14 February 2018

Mission: John Kaplan's "AbracaDAZZLE"

From the Fraser Valley Magic Circle Facebook page:

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13 February 2018

Milton: Outerbridge - Clockwork Mysteries

I had the pleasure of seeing Ted and Marion at this very theatre a couple of years back.  You can read about my experience at "Random thoughts on 'Outerbridge Clockwork Mysteries.'"

 
From the Milton Centre for the Arts:
March 14

Presented by FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton

Outerbridge: Clockwork Mysteries takes audiences on a magical journey through time from the first breathtaking illusion to the spectacular finale.

Read more and buy tickets.

From the Outerbridge: Clockwork Mysteries Milton Facebook event:

12 February 2018

Sleightly Sketchy: Steal*

Updated at 2:30pm to add a link to a post Shawn Farquhar made on Facebook today.

We're not even halfway through the second month of 2018 and already two significant conflicts regarding intellectual property (IP) rights have surfaced.  At the end of January, Shawn Farquhar posted his most recent encounter with IP theft.  A short seven days later, Michael Close posted this about his new Paradigm Shift ebooks.  (And six days after that, another incident identified in a FB post from Shawn.) And that's just Canadian magicians.

Scroll down to the end of this post to see how you can get involved in combating this type of piracy.


* With thanks to Kidlet for providing the inspiration for the last panel.




 From Michael Close's Facebook page:




11 February 2018

Do you market with darts?

From the article "Marketing Your Magic Business - Do you shoot guns or toss darts?" by Peter Mennie at Magician's Masterclass:
When developing your magic business marketing plan there are two potential strategies:  shotgun or darts.  In my experience, most magicians use the shotgun approach which targets a broad base of potential clients with little to no focus.
I prefer the second strategy called D.A.R.T. which stands for Directed At Responsive Targets.

Guns are loud, fired from far away and hurt or kill their prey. Darts are tossed at their targets from 10 feet away and everyone drinks when you hit the bulls-eye.

Let me explain.

Read more.

10 February 2018

FVMC: Awards and 2018-2020 executive

Congratulations to John Walls, Chris Yuill, Wes Barker, Caroline Elise, Gary Savard, Gord Boyes, Mike Nordon, David Wilson and Dave Watters!

From the Fraser Valley Magic Circle Facebook post:

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