Etienne Pradier will be lecturing as a guest of Forth Valley Magic Circle on the 8th February 2010 at the Station Hotel, 2 Foundry Loan, Larbert, FK5 4AW.
Born in France, Etienne became fascinated by magic at an early age and rapidly made a name for himself as a truly gifted close-up magician that was assured to be “going somewhere.” And he did … twice! He moved to England and achieved international recognition as one of the world’s finest close-up table magicians. After only 3 years as a member of the elite ‘Magic Circle’, he was invited to take membership of the ‘Inner Magic Circle, with Gold Star’ in recognition of his excellence as a professional magician. Uniquely skilled, creative, charismatic and immensely entertaining, Etienne Pradier is now one of the UK’s most successful London UK based magicians.
The lecture will begin at 7.45pm (we would advise you to arrive early to get a good seat). Non-members will be charged an entry fee of £10.
Etienne Pradier Lecture Flyer
On Wednesday 11th November our very own President Peter Kinney was invited to judge the Scottish Conjurors Association competition. Here is Pete’s report.
Last Wednesday, I was invited along to the Scottish Conjuror’s Association to judge their club competition. It was a great night and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were five acts on. Three of the acts routines were geared towards family entertainment, very similar to our own Tryst routines. For example; we had needles going through balloons without bursting the balloon and a live rabbit appearing from a large pot. The next act was a card routine, where four Aces disappeared from four separate piles of cards only to reappear together in the final pile. We also nearly saw a ten pound note levitate! I say nearly because the magic just didn’t quick work on that one, but he assured us it usually did work. To be fair, he did manage to make it levitate later on.
The final act was a mentalist. No not Patrick Jayne. He did a couple of very nice mind reading effects were he managed to tell who drew what figure, just from looking at it. His final routine involved members of the audience, who chose certain pages, columns and lines to determine a name of a person in the telephone directory. Then with the help of someone from the audience, he managed to pick up on the information this person was sending o him, to successfully tell the person’s; name, address and telephone number!
On the whole, a great night, with great entertainment from the five acts, and I would like to thank the Scottish Conjurors Association for their kind invitation to judge the competition.
Our thanks again to club member Kenny Mullan for providing these pictures of last nights competition.
Our thanks to member Kenny Mullan for providing these shots of this years Tricks at the Tryst Show.
Glasgow Magic Circle are proud to present a lecture by Tony Griffith. This is a lecture on commercial, practical magic that uses material Tony has created and performed over many years. Emphasis is upon entertainment, subtlety and routining.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday 24th November 2009 at 7.30 in the Rutherglen United Reform Church, 69 Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen, G73 2QA
The price is £10 for non members and refreshments will be provided. For more details contact Glasgow Magic Circle via their website.
Congratulations to all the participants in last nights Forth Valley Magic Circle Competition. The turnout was exceptional with 8 members performing on the night. The winner of the McDonald Cup was Colin Mackenzie (above being presented with the cup by SAMS president George Colvan). Second place was Geoff Todd and third place was taken by our very own President, Peter Kinney.
Our thanks go to the judges for taking time out to mark the acts. Special thanks must go to SAMS President George Colvan and especially to Janet Colvan who acted as assistant for most of the acts.
Congratulations to Kilmarnock Magic Circle who have finally launched their new website.
We thought we would do our bit and make our visitors aware of the updated website where you can find their syllabus as well as information about the club and it’s activities. For more information simply follow this link to their website.
We have also added a permanent link to our links directory along with links to those Scottish Magic Societies who maintain their own website.
