Rounding the Western rings in May 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

City	Club	Event(s)
Calgary, AB	Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring)	- Club meeting.
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- N/A
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- N/A
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- General meeting - Originality competition
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- N/A
Vancouver, BC	SAM 95  (Carl Hemeon Assembly)	- N/A
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- Eric Bedard lecture - BBQ and garage sale - Mirth and Magic

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.

Rounding the Central rings in May 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Montreal, QC	Ring 62 (20th Century Ring)	- N/A.
Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club)	- Members' choice.
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- Coin magic.
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- Eric Jones lecture.
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- Mentalism and 4F debrief.
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	- N/A
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Pepe Lirrojo presents Panpharos

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Rounding the Eastern rings in May 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Halifax, NS	Ring 316 (Conjourer's Court)	- Visit their Facebook page.
St. John, NB	Magic Circle of St. John	- Packs small, plays big.

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Montreal: David Stone Lecture

From the Montreal Magic Jam:

Monday April 22nd

[Note that this lecture will be in French, but David will do explanations in English as necessary]

After the amazing success of The Xperience Lecture tour in 2012 with over 183 lectures in 19 countries, the crazy David Stone is back!

This new lecture will provide exclusively strong magic tricks with cards, coins, and varied objects for close-up conditions just as pen, bottles, glasses…

For those who already know David, no need to say the lecture will be a real show with dozens of gags and ideas you will use for your own performances. Among the brand new tricks you will discover :

•     Mirage : Learn how to Visually and slowly make a deck of cards vanish !
•     Zenith : The « Card on the ceiling » effect completely revisited, safer and easier than the classic version. Finally you will get David secret version of this classic effect, a version he kept for his own performances for years. A masterpiece of close up magic !
•     A new gimmick as powerful as «The Tool » that will allow you to perform dozen of tricks completely different. A new weapon for the close up magician who want to refresh his repertoire.

And much more ! Over 14 new effects and routines tested on real audience and ready to amaze your own spectators. David will also talk and explain how he performs in close up situation on stage for audience as large as 2.000 spectators and how to deal with this kind of situations.

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Toronto: Jason Ladanye lecture

From the Browser's Den newsletter:

We are very pleased to let you know that on Wednesday, April 17th at 7pm Jason Ladanye will be giving a lecture here at the shop!

A world class sleight of hand expert and student of Darwin Ortiz, Jason will be performing and teaching some of his pet card routines.

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Rounding the Western rings in April 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

City	Club	Event(s)
Calgary, AB	Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring)	- Jason Ladanye lecture - Club meeting.
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- Jason Ladanye lecture
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- Jason Ladanye lecture
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- Matt Johnson lecture - Jason Ladanye lecture
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- MAGIC! with Ice McDonald - Ice McDonald lecture.
Vancouver, BC	SAM 95  (Carl Hemeon Assembly)	- N/A
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- Jason Ladanye lecture

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.

Rounding the Central rings in April 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Montreal, QC	Ring 62 (20th Century Ring)	- N/A.
Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club)	- Ron Guttman lecture. - MAWNY, Batavia, NY
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- TBA.
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- Annual Magic Prop Auction.
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- Memorial Night/Classic Magic.
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	- N/A
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Members Night PLUS. - Browser's Bash

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Rounding the Eastern rings in April 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Halifax, NS	Ring 316 (Conjourer's Court)	- Visit their Facebook page.
St. John, NB	Magic Circle of St. John	- In club lecture.

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Toronto: Jay Sankey on creativity

You can also see Jay at the 'Masters of Magic' convention in Italy May 18-19th.  See Jay's Tweet at the bottom of this post.


From YouTube:

'Stop Trying to 'BE CREATIVE!'" How To Nurture Your Natural Creativity

When: Thursday April 4th, 2019

Where: YouTube Space Toronto - 230 Richmond St E, Toronto, ON

As a master magician and stand-up comic, Jay Sankey has performed all over
the world. He's also developed websites, created product packaging,
authored books, drawn cartoons, invented direct marketing pieces, designed
logos, created television series and produced hundreds of videos.


Read more and register.

I'm presenting a FREE creativity seminar in Toronto on April 4 @ 6:30-8:00. To reserve your seat click here! https://t.co/Mn3HdmLbzX pic.twitter.com/CTNDg7gTHv

— Jay Sankey (@jay_sankey) March 21, 2019

I can't wait for the 'Masters of Magic' convention in Italy in May! It's going to be AMAZING! https://t.co/2pLgOwqFgs

— Jay Sankey (@jay_sankey) March 22, 2019

Marc Desaulniers and Shawn Farquhar at MAWNY

The 73rd Magician's Alliance of Western New York (MAWNY) convention will be on  Sunday, April 28, 2019.

Canadians representing include Marc Desaulniers and Shawn Farquhar.


From Shawn Farquhar's Twitter feed:
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The lineup and schedule for this years MAWNY looks amazing. Check it out if you're in the upstate New York area. The public show ticket is super cheap for the show you'll see...

One Day Convention:https://t.co/qANMKNdFTm

Show Ticket Information:
… https://t.co/oANEelb7q7 pic.twitter.com/46DqruPjoI

— Shawn Farquhar (@magiChampion) March 18, 2019

Toronto: Mini Classes at the 2019 Browser's Bash

BROWSER'S BASH 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Did you know there will be Free Mini Classes during the lunch or dinner breaks?


Check out the topics offered:

• CHRIS BRUCE- False Shuffles, Top Change, Classic Force
• ANDREW WOO - How To Create Easy & Memorable Magic,  5 Steps to Go from Amateur to Pro
• CHARLIE MCBURNEY - Crimp & Key Cards, Methods of Deployment
• WIJ - Card fundamentals (Top Change, Double Lifts, False Shuffles, The Pass, Side Steal)
• CHRIS WESTFALL - Routine your Magic
• JONAH BABINS  -  Any Card at Any Number
• DAVID BARRETT - Biddle Count Procedures
• ROBERT & SCOTT PRESSWOOD - Seminar in outside side lobby on Kid/Family Shows

Read more and register!

Festival de magie de Québec 2019

From Festival de magie de Québec:

The 9th edition of the Festival de magie de Québec will take place from May 2nd to 5th, 2019. You will once again be amazed and surprised by all the artists and magic activities. Le Festival de magie de Québec is : 4 days of magic, 40 professional magicians, more than 70 free activities in the streets of the Quartier Petit Champlain, at the Parc Félix-Leclerc, at Place Royale, at the Parc de la Batterie Royale and at the Théâtre Petit Champlain. It is also, at the Capitole de Québec, the 7th édition of the Concours International de magie "Michel Cailloux", one amazing show including  magic, light and soap bubbles, one international level magic Gala with artists from 8 different countries, one kids magic gala, a magic school and a special happening for primary schools from Québec.

The magican's package includes:

• The show "Bubbles" with Marco Zoppi and Rolanda from Italy
• The international magic Gala, with Daniel Coutu as MC and featuring :

• Bill Cheung ​from China
• Norbert Ferré from France
• Rafael from Belgium
• Nikolai Striebel from Germany
• Timothy Trust and Diamond from Germany
• Voronin and his son Max from Ukraine and USA
• Marco Zoppi et Rolanda from Italy
  

• ​The kids magic gala, with Daniel Coutu as MC, featuring :​

• Danys Hamel
• Magislain
• Fredo
  

• A close-up show with Bill Cheung (China)
• A lecture from Bill Cheung (China)
• A lecture from Daniel Coutu (Canada)
• A lecture from Stéphane Lacasse (Canada)
• A lecture from Rafael (Belgium)
• A lecture from Bernardo Sedlacek (Brazil)
• A lecture from Nikolai Streibel and Eberhard Riese (Germany)
• A lecture from Timothy Trust and Diamond (Germany)
• An interview with Voronin and his son Max (USA)
• A lecture from Marco Zoppi (Italy)

And...

• A welcoming cocktail on May 3rd, 2019 at 7 pm
• A magic clinic
• Magic jams at night
• Access to the dealer room
• Access to the 7th Concours international de magie "Michel Cailloux"

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Lee Asher at the Conjuror Community Summit

The 2019 CC Summit will take place August 23rd & 24th in Tupelo, Mississippi.


From the Conjuror Community Summit:

Lee Asher

Elite card magicians celebrate Lee's astonishing visual magic and unrivaled knowledge in the playing card world. He's also the most approachable expert you'll ever meet. At CC Summit 2019, he'll share his modern classics, and reveal secret miracles he’s never shared before!

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Mission: Matt Johnson lecture

From the Fraser Valley Magic Circle:

Sunday April 7th

Matt Johnson is originally from the UK and now resides in Canada. Matt has been performing and perfecting his craft in the art of magic for more than 25 years.
Over the past 25 years he has literally traveled the globe performing in exotic locations such as Japan, Dubai, Argentina, Australia and throughout Europe. He has performed in theaters, on cruise ships and for many of the world’s largest companies including Mercedes, Norwegian Cruises, Ford, AT&T, Toyota and Microsoft to name just a few. He has been viewed in more than 60 countries, made headlines across the globe and in the last year alone has been viewed more than 70 Million times on YouTube!

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Rounding the Western rings in March 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

City	Club	Event(s)
Calgary, AB	Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring)	- Club meeting.
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- N/A
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- SYM: Close-up contest - SYM: Miniwands and Tophats
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- Gregory Wilson lecture.
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- N/A
Vancouver, BC	SAM 95  (Carl Hemeon Assembly)	- N/A
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- N/A

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.

Rounding the Central rings in March 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Montreal, QC	Ring 62 (20th Century Ring)	- N/A.
Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club)	- Auction.
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- Blind magic.
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- Show and tell.
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- Glenn- Mini Lecture card theme T.B.D. - Sneaky moves. - Initiation Shows.
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	- N/A
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Auction.

Please leave a comment or email me about corrections or omissions.

Rounding the Eastern rings in March 2019

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Halifax, NS	Ring 316 (Conjourer's Court)	- Visit their Facebook page.
St. John, NB	Magic Circle of St. John	- "My first magic trick" (the first trick you learned or bought)

Please leave a comment or email me about corrections or omissions.

Michael Close webinar: Palming Cards with Confidence

From Webinar Jam:

Sunday, March 10, 2019

This sixty-minute webinar, with Michael Close, will provide strategies that will help you overcome your fear of palming.

​​​​​​​Palming is one of the cornerstones of card magic. But many magicians, even experienced practitioners, shy away from tricks that require palming.  As part of this training, you’ll learn FOUR commercial routines you can immediately add to your repertoire. And much, much, more!

This information will be useful to magicians of all skill levels, so we are offering it at a very low price. Our webinars require no special software; you participate through your browser, and you can ask questions during the presentation. Registrants will be able to replay this webinar as often as they want.

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Lee Asher's living room lecture

Living Room Lecture by Lee Asher February 20th.


From the Conjuror Community post "Collecting Playing Cards: 4 Simple Tips That Save HOURS" by Benji Wilkins:

Lee Asher has created more original, astonish and practical magic than just about anyone we know. When he joins us next week, he’s going to reveal REAL card magic secrets and miraculous tricks. But that’s just the beginning…

We’ve known Lee for 25 years, and when it comes to collecting playing cards the SMART way, he’s always been better at it than ANYONE we know.

And when we go to Lee’s home next week for this intimate online event, he’s pulling out all the stops! You’ll discover the best versions of Lee’s most famous tricks—and receive the kind of personal instruction you can’t get at ANY live magic event.

But that’s just the beginning. To make Lee’s debut CC appearance even MORE special, Lee has offered to give an easy-to-follow, mindblowing masterclass on how to make collecting playing cards easy and fun—without spending a fortune!

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Philippines: PCAM / PIMC

From Alex Seaman's Facebook page:

Join me in the Philippiness this spring for P.C.A.M. 2019!

20% off for all members of I.B.M./S.A.M./P.C.A.M./A.M.A!!!

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