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Issue Number: #1292
Date: Sunday 5th June 2016
Editor: Alan Watson QSM
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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 - International Magic Magazine
3. Richard Jones Britain's Got Talent 2016 Winner
4. Film Review: 'Now You See Me 2'
5. The Magic Word: Richard Osterlind - Mysteries Revealed
6. Going The Distance - #402 - Kyle Peron
7. Tommy Wonder's Brother
8. Magic Museum In Sweden
9. Escape or Die!" WINS Best Canadian Documentary Series
10. Unbelievable? Magic-Fest Convention
11. Broken Wand - Stanley B. Adair (1919 - 2016)
12. New Sydney Magic Venue Australia
13. The I.B.M. Convention - The Lance Burton Teen Seminar!!!!
14. Magic Benevolence Projects Wanted
15. Calculated Risk By Michael Murray
16. FISM 2018 Open For Registration
17. e-zine Archives
18. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice
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1. Editor's Message
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Fabulous.... Kiwi performer gets standing ovation on America's
Got Talent. The clip has now gone viral with 8,163,591 views
at the time of this posting.
Tape
Face: Strange Act Leaves the Audience Speechless - America's
Got Talent 2016 Auditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O70Ww9vzjvg
Remember
if you have any magic news drop me a line:
Editor@MagicNewZealand.com
If
you would like to read the Magic New Zealand e-zine in a
HTML format
go to: http://www.magicnewzealand.com/ezine-archive/2016-Jan-to-Dec-2016/1292-Jun05-2016.html
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2. VANISH - International Magic Magazine
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Message by Paul Romhany - Editor VANISH - International
Magic Magazine
The
very latest edition both in Hard Copy and Online is out
NOW. Ben Robinson writes an in-depth article and interview
with Editor Paul Romhany to see what drives him to put out
the world's largest magic magazine both printed and online,
as well as how he juggles life as a busy performer and family
man.
There
is lots of interactive magic to watch online including tricks
by David Penn and Sean Heydon, Butzi, Thom Peterson, Louie
Foxx, Alexander Erohin, Steve Gutenberg and Diamond Jim
Tyler.
Timothy
Hyde continues his Ten Little Secrets this time looking
at how best to approach magic conventions. Christina Nyman
shares a story on Alan and Fashion and Magic.
Russ
Stevens has become the force behind magicians in the UK
doing so well on Britians Got Talent and Russ takes time
out of his schedule to chat to Romany about his time on
the show. Nick Lewin interviews Diamond Jim Tyler and has
a tribute to Roy Jonshon.
Nicole
Lee shares photos and a story on So Safari Camp - one of
the most successful magic camps in North America.
As
usual we review the very latest magic products with over
30 product reviews.
All
this and more in VANISH - International Magic Magazine
www.vanishmagazine.com
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3. Richard Jones Britain's Got Talent 2016 Winner
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Express
By
Andrew Bullock
BGT
2016: Richard Jones moved to tears as he's crowned Britain's
Got Talent winner
Magician
Richard Jones has won Britain's Got Talent 2016, following
his surprise performance involving the country's oldest
conjurer Fergus Anckorn.
Article
go to: http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/674819/BGT-2016-Richard-Jones-tears-crowned-Britains-Got-Talent-winner-Simon-Cowell-Amanda-Holden
Mirror:
Who is Richard Jones? Britain's Got Talent 2016 winner revealed
Article
go to: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/who-richard-jones-britains-talent-8074441
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4. Film Review: 'Now You See Me 2'
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Article forwarded on by Mel Kientz (US)
Chief
Film Critic Owen Gleiberman
"Now
You See Me 2" Courtesy Of Lionsgate
Jesse
Eisenberg and company are back in a sequel to the 2013 magician
heist thriller, and it's an even higher-flying lark, a roller-coaster
of teases, fake-outs, and jaw-drops.
"Now You See Me 2" is the kind of sequel that
has all but gone out of fashion: a follow-up to a blockbuster
so flaky and off-center that even those who made the original
probably never expected it to spawn a second chapter. The
new film is an even wilder lark-a madly spinning top of
a movie, powered by an eagerness to please that somehow
comes off as more innocent than calculated.
The
film knows that it's playing you, and in almost every scene
invites the audience to embrace the fact that it's being
played. It now feels downright retro, and maybe even a little
exotic - in a good way - to encounter a sequel that isn't
all about setting up a five-year plan of franchise plot
points. "Now You See Me 2" is more like a giddy
piece of cheese from the '80s, a chance to spend two more
hours with characters we like, doing variations on the things
that made us like them in the first place. The revisit,
in this case, is well-earned, and fans of the original -
as well as new converts - are likely to turn out in droves.
Three years ago, the first "Now You See Me" was
an irresistible fluffier-than-air concoction - a grand-illusion
thriller, drawing on elements from Christopher Nolan's "The
Prestige" and Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's"
series, that kept yanking the rug out from under the audience,
and each time that happened it gave you a rush. With its
nattering, ultra-competitive band of rogue magician heroes,
and a plot so elaborate it was like a Rubik's Cube nestled
inside a set of Russian dolls, the movie was exuberantly
clever and also borderline preposterous. The way the intricacy
kept shading off into absurdity was all part of its diabolical
corny charm.
In "Now You See Me 2," the infamous tricksters
known as the Four Horsemen are back, toying with our heads
in even more delirious - and ridiculous - ways. They're
now underground legends, known for having pulled off an
elaborate heist right in the middle of a magic show, and
this is one of those movies in which the bravura of each
character gets kicked up a notch, according to the rock-star
logic of sequels. When Woody Harrelson's Merritt McKinney,
the hypnotist in a pork-pie hat, reduces his targets to
a putty-like trance, he now does it with even more smirky
panache.
Dave
Franco's sleight-of-hand artist Jack Wilder flips a deck
of cards around like the Paganini of street showmanship,
and Jesse Eisenberg, as group leader J. Daniel Atlas, exudes
a newly understated confidence that looks great on him,
and that comes as a relief after the genius-geek jibber-jabber
of his slipshod demonic performance in "Batman v Superman."
Isla
Fisher, who is not rejoining the party, has been replaced
by the ingratiatingly antic Lizzy Caplan as Lula, who gets
right onto the film's wavelength of gaga showmanship in
a scene where, having snuck into Daniel's apartment, she
fakes her own death by guillotine (a startling visual effect)
and just keeps on talking. That lets you know that she's
in the right place. The Horseman are a team, deeply loyal
to each other, but they're also rivals who interact in a
dizzy flurry of one-upmanship.
Early on, they're doing a stage show that involves hypnotizing
the CEO of a tech company and getting him to reveal the
fascist truth about himself, but just when it looks like
the scheme is working, the tables get turned. They're forced
to flee the stage, leaping from a rooftop down into a giant
tube, where they slide for about 30 seconds until they pop
out the other side…in China. It says something about
the way "Now You See Me 2" manipulates the power
of suggestion that we actually think for a moment, "Could
that really have happened?" At the same time, we're
avid to know how it did happen, and the movie keeps our
curiosity suspended, juggling its mysteries like balls in
the air.
Our heroes, it turns out, have landed in Macau, where they've
been recruited by Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe), and a
smug mastermind who's been hiding off the grid. He orders
them to perform a do-or-die mission: They must steal a circuit
known as "the stick," which has the power to de-encrypt
any computer program on earth. "Steal something,"
whines Merritt, "for this narcissistic little man-boy?"
The line is a compliment to Radcliffe's performance. All
bearded creepy grins, he makes Walter a megalomaniac imp,
like the world's youngest Bond villain.
The
sequence in which the Horsemen talk their way into a heavily
guarded vault to steal the stick is a stupendously staged
piece of dream-time deception. The film's director is Jon
M. Chu (taking over for Louis Leterrier), who made the surprisingly
hypnotic second and third "Step Up" dance films,
and he treats this heist like a piece of pure choreography,
with the stick embedded in an ace of spades that gets flipped
and cupped and tossed from one Horseman to another. Can
we believe what we're watching? Of course not! But the beauty
of it is that you still do.
The pleasure of "Now You See Me 2" is that the
Horsemen perform magic with literal human powers. They're
superheroes of the mind. Of course, the movie cheats right
and left to let them do that, so we can't take their virtuosity
of illusion all that seriously. Yet it sure is fun to pretend
that they - or anyone - could wield that level of mastery.
The movie folds a joker into its deck by casting Harrelson
in a second role as Merritt's evil twin brother, who sports
gleaming teeth and a delivery that makes him sound a bit
like Sammy Davis Jr. (He's funny…sort of. For a while.)
It also attempts to expand the gamesmanship into an emotional
experience by deepening the character of Dylan Rhodes (Mark
Ruffalo), the FBI agent who's chasing the Horsemen down
but is actually their secret confidante/mole/honorary ringleader.
The script, by Ed Solomon, provides him with a backstory
- as a boy in 1984, he watched his magician daddy drown
in a trunk, like a failed Houdini. And though it's a bit
of a cliché, Ruffalo, with his addled sincerity,
makes it work. What works less well is Dylan's vendetta
against Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), the magic debunker
he blames for his father's death. He breaks Thaddeus out
of prison, all to take revenge on him, and this leads to
a series of who's-zooming-who convolutions that must have
looked perfect on paper but that play, in the movie, a little
abstractly, even as Freeman lends his scenes a majestic
twinkle.
Glitteringly shot by Peter Deming, and edited by Stan Salfas
with impressive rapid-fire precision, "Now You See
Me 2" hurtles along - a roller-coaster of teases, fake-outs,
contrivances, and jaw-drops. The film counts on our desire
to see the Horsemen stage one more global broadcast of show-stopping
illusion, only to strand them, as prisoners, aboard a private
plane. We keep thinking: When is the climax going to arrive?
And the joke, of course, is on us. In "Now You See
Me 2," there is always more than meets the eye, maybe
because the film itself never stops winking.
Film Review: 'Now You See Me 2'
Reviewed at Magno 2, New York, May 27, 2016. MPAA Rating:
PG-13. Running time: 126 MIN.
Production
A Lionsgate release of a K/O Paper Products production,
presented with Summit Entertainment in association with
TIK Films. Produced by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Bobby
Cohen. Executive producers, Kevin De La Noy, Louis Leterrier,
Ed Solomon, Qiuyun Long. Co-producer, David Copperfield.
Crew
Directed by Jon M. Chu. Written by Ed Solomon; story, Solomon,
Peter Chiarelli; camera, Peter Deming (color, widescreen);
editor, Stan Salfas; music, Brian Tyler; production designer,
Sharon Seymour; costume designer, Anna B. Sheppard; casting,
Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood.
With
Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco,
Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Morgan Freeman, Michael
Caine.
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5. The Magic Word: Richard Osterlind - Mysteries Revealed
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star
Richard
Osterlind has been one of the most prolific and successful
mentalists over the past 40+ years. He believes that there
is no mentalist that has produced as many instructional
DVDs as he has. He is well known as an instructor and performer
and one of his Penguin lectures is legendary having gone
on for over five hours of premium content.
In
this week's podcast, Richard talks about his workshop that
he teaches, his philosophy on use of electronics in mentalism,
what he believes is "pure mentalism", and more.
You can watch a video promoting his newest DVD, "Eerie",
enter the contest to win a copy of "Eerie", see
some photos, read the blog, get some website links, listen
to the podcast online, and download the MP3 files at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/295-richard-osterlind
Congratulations
to the winners of last week's contest for a PDF copy of
"Creating the Paranormal Experience": Magister
Freud and Daniel Norat. Be sure to enter the new contest
this week for a free copy of Richard Osterlind's newest
DVD, "Eerie".
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6. Going The Distance - #402 - Kyle Peron
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Message by Kyle Peron
magic4u02@aol.com
http://www.kpmagicproducts.com
I
wanted to take some time out to write about something that
I like to call "Going the Distance". Basically
I am asking you how far are you willing to go for your kid's
show client and to perform the best that you can?
I
can only answer for myself, but to me, going the distance
is far more than just showing up and doing a good show,
getting my money and leaving. For me going the distance
is all about being a professional kid show entertainer on
and off the stage and starts from the moment I make initial
contact with the prospect to even far after I am done the
performance.
It
is a shame to think that we magicians and kid show performers
are seen fairly low on the performing arts totem pole. This
is just reality and it is often this mindset that our clients
tend to have when they think about a children's magician.
We often get stereotyped and they expect a certain thing
or a certain person when really we know there is far more
to it than that.
So
already going the distance seems like running a marathon
before we even get to the starting gate. However, I am one
magician who is willing to take on that marathon because
I feel I am worth it, my client is worth it and the kids
certainly are worth it.
My
goal is to educate my client first when I have the opportunity
to do so. It is not my client's fault that they may have
this perceived impression about who I am or about what kid
show magicians are all about. They see things on TV and
so they have an impression long before they call us. Regardless
of whether this impression is right or wrong, we must be
able to combat it in a way that educates our client without
putting them down. I feel we can do that.
The
first step is changing the perceived impression the client
may have in their heads as to what a kid show magician is.
We must first be able to listen to the client. Often times
we are so much in a hurry to sell to them, that we forget
to stop and listen to what they are saying. When we learn
to listen, we can often get an idea about what they may
THINK we are about and you may also get to understand their
concerns.
If
I do not listen properly enough, then my client will only
see me as another product. Instead of being Kyle Peron,
I am seen as magician A, B or C. Well I do not know about
you, but I take great pride in who I am and the services
I provide to my kid show clients. I strive to NOT be seen
as just a product to them.
Part
of me going the distance is getting them to see me for who
I am and for what I can do for them. So how do I escape
from being seen as a product to them? By listening to their
needs and by having the ability to both ASK and LISTEN.
I
listen first to hear and lock in on items I feel are a concern
to them. I then ASK those questions that I need to know
to try and meet their needs and find solutions for them.
I am not just there to entertain only. For me, going the
distance is about becoming a "solutions provider"
for my kid show client.
I
learn to listen and ask them questions so that I can understand
what their needs are for their event. I can then offer the
best solutions to solve their problems for them. In doing
so, every time I solve a need or problem, their impression
and my perceived value will increase ten-fold in my client's
eyes. They will come back to me time and again because I
am there to solve problems for them. It does make a huge
difference and can change the impression they may have had
when they first called you. Certainly you do not have to
do this at all, but for me, going the distance means that
I am there to change their impression of me and to educate
them on just how different I am than anyone else they may
be considering.
Going
the distance then also means being a professional the minute
I pick up that phone to long after the kids show gig is
over. When I pick up the phone, I must always be in the
right state of mind. I may be having a cruddy day, but I
must stop those attitudes from interfering on my professionalism
when I talk to my prospects on the phone, in person or via
e-mail.
I
strive to listen on the phone and to answer any questions
that they may have and I take however long it takes to answer
those questions in detail so that my client feels comfortable
with what I will do for them and what I offer.
I
go the distance by sending them a confirmation letter in
the mail to just simply confirm what we all agreed upon
over the phone. This not only protects me but it shows my
client that once again I am going well above and beyond
what most others may not even do. It also serves as a way
for them to feel more relaxed and comfortable knowing that
the details are agreed upon by both parties before the event
starts.
I
go the distance again the day before the event when I try
and call just to confirm everything for the next day's event.
This is their chance to talk to me about any changes or
any concerns that may have come up. Once again I am working
on changing their perception of me by making them understand
that I will do everything I can to make their event run
smoothly and give them 100% effort.
When
I am at a gig, I always will act polite and professional
no matter what. Even if I am not on stage or if no one is
around me, I am polite to everyone I meet and everyone I
talk to. I may be having a bad day, or the kids may be hyper,
but that cannot distract me from going the distance and
being a professional. You also never know who knows the
client so it is always best policy to be polite and respectful
to everyone you met while at the gig.
I
go the distance once more by making sure I help the client
in any way that I can. If I am done set up for the kid show,
I always ask if there is something I can do to help them.
If furniture needs to be moved for the show, I am the one
to offer to move it and I am also there to move it back
after the show is done.
When
the show is over, I go the distance by handing the client
a thank you letter as my way of saying to them that I appreciate
them having me there and that I take pride in the service
I provide. I even give them an evaluation form as a way
for them to grade me on just how well I have done. A professional
is one who never stops learning and trying to improve him
or herself.
Now
going the distance could stop right here. The gig is over,
so why even bother to do anything more than collect your
money and forget about it. Well for me personally, that
is not good enough. If I want to go the distance, I need
to remember the client long after I am done the show.
I
do so because going the distance also means never forgetting
those folks who have used me in the past. They are valuable
to me because they already know what I do and I hopefully
have changed their impression about me and what I can provide.
Why would I want to forget about them?
Instead
I get home and send them a thank you letter for having me
there. I stay in contact with them throughout the year and
invite them to my public performances. In this fashion I
am keeping my name fresh in their minds.
All
of this to me is about myself as a performer willing to
go the distance for my kid show clients and not feeling
like it is work and that it is a bother. To me it has become
a habit and one in which I am proud of.
I
would like to just ask you all if you are willing to go
the distance for your kid show clients? If you are, then
how have you gone the distance yourself?
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.
Magicians please visit:
www.kpmagicproducts.com
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7. Tommy Wonder's Brother
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Message by Joseph Finkler
A
magic collector colleague is trying to make contact with
Tommy Wonder's brother.
If you are able to be of help please contact:
Joseph
Finkler
e-mail: joefinkler@gmail.com
Cellular Phone: (604)788-9668
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8. Magic Museum In Sweden
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Message by Christer Nilsson (Sweden)
The
greatest magic museum in Scandinavia - Sveriges Magi-Arkiv
i Nyköping - is going to Kolmården where Tim
Star is going to open Sveriges Trollerimuseum (The Magic
Museum of Sweden).
We
have just moved 28 boxes of magic and more will be moved.
The Magic Museum of Sweden opened 1st June 2016. The owner
of Sveriges Magi-Arkiv Christer Nilsson will still have
his big magic exhibition I Kulturhuset Slottsvakten in Nyköping.
You
can follow this on www.magiarkivet.se
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9. Escape or Die!" WINS Best Canadian Documentary Series
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Message by Dean Gunnarson
Escape
or Die!
2016
Golden Sheaf Winner
On
Saturday, May 28, at the Yorkton Film Festival, North America's
oldest and longest running film festival, Escape or Die!
was named winner of the Best Canadian Documentary Series.
"Thank
you to Far Point Films and Peace Point Rights for believing
in me and giving me an amazing and talented group of people
that made this show so great!" said Dean Gunnarson.
He goes on to say "Thanks also to the cast, crew, my
magician friends around the world and everyone else that
helped make this happen. This is a dream come true."
http://yorktonfilm.com/2016-winners-nominees/
Escape
or Die! and can be seen across Canada on City TV several
times a week, click for schedule: www.citytv.com/winnipeg/schedule/
The show is also broadcast in China, Asia,
India, Brazil, Mexico, and many other countries.
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10. Unbelievable? Magic-Fest Convention
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Register NOW and SAVE $10.00!
Saturday,
June 25th, 2016
Avoid
the registration lines. REGISTER Online at www.TampaMagicClub.com
Click
on the "Registration" tab and then the "MagicFest"
hyperlink.
For
additional Convention information, click on the "Convention"
tab.
What
Is Magic-Fest?
Simply
THE Best One Day Magic Convention in the USA!
Here's
what's scheduled:
3 Fantastic Lectures!
R. Paul Wilson will be our feature lecturer. This will be
no ordinary lecture. First, Paul rarely lectures and this
will be his only Florida and USA lecture. He is the world's
foremost expert on cons and scams, a master magician, a
speaker, an author, and a recognized authority on the art
of deception (www.conartist.tv). This will be a 90 minute
lecture by one of the best magicians in the world!
Mike
Pisciotta is an exciting bar magician who performs nightly
at the Magic Castle in Hollywood! Mike has released his
highly acclaimed DVDs. Mike is the "The World's Greatest
Magician and Hyperbole Expert" who serves as the resident
bar magician for the Academy of Magical Arts at the world
famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. Mike just
recently was nominated and WON as the "Close-up Magician
of the Year" by the Academy of Magical Arts.
Here is his website: (www.mikepisciotta.com)
Don't miss this lecture by one of magic's rising stars!
Joey
Evans Joey Evans, a Ring friend and local talent who's "Impossibly
Funny" Comedy Magic Show blends hilarity and astonishment
in an award winning approach to entertainment (www.impossiblyfunny.com)
TC
Tahoe, winner of the Academy of Magical Arts Parlour of
Prestidigitation "Magician
of the Year" award, will provide his unique blend of
comedy and world class magic skills to
serve as this year's "Master of Ceremonies"!
Close-Up
Show
What a lineup - R. Paul Wilson, Mike Pisciotta and Joey
Evans will all perform in the show. If that wasn't enough,
the very funny TC Tahoe has been added to the show as the
MC. We will have a jumbo screen and projector for all lectures
and the Close-Up show, so everyone can see the magic.
Our
very special MC for the day will be TC Tahoe. TC is an outstanding
magician in his own right and he is sure to keep the day
moving right along with his funny and comedic talents.
Dealers
Room and Flea Market Tables
Good News & Bad News! The Bad News is -- there are no
more Dealers tables available BUT there are some Flea Market
tables still available. The Good News is we've sold out
-- so the Dealers Room will be the place to hang out as
we've lined up some wonderful Dealers as well as 8 Flea
Market tables where you are sure to find some magical treasures!
For
Dealer or Flea Market Table information, contact Gary Barker,
Convention Dealer Room
Chairman at info@themagicemporium.net.
Convention
Location
We are having the convention at John Trinkle Center, 2001
E. Cherry Street, Plant City Florida.
Hotel
rooms are available at $129 per night at the Holiday Inn
Express located at 2102 N. Park Rd., Plant City, FL. The
phone number is 813-719-3800. Just be sure to say that you
are attending the "MagicFest" convention to get
that rate.
Cost
The early registration fee is STILL ONLY $40 (same price
as last year) and $50.00 at the door and register and save
$10.00!
Unbelievable
- 3 Fantastic Lectures, a Close-Up Show with 4 Outstanding
Magicians and a jam packed Dealers Room with Flea Market
tables. All for ONLY $40.
You
can pay online at www.TampaMagicClub.com and pay with Pay
Pal or call Melissa Spanola at 813-885-2449 to pay by credit
card.
Schedule
Registration opens at 8:30 am.
Dealers
Room opens at 9:00 am and our first lecture starts at 9:30
am.
The
convention ends at 5:30 pm. So this is a FULL day of FUN
and MAGIC that you don't want to miss.
Check
online for the full schedule.
If
you have any questions, give me a call.
Frank
Velasco, Convention Founder and Lecture Chairman
813-967-5978
Bonus
- Extra Charge Workshop
The
Magic Emporium is hosting an extra charge event on Sunday,
June 26th, 2016 - a R. Paul Wilson Workshop.
Paul
will hold a very rare hands-on workshop for a limited number
of magicians. This unbelievable workshop will start at 12:00
pm at The Magic Emporium.
The
cost is only $60 and seating is limited. Don't be turned
away!
Call
Gary Barker at 813-265-WAND to reserve your spot before
this event is sold out.
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11. Broken Wand - Stanley B. Adair (1919 - 2016)
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Message by Steve Varro
President / International FCM
Stanley
B. Adair (1919 - 2016)
Stanley
B. Adair of Sacramento, California went Home to be with
his Heavenly Father on April 18, 2016 at the age of 96.
Stan was born November 9, 1919 and raised in San Francisco.
He is survived by brother Lee Adair, 4 daughters Colleen
Whitcombe, Karen Schanzenbach, Candy Aluli, and Kitty Vicars,
9 grandchildren, and 12 great-grand-children. He was preceded
in death by his wife of 49 years, Barbara Rose Adair.
He
was the founder of The International Fellowship of Christian
Magicians. The FCM started in 1953 as a small local group
of Gospel performers, in an effort to encourage and uplift
each other.
This
small group grew to become a worldwide organization, with
regional conferences in several states and countries. The
organization holds its annual Convention in Nashville at
the Trevecca Community church on the campus of Trevecca
University Campus.
This
year's event is July 25 to 29 (for more information go to
www.fcm.org).
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12. New Sydney Magic Venue, Australia
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Message by Bruce Glen (Australia)
Sydney
is set to gain a new, weekly parlour show within one of
the city's most beautiful historic buildings.
Every
Friday, Bruce Glen, The Gentleman Magician will host just
70 lucky people at his Magical Soirées.
The
venue: The Royal Automobile Club of Australia is located
next to the tourist hub of Circular Quay and The Rocks (not
far from Sydney Opera House).
The
Magical Soirées concept was inspired by Robert-Houdin,
Hofzinser, Malini and of course Steve Cohen - whose Chamber
Magic shows are essential viewing for anyone visiting New
York.
An
extensive marketing campaign will promote the shows as a
unique Sydney event for tourists and locals alike.
Bruce
describes his performance style as "storytelling magic
for adults - but not necessarily grown-ups" and, at
his Magical Soirées, the stories will be about Sydney
and some of its characters.
When:
7:33pm (approx.) - every Friday - 2016
Where:
The Royal Automobile Club of Australia, 89 Macquarie Street,
Sydney (Cnr Albert Street) … Two minutes from Circular
Quay.
Tickets:
$75 (includes drink & canapés on arrival)
Bookings
Are Essential: Book online at www.GentlemanMagician.com.au
Further
information: Bruce Glen +61 (0)412 110 959 bg@GentlemanMagician.com.au
www.GentlemanMagician.com.au
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13. The I.B.M. Convention - The Lance Burton Teen Seminar!!!!
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Message by Becki Wells (US)
For
our younger magicians (ages 13-19) don't forget the I.B.M.
Endowment and Development Fund will be presenting the Lance
Burton Teen Seminar immediately before the convention -
June 30 - July 2. If you are registered for the convention
- you can attend this event at no extra charge. This year's
event will be presented by Master Magicians Jeff McBride
and Eugene Burger with Special Guest - Michael Ammar. Since
2003, this has been the premier seminar for young magicians.
Join us and see why! For more information, contact Becki
Wells at beckiwells@cox.net.
To
register go to http://www.magician.org/convention/upcoming-convention
Today! San Antonio here we come!
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14. Magic Benevolence Projects Wanted
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Message by Dennis Schick (US)
Dennis
Schick, Assistant Editor of the IBM's monthly magazine,
The Linking Ring, has been writing a series of articles
on the Benevolence of Magic since the December 2012 issue.
To date, he has highlighted over forty giving-back projects
and activities of individual magicians as well as groups
and organizations. Many are various kinds of fund-raising;
others are simple acts of bringing joy and laughter to people
in need, such as orphan children or senior citizens. Projects
so far range from Kevin Spencer's Healing of Magic and Magicana's
Sharing Wonder, to Magicians Without Borders, Magic is Medicine,
and Michael Finney's Foundation.
If
you do or know of good examples of magic used for good causes,
please contact Dennis at crylds@att.net as soon as possible.
Thank you.
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15. Calculated Risk By Michael Murray
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Review by Paul Romhany
This
54 page book now contains all of the following and more:
Calculated
Risk (Feature routine) - Unlock TWO borrowed mobiles in
an incredibly easy fashion
Perfect
Opener - The spectator names ANY four digits, they are typed
into your genuine phone lock screen and your mobile opens
iSwami
- A method for using the iPhone calculator to seemingly
predict any two digit number
One
in Ten Thousand - Have a spectator intuit (or predict) any
four digit number/pin code/unlock code
Feedback
- Did you know your iPhone has a memory for numbers?
Phone Clone - Show just how vulnerable out phone security
system actually is
Identity
Theft - A method for stealing your spectator's identity
Frosties
Reveal - Reveal your spectators exact date of birth or star
sign
Noted
- The notes application on either your or the spectators
mobile will become your new peek device
Note:
Although the primary effect and a few others will work with
any iPhone, a couple of the routines do require the use
of newer iPhone models.
My
Thoughts:
There is nobody I know who has given more thought and created
more routines with an iPhone than Michael Murray. He must
sleep with his damn iPhone and think about it every waking
minute, and we magicians are that much luckier for it. My
first encounter with Michael was a few years ago in a magic
shop where he was able to unlock my phone with my password.
I was floored!!
Since
then Michael has released several books and effects on iPhone
magic and Calculated Risk + is the method he used to unlock
mine. You receive a booklet with well written notes and
presentation ideas plus some additional routines and ideas
at the back. Basically what he has done is turned an iPhone
in to a peek device so you can see numbers and other information.
One
of the things Michael does is try and figure out ways to
use APPS without actually using an APP, in other words come
up with a way to mimic what an APP might do. .This now allows
him to perform the magic using a spectator's iPhone. Some
of these ideas are also included in the book. He has also
included some nice ways to reveal zodiac symbols and give
readings using a phone.
Michael
has played around with the characteristics of an iPhone
until he has discovered things it can do that people just
don't know about. Calculated Risk is one such thing and
I am sure nobody will know the method unless they were the
actual creator of the APPLE calculator! It is these characteristics
that enable you to get the passwords and then reveal them
in a mysterious way.
The
method is clever and very simple and after reading this
you'll be able to do it. The only memory work you need to
do is remember a passcode once you have gained the knowledge.
In this routine you actually get two passcodes from two
different people, but Michael gives a very good way to remember
the passcodes (only 4 numbers really for each code). I don't
like any memory work but I do love this.
One
of my favorite routines in here is called "One in Ten
Thousand," where a spectator unlocks YOUR phone.
I
suggest you follow along the instructions with a phone in
hand and you'll soon learn just how easy it is to do the
Calculated Risk effect. It's a terrific routine that you
can do with any borrowed iPhone (works better on later models).
This is definitely something you will want to know because
you can do it at anytime and anywhere. There are also video
links so you can watch online with the effect Calculated
Risk.
I
think every magician should own this and be able to do this.
It's one of those tricks that really plays in to people's
emotions. Michael shares his routines and patter and gives
reason to connect with people. Very highly recommended.
Price:
$39.95
Available: All magic shops
Wholesale: www.murphysmagic.com
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16. FISM 2018 Open for Registration
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Message by Joan Caesar (Canada)
FISM
in South Korea
The
2018 FISM website is now open to take reservations. It will
be continually updated with information about the convention.
Now is the time to book your reservation in order to take
advantage of the lowest fee and to be given the best seat
possible for the Gala Shows:
www.2018fismbusan.com
I
look forward to seeing you there.
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17. E-zine Archives
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Back issues of the Magic New Zealand e-zine go to:
www.magicnewzealand.com click on the red button center 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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