Eric Leclerc at Dilli Haat Magic Festival

From the Deccan Herald:

"It is something you perfect after a series of failures, one must never fail to impress the viewer and the trade of magic is how well you can do that," says Eric Leclerc, a magician who flew down from Canada.

Leclerc who has been entertaining since he was a nine- year-old boy says, "My first audience was my mother, who gifted me a magic set during Christmas and I practiced with it until the day I stunned her with by a trick. That  was when I first became a magician."

However, he feels magic is a dying art.

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Nothing is impossible

Watch the presentation Adi Salagram put together for his ESL class, discussing the impact a certain Canadian magician had on his life.

Toronto: Mental magic and Hallowe'en spook show

From Facebook:

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

With a special mystery by guest The Secret-keeper Danny Proctor

ONE NIGHT ONLY at the Revue Theatre, a theatre show of mind magic that will leave you in thrills and chills- Guaranteed!!

Take a journey into the bizarre world of the supernatural and witness amazing feats such as Mysterion Daring to escape the gallows, Table levitations, a parlour seance, audience hypnotism and more mental marvels by Canada's leading Doctor of mentalism.

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Photos from the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's Pediatrics Ward

Back in July we posted an article about Joan Caesar and Scott Hood's visit to the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's Pediatrics Ward.  Over at The Doug Henning Magic Wand club's website, they have posted photos from the August 2012 Linking Ring article about the visit (vol 92, #8, Aug 2012, pages 45 and 46).

It's lovely to see Joan and Scott bringing smiles to the faces of hospitalized kids.

Eric Leclerc on Au Défi!

Eric Leclerc is in Au Défi, a children's show where children in the Sudbury area are given unusual challenges.  Watch the preview on YouTube:

Pining for Camp White Pine?

Are you pining for your days at Sorcerers Safari?  Have a listen to last Saturday's edition of The Magic Broadcast where Lee Asher talks magic camp, among other things.

Or, have a look at Kito Chee's video summary of his camp experience:





And also this Magic Report by Holden L, which includes an interview of Shawn Farquhar and Soma:

Ryan Pilling: Finding The Funny

From Mystified Live:

In what has been one of the most talked about episodes in the short history of this podcast, Magician and Improv Comedian Ryan Pilling joined us for one of our more hysterical episodes. While he was here Ryan talked about his career as an improv comedian / magician and how he was currently working on a new show, which debuted shortly after his appearance. We are happy to report that Ryan now has a brand new book out titled Finding The Funny: A Professional Entertainer's Guide To Improvisation, Ad-Libs And Audience Interaction. (How's that for a mouthful?) The book serves as a how-to for those looking to add a little humor to their act be it comedy, magic, juggling or anything in between. The book covers it all from when to improvise all the way to how to practice and work with your audience. This book is a must have if you are an entertainer.

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You can learn more about Finding The Funny at Playing Big Magic.