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Magic shows are not just for birthday parties.  Magic shows are for all occasions.  Most people only think of hiring a magician for a birthday party, but why not consider hiring one for all the other events and parties you have throughout the year?

Multiply Occasions

Let’s think of all the different times you would want to have a magic show.  How about at different times of the year where you have themed parties like Halloween, Christmas, New Years Eve, Valentines, Easter?  Themed magic shows are great fun. Magicians use specially made tricks just for special occasions like Christmas.  You only get to see them once a year, so make sure you don’t miss them.

Summer Activities

Now think of the summer where you might have a BBQ, a family gathering, or a Charity event?  There are always loads of different aged children at these events. If you just have a face painter or bouncy castle for the little ones, the older kids are not going to have as much fun.  Age appropriate entertainment is needed.

End of the School Year

What about an end of the school year treat for the kids passing their exams or moving up to the next level?  It’s a special occasion, why not have a special celebration?  Bet you didn’t think of that one, eh?!

Family Events

Don’t forget the family events throughout the year like Anniversaries, Weddings, Christenings, First Communions, Bar Mitzvahs, and of course everyone’s birthday, not just the kids.

These are just a few examples that you might not have thought of.  Have you thought of some that I haven’t mentioned?  Please contact us via text, phone call, Facebook, Twitter, etc. and share with the rest of us what your ideas are.  I will publish them in the future.

A magic show is great to have anywhere children are going to be and need some entertainment.  Bored children can cause havoc at any event so why not plan in advance to meet those needs.  Magic shows truly aren’t just for birthdays!

I was asked the other day, “What do you love the most about being a magician?” Wow, what a question! I replied, “How long do you have?” I could write a book about it. However, since this is a blog, I am limited to this space and your time.

Children’s Reactions

My first thought was the expressions on kids faces when you show them a really amazing trick. Their little jaws drop, their eyes get really huge, as if their eyes are going to pop out of their heads, and they sit there looking shocked, wondering what has just happened.

I was at a party for a 9 year old one day. After I did a trick, he turned to his father and said, “How did he do that?  I was watching his hands and I don’t know how he did that.” Those are the kind of comments that make my day!!

Adults Reactions

It doesn’t just apply to children either. To get responses like that from adults is very exciting and encouraging as well. I was doing a show one day recently and a dad came up to me afterwards and said, “That was an amazing show.  I’m still trying to figure out how you did the first trick, let alone all the others!” A really good magician can and should get these reactions and comments from both adults and children often. If they are not, then they shouldn’t be a magician!

Other Reactions

As well as the above,  a big smile, huge laughter, and a little applause are almost as exciting for me to see and hear. These responses give me the assurance that the audience is enjoying themselves. It’s not the magic tricks that gets these reactions, it’s the way the magician performs them. But that is another subject for another time, in another blog.

All magicians have stories that they could fill a book with.  Not all of them have happy endings.  This one I’m going to tell you does.  I was at a nursing home last year and the residents had severe special needs.  When I go to places like that I try and find a couple of people who can and are willing to participate.  I get them to answer questions or assist me in performing the magic tricks.

Helpers

I found a man named Oscar (not his real name).  He was really enjoying the tricks I was performing and was participating very well.  I kept going back to him at different times throughout the show to get his response and to involve him as much as possible.  I like to emphasise audience participation in a big way, even if most of the audience are unable to.  The show went great and I packed up my props to go home.  As I was leaving, one of the nurses stopped me and said, “Do you know that Oscar has never participated like that before?  We had animals come here yesterday and tried to get him to come outside and see them.  He wouldn’t go out.  We have tried various things to get him to open up and he never has, until today.  You have done something no one else has been able to do, reach Oscar.”  I nearly fainted.

Moments

That was one of the most incredible moments I have had since becoming a magician.  It was a “WOW” moment that you don’t often have but will remember the rest of your life when you have one.  They leave you nearly breathless.  I left there on cloud 9, never wanting to come down.  I was determined to have more of those moments in my life and in my shows.