27 November 2015

Quebec City: CAMaraderie 2016 update

We've previously mentioned the upcoming CAMaraderie convention and that it is teaming up with the fabulous Festival de Magie.


Here's an update on CAMaraderie 2016 from Jean-Luc Rivard:
TIME TO REGISTER NOW !!!! 
CAMaraderie 2016 in QUEBEC CITY , Canada - April 21 to 24, 2016
www.festivaldemagie.ca  

Hosting : 

  • Jeff McBride 
  • Harry Allen 
  • SHIN LIM  
  • CHRISTIAN SCHENCK (the Phoenix deck guy)  
  • VINCENT HEDAN  
  • SHAWN FARQUHAR  
  • MATHIEU BICH 
  • Michel Huot  
  • Marc Trudel 
  • Yannick Lacroix 
A seat will be assigned on a first come first serve basis. The sooner you register, the closer your seat will be to the stage.  

CAMaraderie 2016 in QUEBEC CITY , Canada - April 21 to 24, 2016 . 
From 21 to 24 April 2016, the team of the Quebec Magic Festival is pleased to be holding CAMaraderie 2016 for the first time in Quebec City , CANADA !  

In this new edition of the camaraderie you get access to: 
All lectures and shows associated with CAMaraderie will take place in English, with the exception of the bilingual gala to be held at the Capitole. 

  • 10 world-class conferences; 
  • 2 magic shows; 
  • 1 magic competitions; 
  • 1 gala winners; 
  • 1 great magic gala; 
and many more. 


Take advantage of special prices if you are members of the CAM or by purchasing your package before January 1


You can find information on our Web site 
www.festivaldemagie.ca


From the Festival de magie de Québec Facebook page:

Toronto: Jenny Parsons at "Magic Tonight"

Confirm details by visiting Abracadabaret.com


Click for details.

Toronto (Sun):  Jenny Parsons








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26 November 2015

PCAM 2015 contest winners

The winners of the 12 contest categories from PCAM 2015 have been posted at PCAM 2015.

Congratulations to the gold medal winners:

  • Hannah & Haley Biane
  • Theo Chattra
  • Elliott Hofferth
  • Ben Eskenazi
  • Jeff Christensen
  • Jim Vines
  • Steve Hamilton
  • Gwyn Auger
  • Christopher Lopez 


Winners of the "Bag O Tricks" competition:

  • Joe Turner and Glen Labarre


Winner of the One Hand Cut-A-Thon

  • Matthew Jones



Visit PCAM 2015 to see the group photos taken by John Smithman Photography.



25 November 2015

Happy fifth blogiversary to me!

Five years ago today, this blog was born!

Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!  More than 2,328 posts have been published, and well over 84,900 page loads have been served (over 390265 by Blogger's count).  One hundred and twenty-four of you have given us your thumbs-up on Facebook, more than 890 of you are following along on Twitter (12,900 tweets and counting!), and approximately 80 of you have subscribed to this site's feed.  The bulk of you are Canadian, and I'm delighted to see visitors from United States, France, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Ireland and the list goes on.

There are so many of you doing such a fabulous job of making magic a priority in this great country!

A special thanks to:

My continued thanks to all of you!




24 November 2015

Montreal: Le Lab Magique

Next show is on Wednesday November the 25th and includes Mario Choinière, Mosh and Loran.

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23 November 2015

Review: Glenn Ottaway benefit

From Fordham PR:
On stage, well-known comedians, magicians and even a pair of mentalists celebrated Glenn’s career and encouraged the audience to dig deep to help Glenn and his depleted bank account. Thanks to comedian/magician Matt Disero, who created the one-night only comedy concert, some of the country’s top headliners volunteered their time and talent, so here’s a brief pictorial account of The Rocky Horror: It’s a Wonderful Life Anyway show.

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