Tony Chris wins gold!

From The Now:

He can turn a handkerchief into a wand, make a beer bottle disappear into thin air, or transport a playing card across a room without even touching it.


Just don't ask noted mentalist and magician Tony Chris how he does it.


"When people ask, 'How do you that?' I respond with 'Very well, I thought,'" he said.
 

That tongue-in-cheek approach, combined with a keen knack for sleight of hand, helped the 44-year-old Coquitlam resident win a gold medal at the recent Pacific Coast Association of Magicians convention in Seattle.


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Congratulations Tony!

Rounding the Western rings in September

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)	- Soma lecture - mini-lecture (tentative) Donovan Deschner's Secrets to Being a Pro - first annual Tri City swap meet
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- first annual Tri City swap meet
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- n/a
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- Soma lecture - annual VMC auction
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- Soma lecture

 

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Rounding the Ontario rings in September

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

Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club) (check out their great new blog!)	- review of the summer conventions - auction
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- n/a
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- n/a
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- n/a
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	-
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Eugene Burger extravaganza
Woodstock, ON	CAM 1 (Friendly City Mystics)	- n/a

 
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Rounding the Eastern rings in September

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

Halifax, NS	Ring 316 (Conjourer's Court)	- N/A
St. John, NB	Magic Circle of St. John	- N/A

 
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Brantford: Caring Entertainers Conference

Saturday, September 15th

From the Caring Entertainers Facebook page:

This year’s conference features a little something for everyone - volunteers, faith community, health care professionals, teachers, therapist or anyone trying to connect in their community.

Therapeutic humour is not only an important part of the healing process, it is also one of the most important prevention strategies going!. The calibre of our presenters this year is quite amazing.

Early bird registrations available until September 1, at the discounted price of

$ 40.00 (plus a bonus gift for the first 50 registrants).

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[h/t: Deborah Fallick]

Toronto: Fifth helping of "A Slice of Magic"

From Facebook:

Monday, 24 September 2012


We Sold out 4 times before and there is sooo much demand that we are doing it again! With all new performers for you to enjoy, and experience different styles and genres of stand-up style magic.


Myself (Chris Westfall) as you host for the evening with the comedy magic of Chris westfall.


James Harrison is a stand up magician and comedy pick pocket for your entertainment pleasures, check out him and his victim for the evening.  

The magic of Ryan Brown is new to my line of performers and im very excited to debut him on this show, very theatrical magic to music that has one him the "BEST MAGICIAN IN THE GTA" competition so come see why he is considered the best of his genre..... ITS AMAZING!    

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For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.pickanycard.com



[h/t: Deborah Fallick]

Toronto: Al Grose coin seminar

From the Browser's Den Facebook group:

Sunday, October 28
At Browser’s Den of Magic

Dear Fellow Magicians,

We are very pleased to offer you a FREE SEMINAR on coin magic by Al Grose.

Al Grose has won close up competition awards from the International Battle of Magicians (Canton OH), Columbus Magi-Fest (Columbus OH), and the Canadian Association of Magicians (Kitchener ON).

When Al isn't performing or practicing magic, Al is a police officer and has been so for almost twenty three years.

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