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.
Comedy magic shows are available for Scout-Guide Week events February 20-24th. Shows typically run about 30 minutes and feature lots of audience participation. Contact me with a few details about your event – date – location – crowd size – for more info.
(Blog post about my prior involvement here. Fun video of me from the event here.)
Well, after a 2 year Covid-19 hiatus, the OWOW returns with a schedule which again thoughtfully includes a family matinee. I’m not part of the line-up this time but that’s OK, it’s going to be a great show for families.
This matinee show will run about an hour; just about right length for families with kids. Afterwards it’ll still be daylight. Plenty of time to explore Fergus, Ontario, see the Elora Gorge and enjoy the fall colours.
A great autumn road trip possibility for the family. Ticket info here.
BTW, the OWOW Magic Festival activities are part of a larger Centre Wellington Township event called Monster Month which features ghost walks, a costume parade and other ♫ spooooky ♫ community events.
Flipped through an old magic book the other night, The Phoenix, V. 1, a bound collection of newsletters produced by Walter B. Gibson and Bruce Elliott, and found this clipping stuck between pages. Magic legend Harry Blackstone, Sr., and Walter B. Gibson, visiting with the Hamilton Magic Club.
Meet-up was Oct. 1/47, Spectator page date noted as Oct. 8/47 on other side.
Harry Blackstone Sr., roughly speaking the David Copperfield of his time, was in Hamilton for a performance. Blackstone was likely performing at The Capitol Theatre (formerly known as Loews) or possibly The Palace Theatre (formerly known as Pantages) or, less probably, The Century Theatre (previously The Lyric) or maybe The Savoy Theatre (which was built on the site of the long gone Star Theatre way back when). OK, OK, just showing off a bit, don’t get me started on the smaller rooms!
Gibson was a prolific author, magician and most famously creator of The Shadow, a wildly popular radio crime drama from 1937-1954. Elliott was no slouch himself with several magic books to his credit; all with a place on my magic bookshelf.
I remember getting “The Bird” (as it was affectionately called in the biz) at a magic auction for not too many clams way-back-when. Guessing I’m its third owner over these many years.
Never met Elliott, Gibson or Blackstone but many many years ago I did meet Inez Blackstone, Harry’s first wife. Had a sweet chat with her at a magic convention. She would have been in her early 90s at the time.
And speaking of being in their 90s… The young man at left in the above photo, Gordon Precious, is as keen about magic today in his late 90s as he was at the time of this photo 75 years ago. Proof? Here’s a video I shot of him performing at his 90th birthday party hosted by the Toronto Magic Club. His exuberance obvious in every frame!
Proud to have him as magical friend and mentor since I was a kid magician myself.
Had a magical first at a weekend birthday party show. This is Mayven and her mom Erin. Performed at Erin’s birthday party when she was about Mayven’s age.
My first 2nd generation birthday. Time flies!
Owen Anderson Magician 