He enjoyed skiing, as well as tennis, from an early age. "As I got better (at skiing) we'd go to Cedar Springs, but I was 15 and not allowed to drive so I'd go with 16-year-old friends who were. Once there were four of us in the car. Our names were Precious, Love, Darling and ... Anguish."
Gordon's conversation, fed by the springs of a terrific memory, is full of such delights, and when he tells me that, in addition to skiing and tennis, he practised the art of magic, I am not surprised, as there's a general feeling of magic about the man.
Read more.
25 July 2019
Gordon Precious in the Hamilton Spectator
From the July 18 article "Jeff Mahoney: Gordon Precious, Hamilton’s own, is in the Guinness World Records as oldest heli-skier" by Jeff Mahoney in The Hamilton Spectator:
24 July 2019
Julie Eng in Business Class magazine
From the June 17th article "Magician Julie Eng conjures wonder" by Keith Norbury in The world from here:
Magic has played a leading role in her life for as long as Julie Eng, BCom ’95, can remember.
“The story goes that I wasn’t delivered by the stork,” the Toronto-based Eng says. “I was pulled out of the hat.”
She learned her first magic trick from her magician father, Tony Eng, when she was just a toddler. He later introduced her to a secret world that would eventually permeate every aspect of her life and lead her to networking with the likes of Las Vegas showmen Penn and Teller.
Read more.
23 July 2019
London: Waterbark with David Acer
WaterBark! Heads to London, Ontario September 6-15.
From David Acer's Twitter feed:
From David Acer's Twitter feed:
Just wrapped 12 shows in 3 days in Lexington, KY with phenomenal acrobats, incredible dogs and a very unique pool doing a live show I co-wrote called WaterBark! Heads to London, Ontario September 6-15. Here's a teaser. pic.twitter.com/fv55t5HOFX— David Acer (@David_Acer) July 15, 2019
22 July 2019
21 July 2019
Sleightly Sketchy: Magician trading cards [MTC190721]
Updated July 22 to replace the second fact with an "ON SCREEN" item.
Imagine if magicians had trading cards.
Did you need all three hints to guess whose trading card back this is?
![Sleightly Sketchy: Magician trading cards [MTC190721]](https://canadasmagic.com/images/sleightly/2019_07_21_trading_cards.jpg)
Previously posted:
Imagine if magicians had trading cards.
Did you need all three hints to guess whose trading card back this is?
Previously posted:
20 July 2019
Content creation and magic
From the July 9the article "How to Create Captivating Content Using the Secrets of Magic" by Laura Mingall in CMF Trends:
Masters of cinema, such as Georges Méliès and Orson Welles, were also master magicians. Magicians are storytellers that harness the science and art of constructing captivating illusions. And storytellers have the ability to leverage these secrets of magic when creating all forms of content.
My experience with magic began in preschool. I learned firsthand both the thrill of watching the impossible become possible, as well as the thrill of understanding how it can be done. My grandfather is Henry Gordon, an acclaimed magician and debunker whose career spanned over thirty years and is a fascinating story in and of itself. He appeared on various media platforms, such as a range of CBC programs, through to The Oprah Winfrey Show. He often performed or taught the art of magic, or unapologetically debunked those using it to take advantage of people. He authored regular articles for publications such as the Toronto Star, as well as multiple books. And he would lecture for those fully immersed in the skeptic and magic communities, including at the iconic Magic Castle—the private clubhouse of The Academy of Magical Arts, in Hollywood.
Read more.
19 July 2019
Calgary: Jeff Newman at the Fringe
The Calgary Fringe Festival runs August 3 to 10, 2019.
From the Calgary Fringe Festival:
From Brent Smith's Facebook post:
From the Calgary Fringe Festival:
Mentalist Jeff Newman will mess with your head. In the award-winning magic show MIND GAMES, Newman will influence your thoughts, make impossible predictions, and even read your mind while revisiting classic games with a mentalist twist.
Read more.
From Brent Smith's Facebook post:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)