07 March 2015

Festival de magie de Québec: The magic poster

Another amazingly creative advertising campaign for the Festival de magie de Québec.

The message only appears when you take a flash photo!

From lg2's YouTube channel:

06 March 2015

Toronto: Free magic club meeting

This Saturday, March 7th is our next FREE Magic Club.
Club meets at Browser's Den from 2:30pm until about 5:30pm.
All welcome! 
Read more.

Society of Young Magicians of Manitoba workshop 2015

From Carey Lauder's Facebook page:


05 March 2015

Dean Gunnarson filming in India

From Clive Court's Facebook page:



04 March 2015

Nicholas Wallace, Jason Palter, Lukas Stark and Matt DiSero at Magic Tonight

Confirm details by visiting Abracadabaret.com


Mississauga (Thurs):  Nicholas Wallace and Jason Palter

Pickering (Fri):  Lukas Stark

Toronto (Sun):   Matt DiSero


James Alan, over at Abracadaberet, has kindly offered the readers of Canada's Magic a coupon code for 50% off tickets to "Magic Tonight!"  Use the coupon code cmagic when you buy your tickets for Magic Tonight to receive your discount*.




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Paul Romhany interviewed at MagicBusiness.com

Will magic support you and your family well into the future? What can you do to branch your magic business into other areas? Paul Romhany is a performer, creator of magic effects, lecturer and he edits and produces VANISH magazine. He’s also a parent (as you will witness at the beginning of the podcast). Listen in as he shares insights and tips that might get you started creating extra streams of income. 
Read more and listen to the podcast.

03 March 2015

Thirty seconds with Mark Correia

This is the seventh 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. It didn't always work that way.

Professional magician Mark Correia from Toronto, Ontario is probably best known for spending two weeks inside a straitjacket last summer, to raise awareness for Parkinson's Disease.  In November 2014, Record Setter recognized Mark with a World Record for the "Longest Time Wearing a Straitjacket."  Mark raised over $15 000 through his efforts.

FUN FACT:
Mark performed for Usher at The Magic Castle.

DID YOU KNOW?
- Mark's pre-show routine involves rolling up his pant-legs an hour before show time, and then rolling them down right before the show starts?
- Mark is also working on a book and documentary about his experience with the Escaping Parkinson's straitjacket endurance stunt.  Keep an eye out for the book as early as this summer!.
Three year old Mark was bitten by the magic bug when "The Wacky Wizard" performed his (Mark's) birthday party.  Mark started performing professionally at the age of five.  He was at The Browser's Den of Magic when he first heard that Sorcerers Safari Magic and Performance Arts Camp was "the" place to be if you were a young performer interested in magic.  One of his favourite things about camp is that you get to spend time with the people that literally wrote the books he reads.  In fact, when Mark thinks about magic camp, it's the amazing special guests that come first to mind.   Mark's spent seven seasons at Sorcerers Safari, two of which have been as a counsellor in training.  Needless to say, camp feels like family to him.

When Mark's not being magical, he's probably treading the boards in the Dramatic Arts Program at The National Theatre School of Canada or acting professionally in Toronto.

From the Fireside Productions Facebook page:





Previously published "Thirty seconds with ..." interviews: