Los Angeles: Carisa Hendrix lecture

From Purple Owl Productions:

Bubble Tech 2.0 with Carisa Hendrix

Learn the benefits of bubble shows and how you can incorporate them into your current routine!

What are those benefits you ask? Take a look:
Universal appeal: Equally impressive and enjoyable for a wide rage of ages, cultures and genders.
Can be done silently: I have a bubble show in English and French and could easily put together one in Spanish with minimal effort because so much of it can be done to music or silently.
Cost Effective: Bubble shows are inexpensive to create, highly portable, and play big.
Fluid Integration: Bubble Tricks can be added to an existing clown, circus or magic show or be a show all on their own.

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From Purple Owl Productions Twitter feed:

Here’s @bradrossmagic talking about @CarisaHendrix’s lecture! Registration is now open for Bubble Tech 2.0 in Los Angeles on March 1st. Space is limited. Don't miss out! https://t.co/IzM65noIUo#magic #magician #losangeles pic.twitter.com/b1i42aewNI

— Purple Owl Productions (@PurpleOwlProds) January 31, 2018

Bobby Motta at Crow's Theatre and his American television debut

From Crow's Theatre:

Canada’s most coveted mentalist and mind-reader Bobby Motta retruns to Crow's Theatre with his show Cryptic on February 21st and 22nd.

Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the top mentalists on the planet,” Bobby Motta rides the twists and turns of the human psyche in Cryptic. Bobby sets the stage with tricky mind play, manipulating show-goers with deceptively simple psychology, then he goes deeper, pulling audiences into his mysterious world with his ultra-thrilling style and mesmerizing techniques. He grabs hold and blurs the lines between reality and the paranormal realms as he pulls you in.

Bobby Motta is Canada's own master of the unknown who earns props from celbrities here and abroad, astouding stars like Russell Crowe and Nelly Furtado. His incredible ingenuity and stage effects have also made him one of the industry's most sought after consultants behind the scenes, loaning out his secrets and effect to the consulting teams for worls class magicians lke David Blaine and Criss Angel, and consulting on some of stage and TV's biggest productions.

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In case you missed it, watch Bobby's American television debut last Fall, as he entertains Steve Harvey.  From Bobby Motta's YouTube channel:

Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant in "Sparks Fly. Magic Happens."

From Fort Edmonton Park:

Join us for an enchanting evening with one of Canada’s most sought-after performers, magician Sheldon Casavant. With sleight of hand and mind-captivating illusions, Sheldon has wowed audiences of all sizes around the world with his contemporary, awe-inspiring style of magic.

Celebrate an early Valentine’s Day with this fast-paced, interactive, and entrancing show (for you history buffs, there’s even some little known historical facts about the legendary magician Harry Houdini).

So grab your sweetheart or friends and make long-lasting memories together as items vanish, inanimate objects come to life, and impossible feats are overcome – right before your very eyes.

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From the Fort Edmonton Park Twitter feed:

Join us for an enchanting evening with one of Canada’s most sought-after performers, magician @SheldonCasavant. Just like some of the illusions in the show, tickets will disappear fast so get yours today! #yeg #yegevents pic.twitter.com/i6E0V2VVLU

— Fort Edmonton Park (@FortEdPark) January 26, 2018

Alex Seaman, IBM nominee for International President-Elect

It seems like only last year, when we congratulated you on your then new position of Vice President of IBM!

Congratulations again Alex!  And thank you for all of your hard work.

From Alex's Facebook page:

Toronto: Keith Brown at "The Newest Trick in the Book"

From Keith Brown's Twitter feed:
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This Tuesday check me out at @torontomagiccompany The Newest Trick where I will debut a new piece!

Show at 8:30 PM. Pay what you can.#AbsoluteMagic #kbmagic #torontomagiccompany #torontomagic #toronto #toevents #openmic #magic #magicshow #magician #en… https://t.co/kbzfLxwsUf pic.twitter.com/4eHPc1Yfq0

— Keith Brown (@KeithHBrown) February 4, 2018

World record holding Canadian magicians

Late to the game, I recently learned that in 2012, Alberta's Carisa Hendrix set a Guinness World Record for “longest duration fire torch teething”, Los Show Dei Record in Rome, Italy!


From Carisa's webstie:

On April 12th in Rome, Italy in front of a live audience I freaked out when I became a Guinness World Record Holder after successfully holding a flaming torch in my mouth for an incredible 2 minutes and 1 second.

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By my count, that puts the total of Canadian World Record holding magicians to eight! 

• Doug The Great:  Heaviest Stilts Mastered.  [Guinness World Record]
• Scott Hammell:  Highest Suspension Straitjacket Escape. [Guinness World Record]
• Lucas Wilson:  Fastest Suspension Straitjacket Escape. [Guinness World Record - 2011]
• Carisa Hendrix:  Longest duration fire torch teething. [Guinness World Record - 2012]
• Michael Francis:  Most one-handed coin rolls in a minute. [Guinness World Record - 2013]
• Mark Correia:  Longest Amount of Time Wearing a Straitjacket. [World Record - 2014] 
• The Sentimentalists:  (Chris Mysterion and Steffi Kay) Most items transferred from one mentalist to another.  [World Record - 2017] 

Chris Funk to be on this season's "Masters of Illusions"

Filming happened Thursday and Friday!  How exciting!

Any other Canadian magicians I should know about for this season?

From Chris Funk's Twitter feed:

It begins! #tvshow #mastersofillusion #magic #thewonderist #internationalmanofwonder #lifeontheroad https://t.co/PhU2tghAsK pic.twitter.com/uqEncejwUT

— Chris Funk (@chrisfunkmagic) February 2, 2018