24 September 2012

Bill Abbott: Pack smart, play anywhere

Updated:
  • Sept 29th to add Hamilton
  • Sept 26th to add Buffalo appearance. 
  • Sept 25th to add London appearance.

In October, Bill Abbott will be presenting his lecture "Pack smart, play anywhere" in Buffalo (the 1st), Toronto (the 4th), London (the 10th), Montreal (the 15th), Ottawa (the 16th) and Hamilton (Oct 18th).


[h/t: magicinfo.ca]

19 September 2012

Lance Pierce November lectures

Lance Pierce will be lecturing in Canada this November.

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

18 September 2012

Keith Hunter: One of Canada's eldest practicing magicians

From Orangeville.com:
After celebrating his 85th birthday, Orangeville’s Keith Hunter is being heralded as one of Canada’s eldest practicing magicians.

“I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not, but that’s the way it seems to be,” Hunter said.

Read more.

In the article, it says "At age 70, Hunter turned to magic.

I guess there's still time for me to jump into the game!

17 September 2012

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.

Read more.

15 September 2012

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.

Read more.

14 September 2012

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.