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Two shows last weekend were satisfying for different reasons. Both were fun in their own way.  I always feel honored when groups I perform for enjoyed the magic so much that they invite me back year after year.
I was hired to perform last Friday for the volleyball team which had hired me last year. It was challenging, and in a good way. The girls were engaged and desperately tried to “catch me.” Some even sat on the floor trying to view my hands from underneath.

Such an eager crowd keeps a performer sharp, and that’s why I love it.indianapolis museum of art magician

On Saturday, I was two hours early for a show
in Naperville IL
(a city
near Chicago

One of the themes of Donizetti’s Elixir of Love is that the belief in a falsehood can overcome fear and lead to the belief in something true and beneficial, such as when Dumbo gets the courage to fly from the “magic” feather.)—a 30 year old birthday party. I had arrived long before any party-goers had arrived.

There was no magic in the feather before Dumbo accepted it as a magic feather. Sometimes in this life, when learning to fly, a feather like that iswhat we need.

Benny goodman

In Elixir of Love The most famous clarinetist of all time, Benny Goodman grew up in Chicago Illinois in the 1920s and played his clarinet in his favorite place, , the shy, stammering Nemorino buys the “elixir of love” (really a bottle of cheap wine), then with his new confidence proclaims his feelings for Adina. Millennium Park

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That’s when the magic happens.

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