Category: Children

Family Fun in Fergus

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The Elora Gorge makes Fergus, ON a sweet place to visit any time of year but come October, when you toss in some early fall colour, the town’s many charms really start to shine.

Combine that natural magic with some theatrical magic and you’ve got a very nice way to spend a fall day.

This October consider a family road trip to Fergus for an afternoon of fun at the Magic Festival family matinee show held in the town’s charming theatre, The Fergus Grand.

It’s a sweet little room with no bad seats or sight lines.

I’m not a part of this year’s edition but the talent lineup is always good and it’s curated by a pro, Fergus native Ryan Joyce.

Colourful screen grab of Magic Show info graphic showing basic show info.

Ticket info here.

Worthy of your consideration. Individual tickets and family ticket packages are available.

Fergus Grand Theatre interior as seen from stage.
Yours truly at The Fergus Grand a while back.

The Kids Should See This…

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I’m a big fan of the aggregator site Kottke.org.

Almost daily, well weekdays anyways, it offers up an eclectic slice of the internet curated by its founder, Jason Kottke.

A recent posting reminded me of a real gem of a web resource for families called The Kids Should See This, an amazing collection of videos for families and kids.

There’s a category to cover every interest from art to music & DIY to claymation.

The whole site is worthy of your attention but here are three to get you started…

A piece of a glacier breaking off and flipping, the colourful mating display of a Tragopan Pheasant and the incredible skills of rola-bola artist, Bernard Hazen.

Enjoy!

Scout-Guide Week

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If you lead a troop or pack hosting a special February meeting night or banquet please check out this page on my website. Scout-Guide week events can vary from banquet nights for the whole family to just something a little special for your own troop/pack of kids.

A magic show in Hamilton, Burlington and surrounding communities might be just the thing for your kids.

Please browse the Scout-Guide page info link noted above. You can also contact me here.

One-in-a million…!

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It’s funny how people find you. Word of mouth, Facebook groups, saw your show someplace and followed up…

I had an amazing ‘find’ recently: this is Trish and yours truly.
Did her youngest kid’s party recently. A fun show and all went well.

Owen the magician with birthday mom Trish after her son's birthday magic show.


Turns out Trish had me for her eldest son’s party 8 or so years ago but had forgotten my name. (I rarely send follow up promo for birthday parties. You might do two parties for a family before their children age out of it.)

Trish was looking at performer websites. She realized she’d found the right magician when she watched my birthday ‘explainer’ video. You can see it here.

It features about 2 seconds of a mom giving a testimonial. That mom? Trish!

Truly a one-in-a-million coincidence! Woo-hoo!

Facebook page…

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OK, I’ll admit I’m very late to this party but recently I’ve noticed the odd visitor to my website comes through Facebook. I’m also hearing from birthday parents that Moms groups on Facebook are a source of occasional recommendations too. Soooo…

I’ve finally created a Facebook page for HamiltonMagician!

Hoping it’s helpful to folks searching there instead of (most commonly) Google.

Should you care to visit, and like/follow for the occasional Magical Mr. Oh! related tid-bits, please check out:

facebook.com/hamiltonmagician

Thanks!