Prompted by Luiz Castro, we're here to remind you of the contributions of the wonderful talents of Romaine.
From Luiz:
He has been one of Canada's hidden talent for too long. He shared stage with the best magicians, has been a mentor to many famous magicians and inspiration to thousands. If you ever had a chance to sit down with him you know that you always learned something new from him.
One of the best Manipulators from Canada.
In August of 2019, Jeff Pinsky hosted an event at The Browser's Den of Magic to honour the life and magic of Romaine. Jeff wrote:
Every once in a while we should remember that we have hidden treasures of magic in our own backyard, and we'd like to remind you of one now.
He performed for 17 years with Canadair (which is the Canadian equivalent of the U.S.O.) and has performed all over the world, including in Spain, France, Switzerland and Belgium.
He's been featured in movies such as "Agency" (with Robert Mitchum and Lee Major) and he performed at the Bermuda Festival with Victor Borge.
In the world of magic, Romaine was a secret source of knowledge for many of the top acts in the world. Frank Garcia even published some of Romaine's close-up miracles in his (now hard to get) books.
In the April 2005 Genii magazine there was full feature article about Romaine written by David Acer.
In the article, Acer reminds Romaine of something that took place at the CAM Convention in 2003. Romaine gave the introduction for Jeff McBride's lecture. McBride, who has long been a vocal fan of Romaine, dropped to his knees during the introduction and proclaimed "my guru, my guru!"
Magicpedia has a wonderful article about Romaine which includes videos of his card and ball manipulation and his impossible card trick, Double Kicker.
Photos of the August 2019 event have been shared on Facebook by A FA Pika:
