This is the first in a series of "Thirty
seconds with ..." interviews, so called because I approached the
interviewees at Sorcerers Safari Magic and Performance Arts Camp last summer with the idea that I
would interview them for 30 seconds.
Little did they know ...
Semi-professional
magician, Dan Wiebe, from Winnipeg Manitoba, is one of the first faces I
remember meeting at
my first visit to Sorcerers Safari. Dan is super friendly and has a great sense
of humour. His son Graham previously
attended camp for over half a dozen years.
Dan's been an instructor with the camp for seven years.
FUN FACT:
Dan would rather watch Star Trek: The Next Generation, than Star Wars.
DID YOU KNOW?
Dan's most embarrassing magical moment was during a performance as "Alex R. O'Leif," when he blanked on the script after recognizing a student as an audience member.
Dan loves that
Sorcerers Safari as a fun place to be. He's a big part of making it that way. His classes are practical, patiently taught,
entertaining and creative. For the very
young kids with shorter attention spans, he'll sometimes get them to do a
little craft that gets incorporated into the routine he teaches. While helping set-up last year's camper show,
he made sure that all of the kids would be showcased and their talents
highlighted in a lighthearted and entertaining way. (Who can forget the sight of
one of the smallest performers choosing what had to be the tallest volunteer?) Dan's first memory of magic dates back to about
ten years of age, when he watched someone make an "invisible flea"
fly onto a piece of paper.
Dan is a 13 year
instructor with the Society of Young Magicians (youth chapter of the Society of
American Magicians). His advice for young
magicians: "Practise."
