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Last month, Clinton W. Gray, finished performing and lecturing for a third time at a three-year workshop conference entitled sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the German Research Council. From 2004 to 2006, three coll- aborative workshops were held in Canada and Germany addressing intersections in theories of gender, laughter (humor, comedy) and media, as well as in artistic practices. As one of only two North America comedians selected to speak and perform at all three conferences, Clinton lectured on cross-dressing and gender bending (Bronn-bach, Germany, 2004), cross-cultural issues (UBC Vancouver, 2005), as well as common genres and strategies for performance art (Queen’s Univers-ity, 2006). If you have seen Clinton’s ADULT show you’ll understand why he was the perfect choice for this event... “Subversions of Gender Identities Through Laughter and the Comic in Literature, Film and Modern Media,” Shawn Farquhar, hot off two award winning performances at F.I.S.M., was seen everywhere in the local and national media last month. We called Lori and even she couldn’t remember them all, but here’s a partial list of just two days worth of publicity: After attending P.C.A.M. Shawn, Lori and Hannah were back on the ocean, entertaining thousands of people onboard the Norwegian Star. • The Province • The Victoria Times Columnist • The Sun • The Globe and Mail • CBC Morning Show • CBC Afternoon Show • CFUN • Global TV MAGICAL MINUTES THE V M C ANCOUVER AGIC IRCLE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF MAGICIANS RING 92 the charles howard ring PACIFIC COASTASSOCIATION OF MAGICIANS affiliated with the The next meeting of the IBM Ring #92 the Vancouver Magic Circle will take place on Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at the Sunrise Community Hall in Vancouver. Doors will open at 6:30pm and at 7:00pm, a workshop presented by Jack Bastow will enlighten us with the use of Dollar Store items in magic tricks. A quick business meeting will begin at 8:00pm followed by the refreshment period. Next, the competition for the new Tip Top & Tootsie Trophy for best Halloween Magic will take place. Anyone wishing to enter the contest please call the Competition Chairman, Walter Ruteck, in advance at 604-591-1930. To finish the evening off, the initiation of new members will take place. All members, new or old, who have yet to be initiated, are encouraged to bring along and perform three qualifying magic effects to complete their membership requirements. All who are successful will be officially sworn into the club as full-fledged members during our secret initiation ceremony. We hear our President has not been through this hazing ritual... come one, come all - and bring a camera! MAGICAL MINUTES THE SEPTEMBER 2006 Spooktacular September Meeting Gender - Laughter - Media Farqhuar Frenzy Clinton W. Gray lectures on gender issues at the Gender - Laughter - Media conference
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Last month, Clinton W. Gray,finished performing and lecturingfor a third time at a three-yearworkshop conference entitled
sponsored by the SocialSciences andHumanitiesResearchCouncil ofCanada andthe GermanResearchCouncil.
From2004 to 2006,three coll-aborativeworkshops were held in Canadaand Germany addressingintersections in theories of gender,laughter (humor, comedy) and
media, as well as in artisticpractices.
As one of only two NorthAmerica comedians selected tospeak and perform at all threeconferences, Clinton lectured oncross-dressing and gender bending
(Bronn-bach,Germany, 2004),cross-culturalissues (UBCVancouver,2005), as well ascommon genresand strategies forperformance art(Queen’sUnivers-ity,2006). If youhave seen
Clinton’s ADULT show you’llunderstand why he was the perfectchoice for this event...
“Subversions of Gender IdentitiesThrough Laughter and the Comicin Literature, Film and ModernMedia,”
Shawn Farquhar, hot off twoaward winning performances atF.I.S.M., was seen everywhere inthe local and national media lastmonth. We called Lori and evenshe couldn’t remember them all,but here’s a partial list of just twodays worth of publicity:
After attending P.C.A.M. Shawn,Lori and Hannah were back on theocean, entertaining thousands ofpeople onboard the Norwegian Star.
• The Province• The Victoria Times Columnist• The Sun• The Globe and Mail• CBC Morning Show• CBC Afternoon Show• CFUN• Global TV
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PACIFIC COAST ASSOCIATION OF MAGICIANSaffiliated with the
The next meeting of the IBMRing #92 the Vancouver MagicCircle will take place on Thursday,September 28th, 2006 at theSunrise Community Hall inVancouver.
Doors will open at 6:30pm andat 7:00pm, a workshop presented
by Jack Bastow will enlighten uswith the use of Dollar Storeitems in magic tricks. A quickbusiness meeting will begin at8:00pm followed by the
refreshment period. Next,the competition for the newTip Top & Tootsie Trophyfor best Halloween Magicwill take place. Anyonewishing to enter the
contest please call the CompetitionChairman, Walter Ruteck, inadvance at 604-591-1930.
To finish the evening off, theinitiation of new members will takeplace. All members, new or old,who have yet to be initiated, areencouraged to bring along andperform three qualifying magiceffects to complete theirmembership requirements. All whoare successful will be officiallysworn into the club as full-fledgedmembers during our secretinitiation ceremony. We hear ourPresident has not been through thishazing ritual... come one, come all -and bring a camera!
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SEPTEMBER 2006
Spooktacular September Meeting
Gender - Laughter - MediaFarqhuar Frenzy
Clinton W. Gray lectures on gender issues at theGender - Laughter - Media conference
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Clinton W. Gray(250) 314-8003
David Wilson(604) 467-7887
Dennis Chan(604) 942-6976
1st VICE PRESIDENTDavid Watters
(604) 590-4465
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Where did the Summergo?! Now, Halloween isjust around the corner, andas magicians our lives willall get busier (we hope!)Come out to the next two
meetings as we compete for the new “BestHalloween” effect and have a costume contest onthe Auction Night!
Fist off, I want to thank David Wilson (yesagain) for his spectacular work on the 2006Roster Book. It is a thing of beauty. Yes, I knowthey were delivered over halfway through theyear, but they are tedious to produce and take alot of time and work. We have devised a newprocedure to fix some of the time delays, such aspublishing two years worth of events in eachbook...but the number one reason the books arealways delayed is due to late membershippayments. YOU can help by paying the dues ontime, or better yet purchase a 3-Year membershipand save yourself some money. Let’s see if wecan have the 2007 book out by March/April!
I have been contacted by IBM Headquartersabout a few members who have not renewedtheir IBM memberships. This is a friendly
reminder that you must be a member of the IBMin order to maintain your membership with theVancouver Magic Circle. I think the LinkingRing magazine is worth the price of membershipalone with the IBM, but you can renew withoutthe magazine and pay as little as $20 a year.Please visit www.magician.org to renew now!
My latest fundraiser is a personal one, but Iwould love for the club and its members to beinvolved if they choose. I am going to raisesome funds for “Breast Cancer AwarenessMonth”, as October is the designated month forthis. I will be donating 20% of my magic showfees from the month of October towards thisimportant cause, and I hope to raise $500. I hopeto get some press on this and will be handing outspecial “Pink Wands” at my shows. I invite anyother members out their who wish to join me inthis endeavor, to contact me at
Last note – wehave had to cancel our participation in the“Balloons Around the World Event”. We did nothave enough members who wanted to commitand the date falls on the same day as the ‘Day OMagic’ in Washington so the attendance wasgoing to be even less. We will plan well aheadfor next year though! See you at the meetings!
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2PCAM - A Photo Report
(back to front, left to right)
Cameron Fisk:
Treavor Watters & Lorena:
Lorena:
Mike Norden:
Kevin Cardona:
Henry Tom:
Brian Cook:
Nicholas Chow:
Damien Carriere:
Gold - Children's Entertainer
Gold - Adult Stage
Gold - Best Assistant (to Trevor Watters)
Silver - Children's Entertainer
Competition chairman
Gold - Adult Platform, Gold - Most Novel,Silver - Adult Close-up
Bronze - Pro Challenge
Gold - Juvenile Comedy
Gold - Juvenile Stage, Juvenile Close-up, Silver - Most Novel
Gold - Comedy, Silver - Adult Platform
Jack Chow: Silver -
On Friday, September 15, 2006, 39Ring 96 members and 8 of their guestswelcomed the start of our Fall lectureseries by attending the Chris Capehartlecture at Douglas College. ThisPhiladelphia native has been performingmagic for 35 years. He started his careeron the streets of New York City (44thand Broadway to be exact) with one trick– a thumb tip and red silk. He has comealong way since then, and has performedall over the globe entertaining peoplewith his street magic.
This wasn’t the typical lecture that weare used to where the lecturer showsseveral tricks and how to perform them.Instead, Chris showed us exactly whatstreet magic is, and how to make moneyusing magic. He told that there is nopoint in your routine going over 12minutes as you will not make anyadditional money, and this also allowsyou to turn over your audience 4 timesevery hour. It is quite simple, you gather
a crowd, work the crowd, and at the end,they give you money.
Chris refers to himself as a MasterMagician, and it is obvious fromwatching him that he has years ofexperience “working” the crowd,utilizing his quick wit and great sense ofhumour.
Chris showed us a few tricks withcards, coins, thumb cuffs, and linkingrings, but most of his lecture was himtelling us stories, my favourite one beinghis story about how he ended up winningthe Senator Crandall Award for Comedywith his version of Fraidy Cat Rabbit.
Chris finished off with the lecturewith his three-ring routine, which heperfected in 1981, has been acclaimed bysome of the world’s most renownedmagicians as “the best of the best.” Hemesmerized all of us by walkingthroughout the crowd while linking and
unlinking the rings right in front of ourfaces, which was amazing as most ringsroutine are commonly performed at adistance.
Our illustrious President, MikeNorden, presented Chris with thecoveted IBM Ring 92 pen (OOOOHH),a lovely garment bag (AAAAHHH), anda lovely treat of Maple Leaf Cookies(YUMMMMM).
The lucky winner of the cost of theiradmission as they booked in advancewas Henry Tom. Be sure to book aheadfor the next lecture so that you may havean opportunity to get your name listedhere (and pocket twenty bucks).
Great news for all the shoppers outthere! Our new friends at Omni Magichave been the first of our sponsors toofficially offer a club discount. Youwill receive 10% off your orders ANDreceive one ‘Omnipoint’ for everydollar spent – that ends up being asavings of 15% just for being a Ring92 member. Visit them online at
and enter thesecret code IBM92 in the couponfield. Please buy some (or all) of yourmagic from our sponsors – they keepour website running!
Dave Womach sent along an emailto me the other day. He has a newwebsite up and running and is filledwith new products and DVDs on birdtraining. Check it out atwww.MagicalBirds.com Our newestSponsor Spotlight is…Trevor Watters!Visit and seewhat we have to say about Trevor…and the lovely Lorena of course.
Glen LaBarre sent an interestingemail about one of the Spirit Bears outin Vancouver that is dressed up inmagical attire. They are auctioningthem off in October – anyoneinterested?
Just for some fun one day, checkout and type
in the searchsection. Enjoy!
Talk to you next month!
“Daniel Chesterfield”
Mike Norden is Ring 92's webmaster. Contact himat [email protected]
www.omnimagic.com
www.ibmring92.com
www.SpiritBearsintheCity.com
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One of our new sponsors thisyear is Gremlin Magic(formerly BC - Magic).They have been doing a lotof advertising of late in themagic magazines andhave a much diversifiedarray of products.
Some originalconcepts and tricks can befound here and nowhereelse. For all the childrenentertainers out there, you
will find tricks like “The Boot” and“Poti ons” that will fit into any
routine. They stock a largeselection of flashing LEDpins with magic themesas well.
They are based inTucson, Arizona and love
Canadians. Visit them ator call
520-982-3006... and make sureyou let them know the Vancouver
Magic Circle sent you!
www.gremlinmagic.com
GREMLIN MAGIC -WWW.GREMLINMAGIC.COM
CHRIS CAPEHAT LECTUREReviewed by David Parker
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Jens Henriksen receives one US dollar from ChrisCapehart in exchange for his five dollars Canadian
Out-of-town member Greg Ladret buys a set ofChris Capehart lecture notes... money well spent!
Stan Kramien phoned to once againoffer his Canadian friends an earlybird special for his 20th annuialNorthwest Magic Jamboree, April27/28, 2007. Book now to save$25! Early registration is only$100 (spouse $50) but must bedone by October 31, 2006. Therewill be no extensions to this date...so contact Stan today at 503-277-2478 or .
Murray Hatfield headlined the PNEthis year with ‘Illusions andBeyond’ and it was a hit! Manymembers of Ring 92 attended andall reported that it was an amazingshow! Murray and Teresa continueto impress and amaze with everyperformance. If you get a chanceto see them perform, I suggest youdo. Hopefully the PNE will havehim back next year – they would becrazy not too.
To make your calendar even morefull there is the touring show of“It’s Magic” by Milt Larsen.Starring Les Arnold & Dazzle,Michael Finney, Danny Cole, DanaDaniels, James Dimmare, JohnWalton, and Chuck Jones – this is ashow you do not want to miss! Itwill be held at the Mount BakerTheatre in Washington on October28th, 2006 at 8:00pm. Visit
fortickets and more information.
Don’t forget to get prepared for theAnnual Auction Night to be held onour October meeting on ThursdayOctober 26th. We will have a greatauctioneer, so expect a fast and funevening. If you want to get anauction form please contact DavidWilson.
Our next lecture is David Malekand it will be held November 3rd atDouglas College. All the detailsare included on the flyer with thisnewsletter.
The Vancouver Magic Circle willonce again be celebrating ourfestive dinner at the Sand Hotel onNovember 26, 2006. This year ourdinner will be catered by the SandHotel staff and the cost is $20.00for a complete Christmas meal.
There will be lots of entertainment,ending with Santa Clause and thetwo stage competition. The doorswill be open at 5:00pm and dinnerwill be severed at 6:15pn sharp. Itis anticipated that the eveningprogram will end at 10pm.
Please register at the Septemberand October club meetings or bycalling Walter Ruteck at (604) 591-1930. There will be only be 120seats, so please register early. Youwill enjoy this year’s ChristmasParty as much as you did last year.
www.mountbakertheatre.com
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Another proof that magicians aremulti-talented performers comes fromRick Mearns, who was recently spottedin the recording studio, adding drumsand percussion tracks for IBM Ring #92member Tony Kazoleas’s (aka ZanyZack) upcoming children's CD.
Rick has been a studio musician forover 20 years, recording across NorthAmerica, from Vancouver’s
all the way to Nashville. Thoseof you that are new to the Vancouver
Magic Circle may not know that beforeRick became a full-time Close-upMagician he was a Nashville recordingartist, and spent more that 15 years on-the-road performing music... not magic!
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Tony on the other hand is the exactopposite... we all know him as amagician, but he’s been on-the-road allsummer touring his music act! Look formore information about Tony’s CDrelease in October’s newsletter.
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September 19-22, 24, 2006
A REALLY BIG SHEW WITH MURRAY
the Tulalip Casino presents
A varitey show featuring Ring 92 member andsuperstar of magic Murray Sawchuk.
Information:Show times:
Thursday - September 28th, 2006 - 7pm
Saturday, October 7, 2006
DAY O' MAGIC STARRING OSCAR MUNOZ
Thursday - October 25th, 2006
Saturday - October 28th, 2006, 8PM
Friday, November 3rd, 2006 - 7:30pm
Sunday - November 26th, 2006
IBM Ring #92 The Vancouver Magic Circle
All new members encouraged to come out!7:00pm - Workshop (Jack Bastow)8:00pm - Business meeting followed by
competition and initiation
Northwest Ring of Fire (Lynnwood) presents
Swap meet, lecture, youth show, competition &contest.
Adults $30, family rate $45.Dealers tables $10. Show tickets only $10
IBM Ring #92 The Vancouver Magic Circle
6:00pm - Set-up7:30pm - Auction
Milt Larsen & Terry Hill present
Mount Baker Theatre104 North Commercial Street, Bellingham, WATickets available from or bycalling (360) 734-6080.
Ring #92 the Vancouver Magic Circle presents
Room #2203 - Douglas College700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BCReserve your seat by calling 604-467-7887
IBM Ring #92 - Vancouver Magic Circle
Best Western Sands Hotel, Vancouver
SEPTEMBER MEETING - INITIATION NIGHT
OCTOBER MEETING - MAGIC AUCTION!
IT’S MAGIC - 50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW!
MAGIC LECTURE BY DAVID MALEK
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER & SHOW!
“card-art”
www.areallybigshew.com
www.tulalipcasino.com
TICKETS.COM
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Rick Mearns adds drum and percussion tracks toZany Zacks’s new children’s CD
