Did you know that there is a relic to St.Valentine .
It can be found in the Carmelite church on Whitefriar St.
There is a post box inside where you can drop in a note to tell him exactly what you want. "That last fella you sent was no good, he didn't want to work at all"
Anyhoo I should be on my way to Blackpool tomorrow morning, but I have to stay here to take care of my wife. Nothing too severe sciatica.
It has been going on for more than 12 weeks now. All that time with no taxi work. I passed to taxi to my son. But I really do miss the outing every day.
To get back to Blackpool. What's on.
The Worlds biggest magic convention, thats what's on.
100 +magic dealers selling things to preform the smallest magic trick in your hand to something to make a car vanish and everything in between. Then there are lectures where great magicians share their secrets with keen listeners.
Some magicians are really friendly and Paul Daniels was a great example. I met him a few times and I went to a few of his lectures.
He was coming to Belfast and I sent him an email telling him that I was coming. On arrival Paul was talking to a group of magicians in a corner of the hall. I walked in and Paul shouted over.
"Gentlemen take a look at this fine man who has just come in. Take a good look and you can plainly see that he is very wealthy. After all he won't spend money on good clothes." I don't know where it came from, but I said "Or wigs Paul" to which he replied "Touché". Then I came back with "Toupee"
He ran across and gave me a big hug.
Debbie McGee was at some function as a special guest and she spoke of Pauls death. No matter where we were we drove back home if we did not have another show in the area. Paul would drive and then one day he asked Debbie to drive, then there was headaches, when he finally went into hospital he had a massive brain tumour. But he passed away with no pain.
Magic is so accessible now with the internet.
Look for
Bill Malone. Harry Cardines Santos, Harry Lorayne, Eugene Burger.
All of them do DVDs and soon you will have your party piece.
My favourite one is to take a €5 note and in full view fold it once, twice, three times and then blow on it and it has turned into a €50.
I have a deck of cards and all the faces are different but the backs are the same. A prediction card in an envelope is placed on the table.
I deal face down cards until the person says stop.
Then I deal the other cards from the bottom face up.
There is a prediction in this envelope, I know that it is right.
You open up the envelope and it doesn't match. Front or back.
After a pause you turn the chosen cards over and they match. Front and back.
Rene Levant was in Blackpool and after the show I saw him with a group of people. He was standing at the top of a small curved staircase, near the edge. I went over to congratulate him on his performance. I was waiting for my moment when someone came over from the other side. He stepped back and came tumbling down the stairs. (He only had one arm)I remembered that before I grabbed him in a bear hug and shot back down the stairs backwards with him in my arms.
Was he grateful ? He roared at me in Spanish and he and they all thought that I had pushed him down the stairs. In many ways looking back there is a saying.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Perhaps next year
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