Canada's Magic

02 September 2012

Alex Kazam steals mayor's watch

During the opening ceremonies to the Niagara Falls Buskerfest, Alex Kazam steals the mayor's watch!

Tony Chris wins gold!

He can turn a handkerchief into a wand, make a beer bottle disappear into thin air, or transport a playing card across a room without even touching it.

Just don't ask noted mentalist and magician Tony Chris how he does it.

"When people ask, 'How do you that?' I respond with 'Very well, I thought,'" he said.

That tongue-in-cheek approach, combined with a keen knack for sleight of hand, helped the 44-year-old Coquitlam resident win a gold medal at the recent Pacific Coast Association of Magicians convention in Seattle.

Read more.

Congratulations Tony!

01 September 2012

Rounding the Western rings in September

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

City	Club	Event(s)
Calgary, AB	Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring)	- Soma lecture - mini-lecture (tentative) Donovan Deschner's Secrets to Being a Pro - first annual Tri City swap meet
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- first annual Tri City swap meet
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- n/a
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- Soma lecture - annual VMC auction
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- Soma lecture

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.

Rounding the Ontario rings in September

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club) (check out their great new blog!)	- review of the summer conventions - auction
London, ON	Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild)	- n/a
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- n/a
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- n/a
Ottawa, ON	Ottawa / Gatineau magicians	-
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Eugene Burger extravaganza
Woodstock, ON	CAM 1 (Friendly City Mystics)	- n/a