Category: Magic Show

Canada’s Got Talent

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A finalist on the just concluded 4th season of Canada’s Got Talent was the witty comic magician Mark Clearview.

I took extra delight watching his performances because, years ago, I did his birthday party magic show!

Back in the fall of 2023, when CGT Season 4 was in production, Mark asked to use this photo from his birthday party. It was for his background bio. Contestants progressing further through the rounds all do them. Alas, it ultimately wasn’t used, (or perhaps I blinked at the wrong moment!), but it was nice to be asked.

Magician Owen Anderson with a young Mark Clearview at his birthday party.
I’m the one on the left…

He also kindly mentioned yours truly while doing a wee bit of promo with Canada’s Magic, a respected source for news within the magic community. Lovely little shout out.

Clearview made it to the finals ultimately placing 4th. Along the way he also picked up a Golden Buzzer bonus of $25,000!

Well done Mark!

CGT4 season breakdown on Wikipedia here.

All things CGT on the LinkTree here.

Owen’s Birthday Magic Show Info

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!

Preschool & Montessori Graduation

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Most preschool and Montessori type programs wrap up their year mid June.

If you’d like to add a bit of magical fun to your graduation day events drop me a line here. Magic shows run about 30 minutes and feature lots of bright visual tricks, routines, and silly bits of fun for younger kids.

If your graduation party includes older school age siblings and/or families it’s easy enough to adjust the show content to make it more of a family friendly show.

Dismissal treat shows also available for JK/SK/Gr 1 age range school kids too. Ask!

Running summer camp programs in July or August? Send me a few details about your camp event thru my magic show contact form here.

Smiling cartoon rabbit wearing graduation cap and gown holding a diploma.

Rectangular cake with mostly white frosting and a blue graduation also cap done in frosting.
Have done such events for a few years!