Fay Presto has been honing her craft and performing in the U.K. for years. She has won The Magic Circle's "Close-Up Magician of the Year" award and is currently traveling extensively with the "Champions of Magic" tour. This ensemble cast has traveled so many miles, she calculated that it is the equivalent of 1/100 of the way to the moon! Fay has lived a magical, charmed life having performed for celebrities and royalty alike, almost too many to mention. And she is humble in dropping names, but she can legitimately do it.

In our chat, Fay talks about the tour, some of the celebrities she has performed for, the difficulties women have as a magician, how she has overcome some obstacles (like costuming issues), plus advice to magicians who try too hard to encourage young girls to get involved in magic.

You can watch a video, see some photos, read the blog, listen online and download the MP3 file at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwell......y-presto

Congratulations to Steve Gallagher and Gary Fambrough who were the two winners of a copy of the new Tom Frame book, "Framework". Watch next week for a new contest.

And we also welcome four new Friends of The Magic Word who have pledged their financial support to the podcast: Kieron Johnson, Michael Breggar, Terry Greenwood and Lewis Turner. Thanks for your support and thanks for listening.