It's the 10th blogiversary of Canada's Magic!

Ten years ago today this blog was born!

  

Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!

For free, we've published over 4,420 posts, and served well over 980,000 page loads.  Four hundred and sixty of you follow us on Facebook, 1451 of you follow us on Twitter, 175 of you have found us on Instagram, and a bunch of you have subscribed to this site's RSS feed.  The bulk of you are Canadian, and we're delighted to see visitors from United States, the United Kingdom, India, France, 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:

• All of my early supporters.  Special shout outs to Ariel, Doug, James, and John for your continued encouragement.
   
• All of you readers, Likers, RTers, submitters, guest posters, contest prize providers and all other manner of promoters of this site.
   
• All of my sponsors, past and present.  That means you: Magic Information Canada, Ryan Pilling, Clive Court, Perfect Magic, The Browser's Den of Magic, The Amazing Corbin,  Michael Close, Daniel Sugar, Ty Reveen, and The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop!
   
• All of the blog's official friends, past and present.  That's you:  John Smithman, John Harrison, Richard Lyn, Joan Caesar, Ted & Marion Outerbridge, Ian Crawford, Owen Anderson,  Ryan Pilling, Matt DiSero, James Renoire, Gwyn Auger, Jason Maiuri, Doug Hunt, David Johnson, Richard Hough, Robin Dawes, Eric Bedard, Loran, Cam Dix, and Peter Mennie.
   
• All of the fabulous people that have offered up contest prizes for our readers through the years: James Alan, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Orca Book Publishers, The Bloor Cinema, Chris Westfall, Gwyn Auger, Sheldon Casavant, The Outerbridges,  Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Champions of Magic, the Toronto Magic Company, the EldritchTheatre, Michael Close Magic,  Perfect Magic, and  The Browser's Den of Magic.
    
• The wonderful wordsmiths that have guest posted here including: Ariel Frailich, The Magic Demon, Kidlet, Clive Court, James Alan, Killarney Sheffield, Ian Crawford, Erin Thomas, Ring 99, Dennis Schick, and Phil Matlin.
   
• And especially, my family for their support of this bloggy experiment.

My continued thanks to all of you! 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Anna DeGuzman virtual lecture

I saw the excellent Morgan and West lecture Gary invited us to attend!  I encourage you to take advantage of this fabulous free opportunity. 
  

Gary, thank you for the invitation!

 

From Gary Meyer's Facebook post:

The Oakland Magic Circle and IBM Ring 216 proudly present:
Anna DeGuzman lecturing and teaching ​on​ Tuesday, December 1 at 7pm PST. This is another night you do not want to miss. There is no cost.

What Anna DeGuzman can do with a deck of 52 cards will make your head spin! Manipulating cards into impossible 3-D configurations, she cuts, flings, flips, rotates, juggles and shuffles playing cards in the middle of the street, along train tracks, and in close-up shows at the most prestigious magic venues in the world including for The Magic Castle, Liberty Magic and the Chicago Magic Lounge.

Anna will discuss Cardistry and incorporating it into your magic. Anna uses money, rings, Rubik's Cubes and more in addition to cards. She will teach us some basic moves and signature effects, talk about her success using social media, tell behind-the-scenes stories of being on ”Fool Us,” and being a regular on “Masters of Illusion” this season. She will also discuss the challenges of being a woman in magic.

She learned her first trick at 11 and now this 22-year-old has gone from street magic to her recently created stage act. She has also appeared on MTV's “Amazingness”and even has a part in a recent Windows Surface commercial showcasing her talent! She has over 150,000 followers on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.

Anna will also answer your questions.

Watch her appearance on ​“Fool Us”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ORmNspxN48

To see more video and To obtain the Zoom link go to https://oaklandmagiccircle.com/

Loran interviewed on C'est ça la vie

From the November 8th Facebook post by Loran Magie (translated by Facebook):

If you want to know me better, here's a recorded interview for the program ′′ C ' est est la vie ′′ broadcast on the channel TELUS. But here you will discover not the magician, but rather the ′′ person ′′ behind the character. I tell my personal life journey. It's not always easy to be an artist in your soul, but it's my life and I wouldn't change it.

Jason Verners: Magic consultant for The Christmas House

The Christmas House airs tonight on The Hallmark Channel.

From the November 21st Instagram post by Jason Verners:

Yo! I am super excited to announce that I am the Magic Consultant for the @hallmarkchannel original movie: The Christmas House! This film has a ton of Christmas magic in it, and I am sure it will put you right into the holiday spirit, I know it did for me while working on set! It premieres tomorrow night on The Hallmark Channel, thanks again for all the love and support xo

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Survive the Great Regurgitation with 10% off your Adventurer ticket

Continuing with our 10th anniversary celebrations ...

Lift the curse of Doc Pretorious Wuthergloom and use the spell "CanadasMagic" for 10% off an Adventurer ticket for the upcoming online interactive theatrical fantastical "The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum" happening November 25 to December 5th: eldritchtheatre.ca/dungeons

 

We conjured up a spell for you: use "CanadasMagic" for 10% off your Adventurer ticket and come use your protection spells in our show!

Tickets and info over at: https://t.co/oDjRNb3cyp pic.twitter.com/5y7WIFPmRZ

— Eldritch Theatre 💀 (@EldritchTheatre) November 18, 2020

 

 

Thank you Eric Woolfe and Eldritch Theatre for the anniversary wishes and for extending this wonderful offer to our readers!

 

Happy 10th Anniversary to @canadasmagic who has defeated Kronos for 10 long years with their magical incantations... pic.twitter.com/H2LSAFUbJQ

— Eldritch Theatre 💀 (@EldritchTheatre) November 18, 2020

 

 

The Spectator wants to watch the story unfold in real time, heralding back to the days when we would sit in a dark box and watch actors upon the stage... now you can do this digitally from the comfort of home and watch our eldritch tale come to life with puppets and actors! pic.twitter.com/TkVqe8jkAm

— Eldritch Theatre 💀 (@EldritchTheatre) November 16, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Win a 10% discount from The Browser's Den of Magic

Updated November 27th to add:
- The contest is now closed and the winners have been notified.

Continuing with our 10th anniversary celebrations, The Browser's Den of Magic is offering TEN (10) of our readers coupons for 10% (ten percent) off a single purchase (up to a maximum of $200 per coupon) at The Browser's Den of Magic.  

The coupon is valid for a single use per winner.  It cannot be used for gift certificates.  It cannot be combined with any other promotions at the The Browser's Den of Magic.  The coupon will expire on December 31, 2020.

To enter:

1. Log into the RaffleCopter widget below, using Facebook or a valid email address.
    
2. Mandatory: Leave a comment in the widget, telling me what you think is the most significant thing to happen in the Canadian magic scene in the past 10 years (name the "thing" and the magician).
    
3. If you win, you must be willing to provide your full name and email address so that we can coordinate your prize with Jeff Pinsky at The Browser's Den of Magic.

The fine print:

• To participate in the contest, you must be 18 years of age or older.
   
• One entry per person.
   
• This giveaway is open to Canadian residents, excluding residents of Quebec. (The sweepstakes laws are complicated. Je m'excuse!)
   
• This giveaway is void where prohibited by law.
   
• If you experience difficulties leaving a comment, you may email it to me for posting.  (I am not responsible if your email is misdirected or gets stuck in my Spam folder.)
   
• This giveaway may be terminated or withdrawn at any time.
   
• Entries may be disqualified at any time (reasons for disqualification include but are not limited to the provision of information that is untruthful, inaccurate, incomplete, or suspected fraudulent behaviour).
   
• You must be able to use the discount as offered.  (No cash value will be offered if you cannot use the discount.)
   
• Transportation to/from Toronto and accommodations will not be provided.
   
• The odds of winning depend on how many people enter the contest.
   
• Contest closes on Thursday November the 26th at 11:59pm ET.

With thanks to Jeff Pinsky at The Browser's Den of Magic for generously making these prizes available to you!

 

Enter via the Win a 10% discount from The Browser's Den of Magic entry form or use the widget below: 

 

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

 

 

David Merry's "Switched at Death" at the 2020 Atlanta Comedy Film Festival

Congratulations David!

 

From David Merry's Instagram post:

 

Was just notified that our screenplay Switched at Death is now an Official Selection in the 2020 Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 

 

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Was just notified that our screenplay Switched at Death is now an Official Selection in the 2020 Atlanta Comedy Film Festival

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