Last Comic Standing
Thursday, August 7th, 8 p.m., NBC
Penn & Teller are scheduled to appear on this, the Season Six finale.

So You Think You Can Dance
Thursday, August 7th, 8 p.m., FOX
Sixteen members of the cast of BeLIEve will be performing “Homage to the Rabbits” on the first of the two-part Season Four finale. The number, choreographed by Wade Robson, does not feature any magic or Criss Angel, but it should still give us a feel for this new Cirque du Soleil production, which goes into previews September 12th and is scheduled to officially open October 10th.

[ Thanks MAGIC eUpdate! ]

Mardi Gras Street Festival
Downtown Kelowna

“The Downtown Kelowna Association is pleased to present the 20th Annual DKA Mardi Gras Street Festival on Saturday August 9th. Mardi Gras takes place on Bernard Ave from 10am – 5pm. There are 3 stages of entertainment, street vendors, food galore, sidewalk sales, a kids zone and much much more! Bring the family down for a day full of Mardi Gras fun! For more information on Mardi Gras please call 250-862-3515. We’d love to see you…Downtown!”

I’ll be performing two shows on the streets of Kelowna in the central part of the kids area. The first show will start at 1:00 pm and the second show will start at 2:00pm.

Tuesdays in the Trees
Vernon, BC

“Join us each and every Tuesday in the summer for great entertainment in beautiful Downtown Vernon.”

I will be performing two shows on August 12th at Cenotaph Park ( 31 Avenue & 30 Street). The first shows begins at 11:00am, and the second begins just shortly after 12:00 noon. For more information contact the Downtown Vernon Association at 542-5851.

[ Chase, BC - 'Reliving the Dream' 1908-2008 Newspaper Clipping ]

Sorry I haven’t been posting much for the past few weeks. Boy have I been busy! Just in the past few weeks I performed at BC150 event in Trail, I finished the last of my library shows for the season, performed at the Rutland Centennial, and yesterday I was up in Chase for their Centennial as well. Its been great to get out there and share my magic with audiences!

[ SNAP Magazine August 2008 - Library Magic Show Article ]

Great piece of magic.

A Shepard tone, named after Roger Shepard, is a sound consisting of a superposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with the base pitch of the tone moving upwards or downwards, it is referred to as the Shepard scale. This creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugriWSmRxcM

[ Thank you boing boing ]

The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie Trailer.

My online friend and fellow magician Alym Amlani has been getting some media attention lately in a big way.

“We’re not saying let’s explain exactly how magic tricks are done. We’re saying scientists should look at why they work,” says study co-author Alym Amlani, a magician who has been transformed into a researcher at the University of B.C.

Read the whole article over at Canada.com

More articles on the same topic over at google news.

As the title says Justin Kredible will be on Rachel Ray tomorrow (July 23rd.)

David Copperfield is coming to Kelowna’s Prospera Place on October 22nd. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (July 19th) at 10:00am.

Go to SelectYourTickets.com to buy your tickets.

Event Date:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
8:30 pm

Event Date:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
8:30 pm

Onsale Date:
Saturday, July 19, 2008
10:00 am

Well the 2008 PCAM convention is over and the reports and photo’s are rolling in. I wasn’t able to make it to the convention this year because I decided to visit Vegas instead (more on that in future posts). There’s thousands of photo’s from the convention posted online over at magic4us.com. Thanks to Elton & Anne for letting me live vicariously through the pictures

[My friend Dean Hankey running sound at the convention]

[Dean Hankey workin' the audience]

Fun Day in Gyro Park in Trail, BC includes live performance’s all day long

Rossland, BC – July 3, 2008 – The West Kootenay Boundary Regional Spirit of BC committee is pleased to celebrate BC150 and YOUR Heritage! The committee has a fun filled day planned for Sunday, July 27, 2008 to celebrate the province’s 150th anniversary of becoming a crown colony, as well as the Kootenay Boundary’s multicultural heritage. The cultural celebration will take place in the West Kootenay Boundary city of Trail at Gyro Park on Sunday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will feature a performance by Rivers Edge Theatre Group, Can-Can dancers, magician Ali K. Zam (From 12:00-1:00pm) and Canadian Country music recording artist, Craig Moritz. “The West Kootenay Boundary Spirit of BC Community Committee is pleased to organize this event that will coincide with BC’s 150th anniversary of becoming a Crown Colony,” said Maritza Reilly, Chair of the planning committee. “Our event plans to celebrate the cultural diversity, community strength and widespread achievement of not only our province but also of the West Kootenay Boundary area.”