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Ozzy Dee Lecture
Anglian Magic Society
17th June 2014
Reviewed by Steve Majes
Ozzy has been a professional entertainer I think since birth, he has the
ability to generate new ideas for entertainment games and magic as well as store
ideas from many moons ago and bring them back into the light as those forgotten
gems. Our members really enjoyed Ozzy s fun and informative lecture, I say fun
as he had us in two teams competing again each other with the games and magic
that he was lecturing on. There was so much material that after a visit to The
Range (or any other such shop) you would be able to entertain for hours.
Ozzy explained how he can turn a possibly low fee paying fete into a big earner
by up-selling and offering extras to the fete to generate more money for them,
and for them to see your higher fee as a profitable investment. Ozzy explained
long forgotten side show games that could not only be used at a fete or carnival
but with minor changes play very well during a children s or a family party
pitting the adults against the children, you can guess who would win!
It s all about the entertainment and fun, getting to show off your personality
and having material that you could do at a drop of a hat to fill in during your
own show or to use during a compere spot if a fill is needed. And the fun Ozzy
explained would play well with adults as equally as it does with the children on
a large stage, in a house or in a village hall.
Also along the way Ozzy explained he pet effects with close up magic for
children and a great animal balloon prediction called Twisted . He also gave us
his top tips for surviving on the road as an entertainer. There was something
for everyone and the time flew by. After Ozzy had many items for sale including
his own originals and the members were buying it up, I bought a few items that
will go straight into my shows. They say that if you get one thing out of a
lecture then it is worth it, I got at least half a dozen! A big thank you to
Ozzy for traveling all the way from Exeter in Devon to lecture for us in
Norwich, I look forward to seeing another lecture from him in the future.
© Steve Majes, June 2014