W. C. Shelly

John Smithman posted a while back, that "W.C. Shelly was the second president (1944-1945) of the Vancouver Magic Circle. He was a prominent business man and politician in Vancouver who had a park named in his honour."

Not to shabby to have a park named after a magician!

Here's a photo of John at the park:





I think he started a trend, because Shawn Farquhar recently posted a similar photo!


From Shawn Farquhar's Twitter feed:

The VMC annual picnic held at a park named after one of our members! #farquharfun #shawnfarquhar #vmc75 https://t.co/BG7ewp9REj pic.twitter.com/5tm5X7wvXn

— Shawn Farquhar (@magiChampion) August 20, 2018

Catching up with The Sentimentalists

Scroll down to see upcoming public appearances by Steffi and Chris at Magic Monday (Santa Monica) and The Revival Bar (Toronto).


From Facebook, watch The Sentimentalists on CHCH:

Top 5 posts in August 2018

Out of the 35+ posts at Canada's Magic this month, here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days:

5. Toronto: Grumpy old magicians - Sounds like fun, non?

4. Winnipeg magicians on "The Amazing Race Canada" - So fabulous to see Carey, Dan, and Greg on The Amazing Race Canada!

3. Dundas: The Amazing Kreskin - How was his show?

2. Video: Shawn Farquhar Fool Us REVEALED - The people want to know how Shawn fooled Penn and Teller.  This video explains it.  Sort of.

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. News so big, it's worthy of a second post! - Most viewed for the second consecutive month.  Definitely big news. Congratulations again to Renee-Claude Auclair and the FISM Quebec team (Renee-Claude Auclair, Jocelyn Guertin, Pierre Hamon, Joan Caesar, and Shawn Farquhar) for securing the first North American FISM!!!

Throwback Thursday from 1934

Makes me kind of glad I wasn't part of this organization!


From Shawn Farquhar's Twitter feed:

Excerpt from the Canadian Magicians magazine of 1934, The Imp. Republished in the Die Box, the official publication of the PCAM. #farquharfun #shawnfarquhar #pcammagic #cockroaches https://t.co/lAZ3xwFBEL pic.twitter.com/vtRKtaYXhW

— Shawn Farquhar (@magiChampion) August 26, 2018

Edmonton added to Billy Kidd's "Find it, sign it, leave it."

Traveling through Edmonton?  You can play Billy Kidd's "Find it, sign it, leave it"  while you're there!


From Billy Kidd's Twitter feed:
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It’s bloody early but this one is for you Canada. Edmonton Airport. Gate 82. #findmycard #findit #signit #leaveit pic.twitter.com/Uk5yoGtAMY

— Billy Kidd (@Billykiddshow) August 27, 2018

Toronto: Daniel Garcia lecture

Wednesday September 12th


From James Alan's Facebook post:

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Rounding the Western rings in September 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)	- Daniel Garcia lecture. - Meeting.
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- Daniel Garcia lecture.
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- Daniel Garcia lecture.
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- Daniel Garcia lecture. - 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)	- Daniel Garcia lecture.

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