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Special edition newsletter for the Kelowna Magic Club.

Next OSM meeting:
Tuesday June 3rd 2008
6:00-8:00pm
We’ll meet in the backroom at Moxies Bar and Grill
1730 Cooper Road, Kelowna, BC

Did you know???

Did you know that we currently have 30 people subscribed to the OSM monthly newsletter? Thanks to everybody who’s helped keep the magic scene alive in the Okanagan!
(Please forward this email onto anybody with an interest in magic!)

edit: the newsletter subscription has been taken out. I’m moving the newsletter service to a different company.

Download the files of pictures from the 2008 Valley Wide Afterhours

This past week I performed some mingling magic at the Valley Wide Afterhours event at the Cove Lakeside Resort. Once a year all the Okanagan chambers get together and host a networking event with trade show style booths, wine tasting, and entertainment. This years theme was “A New Beginning” to mark the birth of the newest city in the Okanagan Valley.

As you can see by the photo’s below, it was gorgeous out with approximately 600 people!

I also helped setup for the event, which was fun because I got to help people bring in their equipment with a golf cart. I had never driven one before, so it was kind of exciting.

This week I was fortunate to perform on Kelowna’s Executive Houseboat The Boardroom once again. I was hired to perform some mingling close-up magic during the cruise on Okanagan Lake for a group of Lawyers and Accountants from all over Canada who were in town for a conference.

As soon as I started performing I knew it was going to be a great group. Everyone was in such a great mood since it was absolutely gorgeous out. A perfect day to be out on the lake for sure. Right at the start of the cruise we went up along the new bridge construction and I took a few photo’s for my dad to see. He loves that kind of stuff. These photo’s don’t really do it justice. It was a perfect day to be out on the lake.

Here’s a testimonial from the event coordinator, the event manager, and some of the guests.

What a great show. I’m looking forward to working on Kelowna’s Boardroom again!!

Back on may 8th I posted some questions for Celebracadabra’s Chris Martin to answer. To listen to the podcast with all the answers to the questions check out the iTricks website for the full interview.

It even looks like he’s going to send me a limited edition DVD of all the Celebracadabra episodes! woohoo! I’m super excited, especially because only 200 copies were made. I feel so special.

If I had a picture of Chris Martin I’d make a wallpaper for him too. I wouldn’t set it as my wallpapper, thats still reserved for Kim, but, still.. I’d make one.

I decided to create a Kimberly Wyatt wallpaper, with a Celebracadabra theme. Well, I searched online and I couldn’t find any, so I’m the first! woohoo.
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Derren Tries to get a girl to kill a cute little kitten!

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Thanks iTricks for rounding up youtube clips of all the magicians that performed on Letterman’s Magic Week. You’ll notice that Friday nights performers, Penn and Teller are missing. They performed what seems to be their new “signature effect”. I had heard about it, but never seen it, so it was a joy to finally see it myself.

Here’s the clip roundup:
David Letterman-Lance Burton-May-5-2008

David Letterman-Mac King-May-6-2008

David Letterman-Magician Steve Wyrick-May-8-2008

Dirk Arthur on David Letterman 5-07-08

And again, sorry no Penn and Teller I looked for the clip just like iTricks but wasn’t able to find it either.

I forgot that all this week its been “Magician Week” on David Letterman’s Late Show. Tomorrow night is Pen and Teller. If I come across any clips of the magic acts I’ll try and post them.

I’m a huge fan of Derren Brown (Who isn’t?) and he’s just come out with his new season of “Trick or Treat”.

Trick or Treat S02E01 Part 1

Trick or Treat S02E01 part 2

Trick or Treat S02E01 part 3

Trick or Treat S02E01 part 4

I’m glad I found it online, this show only airs on Uk’s “Channel 4″.

Over at iTricks today there was a wicked interview with Chris Martin who’s the creator and executive producer of Celebracadabra. If you’re interested in the show at all check out the interview, its quite funny and he even reveals some information about upcoming shows.

I was sad to hear that they snuck in some decoy footage into the opening to mislead you on who stays or gets eliminated. I was totally checking it to see if I could tell who was going to get eliminated

Chris said that he’d answer any questions about the show, so I’ve sent an email to him with the following questions:

• Who were other possible celebrities?
• Who were other possible judges?
• How did Ellusionist become the sponsor for the show?
• Do you have future projects in mind?
• I’m amazed by the quality of magic that has been performed and the thought that the judges put into it. The judges have been brilliant and come up with effects that are both visual/powerful for TV, and yet can be taught with very little time. Did the judges ever get together before shooting the show to share ideas?
• What’s a funny story that happened on set when cameras weren’t rolling?
• Will the series come out on DVD? Will there be bonus material on the DVD’s?
• Can you send me some Celebcadabra stuff for free?
• What was the biggest obstacle in putting together the show?

I’ll post the answers once I get them back. They might do another interview apparently, so I’ll post the link once its online

In a previous post I mentioned that my Dad is a Kelowna Shrine Klown known as “Rusty”. Last Saturday the Kelowna Shrine Klowns were doing a hot dog sale outside the IGA in Rutland to raise money for charities. Between two shows I had that day I took a minute to stop by and see what was going on. It isn’t often that my dad and I get pictures of us together in our costumes so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

In the background there you can see the Shriner “Stage Van”. During parades and things like that the clowns ride around in it and play different instruments while music plays.

Thats me playing around Both of us are kind of squinting in the photo’s because the sun was right in our eyes.

Here’s some clips from Celebracadabra S01E02: (SPOILER ALERT! You find out who was eliminated in the clips below)

Here’s a clip from Celebracadabra Episode 2 speak peek: Ant’s clown freakout. As with all the clips from the VH1 site you need to be in the USA to watch them.

video.vh1.com