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Issue Number: #1610
Date: Sunday 14th March 2021
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. 4Fs Postponed
3. I.B.M. Online Convention - July 8-10, 2021
4. FISM NACM Quebec 2021
5. FISM Quebec 2022
6. Jeff McBride's Magic & Mystery School Events
7. Scott Robinson On The Magic Word Podcast
8. Texas Association of Magicians, (TAOM) "Early Bird"
Registrations
9. Gambler v Magician v Clairvoyant - John Carey #112
10. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone
11. Magicians' Tactics Found In Politics And Marketing
12. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
13. E-zine Archives
14. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice
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1. Editor's Message
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Michele
and I welcome a new contributor to our weekly Newsletter
Paul Stone.
If
you would like to read the Magic New Zealand e-zine in HTML
format
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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. 4Fs Postponed
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Message by Joan Caesar (Canada)
We
are planning the biggest and best 50th 4Fs to take place
April 27-30, 2022. Yes, it is being postponed again because
we want to keep everyone safe.
We
are all saddened that it's necessary to cancel the event
again but know it's important to ensure everyone's safety
during this troubling time. All paid registrants will be
honored in 2022.
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3. I.B.M. Online Convention - July 8-10, 2021
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Message by Ken Scott and Oscar Munoz (US)
Online
- Interactive - Magic
July
8th - 10th
www.ibmcomvention.com
The
International Brotherhood of Magicians is excited to offer
a premium online convention on July 8-10, 2021 on the Zoom
platform. With innovative broadcasting technology, and international
talent, we look forward to providing an experience for our
Members unlike any other.
We
know that times have been hard for so many, so we want to
give our Members something special at a ridiculously low
price. We are going to give you the entire convention for
just $99 per screen/device, and that will include a one-year
I.B.M. Membership, with digital access to our premiere magazine,
The Linking Ring. If your membership is already paid up
- no worries
we will extend your membership by one
year with registration.
Additionally,
we want to reward our Life Members, as well as our Youth
Members under the age of 18 with free registration to this
event.
Our
event will include lectures, shows, and a contest with prizes
for Close-up, Stage, and Youth. If you wish to be considered
as a contestant, please email Contest Chair Melody Munoz
at ibmcontestmunoz@gmail.com for more information.
Registration
is now open. Sign up quickly, as we expect to sell out.
I.B.M.
Current Members including Life Members and Youth Members
under 18 - https://www.magician.org/convention/online-2021-member
to register (includes one year extension to your membership
with digital Linking Ring. Note that Youth registration
does not include membership extension. Please contact the
office if you wish to upgrade to the paper copy.)
Non-Members
https://www.magician.org/convention/online-2021-non-member
to register (includes one year membership with digital Linking
Ring. Please contact the office if you wish to upgrade to
the paper copy.)
We
look forward to seeing you online in July!
Ken
Scott and Oscar Munoz
I.B.M.
Convention Committee Chair and Co-Chair
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4. FISM NACM Quebec 2021
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Quebec
City, Canada
North
American Championship of Magic 2021
Qualification
to represent North America at FISM World Championship in
2022.
September
29 to October 3, 2021
www.fismna2021.com
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5. FISM Quebec 2022
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28th
FISM World Championship of Magic 2022
Quebec
City, Canada
The
most important magic contest in the world for the first
time in North America
July
25 to 30, 2022
wwwfismquebec2022.com
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6. Jeff McBride's Magic & Mystery School Events
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Message by Jeff McBride (US)
March,
2021 - Magic & Mystery School Events:
9 - Focus on Comedy Magic - with Paul Draper - Live Online
10,
17, 24 & 31 - Career Builders Workshop - with Tobias
Beckwith - Live Online
11
- Introduction to the Business of Show Business - with Tobias
Beckwith - Live Online
17,
24 & 31 - Theater Games for Magicians - with Tobias
Beckwith - Live Online
April,
2021 - Magic & Mystery School Events:
7,
14, 21 - Theater Games for Magicians - with Tobias Beckwith
- Live Online
7,
14, 21 & 28 - Career Builders Workshop - with Tobias
Beckwith - Live Online
11,
18 & 25 - Variety Skills & Allied Arts - with Jeff
McBride & Guests - Live Online
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7. Scott Robinson On The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star
This
week we go to North Carolina to visit with an "underground"
magician whom many of you don't know. But those who do,
certainly respect him highly for his creativity and close-up
skills. Scott Robinson is the organizer of the annual Carolina
Close-Up Convention (TRICS) as well as author of "Pure
Imagination" with dozens of original tricks and routines.
But
Scott is also the heart and soul of their local "Sleight
Club" which fosters great magicians by having a "safe
space" for magicians to gather and exchange ideas,
tricks, routines, presentations and moves. In this week's
episode, Scott talks about how you can start a similar program
in your area and develop an even better group of magicians.
You
can listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts.
But for more information, videos, and photos, please visit:
https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/602-scott-robinson
And
if you want to watch this week's podcast on YouTube, then
please subscribe and view it at https://youtube.com/texasmagician
and look for this week's episode #602. And be sure to join
us each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Central Time (GMT-6) on Facebook
and YouTube for our weekly Magic and Martinis Thursday Virtual
Happy Hour.
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8. Texas Association of Magicians, (TAOM) "Early Bird"
Registrations
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Message by Bertil Fredstrom (US)
The
annual Texas Association of Magicians, (TAOM), just opened
up for "Early Bird" registrations for our 2021
Magic Convention in Austin Texas.
Our web site is: taom.org/2021
...and
a short teaser video can be found on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/TFuPKKP9VE8
Hope to see you - and all your readers, there next year!
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9. Gambler v Magician v Clairvoyant - John Carey #112
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/
It's
always nice to actively involve multiple people in a close
up setting. GMC gets three people on board in a piece that
theatrically speaking has a nice build and progression.
My inspiration was a Paul Harris effect called Gambler v
Mentalist v Magician, originally published in his book Las
Vegas Close Up.
Hand
out the deck for shuffling as you set the scene and talk
about how you not only a magician, but also have an interest
in gambling and the occult. Take back the deck and remove
the Jokers, using this age old gambit to secretly glimpse
the top card of the deck. Let's say it's the Jack
of Spades. Execute a casual false cut and table the face
down deck. Address a spectator and ask them to cut off a
small packet. Ask them how many cards they think they cut?
Then have them deal and count the cards to the table into
a packet.
If
they are right congratulate them. The Jack of Spades is
nicely set for the closing phase, using this old count-back
force. Cut the deck into two halves and table them. Ask
a second spectator to help you as you pick up one of the
halves. Hand to hand spread for a free selection and have
them take a card. Once remembered have them return it, secretly
culling their selection to the bottom Hofzinser style. Table
this packet in front of them.
Pick
up the remaining section of cards and riffle down the outer
corner for them to say stop. Have them remove a card and
remember it. Have it returned and controlled to the top
with a double undercut, shuffle control or any favorite
method. Table that packet in front of them and pause. "Allow
me to demonstrate the difference between a gambler, a magician
and a clairvoyant, or a person who has the ability to see
what can't be seen."
Pick
up the third spectators cards as you state that a gambler
would bet 50 Pounds that he could cut to their card. Execute
any deceptive false cut and ask them to name their card?
A moment later turn the top card face up revealing their
selection. Table this packet and pick up the cards in
front of spectator two. Ask them to extend a palm up hand
and then place the packet onto it. Tell them that a magician
would make a mysterious incantation and snap his fingers
to cause their card to appear.
Act
this out and ask them to call out their card. A beat later
turn the packet they are holding face up, revealing their
selection. Finally, engage with your first spectator as
you say that you will now delve into the dark world of clairvoyance.
Extend your right hand palm down over the packet they freely
cut to at the start. Have them hold your wrist. Inhale deeply
and close your eyes for three seconds and say nothing. Open
your eyes, look at them and then slowly call out Jack of
Spades. Have them turn over their packet to reveal that
you well and truly saw what couldn't possibly be seen!
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10. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone
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Message by Paul Stone (US)
Following
on from last week, I mentioned that when we arrived for
the 'get-in' for the Gala Sunday Variety Show at the London
Palladium Theatre in 1990 we were confronted with both wings
full of sheep. I should add at this point that there were
also a few full-sized camels too! They weren't real of course
but nonetheless they looked very lifelike and imposing and
they took up most of the available wing space.
At
that time the Palladium used to stage huge musical productions
as their 'house shows'. These shows ran six nights a week
with an additional matinee performance on Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
So
why sheep and camels? The house show was 'Joseph & the
Technicolour Dreamcoat' starring Australian superstar Jason
Donovan.
When
you produce a variety show with a cast of over 100 performers,
wing space is important but on this occasion there was barely
room to swing a cat, let alone a camel!
Normally
on a one-day show we have between 8-10 hours in total from
'get-in' to curtain up, during which time we have to rehearse
all the acts and do a full sound check, but I had made the
decision that we would also perform a matinee show for charity
with all the tickets being donated to various good causes
and charities in the London area.
It
was great idea in principle, I thought that we could achieve
two objectives, firstly to perform a full dress rehearsal
before presenting the show to a sold out audience the same
evening, and secondly to give 2,500 people from numerous
charities the chance to experience a top class variety show
at the world famous London Palladium Theatre.
In
fact, as it turned out, it gave us just five hours to pull
the whole show together which, in reality, was an almost
impossible task. But somehow we did it, although even now
I'm not entirely sure how!
I
suspect it was largely because of the extraordinary talent
of well-known British Director and Choreographer, Brian
Rogers, who was a veteran choreographer with hundreds of
TV specials to his credit. He did an amazing job.
In
a stellar cast of International speciality acts, singers
and dancers, Paul Daniels topped the bill. He performed
his legendary Chop Cup, electric chairs, and linking ring
routine in his own inimitable way, and also played the role
of ringmaster in a fast-moving Circus routine involving
several dancers featuring Debbie McGee. Paul even sang the
theme song 'Join the Circus', and did it impressively too.
It was something of a collector's item!
That
routine received a fantastic response from the packed audience
But
after that, I learned my lesson, I would never again attempt
to put on a matinee performance on a one day show at the
London Palladium, however well-intentioned it was!
Continues
next week
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11. Magicians' Tactics Found In Politics And Marketing
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Article forward by Phillip Peterson (UK)
BBC
News
Understanding
how magic tricks work could help to protect people from
manipulation by politicians and marketing, say researchers.
A
study from Goldsmiths, University of London, says the psychology
used by magicians to deceive audiences can also be used
to influence consumer choices.
Magic
tricks use "powerful tools" to control behaviour,
say the researchers.
The
psychologists looked at how tricks create an "illusion
of choice", when the audience has no real control.
The
research - Mind control trick: magicians' forcing and free
will, by psychologists Alice Pailhes and Gustav Kuhn - examines
how magicians control their audiences' decisions - and how
this can be applied to other areas.
'Full
control'
"A lot of these magic principles show that you can
very easily manipulate and influence decisions that people
make - and even though they feel free to have made that
decision, the magician has pretty much full control,"
says Dr Kuhn.
For
the full article go to:
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56352500
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12. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
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Written by the late Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)
For
the benefit of the thousands of New Readers to Alan Watson's
Magic New Zealand E - Zine, and my saga, who are perhaps
wondering and asking themselves: 'Just Who The Hell Is This
'Orchanté' Character', I have decided that for this,
and next week's, episode,
I shall bore you all to tears, with the:
Biography
of Frank Thomas Henry Orchard Professionally known by the
stage name of: The Amazing 'Orchanté' (pronounced:
'Or - Shone -Tay'), Tommy was born in Auckland, New Zealand
on September 13th 1943. (Although his first name is Frank,
his family and friends have always called him 'Tommy' -
shortened later to Tom). The first school he attended was
the Bayfield Primary School, in Herne Bay. In 1954 (at 10
years of age), Tommy's family moved from Auckland, when
his policeman father, Jack Orchard, was transferred as:
the 'Sole Officer In Charge', to a tiny Maori village called
Raupunga - a mere 'speck of dust' on a map, approximately
26 miles from Wairoa and 53 miles from Napier, on the East
coast of the North Island, Hawke's Bay.
It
was at the local school, after watching a travelling magician/juggler/entertainer
- known throughout New Zealand as the 'Fun-Doctor', his
real name was Norman Tate (Tom's parents remembered him
from when they went to school), that Tommy became fascinated
with the art of magic and his course was set when his father
bought him a book called, 'Magic Made Easy', at the exorbitant
price of two shillings and sixpence (25c) from 'Woolworths'.
Sometime
during the years of 1956/57 Tom - at only 12/13 years of
age, and using his schoolmates as 'guinea-pigs' to practice
on, mastered the art of 'Hypnotism', self-taught from a
book written by the famous New Zealand hypnotist, 'Franquin'!
After an impromptu
performance on the footpath outside the gates of the Wairoa
College, which stopped the traffic, he was nearly expelled!
It
was at carnival in Wairoa, that he first saw a Fire Eater/Sword
Swallower and Fakir, who also lay on Beds of Nails. Tommy
decided that this was for him! His next target was to learn
self-hypnosis, which would help him to perform these feats.
It
wasn't until 1958, when his father was transferred back
to Auckland, as the officer in charge of the Manurewa police
station (Tommy finished his education at the Papatoetoe
High School, leaving to pursue his theatrical career), that
he began to teach himself the art of 'Fire -Eating' - 'stealing'
the two-stroke petrol from his father's lawn mower! As Tommy
had no one to advise him, he developed his own techniques
- defying the 'unwritten laws' about Fire-eating, 'Don't
Breathe In'! Tom did, consequently the spectacular results
he obtained - although extremely dangerous, were unique
and purely his own! It also took Tom 2 years, off and on,
to master the art of - 'Sword Swallowing', sliding 22 inches
of cold, solid steel, down into the pit of his stomach!
In
July/August of 1960 Tommy entered Joe Brown's 'Nationwide
Search For Stars' talent quest - he didn't win but Joe Brown
asked him to join the finalists, touring New Zealand from
Whangarei to Invercargill! At 16 years of age, Tommy began
travelling in earnest, constantly touring the length and
breadth of New Zealand, as well as the islands of the Pacific
- Fiji, Tahiti, etc, gaining experience - developing a show
which was to astound audiences and critics alike the world
over, for 35 Years!
From
Fire-eating, Tom went on to 'lying on 'Beds of Nails', again
using his own techniques, which involved self-hypnosis to
control pain. This enabled him to regularly support the
weight of two 20 stone men, whilst sandwiched between two
beds of nails. Some very notable people, including political
'heavyweights' have availed their weighty forms to his bed
of nails performance, which include, among many others,
the late Sir Robert Muldoon (former Prime
Minister of New Zealand), Gough Whitlam (the former Prime
Minister of Australia), Sir Francis Kitts (the former Mayor
of Wellington City), Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson (the former
Mayor of Auckland City), and Mr Tom King (the former Minister
of Defence, United Kingdom.)!
Incidentally, Tom is also a Royal Command Performer, of
which he is justifiably proud.
Continues
next week
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13. E-zine Archives
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first three numbers (001) denote issue number, then the
date (Nov06) and the last figures the year (1999)
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