick? Got one? Great. Now let's play a little mind game. Picture that age in the form
of its two digits in front of you. Now let's randomize things. Add those two digits together to get a small number. Now, just for fun subtract that small number from your original number, to form a number purely in your mind that not a soul in the world could possibly know. From this moment on just focus purely on that number."

Just for completion, let's say they originally thought of 24. Added together those two digits equal 6. When subtracted the total will be 18. It always will be in this context. All that's left to do is to remind the audience that your spectator named any card and is merely thinking of a number. Have your helper reveal her thought of number to be 18. Have her deal and count down to that number and turn over the last card dealt to reveal her card, the Ten of Clubs.

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10. E-zine Archives
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