The Forth Valley Magic Circle was formed in 1978. The early meetings were held in Woodlands High School, Falkirk. The Circle later moved to Grahamstone United, Boys Club, Thornhill Road, Falkirk. The original members included: Eric McDonald, Jim Wilson and Michael Breck.
Our thanks again to club member Kenny Mullan and special guests George and Janet Colvan for providing pictures of the night. The general concensus was that it was our best show yet. Our special thanks go to the Festival organisers for helping us put on the show, Laura for helping back stage and especially to George and Janet Colvan for making it through from Glasgow and helping us make it a very special night.
Forth Valley Magic Circle will once again be hosting their “Tricks at the Tryst” show on Saturday 15th May 2010, doors open at 6:30pm for a 7.00pm start at Falkirk Town Hall.
The format of the show will be a mix of cabaret magic and close-up magic suitable for the whole family, performed by members of the circle.
Tickets are £5 each and can be booked via email through Peter Kinney at pkinney@tiscali.co.uk or by phone 07799 624408. PayPal accepted.
Following last year’s sell out show, we will be holding the show on the main stage in the main arena of the Town Hall, but to avoid disappointment please contact Pete in advance if you would like tickets.
If you visited the Forth Valley Magic Circle website and all you found was a blank page, don’t worry. We’ve been busy upgrading some of our software and as a result the website was offline for a couple of hours.
All of us from Forth Valley Magic Circle had a great time at SAMS 2010 and would like to thank everyone who helped organise the event. Special thanks of course go to George and Janet. Also a big thank you to those who represented the club in the competitions, Peter Kinney and Archie Smith. Congratulations must escpecially go to William Williamson who managed to walk away with three prizes for Kilmarnock MC. Here are the results in full:
John Ramsay Rosebowl (best effect in Close Up competition) – Chris Dinwoodie (SCA)
Anne Warlock Trophy (winner of Close Up competition) – Michael Neto (Kilmarnock MC)
Max Raskin Cup (winner of Children’s Magic Competition) – William Williamson (Kilmarnock MC)
Fletcher Cup (2nd Place in Stage competition) – George Colvan (Glasgow MC)
Harold McMillan Shield (winner of Stage competition) – William Williamson (Kilmarnock MC)
Murray Wand for Showmanship – William Williamson (Kilmarnock MC)
Jack Silver Award (for best dealer) – Adrian Sullivan
Sir Alexander Cannon Trophy (winners of Ledgerdemain League) – Kilmarnock MC
Jimmy Craig Quaich – Paul Nardini
Forth Valley Magic Circle are proud to confirm that we will be hosting the Michael Ammar lecture during his 2010 UK tour.
Michael will be presenting his lecture on 11th October 2010 at 7.30pm at the Station Hotel, 2 Foundry Loan, Larbert, FK5 4AW. Michael may also be holding a Private Workshop prior to the lecture. More details will be published nearer the time.
Forth Valley Magic Circle will once again be hosting their “Tricks at the Tryst” show on Saturday 15th May 2010, doors open at 6:30pm for a 7.00pm start at Falkirk Town Hall.
The format of the show will be a mix of cabaret magic and close-up magic suitable for the whole family, performed by members of the circle.
Tickets are £5 each and can be booked via email through Peter Kinney at pkinney@tiscali.co.uk or by phone 07799 624408. PayPal accepted.
Following last year’s sell out show, we will be holding the show on the main stage in the main arena of the Town Hall, but to avoid disappointment please contact Pete in advance if you would like tickets.
This years convention will be held in the Tontine Hotel, Greenock on Friday 30th of April till the Sunday 2nd of May. Dealers will be Adrian Sullivan, David Forrest Full 52 Productions and Jimmy Craig. Confirmed lectures are David Forrest and John Archer. Gala show Brian Jeffrey’s Fly by Nite, David Lees, Clive Moore, John Archer and Guy Barrett.
Sams convention registration desk opens at 6pm on the friday and the convention starts at 7.30 with an opening of the convention with a buffet provided followed by the president’s show and the opening of the dealers.
The forthcoming SAMS Convention will take place 30th April to 2nd May 2010 in Greenock. We would like to remind you of the competitions we are running and once again ask for people who wish to enter to put their names forward.
The closing date for entries is 30th March.
Continuing our semi-regular profile series, we thought it time to mention that a number of our members have teamed up to form Scottish Magic.
A number of our club members were inspired during a recent lecture to develop a more commercial approach to their marketing efforts. You can see the results and follow our progress at the Scottish Magic website.
Just a quick reminder to members that tonight’s meeting will be on mentalism. SAM’s President George Colvan and his wife Janet have kindly agreed to join us. Should be a good one. Goatees not required.
