Who would think I would spend Super Bowl Sunday at the Magic Castle. Deep in the bowels of the Castle in what makes up the WC Fields bar and other assorted rooms is the Inner Circle where members gather to do lectures, get togethers and a number of other sundry things including gather for a Super Bowl Party. We arrived at the start of the last quarter and enjoyed crowd watching as the place lit up when Arizona began an incredible run. I think most in attendance were supporting the cardinals. That fire was quenched in the last minute when the Steelers made an exciting last minute pass and catch and took the trophy!
By games end it was time to catch the first shows. Well, almost we missed it by 5 minutes so we headed off to the first Parlor Show and caught comedy magician, Kerry Ross. I should mention here that the audiences here are made up of lay people (non magician who had passes, many having come for the awesome dinners at the Castle) and magicians (both members and non-members. Kerry amazed and entertained the audience completely.
We then caught the Palace of Mystery show featuring three magicians, Eric Buss (as the MC) , Danny Cole and Ron Saylor. Though all the acts were awesome (REALLY) I was most impressed with Danny's show. He has a fertile mind and has a very unique act. Still Eric Buss was funny as heck! Ron was the illusionist and did a fine job. We missed the close-up magic of Alfonso but did get to chat with him a bit at the table Dai Vernon used to perform at. We performed for the lay folks and a few of the other entertainers in a strolling atmosphere...I also pounded a few nails into my nose for them.
The last show we caught was with Paul Draper. He performed a fun show that starts with him playing an Indian flute and ends the same but as a Pied Piper leading us out. He's playing in Vegas this week at the Venetian.
More to come....
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