********************** MagicNZ e-zine ********************** Issue Number: 6 Date: 6th February Editor: Alan Watson ---------------------------------- If you'd like to remove yourself from this mailing list, please see the instructions at the end of this e-zine. Our subscriber list is NOT made available to other companies or individuals. We value every subscriber and respect your privacy. ======================================================= ---------------------------------- Contents ---------------------------------- 1. Jon Charles - lecture 2. Lecture on close-up and stand up 3. Jon Charles - magic background 4. Deaf magician disqualified for hearing 5. 32nd Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards - The Magic Castle - USA 6. For Sale - Richard Webster 7. New NZ magic dealer - Wayne McEwan 8. Paul Romhany and Priscilla Lucas will tie the knot 9. News Items 10. Benefit of subscribing to the MagicNZ e-zine 11. Subscription Management 12. Contact Information ---------------------------------- 1. Jon Charles - lecture ---------------------------------- IBM Ring 160 proudly presents a Lecture by Jon Charles from Edmonton, Canada AUCKLAND Date: Friday, 11 February 2000 Venue: K. Road Car Park, Newton, Auckland Time: 7.30pm Lecture fee: Adults $15.00 Juniors $8.00 Supper provided Contact: Tony Wilson e-mail: twilson@xtra.co.nz ---------------------------------- 2. Lecture on close-up and stand up ---------------------------------- Jon's lecture will be mainly close-up and stand up with hints and tips on table hopping. There will be items for sale at the lecture - rope routines, lecture notes, torn and restored newspaper etc. ---------------------------------- 3. Jon Charles - magic background ---------------------------------- Jon is a full-time entertainer with an outgoing personality and a vast repertoire of "one liners" which will make the evening an amusing, informative and entertaining night of magic. Not to be missed!! ---------------------------------- 4. Deaf magician disqualified for hearing ---------------------------------- Article sent in by Bruce Graham: By HUGH DAVIES in London Johnny Fantastica, the reigning World Champion Deaf Magician, thought he was well on the way to retaining his title when judges in Nagpur, India, disqualified him for hearing too much. The sleight of hand shown by John Gapp, 65, from Stroud, England, had been flawless as he turned ribbons into roses and made a lighted cigarette vanish. But the judges stepped in when he produced a feather boa from a hat in perfect rhythm to Ennio Morricone's music from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Mr Gapp said: "I was told I was being disqualified because I could hear, and that was not allowed." Mr Gapp, deaf since he contracted meningitis at seven, said that he tried to explain that he was wearing a hearing aid which enabled him to "just about make out rhythm from the bass notes". Loud noises were audible, "but I have to depend 100 per cent on lip reading". He produced his hearing test certificate as proof that he was deaf. "But they just wouldn't listen. I am most upset." The panel insisted he was a cheat and gave first prize to Bhupatlal Pandi, an Indian. Mr Gapp, who won his title two years ago in London, has appealed to the World Federation of Deaf Magicians in Rochester, New York, which has said it will investigate his complaint. - The Daily Telegraph ---------------------------------- 5. 32nd Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards - The Magic Castle - USA ---------------------------------- AWARD NOMINEES Below are the nominees for the Magician of the Year Awards in the Castle Showroom categories, as selected by the regular Magician members of the Academy. CLOSE-UP Mike Close Whit Haydn Tom Ogden T.C. Tahoe Steve Valentine PARLOR Aldo Colombini Dana Daniels & Luigi Glenn Falkenstein & Frances Willard Earl Nelson Sylvester the Jester STAGE Ed Alonzo John Carney - "Mr. Mysto" Mike Caveney Dana Daniels & Luigi Tina Lenert T.C. Tahoe (Note: Six finalists due to a tie in the nominations.) LECTURER Mike Close Aldo Colombini Mac King Johnny "Ace" Palmer Dale Salwak March 11th at the Wilshire-Ebell Theatre, together with honorees: Silvan (Magician of the Year), Johnny Gaughan (Lifetime Achievement), Johnny Thompson (Masters Fellowship), Bruce Cervon (Performing Fellowship), The Keeners (Performing Fellowship), Gaetan Bloom (Creative Fellowship), Val Andrews (Literary Fellowship), Martin Breese (Special Fellowship). ---------------------------------- 6. For Sale - Richard Webster ---------------------------------- ATTABOY Made by Harold Chandler. As new condition $40.00 BLOCK ESCAPE by Harold Chandler. Good condition $15.00 SNEAKY SNAKE by Ravelle and Andre (Supreme Magic) Good condition $10.00 TOP 10 by David Copperfield and Billy McComb (Don Wayne Productions) As new condition $10.00 DOVE PAN Single load 15 cm. Excellent condition $40.00 Postage $3.00 on all orders esp@psychic.co.nz ---------------------------------- 7. New NZ magic dealer - Wayne McEwan ---------------------------------- Wayne from Invercargill will be launching his new venture as a magic dealer and will be carrying an extensive range of magic props. E-mail Wayne for a copy of his catalogue now: AAKIWI@xtra.co.nz ---------------------------------- 8. Paul Romhany and Priscilla Lucas will tie the knot ---------------------------------- Paul Romhany and Priscilla Lucas will tie the knot on 28th April in Auckland. Paul met Priscilla several years ago at one of his shows and they have been going together since. Priscilla is half Dutch and half Indonesian and was born and brought up in Holland. She has been involved in 'Latin' dancing for many years and will be travelling with Paul as he performs overseas. Two days after the wedding they fly off to Dubai where Paul has been booked with his Chaplin Show, and will also spend their honeymoon there, then it's off to Asia again for another season of Charlie Chaplin Work. Have a look at Paul's updated homepage at: www.comic.co.nz ---------------------------------- 9. News Items ---------------------------------- If you have any news items that you feel the majority of our subscribers would be interested in please e-mail me so I can include them in the next e-zine. If the news is of major importance I will send them out immediately as a Newsflash. ---------------------------------- 10. Benefit of subscribing to the MagicNZ e-zine ---------------------------------- You will now be informed well in advance of coming events and kept right up to date with the latest news. ---------------------------------- 11. 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