Jack Schwartz interviewed by Kidney PLUGGED IN

From the August1st upload "Meet Jack, a grade 7 student at Vancouver Talmud Torah. Jack is a Magician and Youth Philanthropist." on the Kidney PLUGGED IN YouTube channel:

Jack is an accomplished magician, helped to raise funds by putting on fabulous magic show for friends and family!  Inspired by his father, Daniel Schwartz, a nephrologist at St. Paul’s hospital.
Jack chose to donate the proceeds from his show to the BC & Yukon Branch of The Kidney Foundation in support of vulnerable kidney patients in BC/Yukon.

On this episode, you’ll meet this amazing young man, hear about what motivated his philanthropic and be treated to a performance of some of Jack’s magic tricks.

Read more and watch video.

From the August 2nd Facebook post by Shawn Farquhar:

Meet Jack Schwartz, one of the younger members of the Vancouver Magic Circle, IBM Ring #92. He was just featured in this nearly thirty minute program, performing magic and doing interviews. He's not only a Magician, but a Philanthropist for raising $2,600.00 for the Kidney Foundation by producing his own magic show. 

I love that he mentions the International Brotherhood of Magicians, and our local Ring, and was delighted to be included in his list of mentors along with his Father and Rod Boss.
We have a wonderful community of magicians in the lower mainland and Jack is a fine example.  Kudos to you Jack on a job well done! *Daniel Schwartz, you can be rightfully proud!  😉

 

 

 

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Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support. 

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• Clive Court - Life Member, Canadian Public Relations Society,
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Contribute to a Canadian Hocus Pocus Parade for the Linking Ring [Aug 31 deadline]

Submit your ideas to Ryan Pilling by August 31.

 

From the July 27th Facebook post by Tips & Tricks for Magicians:

ATTN: Canadian Magicians

I spend a lot of my time researching and reading through the dusty pages of The Linking Ring magazine.

My attention always perks up when I come across one of the many Canadian Hocus Pocus Parades, which were an almost annual tradition between 1943 and 1972. It's wonderful to see magic from both the famous and not-so-famous, including many who are the namesakes of our Canadian Rings; Ernie Crockford, Roy Cottee, Sid Lorraine...

Other than one "Canadian 4F Gala Parade" compiled by Joan Caesar in April 2016, this tradition has been long lost to history.

Well, here I am attempting to pick up the torch and spark something.

I'm reviving the Canadian Hocus Pocus Parade! And I'm inviting you to be a part of the legacy.

Canada's greatest strength comes from diversity of its people and regions, and I'm hoping to put together a collection of great magic with an equal variety, from magicians coast to coast to coast.

I'm looking for your most creative magic, be it inventions or adaptations.

If you have it written up, that's great... send it along.

If not, you can film a quick home video to teach the idea to me, and I'll write it up.

Bonus points if you can send a performance or demonstration video that we could include as a digital supplement to the Parade.

What makes a good magazine contribution - an idea that looks/sounds FUN to PLAY with.

A quick trick, a new use for a common prop, something easy to make, etc.

What makes an ignored magazine contribution - difficult or complicated routines.

If you can't decide what to send you're welcome to send along more stuff and allow me to choose.

I'll give you a timeline of August 31 to get your submissions to me.

Thanks!

Maple flavourdly yours,
Ryan Pilling
ryan @ wowryan . com
(Calgary, Ring 66)

P.S. You are welcome to forward this invitation to your local clubs and Canadian magician friends. I'd especially appreciate your help if you know magicians from more remote regions. Worst case is that I get so much I can do it again next year!

Toronto: Jeff Hinchliffe and Luiz Castro double lecture [Aug 19]

Saturday August 19th.  

To Buy a Ticket: Call the shop 416-783-7022 or CLICK HERE

 

From the July 22nd Facebook post by the Browser's Den of Magic: 

Double Lecture with Jeff Hinchliffe & Luiz Castro! 

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Join two of Canada's best magicians, Jeff Hinchliffe and Luiz Castro, as they explore five classic plots in close-up magic. They'll walk you through their thought process and teach you their versions of these classic effects. The effects will range in difficulty from easy to difficult, and from impromptu to gaffed.

Luiz Castro is a manipulator and coin magician extraordinaire. He's given lectures at the shop before and every time we're blown away by not only his ability but by his creativity. His presentations are original and powerful!

Jeff Hinchliffe has been finding the right card for 27 years, and he doesn't plan on stopping now. He's even agreed to talk about coin magic, which means that the universe may be coming to an end soon (sorry about that.).

Join us the evening of August 19th for what will be a fun night of fantastic magic!

 

 

 

 

Top 5 posts in July 2023

There were 25 posts at Canada's Magic this month.  Here are the five most viewed posts in the past 30 days: 

5. Fredericton, Moncton, Halifax, St John: Matt DiSero, Ken Margoe, & Khang Pham [Sep 14 - 17] - Looks like a great east coast tour!

4. Windsor and Niagara Falls: Penn and Teller [Nov 17 & 18] - Vegas is coming to Windsor and Niagara Falls! 

3. Calgary and Richmond Hill: The Grand Illusionist Magic Show [Jul 7 - 16] and Dogs Do Magic [Jul 28] - Looked like everyone had a great time!! 

2. Montreal: Ryan Murray lecture [Jul 10] - Another fantastic lecture hosted by the Montreal Magic Jam!

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. Magic at the 2023 Winnipeg Fringe [Jul 19 - 30] - And what a magical success this year's Fringe was!