Life has been rather busy recently, so I now have a chance to catch up with things that have been going on. In September I had the pleasure of performing Close Up magic at the drinks reception of Nick Smith and Louise Belford, held at Down Hall, following their wedding service, which was held in Bishops Stortford. The sun shone and it was a beautiful day all round. The Selwin Suite at Down Hall looked amazing ready for the happy couples arrival. Very best wishes to the new Mr and
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The one thing that is currently filling the social media pages like Facebook and Twitter are video clips of various people completing their Ice Bucket Challenge in aid of Macmillan Cancer support. Well it was always going to happen that I would be nominated and the other day my eldest daughter completed her challenge, and having asked me to pour the water over her, promptly nominated me. So today I completed the challenge and combined it with a trick and of course text 70550 to make my donation Good luck
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Following their wedding ceremony at Rangers House, near Blackheath, Menh and Diana traveled a short distance to perhaps the only Chinese restaurant in London capable of hosting their 500 guests for a sumptuous wedding banquet. They had kindly asked me to entertain during this magnificent meal, and I performed at selected tables where my magic transcended the language barrier for some of the Chinese speaking guests. The response was such from some of the tables, that I wished I could take them to every performance I do. Guests had traveled
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A phone call from Rick Mallett asking me to perform at his wife, Carina’s, 50th Birthday party, took me to the delightful venue of Cuddington Golf Club, set in 166 acres of beautiful Surrey downland. It was a lovely cool evening as about 80 members of family and friends gathered to celebrate with Carina, many of whom took advantage of the weather and gathered outside, enjoying the lovely views over London, the Wembley arch could be clearly seen, and that was 16 miles away. I mingled outside among the guests
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The world today is one of social media, and mobile communications. How many times have we heard a mobile phone go off at an inopportune moment, perhaps mid show in a theatre, or even among the congregation at a wedding. It’s always worth reminding people to turn them off or switch them onto silent. I quite often get filmed performing magic, by guests at weddings or other events using the cameras on mobile phones, its just part of every day life. However, if any of you are up and coming
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