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Issue Number: #546
Date: Sunday 25th November 2007
Editor: Alan Watson
www.magicianz.com
www.Alan-Watson.com
e-mail: AW@Alan-Watson.com
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Hi here is the latest news
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1. Editor's Message
2. Paul Daniels Poster Collection On eBay
3. Mike Super Wins The Contest In NBC's "Phenomenon" Show
4. Finally - A Show That Magicians' Wives And Girlfriends Love!
5. Charles Gauci Gave Us Astonishing Value For Money
6. Remarkable Magic #30 - Nick Lewin
7. Creativity - The Pizza Pie Analogy: by Kyle Peron
8. Entertaining On The Ocean #9 - Paul Romhany
9. Bradley Jacobs To Be Honored As Magician Of The Year 2008
10. The New Issue Of "Magicana" Magazine
11. Salwak Teaching Life
12. New Australian Biography
13. The Amazing Orchante Saga
14. e-zine Archives
15. Privacy Policy And Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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Are you planning to attend the joint IBM / SAM Convention in 
Louisville, Kentucky -July 21-26, 2008?

If you have not yet registered I would suggest that you do it 
soon as this convention will be a SELLOUT. Michele and I have 
already booked and will see you there.

The convention registration fee will be jumping from $395US to 
$495US from the 31st December. If you are planning to attend 
register NOW and save yourself $100US.

Competition prize money and performance contracts are 
substantial.

$20,000US in cash. $30,000US in performing contracts

The producers of the following conventions have agreed to give 
performing contracts to the finalists of the IBM/SAM 2008 
Combined Convention.

FISM World Championships of Magic, Beijing, China
World Festival of Magic New Zealand Tour
Blackpool Magic Convention, Blackpool, England
Club Magico Italiano, Abano Terme, Italy
Japanese S.A.M. Convention, Tokyo, Japan
Festival of Illusion, Sindelfingen, Germany
Mac Millan International Magic Convention, London
International Brotherhood of Magicians Annual Convention
Society of American Magicians Annual Convention
Canadian Association of Magicians, Kitchener, Ontario
Abbott's Magic Get Together, Colon, Michigan
Columbus Magi Fest, Columbus, Ohio
FFFF Convention, Batavia, New York
Ei Duco's Magic Weekend, Sweden

These prizes shall be presented at the final awards ceremony on 
Saturday night, June 26.

For more information on the convention go to:
http://www.ibmsam2008.com/

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Remember if you have any magic news drop me a
line: AW@Alan-Watson.com

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2. Paul Daniels Poster Collection On eBay
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Message from Paul Daniels (UK)

For the last few weeks I have been having the Great Sort Out and 
the first results of that will start to appear on eBay within the 
next 5 days. First to go... Posters.

If you are interested in the history of magic on paper, or are 
looking for something special to decorate the walls of your den 
(or your living room if you are not married), then head over 
there as I start to auction them off. There are magicians from 
Germany, Australia, Britain, the USA and on and on and on.

To make them easy to find I think I will head them all Paul 
Daniels Posters and then put the details below the title.

Then we will probably move on to books when the posters are gone. 
I love them all but there comes a time...

Have fun

Paul Daniels

p.s. If you haven't read it already in my blog, my thanks to 
those responsible at the Magic Circle for presenting me with the 
Devant Award this week.

www.pauldaniels.co.uk

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3. Mike Super Wins The Contest In NBC's "Phenomenon" Show
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Message from Walter Blaney (US)

Just to let those know who may have missed it, magician Mike 
Super won the grand prize, $250,000, on NBC's Phenomenon TV show 
series finale tonight. He did a great job each week, and I think 
deserved to win.

All the other contestants did a great job too. It was a well 
produced show, and brought attention to the field of mentalism, 
and magic in general. Thank you NBC.

When I sent out a note a week ago to watch the finals, if you 
voted for Mike, why not drop him a note of congratulations:
mikesuper4@comcast.net I know he appreciated your voting for him, 
and I know Mike would enjoy hearing from you.

Three cheers for Mike Super.

And my cheers to you, Walter

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4. Finally - A Show That Magicians' Wives And Girlfriends Love!
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Message from Quentin Reynolds

Quentin Reynolds' Psychic Game Show has received rave reviews 
from the most unlikely source - Magicians' Wives! These poor 
demented creatures, forced to regularly watch endless card and 
rope tricks, have now discovered a show that really appeals to 
them. Mindreading, Comedy and Prizes!

Your last chance to catch Quentin's show is this coming Monday, 
26th November at Bar XS, Fallowfield, Manchester. Starts at 8pm 
Full details at http://www.PsychicGameShow.com

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5. Charles Gauci Gave Us Astonishing Value For Money
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Message from Shayne Thompson (NZ)

It's been a great week for New Zealand magicians as Charles Gauci 
presented his workshop here on his way home to Australia after 
his tour of the US and Canada.

I was fortunate enough to see Charles perform his 75-minute act 
for a largely lay audience at a party put on by Richard Webster. 
The magicians who were there were just as amazed as the rest of 
the audience as Charles performed his incredible act of memory 
and mental effects. The following evening, Charles presented his 
workshop and explained many of the effects he'd performed.

I have attended many lectures and workshops over the years, but 
gained more from Charles Gauci's workshop than almost all the 
others put together. Charles gave us astonishing value for money, 
with a workshop that was more than five hours long.

All of Charles' effects are practical, highly entertaining, and 
easy to do. Thank you, Charles. I hope you come back to New 
Zealand again very soon.

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6. Remarkable Magic #30 - Nick Lewin
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Message from Nick Lewin (US)

Remarkable Magic. Johnny Thompson: the night I quaked in my 
boots!

Back in the early '90s I had an opportunity to work with an act 
that I really admired. No-- don't jump the gun it wasn't the 
iconic team of Johnny and Pam Thompson. It was with the brilliant 
comedy juggler Daniel Rosen. I thought the combination worked so 
well I made it a point to get us a few more bookings together to 
see what might develop.

Daniel and I booked a week at 'Catch a Rising Star' at Bally's 
Hotel and Casino and created a very cool 90 minute show called 
'Out Of Control' that not only allowed us to highlight our own 
talents but to include Daniels highly talented friend Rhae Ann 
Theriault into the mix. Rhea Ann was a blazing talent who went on 
to tour as lead singer/dancer with Bette Midler.

It was a great cast and a really fabulous post-modern vaudeville 
review. The idea of the show was that Daniel and I each thought 
we had been booked for a solo show and a competitive battle began 
with beautiful dark haired Rhae Ann at the heart of it as a 
bubble brained dancer called Fluffy.

Rhae Ann was a howl as we rehearsed the show in Los Angeles but 
something kept nagging briefly in the back of my mind. Since I 
couldn't quite place it I let it alone. When we arrived in Las 
Vegas for our first full dress rehearsal it suddenly jumped right 
to the very forefront of my mind!

When Rhea Ann put on her costume it included a bright blond wig 
and black bustier dress and it was then that I realized that her 
character was very close to that of Pam Thompson in her role in 
the fabulous Great Tomsoni & Co. show. I just hadn't realized it 
until I saw that wig in place. I was very aware of the fact that 
John and Pam closely guarded their incredible creation and to be 
absolutely honest I had always been a bit scared of Johnny.

I was not sure that Johnny knew who the heck I was and probably 
didn't think much of me if he did! I didn't want the appearance 
of a blonde assistant onstage to get me 'out of fire and into the 
Frying pan.' I went up to Rhea Ann and suggested she perform 
without the wig. She drew herself up to her full height (maybe a 
foot shorter than me) and with blazing eyes replied that she had 
created 'Fluffy' in an improv class three years before and been 
performing her ever since. She told me in no uncertain terms that 
she was damned if she would play her without the wig. I took one 
look at her and realized I was more scared of her than Johnny and 
tried to pretend I had never suggested it.

We opened our show at Bally's on Monday night and it was a smash. 
However someone else must have spotted the resemblance and I got 
a call the next day that Johnny and Pam were coming to the show 
the next night. To say I was apprehensive would be an 
understatement. I was truly alarmed.

To cut a long story short Johnny and Pam caught our show the next 
night and really enjoyed it and they couldn't have been more 
gracious or friendly over the issue. Whew! While seeing the 
similarities in the characters they also were such seasoned 
performers that they spotted the differences and the thought 
process that had created 'Fluffy.' The best part of this whole 
story is that it began a friendship for me with the unique John & 
Pam which I really enjoy.

If anyone out there would like to see some clips of 'Fluffy' with 
Daniel and myself performing our wacky version of the old 
burlesque item 'The Doctor Sketch' from this Vegas show then 
follow this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyaRvGIDngA

There is also another great clip from 'Out of Control' on my 
YouTube website. We never repeated the show but to this day it 
remains my favorite ever-creative production.

As always send any bricks or bouquets to nicklewin@earthlink.net 
and check out my website at http://www.NickLewin.com

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7. Creativity - The Pizza Pie Analogy: by Kyle Peron
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Message from Kyle Peron (US)
Magic4u02@aol.com

Creativity is like a pizza? Huh? I know by now this topic 
headline must have you shrugging your shoulders and wondering 
what the heck I am referring to or even talking about. The bottom 
line is creativity is lacking in magic today. Too many of us fall 
victim to creating acts or routines without any real substance 
for the audience. Allow me to dig deeper.

Let me start by saying that magicians usually fall into this bad 
habit of showing off skill or seeking a "wow" response in the 
magic that we do. Now do not get me wrong here. This eagerness to 
get a "wow" reaction is not a bad thing because it is at the 
nature of what magic is all about and probably why we got 
interested in magic in the first place. That amazing feeling and 
"rush" we feel when we have an audience spellbound is a very 
powerful thing.

Skill and seeking that "wow" response is not a bad thing at all. 
However what is bad is the fact that too many magicians, that is 
ALL they ever seek. As a magician we see and understand that if I 
show skill, I can get a great reaction from my audience. However, 
we fail to realize that there exist so many other things we can 
add to our magic to give our audiences experiences totally 
different than anything they may have experienced before.

There is so much more out there to add to any routine, act or 
show. You can very easily fall victim to an act of skill alone 
because it has no depth to it. If the skill fails at any point, 
what is left? Nothing. If you are not superb in your skill then 
the audience is left with nothing else to enjoy about what you 
present.

The solution is the fact that anyone can learn to add "layers" 
(like a good pizza) to your act and routines to build substance 
and increase the creativity and enjoyment level.

An act of skill alone is not a bad thing much like a plain pizza 
is not bad either. It is good and people will enjoy it but could 
it be better? Sure it could through toppings and seasonings 
others like. Many people like different things. Just like a 
pizza, many people enjoy different toppings and seasonings in 
their food. Like a magic act or routine, you can add "toppings or 
layers" to your act so as to allow creativity to flow and to 
build substance for the audience to grab a hold of. This creates 
more creative acts.

If we add these layers, we create an experience for the audience 
that is richer and deeper. Our audiences are now given multiple 
things to enjoy in the act we are presenting. Much like good 
food, a chef will add various seasoning and ingredients into the 
food so that each person can experience something a bit different 
and still enjoy what they eat. The same can be applied to the 
magic that you do.

So what are some of these layers that can be added to the magic 
you create? Let me list only a few of them here to give you an 
idea of what I am referring to. Layers can be things such as 
theme, character, style, pacing, emotional response, music, 
movement and the list goes on. Each of these are what I refer to 
as layers. Each can be added to any magic that you do to build 
substance and increase entertainment value.

Give your audiences something more than just skill. Skill is 
fine, but allow yourself to not stop there. Like a great chef, 
give your audiences much more to grab a hold of and I guarantee 
you that your entertainment value will climb ten-fold.

As always, I encourage you the readers to let me know your 
thoughts. So if you have any thoughts on my articles or 
suggestions or comments, please feel free to e-mail me directly 
at magic4u02@aol.com. I would love to hear from you.

Kyle Peron
Magician and Illusionist
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
(Specializing in Logo creation)
www.kyleandkellymagic.com
Chair Suspension Ebook Author
http://www.magicenhancer.com/ChairSuspension.html

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8. Entertaining On The Ocean #9 - Paul Romhany
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Message from Paul Romhany (NZ)

Yesterday Natalie and I found ourselves on another trip to the 
Pyramids in Egypt and a river cruise on the Nile. No matter how 
many times we do this trip it never loses it's magic. Today we 
are going in to Jerusalem for an eleven hour tour, something we've 
always wanted to do.

Upon our arrival last night from Cairo I received this wonderful 
email from magician Eric Bedard. Eric is based out of Victoria, 
Canada and is keeping busy these days working on ships as well as 
corporate work around North America. The most popular story I get 
from magicians who work on ships is that of lost luggage. The 
moral of all these stories is that you must always be prepared to 
do a show with NOTHING.

Thank you Eric and Linda for this story, which my wife Natalie 
and I can relate to so well, as I'm sure all cruise ship 
magicians can. You can visit Eric on line at 
www.coolmagicdude.com

And now, here is Eric's story:

Hey gang: Wow, I had many emails asking me if I ever got my 
luggage. It was Shipped back to Victoria, too bad you don't get 
air miles on your luggage! Linda was on the first 12 day cruise 
with me and she wrote emails to family and friends. Here is the 
one she sent about our trip to Cairo Airport to get my luggage 
for those that are interested in something to read. As many of 
you know, I carry 45 minutes of magic and tables in my second 
carryon bag, but I had to check it at Heathrow as they only allow 
one carry on (laptop) due to heightened security.... (I don't fly 
through Heathrow anymore, go the Frankfurt route!) Anyways, here 
is the email Linda sent out.

Subject: Always save the best for last...

Ah, Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt. Yesterday, the 
pyramids, the Sphinx, today another journey as we are going to 
Cairo by taxi with a port agent. Not many people experience this 
type of adventure as usually port agents in taxis are more 
personable and you get to see much more of the local scenery, not 
just tourist stuff. I love to experience the local fare much more 
than touristy areas, that's where the culture is. So..it is 
9.30a.m. And we await "the word" from the ship staff. We are 
whisked away at 10:00, thru check points, passports, a lot of 
Arabic shouting and off we go.

Our agent's name is Achmed and the driver is Mohammed, very 
little English being spoken and we are already driving in a cab 
thru the city at speeds I don't do on the highway. Remember 
yesterday we were up high in a bus, well now we are at ground 
level and the cars, people, buses, donkeys and camels are about 
1cm from my window. Hang on, this will only be a 3 1/2 - 4 hr 
hour ride!! OMG, I swear my heart is going to jump out of my skin 
and I've only been in the car for 20 minutes..haha, Eric keeps 
saying "we're dead" hahaha...Seriously...there are no rules. 
Well, we have finally made the highway and guess what? We can go 
faster!! Haha..

This car has a lovely warning bell that rings whenever the car 
reaches speeds of over 120km, but no worries, in goes a tape of 
lovely Arabic music and off we speed to Cairo, both of us trying 
not to laugh out loud. I say, wonder what my mother would think 
of us now, I picture her...We dodge trucks, cars, traffic, 
honestly this guy is crazy! He is going 120km honking his horn 
continuously going between a car and a bus (10 men are hanging 
off the back of the bus as it is too full inside), holy crap!!

We must slow down now, we are in a traffic jam just outside of 
Cairo, its 1pm and no sign of any airport, brick buildings as far 
as the eye can see. Where would they put an airport here? We see 
accidents, bad ones..don't look. Ah, airport, you can't imagine 
the traffic here. We are dropped off with the port agent and he 
has no idea which terminal to go to?? Are you kidding????? He 
thinks it might be Egypt Air we tell him it's probably British 
Air but you'd think he knew this before. Ok, up stairs, down 
stairs, not at Egypt air. Next terminal at British, back in the 
car, it's now 215pm, must be back at the ship for 
6.30pm...Finally, British Air!! Lost Luggage!! No sir, the 
suitcases are not here, never were, they were shipped back to 
Canada from Athens.....I say in disbelief.."why?" "because that's 
what the tag on the luggage said"...We just look at each 
other..wow..

Time to head back, there is nothing we can do..I pay a dollar to 
use the bathroom which is disgusting and apparently the man's is 
even worse..Ok, we are silent, back in the taxi and race back. 
Now remember it's their holiday, everyone should be inside by 
5.30 to have their first meal with their family. Ramadan, nothing 
shall enter your body between sunrise and sunset. That means 
food, water, medicine, tobacco..nothing..we have not eaten since 
7.30am..Eric says well I guess you won't make it to your homes in 
time? Achmed just looks at us with those eyes, which say..wanna 
bet?

I think we were going fast on the way here, well I don't think we 
will make it home alive. The bells are going in the car, the 
Arabic music is blaring, we have hit over 140km, the music just 
got louder, the honking is all you can here but not from us, 
there is a car behind/beside us that needs to pass us but there 
is nowhere to go. I close my eyes and zone out, it's too much and 
I am about to throw up!! All I hear is metal crunching on Eric's 
side as we grind into the median and my voice screaching in fear, 
we are metal to metal with another car and barely holding on!!! 
Sparks flying!! 3 seconds, 4.. 5...we are still flying down this 
road, one of us will flip for sure!!! The sound is gone..we are 
still on the road and all I hear is loud yelling and the sound of 
Eric's voice asking me if I'm ok...We pull over, assess the 
damages and off we go again! I am in shock..the bells continue, 
the music continues, It's all a blur for the next 2 hours until 
we are again in Alexandria...its 6:10pm,(we sail at 6:30) all is 
calm; we are talking to the driver..He is getting married on the 
26th of November and he has invited us!! Hahaha, what a day....

We have 2 sea days ahead of us, Eric is still doing a show but 
the first one will be a split bill with another comedian. Its 25 
mins on Saturday so he will put something together. Friday is our 
Sea day and it is great, we lie on the deck, read, lounge, it's 
formal night so we get dressed up and have a wonderful meal. The 
sea is very rough!

We are really going up and down and the production show is 
cancelled, the dancers cannot go on as they might really break a 
leg! The cruise director finds Eric at 7:45 and asks if he can go 
on tonight! In 45 minutes???? Oh boy, now this will be fun....The 
show went on, two of them, rocking all over the stage, not his 
normal stuff, stuff he threw together in a pinch, Eric almost 
gets sick on stage, small crowds due to the ship flying all over 
the place, finally its over...

Its Saturday morning, 745am and we are signed up for the Run for 
the Cure, one hour for breast cancer! Off we go!!!!!!

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9. Bradley Jacobs To Be Honored As Magician Of The Year 2008
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Message from George Schindler
Society of American Magicians
Public Relations

 Society of American Magicians Ambassador of Magic. Bradley 
Jacobs has been named the "Magician of the Year" 2008 by the 
Parent Assembly #1 of the Society.

Bradley Jacobs will receive his honor at the annual SALUTE TO 
MAGIC show March 29, 2008 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center 
BMCC- 199 Chambers Street in New York City.

 Brad was the 1961 President of the Parent Assembly and was 
National S.A.M President 1970-1971- He is both a Life Member and 
an Honorary Member of the Society and presently serves as the 
Chairman of the Society of American Magicians Magic Endowment 
Fund. He has been a member of the organization for 55 years and 
Parent Assembly member since 1953.

For 17 years Mr. Jacobs was the producer of our annual 
Conventions and is currently co-chair of the IBM/SAM 2008 
Combined Convention to be held in Louisville, KY in July 2008.

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10. The New Issue Of "Magicana" Magazine
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Message from Michael Woolf - Editor Magicana (NZ)

The new issue of "Magicana" magazine will be in the mail this 
week.

Featured is an extensive interview with John Fisher, covering his 
monumental new biography of Cardini. He also talks about his work 
with Paul Daniels, Tommy Cooper and Fred Kaps. Plus regular 
columns from Terry Seabrooke, David Ginn, Bernard Reid and 
others.

This is the Christmas edition of "Magicana." "Magicana" website - 
www.magicana.co.nz

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11. Salwak Teaching Life
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Message from Dale Salwak (US)

If readers will go to Amazon.com (U.S. site, not yet U.K.), then 
scroll down to "books," and type in "Salwak Teaching Life," 
they'll find special pre-publication offers for my forthcoming 
new book, Teaching Life: Letters From A Life In Literature - 
along with advance reviews and a description of the book. I'd be 
grateful if you would pass this information along to anyone you 
think might be interested in the book.

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12. New Australian Biography
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Message from Kent Blackmore (Aust)

New Australian biography - Magic, Mayhem, Merlini and Me
Bob Merlini was born in Sydney in 1929 and, at the age of 14 was 
the youngest magician to perform at Sydney's famous Tivoli 
theatre. An associate of Les "The Great" Levante, his frenetic 
career in magic has now been chronicled by his wife, Margaret 
Greenland, in a 240 page book.

The book is available directly by contacting Margaret at 
margaretd@idl.com.au, price is $25 Australian (enquire about 
shipping costs to your location).

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13. The Amazing Orchante Saga
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Message from Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)(UK ex-pat Kiwi)

Page 25

Another Adagio/ Dancer act which used Jon Doyle's fitness studio, 
that we worked with quite often, were the 'Duo Arabesque'- 
Marilla and Ibraham; she was Australian and he, Lebanese. "The 
bloody Arab" Marilla used to called him - fondly. It was strange 
how often we would work with the same act(s) in the various RSL's, 
Leagues and other clubs, especially when you consider the vast 
number of clubs, and the seemingly limitless number of artistes, 
of all kinds, who were working the Sydney circuit. We became good 
friends with Marilla and Ibraham, particularly after we had both 
been booked by my old mate Gilbert Thong, to work in Noumea, New 
Caledonia for a couple of weeks. Gilbert, who hails from New 
Caledonia, was the promoter who gave me my first over-seas 
bookings around the South Pacific Islands, way back in the 'dark 
ages' (see pages - 36, 37 and 38 of The Orchanté Saga, Vol. One).

Like most Adagio artistes, Marilla and Ibraham would appear 
on-stage wearing a cloak and/or cape of some sort, then take it 
off with a flourish, to reveal quite skimpy costumes which showed 
off their physiques - the 'Body Beautiful'; the very nature of 
this type of act demands it in any case. Both partners are always 
in fantastic shape (hence the continuous fitness and body 
sculpturing/training regimes) and, more often than not, the 
females, like their male counterparts, worked topless. This 
little exposé is to set the scene for an incident that had 
Marilla in tears.

Gilbert decided to fly us out to a little Island situated off the 
East Coast of New Caledonia, miles out in the Pacific Ocean - 
Lifou Island, to perform our show/acts for the natives. Talk 
about being isolated from civilisation - and the hotel? The 
'rooms' were several, typically native, round shaped grass bures, 
set-up in a compound; bunk style beds with mosquito nets - thank 
God, and the running water was strictly limited, so you had to 
try and do your No. 2's and flush the toilet before it was shut 
off until the next morning, as were the generators that supplied 
the electricity! I guess that if you were used to doing the 
'nature walks' bit, camping out in tents. etc. We weren't!

The show, held in a large tin shack, which also served as the 
local community centre, was absolutely jam-packed with happy, 
laughing, and excited natives, whose clothing looked like it had 
come, at best, from a jumble sale, at worst, a rubbish dump! At 
least they were wearing something! They used to run around naked 
until the early missionaries arrived; their Bible banging 
teachings changed practically all of the islands inhabitants 
throughout the South Pacific into Christians. I guess that in 
some ways, it had its benefits - they were no longer cannibals!

On with the show. As Veronica and I had two different acts, we 
went on first - performing our magic show. At one stage, I got a 
little boy up to do the old vanishing lit cigarette in the 
handkerchief - I always borrowed my volunteers coat, it has a far 
bigger impact than a measly handkerchief. This little boy wasn't 
wearing a coat; he had on what seemed to be a brown coloured 
cardigan - that was until I asked him to take it off so that I 
could perform 'The Magic'. As he removed it, it turned inside 
out, to reveal that it was, bright red! The outside 'brown' 
colour was - dirt! As I 'vanished' the cigarette, the cardigan 
kept trying to crawl away on its own volition. So did I!

Then it was Marilla and Ibrahim's turn to entertain the happy 
throng. As their background music came on, they strode out onto 
the floor (there was no stage), and removed their cloaks. 
Initially there was a hushed silence, then quiet giggling, as 
they start performing their various routines, which really was 
something quite beautiful to watch as Ibraham showed his strength 
with his one-arm lifts etc., with Marilla gracefully posing in a 
variety of positions. We could hear tittering from the audience 
virtually from the start of their act, but when some of the 
Adagio positions entailed Marilla doing the splits, the crowd 
started screaming with laughter. Neither of them could understand 
what was so funny but as the true professionals that they were, 
they carried on and finished their act. We didn't know either, 
what had caused the laughter during their show, until Gilbert 
told us. It started practically from the time that Marilla 
dropped her cloak, because they could see her boobs; then, 
because of Marilla's very skimpy G-String, they could, "See the 
white girls 'thing"! Poor Marilla burst into tears of 
embarrassment, then anger, until she came to realise that the 
friendly natives on remote Pacific Islands just don't 'see' 
things quite the same way as mature, discerning audiences do, in 
sophisticated nightclubs etc.

We came on once again to finish off the show, performing our 
signature 'Fakir' presentation: Fire Eating, Bed-of-Nails, 
Sword-Swallowing and the 'String Thing' (psychic surgery), during 
which another little incident occurred, which gave Marilla a 
great sense of 'sweet revenge' and satisfaction!

Continues Next Week

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