tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58928405231764446692024-03-13T14:21:36.079-07:00THE MAGIC OF BALTIMOREKiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-37048748570115264842022-01-04T18:37:00.000-08:002022-01-04T18:37:01.602-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZSFnOMgSEcM-LsAnHeZO_8uTVGDSqMPVtS4bvGLQNrSktMHu8z5i9jsrOS_QoC3QkbZE2SPlnhaxjwawnauXUBNP_SLUbfxy20OJjoGGMyRGUjQl2lsvYRas5y_m5Oc25g7mJmiCCCoJ9Rfe4H3q80eRUtAPt6u7w_VxhQK6APfHmQ4YoTc3EmVat8A=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="640" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZSFnOMgSEcM-LsAnHeZO_8uTVGDSqMPVtS4bvGLQNrSktMHu8z5i9jsrOS_QoC3QkbZE2SPlnhaxjwawnauXUBNP_SLUbfxy20OJjoGGMyRGUjQl2lsvYRas5y_m5Oc25g7mJmiCCCoJ9Rfe4H3q80eRUtAPt6u7w_VxhQK6APfHmQ4YoTc3EmVat8A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> Those who frequented Ocean City might recognize this production miniature of the Haunted House attraction on 1st Street across from The Pier... </p></blockquote>Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-34931816140897037432021-12-29T15:16:00.001-08:002021-12-29T15:16:17.455-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4xrqkN52V1aS3F1fuIeN662sOLfp3G1o-qFfQmaOSzbKSv4XVenbae5gvneB55C2nJAZeS0EdGJjLrHsv-COAlvI4ND-P3sHZnqXUwGN--cQxG4fbgeDBozbS01AbPhjCl6ZsxamvhCwRT7VZr-y_6jmej-EC5hCxtL0f6Og5Do-JB3-ToqTp8O-3Yw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4xrqkN52V1aS3F1fuIeN662sOLfp3G1o-qFfQmaOSzbKSv4XVenbae5gvneB55C2nJAZeS0EdGJjLrHsv-COAlvI4ND-P3sHZnqXUwGN--cQxG4fbgeDBozbS01AbPhjCl6ZsxamvhCwRT7VZr-y_6jmej-EC5hCxtL0f6Og5Do-JB3-ToqTp8O-3Yw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /> Raven's Stadium<p></p>Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-45044087345067210742016-05-16T00:58:00.001-07:002016-05-16T01:01:41.486-07:00KEN "KEN-ZO" HORSMAN In Memory of...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kenneth Horsman was a former Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus clown, Ronald McDonald and proprietor of Illusions Bar in Federal Hill<br /><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">
Kenneth
was a former Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown (KEN-ZO),
Ronald McDonald, Creator and owner of Illusions Magic Bar and Theatre
which Kenneth managed along with his son Spencer Horsman. - See more
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Kenneth
was a former Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown (KEN-ZO),
Ronald McDonald, Creator and owner of Illusions Magic Bar and Theatre
which Kenneth managed along with his son Spencer Horsman. - See more
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Kenneth
was a former Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown (KEN-ZO),
Ronald McDonald, Creator and owner of Illusions Magic Bar and Theatre
which Kenneth managed along with his son Spencer Horsman. - See more
at:
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The Beatles’ only visit to Baltimore was on Sunday, September 13, 1964.
They performed two shows at the Civic Center, to a total of 28,000 fans.
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The support acts were The Bill Black Combo, The Exciters, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, and Jackie DeShannon. </div>
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During the day, two girls attempted to have themselves delivered to
the venue in a large box labelled 'Beatles fan mail'. Their efforts were
thwarted by a guard in charge of checking all deliveries. The Beatles stayed at the Holiday Inn after the second show. Police
officers on horseback restrained the fans from storming the building.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Led Zeppelin, playing to a capacity crowd of nearly 13,000 at the
Civic Center Sunday night, amply demonstrated how it became the number
one British rock band after the death of the Beatles as a group.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Led Zeppelin has been known primarily for heavy electronic rock. One
of the most pleasant parts of the concert Sunday night was an acoustic
interlude with drummer John Bonham laying out and Page, Plant and Jones
(playing mandolin) seated before microphones at the front of the stage.
They did several songs, including Going to California and Tangerine, the
highlight of which was the tight interplay between the mandolin and
guitar.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">After this demonstration of their versatility the group settled into
their more familiar material – Dazed and Confused and Whole Lotta Love.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">These tunes – very loud, tough and driving rock and roll – are what
made Led Zeppelin’s name. Plant’s amazingly mobile voice, as variable an
instrument as Page’s guitar and capable of almost as many special
effects, is used to its greatest effect here – uncannily echoing the
guitar phrases of turning up in the ensemble sound in unexpected but
usually correct places. On the strength of this interweaving effect of
voice and guitar, Page and Plant probably could get by as a duo.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For his part, Page has curbed his zeal for excessively long solos –
although he uncorked one on Dazed and Confused, that was outstanding
mainly for its length, in favor of more pungent statements. He also has
given up fretting with the mike stand, an early device and now bows the
guitar strings, brandishing the bow high in the air after sawing away at
the strings to conduct the after-notes echoing through the speakers.
Page and Led Zeppelin have both come a long way since their first
appearance in this area at the Laurel Pop Festival in 1969. <i>(Balt. Sun, June 1972)</i></span><br />
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Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Black Dog,
Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California,
That's the Way, Tangerine, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Dazed and Confused, What Is
and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (medley incl. Let
That Boy Boogie, I Need Your Love Tonight, Hello Mary Lou, Heartbreak
Hotel, I'm Going Down, Going Down Slow), Rock and Roll, Communication
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was the site of the oddest pairing in music history! </span></span><br />
<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;">Sha Na Na</span> & <span style="color: magenta;">RUSH</span> !?! </span></b></span></span><br />
<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">On
September 13, 1974, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush stepped out
in front of a room full of older Baltimoreans. These "Greasers" in leather
jackets with their ladies wearing bouffant hairdos and poodle skirts were there to
relive teenage years in the form of 50's nostalgia group Sha Na Na!<br />
Instead of doing the hop, they first got blasted by RUSH at full
volume. Geddy Lee screaming over Alex's rocking hollow body guitar atop
Neil's frantic rhythms. Also on the set list were early renditions of
Anthem and By-Tor. I'm sure they went over well... lol. Rush were booed and they only returned to Baltimore many years later.</span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><i>"Well, when I first toured in '74, on of the earliest ones was opening
for Sha Na Na at a Baltimore high school. And it was my 22nd birthday.
They didn't like us [laughs]. That was one of the worst matchups in
history, until, five years later, let's say, when Blondie opened for us
[laughs]. Bad choice</i>" - Neil Peart </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"It was a long time ago, the first tour in fact in 1974. We were playing
at a university in Baltimore. It was just before the show and we came
out to sort of peak around to look at the audience before the doors
opened and they came in. And we saw that the girls were dressed in
little white socks and long skirts and all the guys had greaser hairdos.
It turned out to be one of these '50s sock hop things. We went on and
were wearing satin pants and big high boots. And we started with
'Finding My Way' from the first record. They just sort of stood there
and stared at us. Then by the second song they started to rumble. By the
fourth song it was 'BOOOOO.' Get out of here! Get off!' So of course we
turned everything up a little bit and continued to play. Then finally
the promoter said, 'Thanks guys. You're done.' But they were nasty. They
were really pissed off. I'm sure if we would have kept going they would
have thrown their greasy combs at us." </i>- Alex Lifeson<br />
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Possibly the greatest live band to have ever graced the stage of clubs across America.<br />
These boys fearlessly performed with precision a host of the most difficult rock songs ever from bands such as<br />
RUSH, STYX, KANSAS, EDGAR WINTER<br />
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DJ Glass (bass) Greg Orem (Guitar) David Van Landing (Vocals) Tommy O'Steen (Drum) Dave White (Keyboards)<br />
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<i>"After years of touring and “bad decisions,” the band broke up in
1990, even as it was still packing venues. “We thought there wasn’t a
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-454885905161548302015-11-07T17:22:00.004-08:002016-01-01T09:35:49.311-08:00Baltimore Nighthawks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thomas C. Worthington III, Arthur Gans, Charles Fulton Oursler, Sam
Walker, Earl Canapp, Hen Fetsch, Ernest B. Marx, Phil Thomas, Milbourne
Christopher, Bob Tilford, Lou Walston, Bob McAllister, John Eck,
Dantini, Vin Carry, Mike Schirmer, Paul Trattner, Henry Ridgley Evans
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December 3rd 1787 at the Old Theater FALCONI spoke five languages
fluently and would entertain French soldiers stationed in Baltimore and
elsewhere along the east coast.<br /> Signor Falconi put on the earliest
recorded magic performance in Baltimore on December 3, 1787 at the Old
Theater. The Italian magician traveled the East Coast performing
“Natural Philosophical Experiments,” which mostly r<span class="text_exposed_show">elied
on mechanical means. In his act, he used a hidden magnet to stop
watches and attract small metal objects. He also employed an automaton
who could answer audience members’ questions and predict which numbers
would come on a pair of dice rolled by a volunteer. For the grand
finale, Falconi would load a piece of paper with a question written on
it into a pistol, which he fired out of the theater. A dove would then
appear instantly bearing the answer to the question on the paper in its
beak.<br /> Baltimoreans went wild for Falconi’s show. He extended his
stay in the city for several weeks and he rolled out more exciting
illusions with even more exotic names for each show. People paid a
handsome sum to see the “Talisman Chinois” and the “Theophrastus
Paracelsus” in person— 75 cents for box seats and 50 for those in the
pit. Four lucky—and presumably rich—attendees could pay to sit on stage
during the show.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">Baltimore’s own </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">Librarian-Lawyer-Journalist-Mason-Magic Historian Extraordinaire!!!</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">"AHHHOOOOOOY CREW MEMBERS!"</span> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><b>Captain Chesapeake</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">was a morning and afternoon children's show on WBFF (channel 45) in Baltimore, Maryland hosted by <span style="color: orange;"><b>George A. Lewis</b></span> who portrayed "Captain Chesapeake".</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The show aired from April 1971 until 1990.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="color: orange;">ANDREWCLAWS THE LION!?!</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">BRUCE THE BIRD!?!</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MONDY THE SEA MONSTER!?! </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">THE CURIOUS CABIN!?!</span> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who remembers the "Curious Cabin" where universal laws did not apply?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Captain C would perform experiments such as pouring <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: cyan;">water</span></span> from a pitcher where it spilled out at an angle! Ooooohhhh!!! lol</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GEORGE A. LEWIS</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Captain Chesapeake show began with the poem:</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><i>"A shipwrecked
sailor found himself in a plight.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><i> Lost at sea he was really a sight. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><i>He
swam and swam 'til he thought he'd die, </i></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><i>when a wondrous sight appeared
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"><i>A derelict boat that saved his life </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: orange;">and put an end to his</span>
<span style="color: cyan;">watery</span> <span style="color: orange;">strife."</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The theme song was the Bob Crosby tune "Stumbling" by The Three Suns. This theme was played from a 33 rpm at 45 rpm speed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgO_GR7UtQ8" target="_blank">THE CAPTAIN CHESAPEAKE INTRO (CLICK ME)</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Lewis began his career as the children's host of the <b><i>Steamboat Bill</i></b> and <b><i>Mr. Cartoon</i> </b>shows on WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Mr. Cartoon</b></span> was a television program for children that aired for over thirty years on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSAZ-TV" title="WSAZ-TV">WSAZ-TV</a>, the local <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate in Huntington, West Virginia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup> The show was hosted by <b>George A. Lewis</b> until 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Cartoon#cite_note-2"></a></sup> and by <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jule_Huffman&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Jule Huffman (page does not exist)">Jule Huffman</a> until 1995<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"></sup>. The show aired at four on weekday afternoons for one hour.</span></span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">George A. Lewis retired in 1990 and spent his last years amongst friends and loved ones. He passed away December 18, 2000 in Lutherville, Maryland. Captain Chesapeake had captured the hearts and imaginations of a generation in Baltimore with his gentle grace and respect towards America's youth. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was a good man. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The best of men. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He made the world a better place. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">God Bless you, Mr. Lewis.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seated to the left of Thurston is Demon's Club President Frank P. Knight. Louis Shilling (Demon's Secretary) is standing on the very left. Club vice president Charles Zeigler is directly behind Thurston. Club founders Arthur D. Gans & Thomas C. Worthington III are on the right.</td></tr>
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-51852341682893090332014-12-14T19:41:00.002-08:002014-12-14T19:41:24.744-08:00Earl Canapp as The Senile Sorcerer <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-46724964999131577582014-11-23T22:42:00.002-08:002014-11-23T22:50:25.431-08:00The Snallygaster<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <b>snallygaster</b> is a mythical dragon-like beast said to inhabit the hills surrounding Washington and Frederick Counties Maryland.The area was settled by German immigrants beginning in the 1730s. Early accounts describe the community being terrorized by a monster called a <i>Schneller Geist</i>, meaning "quick spirit" in German. The earliest incarnations mixed the half-bird features of a siren with the nightmarish features of demons and ghouls. The Snallygaster was described as half-reptile, half-bird with a metallic beak lined with razor-sharp teeth,
occasionally with octopus-like tentacles. It swoops silently from the
sky to pick up and carry off its victims. The earliest stories claim
that this monster sucked the blood of its victims. Seven-pointed stars, which reputedly kept the Snallygaster at bay, can still be seen painted on local barns.<br />
It has been suggested the legend was resurrected in the 19th century to frighten freed slaves.<br />
Newspaper accounts throughout February and March 1909 describe
encounters between local residents and a beast with "enormous wings, a
long pointed bill, claws like steel hooks, and an eye in the center of
its forehead." It was described as making screeches "like a locomotive
whistle." A great deal of publicity surrounded this string of appearances, with the Smithsonian Institution offering a reward for the hide. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt reportedly considered postponing an African safari to personally hunt the beast.<br />
In 2008, author Patrick Boyton published a book about the history of the Snallygaster entitled <i>Snallygaster: the Lost Legend of Frederick County</i>.<br />
The Snallygaster has one widely known enemy, called Dewayo.
The Dewayo is reported to be a mammalian biped with features similar to
a wolf, but the stance and stature of a human. The sightings of Dewayo
are primarily reported in West Middletown, Maryland, but sightings have also been reported in the Wolfsville, Maryland
region. The Dewayo and the Snallygaster have reportedly had vicious
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-25486079872080471242014-09-22T19:20:00.001-07:002015-11-07T17:20:52.975-08:00Baltimore Nighthawk Magicians<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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to right) Thomas C. Worthington III, Arthur Gans, Earl Canapp, Bob
McAllister, Dantini, Lou Walston, Hen Fetsch, Bob Tilford, Ernest B.
Marx, Milbourne Christopher, Phil Thomas, Charles Fulton Oursler, John
Eck, Vin Carry, Mike Schirmer, Paul Trattner and Frank Thompson...</span></span></td></tr>
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-9306331905085869262014-08-26T10:51:00.000-07:002015-07-21T13:06:53.563-07:00Charles Fulton Oursler<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Charles Fulton Oursler</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(January 22, 1893 Baltimore, Maryland - May 24, 1952 New York City)</span></div>
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Fulton was an American journalist, playwright, editor and writer.<sup> </sup>Writing as <b>Anthony Abbot</b>, he was a notable author of mysteries and detective fiction.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Oursler grew up in Baltimore, the poor son of a city transit worker. His childhood passions were reading and stage magic.</span><br />
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In the 1920s Oursler aided Harry Houdini in his crusade against
fraudulent mediumship. He even crusaded himself, under the pseudonym
Samri Frikell.He was the author of the book <i>Spirit Mediums Exposed</i> (1930) which revealed the techniques of fraud mediums. John Mulholland
wrote that Samri Frikell, was the pen name of Oursler when writing on
the subject of magic and spiritualism. He made it by combining the names
of two magicians, Samri Baldwin and Wiljalba Frikell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future." - </i><span style="color: red;">Oursler</span><i><br /></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Magic of
Baltimore interviews </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Kevin D. Kirtley… </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Baltimore’s working
master magician.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span class="fwsanitized"><span style="color: red;">Kevin D. Kirtley has been
performing magic for over 46 years, entertaining the likes of Maryland Governor
William Donald Schaefer, Mayor Clarence 'Du' Burns of Baltimore, Itzhak
Perlman, </span></span><span style="color: red;">David
Zinman-Conductor, Members & Patrons of The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,</span><span class="fwsanitized"><span style="color: red;"> Olympic Champion Figure Skater Kimmi Meisner’s family and countless
others!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span class="fwsanitized"><span style="color: red;">Voted Harford County’s Best Magician
in 2007, 2008 and 2009.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kevin, thank you for taking the
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My
Pleasure and thank you for asking to interview me. I’m very humbled. As I said
at an earlier date, I feel there are many more deserving than myself! I’m no
Master… maybe a disaster. lol!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hardly. It’s known you started magic
at age eleven. Do you remember what specifically gave you “the bug?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My
older brother, Richard Shane Kirtley, first drew me to the magical arts. He was
actually the first magician/musician of the family and I was his audience
whenever he wanted to try a new magic trick. I actually learned the “French
Drop” sleight from watching him do this on me over and over again… which is a
“no-no” in magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Never do the same
trick again for the same audience!” Oddly, by his repeating it, I not only
learned how to do this sleight, but also came up with a little twist, where I
could do it again and fool the heck out of people, even master magicians… which
I’ll get into later.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This is reaching back, but you
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historian, author of the acclaimed Ghost Masters, Master Illusionists and an
upcoming book on Phil Thomas)</i> and experienced his haunted houses at your
local church. What childhood feelings or memories can you share about that and
growing up in Highlandtown and Baltimore during the 60s?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Actually,
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brother Scott since the 10<sup>th</sup> grade. Scott was in my graduating Class
of 1973 (Patterson High School) and we shared an interest in the magical arts.
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It wasn’t until I started working at
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Walker. Mark came into the shop asking if we could mention the “Haunted House”
he was having at our Parrish. I knew who he was and of course we agreed to do
so. (My son, still talks of that attraction) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></div>
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also did an escape while sealed in a glass box filled with water and appeared
at another part of the carnival. We began running into one another from then
on. He would perform at the Fells Point Festival every year. Also as you know,
he’s an accomplished puppeteer! </span></i></span></div>
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the neighborhood I live in, we had Johnny Eck, Mark Walker, Dave Pivec (was an
NFL backup Defensive Lineman for the LA Rams and part of the Legendary Fearsome
Foursome) Frank Zappa, Lou Walston and many others grew up in that East
Baltimore neighborhood. Like all neighborhoods of that time... a wonderful
place to grow up.</span></i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MARK WALKER</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PHIL THOMAS</b></span></span></td></tr>
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Yogi Magic Mart or meeting Phil Thomas?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
was 12 years old and doing “Dime Magic Shows” in my back yard, around 1967.
After a week of shows, I had $22. That was a lot of money for a 12-year old boy
in 1967. My brother “Ricky” asked how much money I had made. He then told me
not to spend any of it…</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Well,
that Saturday we took the #23 bus to Charles & Saratoga, up to the 3<sup>rd</sup>
Floor, I believe, at 310 N. Charles St. My brother hadn’t been there in years,
but the moment we walked into the shop, Phil Thomas (the owner and my mentor),
stopped his conversation with another gentleman at the counter, looked at us
and said, “Welcome Home, Richard!” </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That
impressed me! My brother then introduced me to Phil and the other gentleman,
Phil asked me to show him what I know. Of course, I did the French drop, which
he complimented me on. So, I asked if they would like to see it again…!
Everyone gave me that “you’re not suppose to do that” look. They didn’t know I
had come up with a way that looked exactly the same, but wasn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The coin vanished completely! I’ll never
forget the look on everyone’s face. For about 10 seconds, they were fooled. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Phil
and the gentleman smiled, shaking their heads approvingly. The gentleman that I
didn’t know put his hand on my shoulder, looked me in the eye and said…</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Kevin,
I have a feeling, we will be hearing wonderful things about you, in magic one
day.” </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That
gentleman was Milbourne Christopher.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phil’s shop and the Yogi Magic Club had a
large influence on magic and other types of entertainment in Baltimore, Md. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Remember
the Comedy Club that was over Burkes Restaurant, in downtown Baltimore? Well,
one thing most people don’t know is…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the idea came about because after Yogi Club Meetings, when there would
have been a guest lecturer… (Dave Williamson, Mike Caveny & Tina Lenert,
Michael Ammar, etc.), about 15 to 20 of us, including the guest lecturer, would
go to Burkes after the meetings. They would put together several tables for us and
around 10:00pm we would all start performing until it closed at 1:30AM!
Included were Howie Schwartzman, Cy Keller, John Ekin, Dave Roehmer, Chris
Mosner, Jim Van Liew, William Gross, Paul Trattner, etc., and myself. At the
end of the night, our tab was around $600! Many times, the owner would wave it,
simply because everyone in the Restaurant & Bar, was spending money just to
watch us all. We would get as many spectators involved as possible. The Comedy
Club idea came from those “Table Sessions.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">That must have been amazing… food, wine, laughter, comaraderie and magic
in the twilight of Baltimore’s Golden Era of Magic. Any memories to share about
meeting David Copperfield visiting Yogi Magic Mart at the height of his career?</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It
was 1986 and I was manager of Yogi Magic Mart at the 217 N Charles St. location
in Baltimore. Phil had sold the shop to P.W. Feats. Phil then recommended me to
work there and I eventually became manager by default. John Ekin and David
Roehmer had left. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">David
Copperfield had just done a Saturday matinee show at the Lyric Opera House and
came with an entourage of about 20 Children. We had a lot of antique magic,
which, as you know, Copperfield collected. After being shown around by Paul
Wolman (the PW of P.W. Feats), Paul brought him over and introduced me as the manager
of the shop. David shook my hand and said, “Show me something!” I smiled &
agreed to do so, but was freakin’ out inside.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did a “book test”! It’s actually a “book
test” that can be repeated. </span></i><span class="textexposedshow"><i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, when I told David the word he
had chosen and he had that, huh?" look on his face, I was ecstatic!
"Do it again,” he said and I did! I was about to stop, but no, David would
have none of that, so, he said, "Again!" After a third time, </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">he gave me a smile and shook my hand,
saying, “Well done, Kevin! You got me…!” That made me feel great, but what made
me feel even better was when, one of the children said, “He fooled David
Copperfield!” That was priceless! David and I actually talked for a while. He asked
if I was coming to the show that evening. When I told him I would be with my
wife, Denise and our son Damien in the third row center, he asked if Damien could
come up on stage to assist him in a trick. Unfortunately, when called to do so,
my son got “cold feet”. (He was around 6 years old at that time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David did call my home and conversed with my
wife, which she still talks about to this day! </span></i><span class="textexposedshow"><i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
best part was that, many years later I posted a photo of he and I at the shop
on Facebook. He actually saw this and remembered it, asking: "Has Damien
gotten over his shyness?" </span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">David Copperfield is a total class act in my humble
opinion, THE GREATEST!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There is no denying Copperfield’s
importance to magic. You’ve met Mark Walker for lunch a few times, what do two
pillars of the Baltimore magic community talk about over lunch?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We
talk about the “old neighborhood”… magic… the book he’s in the process of
writing about my mentor, Phil Thomas… Dantini, etc. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We
actually talked for about two hours about how lucky we’ve been to have met,
performed, had dinner/lunch, talked to, compared notes with, etc.… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>many amazing magicians over the years. It’s
the stuff you read about in biographies of other magicians and think to yourself,
“I wish I could do that…” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were lucky
enough to have done that. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kevin, you do a great deal of
travel on your job. Other than focusing on the road, lol, how do you mostly spend
your time? Do you listen to music, talk radio, mill over your life and show,
etc.?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
love being with my family, I really do! I married my best friend, Denise who
has been my biggest fan and critic along with my daughter Rachel and son
Damien. Plus, now my granddaughter, Avery, has me wrapped around her finger. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Also,
I never get tired of reading about Magic! Mostly two books at a time… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m in my studio a lot! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Listen to music, watch TV… very basic home
life. No matter where I travel to, I always make it home that night.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get lots of ideas, just by listening to
music. Back in the late 1970’s, I managed a record store in Baltimore, Md. called
‘For The Record’. So, I have a collection of over 2000 LP’s, plus many CD’s.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magic has been very good to me. I do many
charitable shows for the American Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House,
Gilda’s Club in NYC, etc…</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve always believed, to quote ‘The Beatles’, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The
love you take is equal to the love you make…!”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So,
my motto is, “I’m just trying to make the world a better place, one magic trick
at a time.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At this point, you’ve done so many
performances; from the very prestigious to modest, it must seem like a blur… can
you give us an anecdote(s) about any that stand out?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Actually,
a few! </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
was the “House Magician” at the Tower Restaurant & Bar, in Bel Air, Md.
around 2006 where Olympian and World Figure Skating Champion, Kimmie Meisner
came in with her family. They requested I come to their table. I started a true
story with a certain card effect about a young lady who referred to the “King
of Clubs” as the “K of Doggie Paws”. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kimmie,
cracked up laughing and said, “What the...?” </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She
called it, “OK the Doggie Balls”!!! She was laughing so hard: she had tears
running down her cheeks. To this day, when we see each other she’ll smile and
say, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“OK
the Doggie Balls”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kimmie and her family
are good people.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
other is, after performing a festival on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, being hit in
the head by a lady with a crucifix! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
hit me three different times, while yelling, “You are the Devil’s spawn!!!!” </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes,
she drew blood and the police had to arrest her! She evidently must have
figured out that all magicians sacrifice small animals to the “Dark Lord.” Just
to make sure, that the Bunny appears on Queue!!! Lol</span></i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wow, a rare reaction to conjuring
in this secular age, for sure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there
a particular piece of magic that you just love to perform? Or do you love your
“children” equally? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
still use the “French Drop” with the “Kirtley Principle” lol, today. I honestly
don’t carry anything with me, when I’m in “home-mode” I stay impromptu, not
even a TT or deck of cards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do, however, try to reinvent things by
taking an old effect and using the principle behind it to do something else.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking of children, you have a
rich family life. How has that come into play with your career over the years?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
grew up in an abusive environment. In five words, <u>I was an abused child</u>!
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which is actually the driving force
behind the way I feel about certain things. I lived that life and if it hadn’t
been for things like welfare and a very strong-willed grandmother, who truly
cared for her grandchildren… Also, my Brother Ricky, who was around only until
his late 20’s before he succumbed to drugs, was not only a positive influence
in my life, but also to many of today’s Baltimore musicians. One, who actually
teaches at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, was actually inspired and taught
by Ricky to play guitar! Only one or two people knew about my life as a child.
Everyone else, thought I had a good home life, which I didn’t. It wasn’t until
my grandmother got custody of me, that life became positive. I think that’s
what drives me… to help others. No child should have to live in an environment
like that.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I would tend to believe magicians
and musicians making a living; have great jobs and a rich life regardless of
what plateau is achieved. What advice do you have for someone considering taking
on your profession?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There
is NO FORMULA! Do what you feel is correct, but be prepared to fail, Fail, FAil
& FAIL… but you must learn from each failure. Take advice from others! Use
or toss whatever advice you get. Street Perform!!! It’s tough and is the
greatest performance education you’ll ever get. Read!!!! Get Tarbell’s Course
in Magic…. All eight! Yes, there’s an 8<sup>th</sup> one. Read up on the
History of the Magical Arts. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Most
importantly, be GOOD, be MANNERLY, be UNDERSTANDING, be ABLE TO ADAPT, be
PROFESSIONAL & DON’T BE A JERK. Understand, your chance may only come once.
When it does come, GRAB IT! Because if you blink…. It’s…. GONE! </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To
quote the Ancient Romans,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Remember, you are not a God! You are only a
man and fame is fleeting!” Maya Angelou once said, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“People
will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel!”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This might be difficult to
quantify, for the magic art is full of personal nuances, but what is your philosophy
on how to routine shows and/or effects?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Start
strong and finish stronger! In between, make people laugh, question and cry. It
should flow, but not necessarily… intertwine. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Of
importance is, what the audience thinks and not what other magicians think. One
thing I have discovered is this… with all our science, logic, exposing of magic,
education, etc.... a good magician will accomplish this if he or she has
created magic. You want the audience to actually be thinking, “I know it was a
trick, but I watched you closely and saw nothing! So, my question is… WAS THAT
REAL?” </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Trust
me!!!! People actually believe that…. Just maybe… it was real magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always wink and say, “It was magic”!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s good to believe in magic. There
are no videos of you on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
man with your credentials and history has that luxury. What do you think about
how the information age has affected the profession?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Great
question! In all honesty, for the following reasons. During the early to mid
1980s, when I was doing magic full time plus managing two different magic Shops
(Yogi Magic Mart and then Main Street Magic), video was just taking off. VCRs
cost around $800 to $1000 and video cameras were much more, so recording my
shows would have been expensive and probably not a great idea at that time… </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Then
came my “learning years!” Around 1987, I left Main Street Magic, took out a
loan and sent myself to the PSI Institute (remember PSI Net Stadium?) to learn
programming. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In
1989, I started working for the Maryland State Highway Administration and helped
found their IT Division, with 5 other people. We were all specialists in what
we did. My specialty was Hardware. From 1989 until 2002, when I left (fully
vested), I only did Private Parties & Bars. This was when I started
establishing myself: putting everything I learned, to use.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Then,
from 2002 to the present, I debated whether to make a DVD that could let people
see what I do, weighing the pros and cons with myself. I talked to several
friends and they all said pretty much the same. “Why do it now? You’re already
becoming established and have gotten this far without one. Keep your show and
yourself a mystery.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This
was a very good point, since I’m already booking many shows: both, new clients
& repeat clients.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
know that, I won’t become rich, won’t perform in Vegas, won’t be named the
“Magician Of The Year”, won’t have a bio, written about me…ie, I WILL NEVER BE
FAMOUS! I know this! I do know that when my day comes to meet Death, I can
honestly say I not only lived my dream and made a great living doing it…
however most importantly… touched the lives of others!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Magicians
coming up today, once they have the show down, should record their Shows, it’s
good common business sense!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ironically,
about 9 months ago, someone contacted me about doing magic at a convention in
Baltimore, Md. She told me I came highly recommended by another Corporation and
requested a DVD of my show, which I have never had! So she hired another
Magician! </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Two
months ago, the same client contacted me again for another convention. When I
questioned her about why she wanted me... NOW? She explained that the other
magician had “bombed” and admitted she should have taken the advice
recommending me.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Unfortunately,
I had to decline! Simply because, I was already hired to perform, at the same
convention that her Corporation wanted me for, but for a rival! This
Corporation was Microsoft! I not only performed at their booth in Washington DC,
but also in the Microsoft Suite, which had a certain person present.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
can’t mention that person’s name, but “Bill” enjoyed it!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wise professionals such as
yourself; play to their strengths. Could you be so candid as to reveal what
your perceived strengths and limitations are as a performer?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My
strength is my personality and sense of humor! I don’t take myself seriously! I
am an entertainer who uses magic to entertain. It compliments my personality
and humor. My limitations are… I am NOT a Master Magician, I don’t do all kinds
of sleights and I am NOT famous! I use effects that compliment my personality,
that simply say “this IS me!” What’s important is that the audience likes you,
but you also have to “make magic happen.” I learned this from many I had the honor
of meeting over the years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phil Thomas
said “Entertain them first!” I believe there’s a saying, about entertaining,
“If you can’t make the audience like and want to see you perform within the
first 60 seconds… then you’ve failed!</span></i></span></div>
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to practice, but never or rarely perform?</span></span></div>
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August
11th, 1936: Known as the "Titanic of the Skies", the Hindenburg flies
over the heart of Baltimore on it way to Lakehurst Naval Air Station in
New Jersey,where the mighty airship would meet her infamous demise 9
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<i>“A test of the air proved that the landing might be bumpy, as a
gusty wind was blowing from a bad quarter. Our good luck. Word was sent
down that we would not land and away we flew through the clear sky of a
bright summer day. Down the New Jersey coast-a circle around Atlantic
City thence to Cape May- West across Maryland and the waters of the
Chesapeake to Annapolis and on to Washington. The Nation’s capitol never
looked more beautiful as we circled twice around it and then headed
North toward Baltimore.”</i><br />
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-71387654066173641692014-04-03T11:37:00.003-07:002014-04-10T00:08:19.956-07:00THE ORIOLES 1954<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Orioles! In the photo is Don Larson who pitched a perfect game in
the '56 World Series for the Yankees but was 3-21 for the '54 Orioles.
Clint Cortney who wore coke bottle glasses behind his catcher's mask and
was nicknamed Scrap Iron because of his toughness. Bobby Young played
second base for one year and was from Granite, MD. Jehosie "Jay"
Heard, first African American Oriole who was 34 in this photo but had
been a star left handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues.</span></span></td></tr>
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-8771346539399843662014-04-01T21:26:00.001-07:002014-04-05T02:12:39.861-07:00ELIJAH J. BOND inventor of the oujia board<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span class="bhead">Elijah J. Bond</span></b></span><br />
<span class="chead">January 23rd 1847 - April 14th 1921</span><br />
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Elijah Jefferson Bond was born on January 23rd 1847 in Bel Air,
Maryland, the fourth child of Judge William Bond and Charlotte
Howard Richardson.<br />
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Bond was a veteran of the Confederate Army as were two of his brothers Arthur W. Bond and General Frank A. Bond. General Bond would father<span style="color: red;">
Harriet Virginia Bond</span>, who would later marry Elijah's friend, <span style="color: red;">William H. A. Maupin</span>. Maupin was one of the original founders of the <span style="color: yellow;">Kennard Novelty Company</span>,
the first company to produce the Ouija board. After attended public schools in Anne
Arundel County, he graduated the Law School of the University of
Maryland in 1872 with classmate Harry Welles Rusk . <br />
Harry Welles Rusk was president of the Kennard
Novelty Company which incorporated on October 30th 1890. The two remained close friends for life. Bond joined the
Masons on April 14th 1873 and was a Collector for Anne Arundel County
from 1873-1877. He also opened a law practice in Baltimore and presided over an infamous case in 1894 where his client was accused of polygamy. Newspapers the Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light ran with the story. <br />
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Though not an employee of the Kennard Novelty Company, Bond would assign the original <span style="color: lime;">Ouija patent (No. 446,054)</span> registered on February 10th 1891 to Maupin and Charles W. Kennard. Bond was then granted a Canadian patent (No. 36,092) for
the Ouija board on March 10th 1891. Initially, this patent wasn’t
assigned to anyone else, although he did soon after reach an agreement
with the International Novelty Company granting them the sole right to this patent and therefore the ability to manufacture Ouija boards in Canada. <br />
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Between January 29th 1883 and November 7th 1887 Elijah Bond
visited family in Denver, Colorado. <br />
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Bond moved from Baltimore, Maryland to Charleston, West Virginia in
the early 1900's. There he applied for and was granted a trademark on
his Nirvana talking board
on June 18th 1907. The mark is shaped in the sign of a swastika with
the word Nirvana in the center. On June 20th 1907 Bond assigned this
trademark to The Swastika Novelty Company who manufactured and sold the
Nirvana talking boards. While living in Charleston he worked as both an
attorney and an insurance agent. <br />
Elijah Bond married Mary Peters of Maryland and had one child,
William Brown Bond. Elijah later returned to Baltimore and suffered a "stroke of paralysis"
in 1919 and died on April 14th 1921.<br />
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Though his family were buried in
Trinity Church Cemetery in Dorsey, Maryland, Elijah was
laid to rest in <b><span style="color: lime;">Green Mount Cemetery</span></b> in Baltimore, Maryland along with
his wife's family, his son, and grandchild. <br />
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-31702675644811370732014-03-31T00:20:00.003-07:002014-03-31T11:02:53.485-07:00FRANK ZAPPA<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Frank Vincent Zappa</span></span><br />
(December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993)<br />
An
American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film
director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock,
jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrete works. He also
directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album
covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released
with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.</td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eT8Ip5mpZ0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eT8Ip5mpZ0</a><br />
FRANK ZAPPA BIOGRAPHY<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcI2dAJNMSw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcI2dAJNMSw</a> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Vincent Zappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 21, 1940, the first of four children to Rose Marie (Colimore) and Francis
Vincent Zappa, a Sicilian immigrant. The family moved frequently due to
Francis Vincent Zappa's expertise as a chemist and mathematician,
contracted with various aspects of the defense industry.Frank Zappa was
largely a self-taught musician, whose 30-year career embraced a wide
variety of musical genres, encompassing rock, jazz, synth and
symphonies. Avant-garde composers, as well as math and chemistry from
his father's work, all fell into Zappa's mix of influences and comprised
his unique approach to his art, coupled with a flouting of convention.
Zappa also directed films, showing early interest in innovation but this soon turned to
music. Avant-guard composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse
attracted him alongside interest in doo-wop/R&B and modern jazz.
The family eventually settled outside of Los Angeles in Zappa's late
teens, and he soon took up drum and guitar. His proficiency grew so
quickly that by his last year in high school, he was writing, composing
and conducting avant-garde arrangements for the school orchestra.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="musical-career">Musical Career</a></span></h3>
Frank Zappa launched his career as professional musician
shortly after high school but income was sporadic; recordings brought in
more money than local gigs—his racially diverse band, The Blackouts,
bumped up against 1950s racism. There was some scoring of independent
films, one commissioned by his high-school English teacher. A job at a
recording studio led to acquiring it as a business but an entrapment
arrest by local authorities over a "pornographic" audiotape, shut it
down. Going back to the band route, Zappa joined <i>The Soul Giants</i>, soon converting them from a bar cover band to performing his original material—they morphed into <i>The Mothers </i>on Mother's Day, 1965.<br />
But
the band was starving, until impresario Herb Cohen (who's career
credits include Pete Seeger, Alice Cooper, Lenny Bruce and Linda
Ronstadt) took them on and began booking them at hotspots such as
Whiskey A-Go-Go.<br />
Their debut album, <i>Freak Out!</i>, launched them as <i>The Mothers of Invention. </i>It
wasonly the second double rock album ever released—a groundbreaking
mélange of musical genres both innovative and irreverent. That tone
continued with their second album, Absolutely Free, and regular New York
shows that were part concert, part free-for-all circus with stuffed
animals and vegetables.<br />
Their reputation established, they gained a European following as
well with a memorable appearance with the London Philharmonic.<br />
But in 1971, serious setbacks occurred: during a concert in
Switzerland, the venue went up in flames—the event was memorialized in
Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water." Just one week later, Zappa suffered
an on-stage fall that resulted in serious injuries including a crushed
larynx and multiple fractures—he was left with a limp, a lowered voice,
and back pain for the rest of his life.<br />
Never fully fitting into the rock genre anyway, partly due to his refusal to embrace its drug culture,
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he moved toward the formation of new bands with more of a jazz base.
The decade of the '70s cultivated his reputation as one of the music
industry’s most accomplished and demanding bandleaders. His prolific
orchestral output was bisected by an unexpected Top 40 hit, "Valley
Girl," performed with his daughter, Moon Unit, which funded more of his
less commercially viable musical projects.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="other-projects">Other Projects</a></span></h3>
Outside of playing music, Zappa directed music videos, short
films and features, and he became obsessed with the infinite
possibilities synthetic music offered because it could accommodate
almost most anything he dreamed up. Stints as a guest speaker on social
activism emerged after his Senate testimony about censorship in music.<br />
In
1990, Czechoslovakian President Václav Havel appointed Zappa as his
cultural liaison officer, but Pesident George H.W. Bush soon quashed
the appointment. Thereafter, Zappa briefly considered running for U.S.
president.<br />
While the general public's perception was often one of a kook, Zappa
was deeply respected as a consummate musician and composer, an
innovative filmmaker, and a prolific cross-genre artist.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="death-and-legacy">Death and Legacy</a></span></h3>
Frank Zappa died from prostate cancer on December 4, 1993, at
the age of 52, in Los Angeles. He was survived by his wife of 26 years,
Gail Sloatman, who had managed much of Zappa's business concerns in his
later career, and their four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet
Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. After Zappa's death, his
family released the statement: "Composer Frank Zappa left for his final
tour just before 6 p.m. Saturday."<br />
In 1995, Frank Zappa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
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<a href="http://www.discogs.com/lists/Official-Frank-Zappa-Discography-Albums/21356">http://www.discogs.com/lists/Official-Frank-Zappa-Discography-Albums/21356</a> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(1982) SHIP ARRIVING TOO LATE TO SAVE A DROWNING WITCH<br />
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<br />Kiddmagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315322346801119275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892840523176444669.post-7129451467769633352014-03-19T17:05:00.003-07:002014-03-21T23:34:44.583-07:00Big Lou Walston’s Funhouse Magic Shop<style>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Lou's F<span style="color: orange;">u</span><span style="color: yellow;">n</span><span style="color: lime;">h</span><span style="color: cyan;">ou</span><span style="color: purple;">s</span><span style="color: magenta;">e</span> <span style="color: magenta;">Magic Shop</span></span><span style="color: magenta;">
</span></b>once stood on Eastern Avenue just over the city line. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: red;">Lou Walston</span> was a tall man who bore a striking
resemblance to <i>Bud Abbott</i> of <i>Abbott & Costello</i>. His</span><span style="font-family: Times;"> long amiable face was the perfect canvas for clown's makeup and a <span style="color: red;">big bulbous nose</span>!</span> <span style="font-family: Times;">Some peers considered Lou a genius and
an expert in sleight of hand who </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times;">always seemed to have something you hadn't seen
before. H</span></span>e was loved and respected by all in the community. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times;">T</span></span><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: red;">he </span></span><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: red;">F<span style="color: orange;">u</span><span style="color: yellow;">n</span><span style="color: lime;">h</span><span style="color: cyan;">ou</span><span style="color: purple;">s</span><span style="color: magenta;">e</span></span></span> Magic Shop</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: red;">The </span></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">F<span style="color: orange;">u</span><span style="color: yellow;">n</span><span style="color: lime;">h</span><span style="color: cyan;">ou</span><span style="color: purple;">s</span><span style="color: magenta;">e</span></span></b></span> Magic Shop</span> was Big Lou's
contribution to the world of entertaining. In its heyday, the </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">F<span style="color: orange;">u</span><span style="color: yellow;">n</span><span style="color: lime;">h</span><span style="color: cyan;">ou</span><span style="color: purple;">s</span><span style="color: magenta;">e</span></span></b></span> was a
gathering place for entertainers. Clowns, magicians, balloon artists, face
painters, jugglers all would gather throughout the week dropping in to talk to
Lou or just pass the time. <span style="color: red;">Maryland Wizards Club</span> held it's monthly meetings at
Lou's location both on Belnord Road and Eastern Ave. for over 25 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">The walls of the back of
the shop are covered with framed photographs of many of the magicians and
clowns Mr. Lou called customers and colleagues at one time, including <span style="color: red;">Earl
Canapp</span>, the Senile Sorcerer, and <span style="color: red;">Freddie Smelz</span>, who taught Mr. Lou the craft of
magic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>"My mother, Bertha, played
piano for Freddie when he went around doing his magic show,"</i> </span>Mr. Lou
said. <span style="color: orange;"><i>"That's how I learned."</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"Fake canine vomit, cans of peanut brittle that
house spring-loaded cloth snakes, decks of trick playing cards, plastic vampire
teeth, a calculator that zaps anyone who uses it with a mild electric shock -
did I mention the self-inflating whoopee cushions - you can find all your joke,
prank, gag, magic and clown needs at Mr. Lou's,"</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: red;">-Dan Rodricks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> In 1968, Mr. Walston
established <span style="color: red;">Funhouse Magic Shop</span> on Belnord Avenue, and later moved the business
to Belair Road. He moved the shop to Eastern Avenue in 1993, where the business
remained until he sold it and retired in 2003. As with many businesses built by
'larger than life' people, after Lou retired, the spark just wasn't there
although subsequent owners did a fantastic job of trying to keep the dream
alive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Times;">ABOUT LOU’S LIFE…</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;">Mr. Big Lou (Raymond
"Lou" a.k.a. "Lou Bo" Walston)</span> who was born in Baltimore and raised on North
Potomac Street, was a graduate of Patterson Park High School. He served with
the <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>80th Infantry</i></span> in Europe during <span style="color: blue;">World War II</span>, where he attained the rank of
sergeant and was decorated with a <b><span style="color: magenta;">Purple <span style="color: red;">Heart</span></span></b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">After being discharged from the Army in 1946, he
returned to Baltimore and went to work as a produce manager for the <span style="color: orange;">Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.</span> from which he retired in 1976. A lifelong
interest in circuses, carnivals, clowns and magic came to define Mr. Walston's
life as a clown and magician. When performing, he was known as <span style="color: cyan;">"Loubo the
Clown."</span> Mr. Lou even always wore a
pair of leather clown shoes, tennis-racket-size things with laces made by the
late, great clown-shoe cobbler <span style="color: red;">Ray Griffin</span> in New York City. </span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"Every time Ringling Brothers came to town, he'd
run away with the circus, and then his parents would have to go and bring him
home,"</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> said his
daughter-in-law, Alice Walston.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Lou began teaching himself
magic when he was 9 years old - Houdini was a role model - and he got to know
Harry Blackstone, the great magician and illusionist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Mr. Walston was married
for 50 years to Catherine “Debelius” Walston, who died in 1996.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Raymond Louis Walston,
who lost his heart to the Big Top as a child growing up in East Baltimore and
spent the rest of his life as a magician and clown bringing smiles and laughs
to children of all ages, died of lung cancer June 4 at Gilchrist Center for
Hospice Care. He was 81 and had lived in Essex and earlier in Fort Howard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Times;">LOU’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR
THE CLOWN COMMUNITY</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">He was a founder of <span style="color: cyan;">Clowns</span> of <span style="color: red;">A</span>m<span style="color: blue;">e</span><span style="color: red;">r</span>i<span style="color: blue;">c</span>a Inc. in the late 1960s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: cyan;">Clowns</span> of <span style="color: red;">A</span>m<span style="color: blue;">e</span><span style="color: red;">r</span>i<span style="color: blue;">c</span>a</span> got
it's start in the early 1960's The organization which later grew to become <span style="color: red;">COAI</span>
had its beginnings around Lou's kitchen table almost 50 years ago. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Lou was
member </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times;">COAI</span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: red;">#7</span>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">The chapter later became <span style="color: lime;">Freestate # 30 </span>clown alley,
which met at Lou's until he closed and was reformed several years later. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime;">Freestate #30</span> still continues with meetings held around the Baltimore area. <br />
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Lou also hosted an annual convention known as the... <span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>Big Three
Convention</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">(named after the three individuals producing it) </span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">John Tabling</span>
(Lou's early business partner) <span style="color: red;">Mike Schirmer</span> (Master magician)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">and <span style="color: red;">Lou Walston</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">It was a three day convention in the Baltimore area, for all
entertainers with workshops, vendors, nightclub acts every night, a wild
hospitality suite that closed in the wee hours of the morning... and the
infamous<i> 'Saturday Night Banquet'</i> which featured acts from many of the
areas outstanding entertainers. <br />
<span style="color: orange;"><b><br />
THE 20<sup>th</sup> ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION in July of 2001</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">The
20th was also Lou’s final annual performance as producer of the </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">F<span style="color: orange;">u</span><span style="color: yellow;">n</span><span style="color: lime;">h</span><span style="color: cyan;">ou</span><span style="color: purple;">s</span><span style="color: magenta;">e</span></span></b></span></span> <span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>Big 3
Convention </b></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Imagine it... 300 magicians, clowns, ventriloquists, jugglers and grand
illusionists gatherined for a now-you-see-him, now-you-don't farewell to the
man called Big Lou.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">It
featured Beverly Wood, the balloon sculptor; Martini the Psychic; and Steve
Meyers the Vent throwing his voice through Uncle Nick, the wise-guy dummy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Mr.
Walston's act as <span style="color: cyan;">'Lou-Bo the Clown'</span> ended
the convention this weekend, giving out final signature helpings of
bourbon-marinated cherries to his old friends. His heavy-equipment illusion-
making days had ended some years back after a heart attack, but had obviously
maintained dexterity in the restless hand magic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Times;">QUOTES FROM LOU</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"Misdirection is very
important; make the trick look simple,"</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">- Walston</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">“And you never tell the
secrets involved. You keep the secrets, protect the art.”</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span>– Walston</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: yellow;">"You can't go wrong
if you make a person laugh."</span> </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">- Walston</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"I was out in Vegas
with a lady friend of mine a while back and some young guy all done up in a
tuxedo started in with magic, showing off as if he were a real finger-flinger. I
had to show him a thing or two."</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> - Walston</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"I got hooked on
magic when I was seven and saw a guy named Freddie Smeltz vanish some lady's
silk handkerchief at my Aunt Wanda's. Then he breaks the light bulb burning
overhead and, hey, there's the handkerchief."</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> - Walston</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"The tall blonde in
the act, very proper and beautiful, no tights, only a gown for her."</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span> </span>-
Walston on his wife Catherine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"They think you just put on some lipstick. But
you have to be a mimic, an actor, a makeup artist and costume designer, too.
Clowning is an art, like playing a violin. It takes years of practice,"</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;"> </span>Mr. Walston said in a 1973 Sun Magazine profile.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">“I watched my brother die
from the Alzheimer's. No way I go like my brother, staring at a TV and losing
the dexterity, You keep your dexterity, you don't get old,"</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> -Walston</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Times;">QUOTES ABOUT LOU</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"He was the best teacher of clown makeup, and a
clown taught makeup by Lou Walston was one of perfection. Show business is full
of characters, and he was one of them,"</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> said Denny Haney, owner of Denny & Lee Magic Studio in Essex.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: yellow;">"<i>Without Big Lou, this would never be
nothing,"</i></span> -Billy Camp (retired clown)</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times;">"He knew all the old-timers and could talk it up
and tell stories of the people he had met and known through the years. He also
had plenty of wisecracks and colorful expressions we call `Louisms,"</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"> - Denny Haney </span></div>
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