And That's A Wrap!!!!

Summer 2015 is done! In the bag! Finished! Complete! (unless someone else calls in the next day or so). How was it, you might ask? BUSY!!! Over the summer I presented the following shows: The Ultra Magic Show, The Jurassic Magic Show, The Very Seussical Magic Show, The Super Marvelous Magic Show, The Magic Circus, AND The Top SECRET Magic Workshop! I performed indoors, I performed outdoors. I performed for small crowds, I performed for big crowds. I performed at Summer Camps, schools, libraries, in gyms and numerous times at an outdoor amphitheater. The farthest distance I had to drive to get to a show was 120 miles. The shortest was 1/10th of a mile. Oh, and 22 public appearances this summer, over 100 private appearances.

Typically every summer there is material that will get moved to my big show. This year Marco the

Monkey will move into the Steampunk Illusionist Show. That is the only routine that got bumped up. One show from the line-up got it's life extended, the Jurassic Magic show. I had originally planned on presenting that show only this summer and then retiring it again. But the popularity of the show was so huge, that I decided to add the dinosaur show to my regular line-up of shows. In fact, I even ordered a new dinosaur puppet!

Not everything that I had planned for summer made it into the show. There was one dinosaur trick that never made it, which is fine, because that trick will now be in the school year version of the show.

There were several really cool magic effects that I had planned to use in the Ultra Magic Show but they too never made it. One was making a full glass of liquid vanish into thin air. Another piece that didn't make it into the show was a story routine, but that one is already shifted to the Steampunk show.

So now that all this is over, what's next? Well, work has already begun on the upgrades to my fall shows. The Fall-O-Ween Magic Show & The Thankfully Fun Show will be getting a special backdrop. I am contemplating adding a turkey puppet to the Thankfully Fun Show. AND there is a very cool addition to the Fall-O-Ween Magic Show, but you're going to have to wait and see for yourself! As for The Very Merry Magic Show, well I've got a LOT of stuff to add to that show and it's going to be really special this year. It's going to be really hard to choose between the three shows this Fall....so why not choose 2 instead (or even all 3)!!!

Dinosaur Magic Show

Years ago, when the first Jurassic Park movie came out, I was having breakfast with David Ginn. He was in town to do a lecture. He mentioned to me that if any magician ever put together a dinosaur magic show, they'd cause money to fall out of the sky. Well those weren't his exact words but you get the idea. It wasn't long after that when I chose to quit my regular 9-5 job and take up magic full time.

My first show was a show about dinosaurs. It was a very odd show for me because I was used to magic magic magic and this show had puppets and very little magic. But it was a hit from the very first time I presented it. Before I put it together I had to study for weeks about dinosaurs. Apparently, all the dino-related science I learned in school did not stick. So, I quickly devoured everything I could about dinosaurs. The next step was to take all that knowledge and shrink it down to easily understandable points for kids. Then I had to take those different points and find magic and puppets that could help tell the story.

The end result was a very popular show that I did for years. I presented the show several hundred times during the course of 10 years. But then one day I decided the show had run it's course. Clients were choosing other shows and not the dinosaur show for their kids so I retired the show. I cleaned up all the puppets, packed them in plastic and cleaned all the props and packed them away. I had no intention of ever doing that show ever again.

Then along comes Jurassic World and my friend Mark Daniel. Mark is a school assembly performer and he loves dinosaurs. In fact, he has a Dinosaur Museum that he tours with in North Carolina, South Carolina and Southern Virginia. AND he does a show about dinosaurs different from mine, but the same concept. Jurassic World of course is the NEXT installment to the series and probably considered a reboot by many. I just knew that dinosaurs would be huge again this summer. Marks popularity with his show also proved I was correct.

So this summer 2015, Jurassic Magic Returns! I will have new dino-magic, new puppets, and maybe a little bit of the older material mixed in. Today, I presented the old version of the show for the first time in many years and it's still a hit with the kids. I have another one tomorrow and that will be the last one until Summer. I have dates available for my Jurassic Magic Show if you're interested, HOWEVER, this show is specially designed for PRE-K and K audiences only. It's not a show for elementary school aged kids. So if you want something for the younger kids that they are sure to love, let me know!!!