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Another world record for Carisa Hendrix

Congratulations Carisa!

From Carisa Hendrix's Twitter feed:

24!!!!! 24 fire torches ignited using electricity through the human body!!! New Guinness world record!!! https://t.co/iamAOYZU1S pic.twitter.com/JaUZReF73q

— Carisa Hendrix (@CarisaHendrix) April 29, 2018

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], 24 fire torches ignited using electricity through the human body [Guinness World Record - 2018]
• 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] 

Top 5 posts in April 2018

Out of the 58 posts at Canada's Magic this month, here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days:

5. Remembering Harry Anderson - The older I get, the younger 65 seems.  Our thoughts to his family and friends.

4. I'll just leave this here - I'm surprised this one made it to the top 5!

3.  Rounding the Central rings in April 2018 - It was a busy month in Central Canada.

2. Toronto: The Newest Trick in the Book - There's another one tomorrow night.

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. Bangladesh International Magic Convention 2018 - Canadian magicians are EVERYWHERE!

Publication round up - April 2018

Michael Close's April newsletter:

• Interesting insights into all the behind the scenes work that goes into Penn and Teller's Fool Us, among other interesting articles and interviews.
• Sign-up to receive Michael's newsletters at  MichaelClose.com

Northern Peeks:

• Articles both by and about Ryan Joyce 
• CAMaraderie reminder
• Feature on Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin as well as Houdini's Water Torture Cell
• Articles by Murray Hatfield, Bill Abbott, Phil Matlin, Gerry Frenette, Jason Verners, and Ryan Pilling.
• Renew your membership or become a member at CAMmagic.org

Vanish magazine:

• Articles by Jeff Christensen, Paul Romhany, Hal Meyers (Anthony Street feature), Jeff Hobson (interviews Jonhathan Goodwin), Joshua Endress, Jim Sisti, Tim Ellis, Alex Zander, and Louie Foxx!
• Product highlights: Bill Abbot's 5 card box, Victor Voitko's Snowstorming Fan
• Read and subscribe at VanishMagic.com

Toronto: The Newest Trick In The Book - May 1

From James Alan's newslettter:

Tuesday night (May 1st) I'll be appearing on a special free show in downtown Toronto. The Newest Trick In The Book is put on by The Toronto Magic Company and hosted by the adorably charming Jonah Babins.

This is a magic show not quite like any other. The rule is that performers have to showcase brand new material. Which means either the opportunity to see something special for the first time ever... or the opportunity to see something crash and burn horrendously. Either way, special! I'm actually cheating. I'll be presenting very old magic which hasn't been seen in nearly 100 years.

See Scape
2840 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

I'll be appearing alongside Chris Mayhew, Sawyer Bullock and Daniel Lawson. This is an absolutely free event to attend. Although it can get quite full and you can reserve a free ticket by going to the Toronto Magic Company website.

Plus... See Scape is a board game and video game bar, so once the show is over, you can stick around to play.

Reserve your tickets at Eventbrite.

Rounding the Western rings in May 2018

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

City	Club	Event(s)
Calgary, AB	Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring)	- Meeting. - Make Magic
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- TBA
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- Swap meet. - SYM
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- Third Monday Magic.
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- TBA
Vancouver, BC	SAM 95  (Carl Hemeon Assembly)	- TBA
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- "Mirth and Magic" featuring the magic of Murray Hatfield, Zanthera, Eric Bedard…

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.

Rounding the Central rings in May 2018

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Montreal, QC	Ring 62 (20th Century Ring)	- TBA.
Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club)	- Entertainment by Buffalo Ring 12.
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- TBA.
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- Luiz Castro lecture.
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- TBA.
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	- TBA
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	-  Ari lecture on video at the Browser's Den.

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.