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RonjoMagic Regular user Long Island NY 138 Posts |
Tuesday April 27th 6:30 PM Will Houston Returns to Ronjo. Tickets are $25.00 each. Seating is limited. We highly recommend you purchase your tickets well in advance. First paid, first seating choice. Last time Will was here, we had to turn people away at the door. Don't be one of those people. Call 631-928-5353 or stop down to our showroom.
Will Houston Out with the New, In with the Old. In magic we are sitting on the cutting edge of a tradition that covers over five hundred years of written instruction. Despite this there is a tendency to focus on the “latest and greatest” within the magic community. In this brand new lecture Will looks backwards to previously unpublished material from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for inspiration to create effects that are as powerful today as any modern creation. The material, that will all be fully explained, includes magic with cards, coins and other objects and is suitable for both close up and parlour performance. Some of the material is taken directly from Will’s books based on previously unpublished eighteenth and nineteenth century notebooks and some is inspired by theses notebooks. Will will also teach a few modern creations including some of the material he used as a Headline Performer at The Magic Castle. Will Houstoun is one of the real up and coming young talents from the U.K. He burst onto the Magic scene by taking third place in The International Magic Close-Up Competition, then went on to confirm his standing by taking first prize in the European Magic Championships and winning the Magic Circle’s originality award. Will has performed around Europe and America, including the prestigious FFFF convention, and has lectured at a number of conventions and magic venues including The Magic Circle (UK), The Magic Castle(US), The Las Vegas Magic Invitational(US), The International Puzzle Party (Prague), The International Magic Convention (UK) and the Los Angeles Conference on Magic History (US). He has a keen interest in Magic History and has written and published two books on historical magic. The Notebook is based on a handwritten document from the 18th century and describes 81 tricks that were in use at the time providing a unique insight on the development of card magic. Hellis in Wonderland describes the magic of Professor Hellis who taught Professor Hoffmann and who David Devant said was one of the finest conjurers he had seen. This book is based on a hand written document describing the magic Hellis used to teach when he gave magic lessons and provides unique information on magic in the late 19th century. Will has received numerous positive reviews for his performances, publications and lectures including: Lecture: "I booked Will on his first US lecture tour and also at the LVMI close-up convention and I was blown away with all the great comments I received from clubs all over America. Will is a thoughtful, talented and accomplished magician and you will definitely benefit from seeing his lecture." - Danny Archer (US lecture tour organizer and LVMI organizer) “Just wanted to let you know that Will's lecture this evening at the BMS was a great success, and everyone at the meeting was very impressed not only by his technical skill, which is formidable, but also by his ability as a lecturer to present his material in a lucid and entertaining manner. He's also a really nice guy!” - Pat Cross (From the British Magic Society) “Will took questions from the audience but actually gave such very thorough explanations that he rarely left anything unanswered. There was never a feeling of inapproachability about what he did, although the moves and ideas were of a high skill level, they were designed to be understood and hopefully utilised by his audience.” - Paul Roffman (Excerpt from a review in The Magic Circle’s club magazine, The Magic CIrcular.) "Will Houstoun is one of the real up and coming talents from England ... Ring 211 recomends Will to any club." - Randy Vander Wal (The Linking Ring Magazine) FREAK DVD: “The freakiest looking thing I have seen in the last few years – makes the twisting arm look tame!” - Nick Einhorn "Your bending finger trick made me cringe... In a good way. Superb!" - Wayne Dobson "I thought your act was beautiful, stylish, and startling. Your finger trick is none of those things - it's gross and oh so baffling!" - John Lenahan "I twisted my finger for a mixed audience of laymen and magicians. It got the exact response I wanted. Enjoyment, and revulsion mixed together." - Ray Kosby “I thought the guy was a freak of nature, turns out he is just really good at what he does.” - Stephen Bargatze “A physical impossibility made possible. My eyes popped just seeing it!” - Chris Capehart “One of the coolest things I saw at F.F.F.F. this year was Will Houstoun's FREAK...Very cool trick...it will definitely F.F.F.F.REAK you out!” - Cody S Fisher The Notebook: "All in all, this well produced volume is a great adventure into the history of card magic and, when you are interested in the development of magic with playing cards, this book is a treasure trove that is a joy to study." - Denis Behr, Magie. "Will has done a fine job, and I think serious students of card magic as well as magic historians and collectors will find much of interest in this volume." - Matthew Field, The Magic Circular. "Card-trick aficionados and magic historians will be grateful that Will Houstoun has unearthed and published this centuries-old curiosity. Houstoun has done historians and card-magic lovers a great service by publishing The Notebook..." - Gabe Fajuri, Magic Magazine. "The entire project is a treat - an inexpensive adventure in time travel for any reader with some imagination and a passion for card magic and, perhaps, an interest in its history. Climbing into its pages, we get to spend some time enjoying our shared passion with another enthusiast, who, far more like us than different, happened to be doing his tricks a couple of hundred years ago. If that isn't magic, I don't know what is." - Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii Magazine. “Will’s talk was a terrific detective story on a subject dear to many magicians’ hearts.” - Dustin Stinett, Genii Magazine. |
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