For a veteran magician, it's all about
presentation
Asbury Park Press - Jimmy Brown holds
his palm up to show that it's empty,
closes his hand into a fist, takes a
sheer red cloth and pushes it into his
closed fist. Chuckling, he tells
onlookers, "Say bye-bye!" He blows on
his fist, opens his hand, and the cloth
is gone ...
Publ.Date : 12 Mar 07 08:25:00 UTC
With magic, the trick is to be just
amazing
Asbury Park Press - Magician after
magician had the audience clapping and
gasping in surprise during the show,
which lasted several hours. Schueler
turned torn colored tissue paper into a
hat, complete with a big yellow and
black flower on it for a little girl.
Tip the ...
Publ.Date : 12 Mar 07 11:03:00 UTC
Wall teen hopes his magic will help him
pay his way through college
Asbury Park Press - Seated at a long
folding table, empty but for a few
magician's accessories, Jake Wood drew
people over to him at a recent magic
show at King of Kings Lutheran Church in
Middletown. Perhaps that's because the
Wall youth, 14, was as absorbed in the
...
Publ.Date : 12 Mar 07 08:25:00 UTC
Magician mystifies groups with bag of
tricks
Opelika-Auburn News - He donned a
brimmed hat, khaki slacks and a T-shirt
with the phrase ‘seeing is believing.’
But for magician Chris Baldwin, the
nexus between reality and illusion can
be as far away as a world apart or
within arm’s reach for the audiences he
...
Publ.Date : 10 Mar 07 23:58:00 UTC
Entrancing a crowd -- that's the trick
(Denver Post)
Now you see it, now you don't. The
mainstream profile of magic seems to
weave in and out of American culture as
subtly as a card trick. Professional
illusionists have been around since
ancient Egypt, but translating their art
to large audiences - mediated or not -
requires extra flair.
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:50:50
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Jay gives the lowdown on poker, card
culture (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
I genuflect before the greatness that is
Ricky Jay. His sleight-of-hand work
always leaves me dumbfounded. His easy
stage patter is second to none. His
dexterous skills are such that he was
consultant to two recent films that
involved magic, "The Prestige" and "The
Illusionist."
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:33:59
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HEY presto - NW Evening Mail
The acts were judged by fellow magician
Chris Taylor, who is also from Ulverston.
Two lay judges, who are non- magician
judges, also helped mark the acts. ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:33:30
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Gregor says he's 'a carpenter by trade,
magician by birth'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Top hats,
magic wands and boxes of tricks fill
Gregor's Magic Man Magic Shop in
downtown Vandergrift. But selling these
tools is just part of what Gregor, or
Gregory Strucaly, of Allegheny Township,
does as a professional magician who has
been ...
Publ.Date : 15 Mar 07 21:43:00 UTC
Magic transformed for the next
generation
Contra Costa Times - It is a sight far
from the familiar image of a magician --
a likable older man in a tuxedo who
smiles widely after every top-hat trick.
Magic, some say, is the world's
second-oldest profession, dating back as
far as the ancient Egyptian civilization
...
Publ.Date : 15 Mar 07 10:02:00 UTC
Illusion & intrigue: Copperfield's show
gets personal (Las Cruces Sun-News)
He's the reigning champion of the
disappearing act "a legend among legends
whose victims have included Lady Liberty
herself.
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:10:20
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Chin-Chin & new crop of magicians dazzle
Bay Area Crowds (Inside Bay Area)
CHIN-CHIN HAS A SHOCK of red hair that
is curled in the front at its ends,
making it look a little like fire.
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:11:07
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The Magic of Chin-Chin (AsianWeek.com)
A bright-eyed six-year-old boy had
surgery on a cleft palate above his
lips, and during his hospital stay, a
local magician entertained him. Amused
by his performance, the boy asked the
magician, "How did you do that?"
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:23:18
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Faces of the New Atheism: The
Illusionists
Wired - The bit set the stage for a
flag-waving essay on atheism that Penn
taped for National Public Radio's "This
I Believe" last year – a satirical
segment cleverly focused entirely on
what the magician refuses to believe.
"Magicians should be natural ...
Publ.Date : 16 Mar 07 22:03:00 UTC
The magic touch (The Norman Transcript)
Magician Jim Smithson still has a few
tricks up his sleeve after year of
performingBy Brianna BaileyTran...
Publ.Date : Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:35:44
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Jerry Andrus day is set for Sunday
(Albany Democrat-Herald)
Albany mayor Doug Killian has proclaimed
Sunday as Jerry Andrus Day. There will
be a reception at 2 p.m. at the Venetian
Theater in downtown Albany. The
eventwill be sponsored by Ring 238 of
the International Brotherhood of
Magicians, and will be emceed by local
magician Rick Rogers.
Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:11:03
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