Québec City: CAMaraderie 2023 [Sep 22 - 24]

Guest artists are / Les artistes invités sont:

• Alain Choquette, Canada
• Jaana, Allemagne
• Luis Olmedo, Espagne
• Nicolai Striebel, Allemagne
• Philippe Beau, France
• Silly Billy, USA
• TaNa Manga, Portugal
• Hector Mancha, Espagne
• and more to come ...
• et plus encore ...

 

From the June 29th Facebook post by the Canadian Association of Magicians:

CAMaraderie is back in September in Québec City! Read more here! 

La CAMaradie est de retour en septembre à Québec! Plus d'infos ici: 

https://shoutout.wix.com/so/09Oa9SQvq?languageTag=en

 

 

 

 

Canada's Got Talent: Getting to know JP Parent

Next in the the series of Canada's Got Talent contestants is Montreal's JP Parent!

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Who inspires you that is not a magician?
 
I think passion is so important in life and it emanates through someone’s work when someone’s passionate about their art. Anthony Bourdain was a good exemple, Martin Short, Dave Chapelle, Eddie Izzard, Ricky Gervais, Steve Martin (started as a magician), Kristen Wiig, Jim Carrey to name a few.

 

What is your first memory of magic? 

My very first memory of a magic trick was my father making a penny disappear inside his arm , then making it reappear in my ear I must’ve been 5 years old. Completely mesmerized!
 

Who from the magic community inspires you?

So many people inspire me, but for me Paul Harris for his incredible creativity, JC Wagner for his way to adapt his work with the environment that he’s in, Harry Loraine for his close up magic but also his memory lectures (incredible BTW), Lennart Green for his ground breaking techniques and logic, Alain Choquette incredible performer but also a serious magic creator , Penn & Teller for their unique style and of course David Copperfield who I think is still to this day the leading name in magic.

 

Was there anyone or anything instrumental to you becoming a magician?

When I started to get really interested in magic I was 9 and my father took me to my very first magic shop in Montreal called Perfect Magic. This sweet lady showed me a card trick and my selected card ended up printed on a silk. I was hooked! Then I had Mark Wilson’s complete course in magic that was my very first “real” magic book, then came VHS tapes with Michael Ammar’s easy card miracles such a great series for beginners, everything and I mean everything by David Williamson the guy is a Genius worker. My very first lecture was Paul Harris he was so funny but also incredibly good. I was 17 when I attended my first magic convention, Magie Montréal where I met all these other super passionate magicians that would generously share their art with myself and others. That’s when I met this older magician that started talking about working on cruise ships. Little did I know that 3 years later I was about to embark into a 25-year cruise ship career. Alain Choquette and Greg Otto have been mentors throughout my career, always there to give insights and advice through the different aspects of our art.

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Did you ever get discouraged and think about quitting magic?  
 
Not really to be honest. I was never really good in school so when I thought of quitting college to do magic full time my father was really supportive of my choice (thank God lol).

Do you have any tour or pre-show rituals?
 

I work around 30 weeks a year on ships. In a 7 day cruise they ask us to do 2 different 45 min shows twice a week. So one night you do your first show 7pm and 9pm and another day you do your other 45 min again twice.

The day of the show we have a rehearsal 2 hours prior to the show, checking the sound, equipment and if there are illusions in the show, we run the numbers full out with the sound, lights and automation. I usually eat 3 hours prior to the first show and then after the second show. I don’t go to the gym on that day. I practice around 1 hour every day especially for close-up. But apart from that I don’t have a special ritual.

 

 

What inspired you to be a part of this season of Canada's Got Talent?
 

I wanted to be able to try something new and establish myself a little more on dry land.

 

 

Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
 

I think magic is a very special art, one that brings people together and help them escape for a few minutes from our everyday lives. I think it’s more important now then ever.

 

 

Thank you JP, for making the time to answer our questions!  Break a leg on CGT!

Learn more about JP at his website JPParentMagician.com and follow him on Instagram.

 

 

 

 

Watch Canada's Got Talent Tuesday nights at CityTV.

 

 

 

 

Rounding the Central rings in February 2023

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)	- N/A.
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- N/A.
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (KW Magic Society)	- N/A.
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- N/A.
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	- N/A
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Social meet-up. - Members' Night and swap meet / flea market. - Special Event - Alain Choquette Master Class.

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

 

 

 

 

Toronto: Alain Choquette lecture [Oct 26]

From the October 24th post by Colin Geddes at the Sid Lorraine Hat & Rabbit Club Facebook group:

A young Celine Dion and Alain Choquette from 1990! Sorry its not in English, but its rare to find his stuff in the other language of Canada! And that is what makes Wednesday's lecture so special! Don't miss it!
 

When: Wednesday, October 26th, 7PM (lecture start) Admission: FREE for members / $15 for non-members (tickets at our website)
Where: The Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St East

 

 

 

 

 

Luc Langevin and Alain Choquette: If you drink, don't drive

From the December 10th Tweet by Luc Langevin:

Quand je reçois, je m’assure qu’on ne conduit pas en ayant bu 😉 @lg2_agency @SAAQ #magie pic.twitter.com/fEGj5il8zm

— Luc Langevin (@LucLangevin) December 10, 2021

 

 

Montréal: la journée magique 2012

From Magie Spectram:

Le Dimanche 29 Avril 2012 de 12h00 à 22h00
Magie Spectram vous invite à la journée magique 2012 au Centre St-Barthélemy situé au 7111 rue Des Érables coin Jean-Talon à Montréal (métro d'Iberville).
Avec:
Daryl - Conférence en Anglais
Ben Salinas - Conférence en Anglais
Vincent Hedan - Conférence en français
Will Houstoun - Conférence en Anglais
& Alain Choquette - Conférence en français

Read more and purchase tickets.

[h/t: MagicInfo.ca]