Grad party magician…for graduates

A person’s happiness is priceless–especially on their graduation. High schoolers love Jon Finch, because he has strong, astonishing magic.

Surely anyone doing magic wears a tux

. Someone dressed in apparel not worn by the public in sixty years must be a highly-trained and entertaining artist. I encounter responses like: “People will not know we are magicians if we don’t wear our magician uniform,” bemoan penguin-like illusionists. “magicians must wear tuxedos,” yells the part-time practitioner in his ill-fitting vintage apparel. The question of what magicians should wear has existed for more than a century, and the right answer has existed as long. Unfortunately, many

virtual magicians

not get it. The common uniform for a “genuine magician” was to dress up like a magician complete using a conical hat and a long robe with stars and crescent moon symbols on it. Robert-Houdin (Harry Houdini took his stage name from Robert Houdin) chose to see magic as an artwork. He invented many wonderful effects. He would head out on a bare stage to present his magic in a formal evening gown, which was suitable and commonly worn for evening theatrical productions. Instead of dressing differently from his crowd, Robert-Houdin dressed like his crowd—in a tuxedo. In Robert-Houdin’s advice to magicians, Robert said a magician should wear a tuxedo to appear as a gentleman and fit in with society

. In those days, men wore tuxedos. Most modern magicians who wear a tuxedo don’t understand the spirit of Houdin’s advice. David Blaine, in his first TV show, walked around dressed as an American man—in a tee shirt and jeans. This is following the spirit of Houdin’s wisdom. If you want magic to be regarded as a fine art, take your performance and dress crit