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February/March 2013

International Magic Magazine

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THE MAGIC ASSISTANT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TEMIKA SPERRY ON BEING AN ASSISTANT AND DAUGHTER OF A MAGICIAN

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February/March 2013

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Internatonal Magic Magazine

CONTENTS FROM THE EDITOR

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MAKING NEWS

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Choosing the material for your act

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EDITOR Paul Romhany

BAMBOOZLERS 14

CO-EDITOR Chipper Lowell

MAGICIAN’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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PRODUCT REVIEWER Paul Romhany & Friends

The Illusionists

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COVER PHOTO SUPPLIED BY Claudia Mendoza

Michael Giles INterview Part 2

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Business Cards and Online Printing

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Just say YES to Acting Part 2

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Nick Lewin Presents ... Magic Castle 50 years

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50th Acknowledgements - Steve Spill

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Sound Advice

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ADVERTISING COORDINATOR, Paul Romhany SENIOR MARKETING SPECIALIST, Harry Monk EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Paul Romhany ART DIRECTOR Paul Romhany PROJECTS MANAGER Josh Miles

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PROJECTS COORDINATOR Natalie Plouffe

Yif - Art of Magic

CONTRIBUTORS JC Sum, Chipper Lowell, Magic Babe Ning, Diamond Jim Tyler, Tony Chris, Paul Romhany, Nick Lewin, Wayne Rogers, Cris Johnson, Randy Charach, Keith Fields, Ken Dyne, Lee Alex, Richard Webster, Bizzaro, TC Tahoe, Danny Archer, Kyle Peron, Matthew Fallon, Charles Bach, Steve Spill, Jeff McBride, Ben Robinson, Dan Sperry, Jeff Hobson, Brett Daniels, Stefan Olschewiski TO ADVERTISE IN MAGAZINE Contact Paul Romhany for more information at: info@paulromhany.com COPYRIGHT: All articles are NOT to be reprinted without permission by Paul Romhany and the author of each article

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Analyzing Charlie Chaplin’s What People Laugh At 86 Buying the perfect domain name

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It’’s Childs play

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Coming Up With Original Ideas

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Downsizing of Magic

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The Magic Assistant

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The Ring Rip-Off

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PIRACY by Bizzaro

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Choosing Your First Grand Illusion

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YIF - THE ART OF MAGIC Tim Ellis interviews the latest Internet sensation

THE ILLUSIONISTS

World exclusive look at the this rock star illusion show.

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INTERVIEW PART 2

Michael Giles talks about his career in magic

COMPATABILITY TEST 130 Ultimate Vicotry Cartons

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The Elimination Game

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MAGIC REVIEWS 138 Stand and Deliver

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Billz 160 Wilson Meets Weber

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Young Magicians Corner

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The Success Series

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Income Marketing System for Magicians

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FROM THE DESK OF KEITH FIELDS

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And Another Thing

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110 MAGICIANS ASSISTANT Inside interview with Temika Sperry by Gwyn

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KEITH FIELDS

Part three of heading back to perform on the streets.

FROM THE EDITOR Exactly one year ago I had an idea of starting an International Magic Magazine ....

Paul Romhany

info@paulromhany.com www.vanishmagazine.com incredible interviews. Those late night SKYPE calls seem to be paying off.

To those people who ‘proof’ the magazine for me before I send it out as a completed project a HUGE thank you.

Their input is invaluable and you know who you are.

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits.

The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them ...”

is what we have achieved and with that aim in mind we look forward to more articles that will make us all ‘think outside the box’ and put magic in a positive light. Magic is constantly growing and changing and we plan to grow and change with it. Each and every contributor should be proud of what we have all achieved this past year within the pages of this magazine.

Finally, we would LOVE to have YOUR input and hear what YOU have to say.

You can either write to me personally or head over to THE MAGIC CAFE at www.themagiccafe.com and check out our section under the MAGAZINE part. There you will see VANISH so drop on by for a chat. We are excited to be on board with THE MAGIC CAFE and know it’s going to be a positive exeperience for us all.

The above quote comes from Apple’s launch called THINK DIFFERENT. I love that quote. When I started VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE a year ago there were those that thought I was crazy, and when they found out it would be free they really thought I was nuts.

Thankfully I have a lot of friends in this business who are apparently as crazy as I am, and together over the last year we have produced a great magazine.

A very special thank you to our advertisers who have supported VANISH and continue to show support. The money made from advertising goes in to helping the magazine grow with such things as the mail list software, the website costs and the use of graphics used in articles. It will also go towards getting the magazine in to a friendly e-reader format so more people can enjoy it. Please support the advertisers by visiting their websites and checking out their products.

As I put the finishing touches on this issue of VANISH my wife and I are busy packing up home as we are moving back to live in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a busy time but we are excited to be heading over to that part of the world again. Had we not moved back to New Zealand VANISH would not have happened so I would like to personally thank Alan Watson, Richard Webster, Wayne Rogers and Ken Ring who encouraged me to go ahead and start my own magazine.

Without the contributors this magazine would just be a BLOG. My concept when I started VANISH was to produce a magazine that I wanted to read, with articles written by professionals, articles that made me think and would help improve me as an artist and help my business grow. I firmly believe this

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A special thank you to Chipper Lowell who I was able to get as my co-editor half way through last year. Chipper has a keen eye in the finer details and has been a huge help with putting this together, as well as getting some

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MAKING NEWS If you have a story or a news related item please e-mail the editor at info@paulromhany.com We try to keep the news as current as possible and generally this is the last piece we work on prior to the magazine going live.

MAGIC WALK OF FAME This just in from Rick Fisher in Colon Michigan USA. Rick Fisher, chairman of the Colon Downtown Development Authority, shared the idea of a “Magic Walk of Fame”with the Village Council. He said it would be like a touch of Hollywood in downtown Colon.“Imagine what it could mean to our village if David Copperfield had a star in our downtown Walk of Fame,” Fisher said.

“All I’m asking today is your permission to explore the idea and find out what it might cost.”

Fisher, a magician who owns FAB Magic in Colon, said it was Annette Thornton and Steve Chezaday who originally came up with the idea for a Walk of Fame.

Annette and her husband, Carl, own Five Star Pizza in Colon.

The Michigan Walk of Fame is located in Lansing’s downtown retail corridor at Washington Square, just

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east of the state Capitol building. It was styled after the Hollywood Walk of Fame to honor Michigan residents, past or present, who have made significant contributions to the state or nation. The first inductees were honored during Michigan Week in 2006.

They now have six stars installed - Monk Watson,Bill Watson,Wilma Rench, Percy Abbott, Neil Foster & Carl Karl with three additional ones on order.

Cost is only $1275.00 which includes labor to have it set in the sidewalk. If you want to sponsor a magician please include your sponsor name.

The magician’s name will go inside of the star and the sponsor name outside and below the star. We have a list of magicians that we would like to begin with as these folks have made a significant contribution to the art of magic here in Colon and possibly / were/are residents.

“The Silver Fox” Scotty York passed away in December 2012. Scotty had performed as a professional magic bartender in the Washington D.C. area for many years.

He was an active lecturer throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Mr. York was a prolific creator of magic; including videos (“Professional Tricky Bartender: The Scotty York Video”), marketed effects (“Goldfinger,”“Fabulous Red Snapper,” “Passport Switch Wallet”), magazinepublished routines (Genii, Magic Menu, Kabbal, etc.), and other publications (“The Scott York Lecture Book,”“Scott York on Cups and Balls,” and “For Your Eyes Only”).

IBM/SAM CONVENTION This convention is NOT TO BE MISSED - July 1st-5th 2014.

This will no doubt be one of the largest in the USA year so book now!!

The 2013 Melbourne Magic Festival runs from July 1 to 13 2013. The schedule of shows has been locked in and it looks AMAZING! 170 performances of 38 different shows!

9 performers who have never

been seen at MMF before 3 new shows coming down from Sydney Plus 1 world famous international guest magician!

For more info visit: http://melbournemagicfestival. com/ DAVID OLIVER FOLLOW UP: Last issue we released the news about David Oliver’s fundraiser show. Here is an update.

Special thanks to those behind the scenes and the cavalcade of magic stars who performed during the two sold-out performances to raise funds for fellow magician, David Oliver, on January 19th, in Worcester, MA. They include Bill Hoagland, Steve Wronker, Mike Miller, Frank Monaco, Lyn Dillies, Robert Riordan, Eric DeCamps, Steve Kradolfer, Joe Howard, Chipper Lowell, Mike Bent, and Jon Stetson,

and many, many more. Several volunteers were also on hand to help with logistics, tickets, auctions, and more. And many donations and auction items were sent in by people such as Neil Patrick Harris, Ellen Degeneres, Nick Lewin, Steve Axtell, Stan Allen, Eugene Burger, Jared Spool, Matt Leskanic, and Lance Burton. More donations are still needed, and we ask the magic community to please help out one of their own.

The official website is: http://domagic4davidoliver.blogspot.com/ (Photo credit: Mike Wortell Photography - www.22pix.com)

Photos showing cast of the fundraiser for David Oliver

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Choosing the MATERIAL for your act.

By Matthew Fallon

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