David Acer: "Never iron flash paper."

"A Superb Tip from David Acer. Comedian, Magician, TV Star, Author…." was posted by Perfect Magic today.  Along with some remembrances and photos of times gone by, David responds to the questions:

"Q: What was the first trick that made you think this is what you want to do?"

and

"Q: What advice would you give aspiring magicians?"

Go read David's answers now!

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Editor's note:

My most indelible memory of David has to at CAMaraderie in 2001, where he performed the Cups and Balls with garbage bins and soccer balls as depicted below:

CAM/PCAM Combined Convention: Close-up artists announced

Close-up entertainers Jon Allen and Diamond Jim Tyler have been announced as appearing in this year's CAM and PCAM combined convention. 

For more information about the convention, please visit MagicianConvention.com



[h/t: CAM]

Remembering the Society of Canadian Magicians

Do you remember the Society of Canadian Magicians (SCM)?  If so, go on over the the Facebook page David Donoghue has set up for remembering the SCM.  There is a dearth of information on the internet about the SCM.  MagicPedia has only two lines on the organization.

Help document the history of the organization by contributing to the discussions or adding to the collection of online photos.


[h/t: John Pellatt]

Colombini Farewell Tour

[Edited May 24 to add Toronto date.]

From WildColumbini.com:

DO NOT MISS OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE COLOMBINI'S DURING WHAT WILL BE THERE FAREWELL TOUR OF THE CONTINENTAL US AND CANADA. After careful thought and deliberation we have decided that this will be our final lecture tour of the US and Canada.

Canadian dates include:

• Vancouver, May 12th
• Victoria, May 13th
• Edmonton, May 14th
• Toronto, June 1st
• Montréal,  June 5th

For more information, visit Wild Columbini Magic.


[h/t: MagicInfo.ca]

CBC: Joan Caesar and Julie Eng talk about women in magic

As a follow-up to the previous post "CBC: The Amazing and Astounding Invisible Women of Magic", John Pellatt pointed me to this Mary Ito interview of Joan Caesar and Julie Eng on the CBC program "Fresh Air" back on October 31st, 2009. 

Listen to Joan and Julie talk about magic, the Canadian Association of Magicians and Magicana.

CBC: The Amazing and Astounding Invisible Women of Magic

[Edited April 4 to add link to interview with Joan and Julie.]

Prompted in part by the recent death of Dorothy Young (Houdini’s Stage Assistant), today CBC Radio One reran "The Amazing and Astounding Invisible Women of Magic" a documentary by Frank Faulk.  You can listen to it from the The Sunday Edition website (it starts at about the 22 minute mark).

Listen to Mary Ito interview of Joan Caesar and Julie Eng on the CBC program "Fresh Air" back on October 31st, 2009.   Perfect Magic has a post on women magicians at Magie Montréal.

Recent articles on the subject of women in magic from:

• Slate: "The Next Queen of Magic -- Does magic need more female performers to be cool again?"
• Miller-McCune: "Why Have Women Magicians Vanished?"
• About.com: "Women in Magic - Interview With Krystyn Lambert", "Why Are There So Few Female Magicians - Interview With Suzanne", "Women in Magic: Margarette Le Claire","Women in Magic - Interview With Farrah Siegel"
• About.com: "Documentary: Women in Boxes", "Have Women Magicians Vanished?"
• About.com: "Readers Respond: Why Are There So Few Female Magicians?", "Article Asks: Does Magic Need Females to Be Cool Again?", "Readers Respond: Does Magic Need Females?"

[h/t: John Pellatt]

Doc Eason: June lectures

Doc Eason will be lecturing in Canada this spring.

The according to to the X-elent Lecture Series website Eason's lecture dates are:

• Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle) on June 6th
• Ring 28 (Edmonton Magic Guild) on June 7th [contact e-mal can be found at magicinfo.ca]
• Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle) on June 8th
• The Magic Club of Winnipeg on June 9th
• Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle) on June 10th

He'll be wrapping up the lecture tour with dates in the US (Seattle, Eugene and Portland).

Please confirm details about dates, times and locations by contacting each club directly.