From the April 21st upload "Birthday Candles & Zip Ties | Jay Sankey | Inventing Magic with Blake Vogt | Ep. 3" at Blake Vogt's YouTube channel:
Blake sits down with Jay Sankey and they have 1 hour to invent a new magic trick.
Previously shared on Facebook April 23.
From the April 20th article "Astronaut and sketch duo from Sarnia team up at Canada's Got Talent" by Paul Morden in
The Observer:
“We sent him over the script and Taylor and I were like, ‘Oh, there’s no way he’s going to sign on to this,’” Pinch said.
But Hadfield agreed “and we were off to the races,” he said.
“We thought this is going to be our love letter to Sarnia,” he said. “And it just so happened to work out the new judge this year is Katherine Ryan, who I actually went to high school with.”
Ryan was a student in the year ahead of Pinch at Northern Collegiate and they had some banter that didn’t make the final edit, including a line where he said, “I remember you from high school . . . where just like now, you were there judging me and I’m on stage doing my silly comedy.”
Ryan is “so, so funny, like impossibly funny,” Pinch said. “Where people would normally have one joke, she has 10 at the ready.”
And Hadfield was a “real professional” and “nailed it,” he said.
“If he has any aspirations to be a magician, I think he may have something,” Pinch said. “He’s definitely got a future.”
From the April 4th post "ICYMI: Carson & Taylor's Canada's Got Talent audition" at Canada's Magic:
Disappearing the moon before David Copperfield could!
Watch Carson and Taylor make Sarnia proud by invoking a Canadian treasure!
From the April 4th upload "Magicians Carson & Taylor Return To CGT With SURPRISE Guest" at the Canada's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Sarnia magicians Carson & Taylor are BACK on CGT - and this time, with more surprises up their sleeves!
Tickets at The Staircase (Spookshow - May 9 - 10) and Market Hall (A Work of Fiction - May 17).
From the April 15th Instagram post by Nick Wallace:
From the March 12th
Instagram post by Nick Wallace:
Sophie Lloyd
You may remember that almost 5 years ago on May 27, 2020 the CBC radio show
As It Happens discussed some earlier goings on at The Magic
Circle.
From the Jenny Winstanley interview at As it Happens transcripts:
It was a major to-do about a major ta-dah. In 1991, The Magic Circle — the prestigious British organization of illusionists -- voted to allow women to become members. At which point one of its members — Raymond Lloyd — revealed he had something up his sleeve. A woman's arm. Raymond Lloyd was, in fact, Sophie Lloyd. For two years, she had pretended to be a young male magician. No one noticed. Unfortunately, illusionists apparently don't like to have their illusions shattered. So when Raymond announced he was actually Sophie, she was booted out of the Magic Circle — despite its new policy allowing women. Still, it was a triumph. Not just for Ms. Lloyd, who was just pretending to be a magician. But also for Jenny Winstanley, who actually was a magician. And had taught Sophie Lloyd everything she knew, so they could pull off the remarkable trick. In 1991, As It Happens reached the women at a party celebrating their magic moment. Here's Michael Enright, speaking, first, with Jenny Winstanley.
Read more.
We're delighted to read today at the BBC, that Sophie Lloyd has been granted membership into The Magic Circle.
From the April 24th article "Woman who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle finally allowed in" by Grace Dean at
BBC News:
A magician who tricked her way into the Magic Circle is finally being granted membership - 34 years after she was kicked out.
Sophie Lloyd says she disguised herself as a man to fool examiners into letting her join the elite society in 1991, at a time female magicians were not allowed to be members.
When the Circle announced it was permitting women to join later that year, Ms Lloyd revealed her deception, prompting the society to expel her at the very same meeting it admitted its first female magicians.
Doug Henning at The Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis.
From the April 24th Facebook post at Canada's Magic:
A gift from our friends at Champions of Magic!
This photo was taken from the backstage wall at the The Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis.
Neil McNally at The Doug Henning Project, has a photo of Doug performing at this theatre circa 1985:
https://doughenningproject.com/2021/04/14/1985-fox-theater-st-louis-dancing-handkerchief-photo/
Neil has also posted this photo, but does not have information about the year it was created, or the tour to which it belongs.
https://doughenningproject.com/2017/07/07/backstage-pass/
📸 : Richard Young
(Young & Strange | The Magicians' Podcast Network)
You can catch Richard Young as part of Young & Strange in Champions Of Magic in Canada:
- May 7-9: Victoria BC, Royal Theatre
- May 11-12: Calgary AB, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium,
- May 20-22: Vancouver BC, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
with a rumoured December booking in Kingston!
- Dec 14: Kingston ON, Slush Puppie Place
Check ChampionsofMagicTour.com for updates.
Thanks for sending this along to us Richard Young!
Read our interview, Canada's Got Talent: Getting to know The Secret.
From the April 21st upload "Mystery, Talent, And A Big Reveal… The Secret Stuns The Audience" at the Canada's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Nobody was ready for what The Secret brought!
Fresh from 4F in Buffalo Bernardo Sedlacek will have be doing a Magic Show
this Sunday April 27 at 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo.
You may remember Bernardo from FISM in Quebec or his recent appearance on Fool Us.
Seating is limited to 35 people.
To guarantee your place, please interac the money to:
rafamendes at
wealthsimple dot me
For more information, contact Stephen Kirkegaard.
From the Browser's Den website:
Get ready for a day packed with fun, bargains, and incredible finds at our annual Magic Auction!
This is a great opportunity to bid on magic props, books, and more at fantastic prices. Many items sell for at least half their original cost, and you may even find rare or collectible pieces.
For nearly 50 years, magicians have gathered at Browser’s Den for this event, and it’s always a fun and worthwhile experience. If you’ve never attended before, we encourage you to join us and see what bargains you can find.
From the March 19th Facebook post by the Browser's Den of Magic:
Previously shared on Facebook March 19.
