From the Oakland Magic Circle:
The Oakland Magic Circle invites you to virtually meet Morgan & West, live from London on Saturday, November 7 at 1 pm PST.
Magicians, Time-travellers & all around spiffing chaps, Morgan & West will have you amazed and filled with laughter as they perform and teach.
This month Canada's Magic celebrates its 10th blogiversary!
Throwing an anniversary party is challenging at the best of times. Given the current situation, it's almost impossible.
So we're bringing the celebrations to you! Throughout the month we'll have special offers and giveaways from our sponsors to thank you for your readership and support!
Kicking off our 10th anniversary celebrations, Michael Close Magic is offering our readers 10% (ten percent) off any Michael Close downloadable ebook products (up to a maximum of $200 per person) at MichaelClose.com
Use "CANADASMAGIC" (without the quotes) at checkout over at Michael Close Magic to redeem this offer!
Thank you Michael for making this available to the readers of Canada's Magic!
From the November 2nd article "Internationally Celebrated Magician made a Hearse appear on Halloween at Ontario Haunted Hollows Scream Park" at WFMJ:
For those who didn’t find 2020 scary enough, York Region’s “most intense, scariest haunted attraction” had a few extra tricks up their sleeve this year. Well - it was actually renowned magician Ryan Brown, a Canadian native taking a break from performances in Vegas and waiting out CoVID-19 back home in Canada, who brought the magic to Haunted Hollows Scream Park on Halloween Morning.
Internationally renowned magician, Ryan Brown, isn’t telling how he did it, but you can see what happened on his Youtube series, Reality Magic. It’s an incredible illusion - or is it ?
How DID that hearse appear out of nowhere in the abandoned parking lot?
Check it out for yourself at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7HNc02AIRY&feature=youtu.be
This article includes quotes from magicians such as Shawn Farquhar, Ken Scott, Stephen Bargatze, Alexander Boyce, Jason Michaels, Kayla Drescher, and John Wolfson!
From the October 31st article "What if They Could Make the Pandemic Go Poof?" by Kenneth Sturtz in the New York Times:
Mr. Farquhar turned to virtual magic out of boredom. Homebound and desperate to perform for an audience, he arranged a free Facebook Live show. He committed to an hour, thinking he could adapt existing material. He was struggling after 15 minutes.
“I realized I was talking to a green light on a camera and there was no interaction,” he said. “It wasn’t Zoom, it was just me talking and trying to keep an energy up.”
He found not being able to interact with an audience in real time to be “soul-sucking.” He tried Instagram Live, but he soured on that too. It wasn’t until a friend recruited enough paying customers for a Zoom show that Mr. Farquhar changed his mind. There were stumbling blocks, like keeping people engaged and dealing with dozens of audio and video feeds. But when he learned he could interact with the audience, he developed a dedicated virtual show.
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“Magic thrives when people are at their worst because people at their worst need hope,” Mr. Farquhar said. “And that’s what magic is.”
