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Last weekend I performed at Zellers as part of their “A-Z Event”. They were having a huge sale on items all over the store (check your local Zellers) and had a number of special events going on including the Westbank Rotary “Poop for the park” raffle sale, hot dog stand by the Westbank Food Bank, and Ali K. Zam providing a bit of magical entertainment.

I was hired to perform for 2 hours at the store entrance as people came in. For this event I decided to draw big crowds, perform visual tricks, and create as much of a “buzz” as possible. Well I’m glad I decided to take this approach because it went perfectly and the reactions were just wonderful.

[Ali K. Zam building the crowd at Zellers in Westbank.]

From my experience performing at festivals I was able to quickly build a crowd. I didn’t even get a chance to fully setup before I had a huge group watching on.

In this next picture I had a little boy help me use magic to make him a Magicians hat. I often reserve this for my children’s show, but since this was a family event I just knew it would go over well.

[Just a few tears in the tissue paper and it magically turns into a magicians hat.]

To finish off each of my mini-performance’s I decided it would be fun to predict what people came into Zellers to buy. I tried it with 3 different people at the end of the show and each time I was 100% correct! I had multiple people come up to me after they were done shopping to tell me just how amazed they were by the performance.

[Ali K. Zam predicting exactly what people came into Zellers to buy. For this show it was a haircut, shoes, and a Gloria women's.]

This show was such a blast to perform. I’ve already got some street shows like this lined up for some upcoming summer festivals. I can’t wait! As my public performance dates get closer I’ll post the show information here. Keep checking back for updates.

( Go to this contest page to enter the Zellers A-Z contest for a 2008 Ford Edge. You have to enter before April 25th.)