24 December 2021

More on The Magical Mystery Show

More information about The Magical Mystery Show mentioned here on November 25th.

 

From the December 21 posting "Hotel Magic LLC, Hawaii Firm, Launches Global Hotel Magic Program Starting in Oahu, Maui, USA and London, England" at Newswires:

As a result of the origins of their relationships, a portion of every ticket gross sale is donated to “worthy and well-qualified” charities. Currently a portion of each ticket sale goes to support The Maui Shrine Club, Aloha Shriners, and The Academy of Magical Arts (The famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. Parties with charity needs in Hawaii and London should reach out via the contact form at the website www.Hotel-Magic.com and make a suggestion.

Chief Operating Officer is Marty Alexander. VP of Hotel Operations is Brian Lynx. Chief Financial Officer is Timothy Jaworski. Production and Design hail from London England and is managed by Ruth O’Keefe, a higher degree holder of the British Institute of Interior Design. Our talent agency is currently located in British Columbia, Canada, and our Exclusive Agent is Paul Romhany. Chief Technology Officer handling surveillance and security is Nirvana Jet Dillingham, owner of Maui Alarm Services. Senior Venue Producer is Jerry Eiting providing more than three decades of theatrical and production experience.

The first contracted performers include superstars Nathan Coe Marsh, Shoot Ogawa (from Japan), TC Tahoe, and Hawaiian Curtis Kam. Professional magicians with world-class credentials not already signed to this project should reach out provided they have at least 10 years of cruise line work and have appeared as a resident magician at the Magic Castle at least 10 weeks -- or have won America's Got Talent, appeared on Masters of Illusion, or have won Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 

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23 December 2021

Online World Record for Aaron Farberman and Christopher Campbell

From the December 19th Instagram post by Christopher Campbell:

Congratulations The Magic of Aaron Matthews and myself FenyxFyre. And a special thank you to Caroline Sauve for all the work behind the scenes.

 

 

 


From the December 18th Instagram post by Aaron Matthews Magic:

Always a blast performing with my brother @thefenyxfyre 🔥 We just finished the first ever magic/escapology/showside performance inside the metaverse! I had the pleasure of helping FenyxFyre add even more world records to his massive list and make one together! Thanks to @carolinesauve_ for all the important behind the scenes work 🙏Best part is, we’re just getting warmed up! More to come inside @theaquariumcasino 👀




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Which puts the total of Canadian World Record holding magicians to fifteen! 

  • 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]
  • 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] 
  • Gordon Precious:  Oldest heli-skier [World Record - 2019]
  • Big Trick Energy: (Led by Chris Ramsay, Eric Leclerc, Wes Barker, and Alex Boyer) The largest online video chain of people performing a magic trick.  [Guinness World Record - 2021]
  • Rod Chow:  Owner of the World's Narrowest Commercial Building  [Guinness World Record - 2021]
  • Aaron Matthews and Christoper Campbell: First Danger and Thrill Show performed within the Metaverse.  [Online World Record - 2021]


21 December 2021

Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant at The Westin [NYE]

Tickets through Eventbrite:

 

From the December 13th Instagram post by Sheldon Casavant:

Looking for a magical way to ring in the new year? Join me on NYE at The Westin Edmonton! Great food, drinks, DJ, and a magic show by yours truly.

Tickets on sale now!
Call: 780-493-8909 / link in bio

7:00 PM - Welcome cocktail
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM - 5 course dinner
9:30 PM to 10:30 PM - Magic show
10:30 PM - Dancing
12:00 AM - Ring in the new year / champagne / sweet table
1:00 AM - Last call

Adult only event. Visit Eventbrite for details:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nye-black-tie-affair-magic-show-at-the-westin-edmonton-tickets-226312997267

 

 

 



19 December 2021

The Evasons consulted for 'Nightmare Alley'

Michael Close isn't the only one who consulted for 'Nightmare Alley.'   

 

From the December 16th Instagram post by The Evasons:

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley is finally out! We chatted about our involvement with the film recently with our friend Michael Jons. Check out the video interview…

 

 

From the December 16th article "Oscar-Winning director Guillermo del Toro Calls on The Evasons for Advice for his Latest film 'Nightmare Alley'" by Glenda Fordham at Fordham PR:

Without giving anything away, what did the Oscar-winning director ask of you?  

Guillermo said that he was a huge fan of magic, and a member of the Magic Castle (private club in Hollywood, which we are also members of). He felt it was important that he remain true to the original story, and to also be respectful of magic history. Our task was to read the script (and every revision that followed) to provide notes about any scenes that pertained to methods, psychology and the performance of mentalism. On the first phone call, Guillermo  told us about his love and respect for magic. He was sensitive about exposure of secret methods, and he didn’t want to reveal any more than necessary in his movie, while keeping the storyline as authentic as possible. He wanted our perspective, as experts in the field of two-person mentalism, to advise and give insight line by line, scene by scene. Anyone who hasn’t studied what we have studied, to the depth and degree that we have studied and performed, has no idea what is possible with two-person telepathy. Some things in his original script sounded great and made for an interesting story, but just weren’t practical for a mentalism team to actually perform on stage during the era when the story takes place. Nightmare Alley was originally a novel by William Lindsay Gresham published in 1946. It has always had a degree of controversy among magicians and mentalists, yet it’s a film that we all love because we can relate to it in so many ways.

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18 December 2021

Live with Spidey [Dec 18]

From the December 16th Instagram post by SpideyHypnosis:

BE A GUEST ON MY HOLIDAY LIVE STREAM THIS SATURDAY in YouTube!!!!! Guys! I need 4 of you to participate in my live stream this Saturday! 3:30 pm EST (New York time). If you want to be on the show tell me in the comments 1) your country 2) your age 3) how long have you been doing magic? 4) what trick would you show up on the show?

Keep an eye on your comment! Choosing guests tomorrow!!!!