|
|
George Kovari Lecture
15th October 2009
Reported by Nick Brown
This was a lecture with a difference and it was a great evening as a
result. Very rarely these days do we get such an inspiring talk from one of the
elder statesmen of magical entertainment. There was very little of the 'here's a
trick, here's how it's done' style of lecture instead we were treated to an
entertaining walk down memory lane of the career of one of most creative
magicians of the last 50 years.
The lecture included TV and film footage of George's performances as well as
feature film clips where he advised and devised performances for the actors and
anecdotes and reasons for the way he arranged the shows the way he did. He also
showed us a few of the tricks and props he has invented over the years, if he
had shown us everything we would have been there for a week and still have been
entertained.
George Kovari is the newly elected president of the Mystic Ring Magic Club in
Dunstable so this was his first President's Lecture and I for one hope it's not
his last.
© Nick Brown, November 2009