The picture to the left here is from when I went to the Vancouver Magic Weekend in 2005. It is one of the pictures I rescued from my old drive last week. As you can see in the picture I was having fun. I forget what event this was I was performing for I don’t think it was the stage show. This picture reminded me how fun magic can be to perform. And this is very important that we do have fun when we perform magic. Most all of us start magic because it is fun, but when you start to do it full time you can forget the fun parts, while working on the business and other aspects of making a living in magic. If you are new to magic have FUN doing it. When we as performers enjoy doing the magic OUR audiences are sure to enjoy the magic as well. Let your personality shine through when you perform. Have fun with the magic effects and have fun with the people whom your performing for. Enjoy your magic! It it something I try not to forget, but I really enjoy performing for both small and large audiences.
I have an interesting war story about being at this Vancouver weekend of Magic in 2000. I was asked a few months before it to perform in the close-up show. So I worked on my close-up routine for the weekend. However when I arrived to the mini convention from Victoria I found out I was now scheduled to perform at the stage show. However, I didn’t bring any of my stage stuff. But thanks to my friends Shawn Farquhar and Graeme Kingston I was able to perform. Shawn let me use his Jumbo Sidekick and Lori agreed to be my assistant and Graeme lent me his straight jacket. The straight jacket is a regular part of my act, however I have never used a Jumbo Sidekick before. So on that day Shawn walked me through how to perform Jumbo Side kick and I worked on a routine for it. Now I don’t condone performing an effect on the day you learn it but this day I did. The only reason I could kind of pull it off is from my performing experience and the help of my friends. The show went fine with no problems and I was so nervous when I performed Jumbo Sidekick. But thanks to good magic friends I was able to pull off an fun performance. I’ll never forget them for their great help that day. So one good thing make lots of good friends with your fellow magicians because you never know when you will need their help or they will need yours.
PS If anyone has a video of my performance that that Weekend Of Magic Please let me know!
That is enough of my rambling for today but if you have any comments please post them!
Aaron