For some reason, this was always my favorite shot of the interior of the Joe Conrad Magic Theatre in Phuket, Thailand. This pic was shot by Director of Theatre Operations, Andy Pragnell. (On his iPhone!)
I was sad to hear so, so late about the passing of Peter White late last year. I was shocked I was not aware earlier…
Peter was a legend in the dove and silk magic world. I remember seeing his lecture for the first time as a teenager at a Florida State Magic Convention. And he was so kind to spend an additional hour or so privately with me (from a mutual friend’s introduction) and shared even more inside knowledge. WOW!!! How was I to know at that time the effect it would have on my act and how many of his dove & silk gimmicks work become standard in the magic world today. (With no credit to him I might add!)
Nobody took more pride in his teaching and products than he did. As the owner of P&A Silks, he filled a niche that is not easy to find. (Where in the world can I get the white streamers for my act now???) His old lecture notes called “Pete White Dove and Silk Lecture” are available from time to time on Denny & Lee’s Magic Studio website. Believe me, you will not regret the purchase!
For the time being, you can see full details on Peter, his life and his passing on his P&A SILKS webpage.
A couple of weekends ago, we took a break from our normal routine and went over to see the Nris show (a Thai illusionist). It was located at the Hua Hin Thailand Hilton Hotel & Resort. The show was very good with the ‘small but mighty’ audience being entertained immensely. We also found him to be a very nice guy and he was very gracious to both myself and my guests during and after the show.
After a year and a half in development, we are finally proud to debut our totally originally version of the classic thin model sawing illusion. This involved a complete redesign from the bottom up. We our so proud of our new baby…
(The above is our new promo shot featuring our original illusion concept. It is being released on our website and this blog for the very first time.)
Only a silly American tourist would pose for a pic like this. In the middle of the Bangkok protests, with people getting wounded and killed, this lady (I use the term loosely) poses with the awaiting Thai Army troops.
The older I get the more I amazed by the actions of people. Well, whatever…
Not often we show you the ‘backstage’ part of our illusion company – But my Production Director Andy was a bit bored and arranged one of our truckload of cases for a pic, after last week’s event in Bangkok.
Good job Andy – I Iiked it!
We are now a proud member of the Singapore-Thai Chamber of Commerce. Previously our company was just active in the American Chamber and attended occasional joint functions with the Singapore group. But with more and more of our event work taking place in Singapore and Singapore companies with events in Thailand, this is just a natural progression.
We are proud to be accepted as a member and looking forward to joining the family at the Singapore-Thai Chamber group.
This week is the “Songkran” Water Festival holiday all over Thailand. It is essentially the New Year celebration for Thai people and everyone is off from work all week. Part of the fun country-wide is people splash water all over each other for good luck.
I am in none of the pics below, as I am staying inside nice and dry! But seriously, nice to have some downtime while everyone else is going mad running around.
I know I am real late with this news (finding out after the fact) and it has been reported many places elsewhere in the magic community – But I did want to make mention of it and a few words with my own insight.
Jerry Conklin was one of the real “old timers” and one half of the “Amazing Conklins.” He lived and was based out of Colon, Michigan ever since I can remember. I saw many of his illusion shows at the annual Abbott Get-Together’s and always learned much from him. Ironically, he was born in the same year as my mom, 1928.
I know in recent months he had been active on his Facebook page and is where I re-connected with him. RIP – Both you as a person and your performances will be greatly missed Jerry. But will live on in all of our memories forever…
Yes we heard your requests! Finally have a chance to share a few pics from our performances last February in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The performances took place at Setia Tropika Johor (February 27th) & Setia Eco Gardens (February 28th). We shipped a full container full of magic, illusions and special effects, as well as brought the full crew. But it was worth it and the audience seemed to enjoy it.
The photographer we hired was not too great but at least we have some shots of the shows. Our Malaysian friend Alex is forwarding some even better pics in the near future. When we get them we will post some off those, as well…
The full gallery of pics from these performances is available over at our Facebook page.
