Number 64 - 15th
September 2001
Many
congratulations to Mark Shortland on winning the Shield Competition on
Thursday night at the British Ring Convention in Scarborough - Mark's a
real 'one-off' and very funny. In second place: Hezi Dean, and third
place, together with the manipulation award James Smith. Congratulations
to them all.
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In the close-up
competition Sean Carpenter came first (many congratulations!) with Martin
Cox second, and Steve Gore third.
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Paul Daniels and
Debbie McGee host Top Ten TV: Lovers on Channel 4 tonight
(Saturday) at 9.15pm (1 hour 35 minutes). The first show in a new run of
the nostalgia series sees Paul and Debbie in top form, acting as guides
taking a closer look at the highs and lows of TV couples - from Jason and
Kylie to the far more appealing Wayne and Waynetta Slob. Paul and Debbie
have virtually re-invented themselves since the demise of their long
running magic series on BBC1 by appearing in a broad range of programmes
often without a single trick in sight.
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Stephen Mulhern
returns to Children's ITV on Monday September 24th with a fourth series of
The Quick Trick Show. Ali Bongo, Pat Page and Marc Paul were
consultants with Anthony Owen Producing. Andrew O'Connor, himself a former
Young Magician of the Year winner, is the Executive Producer.
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A major work, four
years in the making, Card Zones - The Immaculate Card Magic of Jerry
Sadowitz and Peter Duffie is now at the printers. It includes
completely revised effects from many books including the early
Alternative Card Magic and Contemporary Card Magic volumes
published years ago. 256 pages, 118 effects, edited by Martin Breese and
Bob Gill and illustrated by Roy Johnson and David Britland, large format,
high quality paper, hardback. Sounds good to me. Advance publication
orders at £30 plus p&p now being accepted from Martin Breese Magic.
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Jon and Melanie
Allen celebrate their first wedding anniversary this week. Melanie is
a company director for a recruitment firm specialising in engineering and
IT while Jon recently filmed footage for his first magic video, due for
release next year. Also in the pipe-line look out for a number of new
magic items, including the eagerly awaited and much talked about 'Card to
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This year's MindMagic convention takes place on November 11th. The day features: Derren Brown in person, guest lecturers, rare video clips on the big screen, discussion, a special session with the makers of Derren Brown: Mind Control I & II plus a few surprises… more in the up-coming weeks. No tickets are available until October 1st. More details then. 15.9.01
Vincent
Price in The Mad Magician showing on Sky Cinema 1 on Tuesday
25th September TV Magic
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A software company asked us to place this link on our site which we are happy to do. Amazon.com have set up a Red Cross donation facility on their site. Click Here to Donate to the American Red Cross • That's all for this week, Duncan. 15.9.01