"It's Magic" Roudtable discussion with Marshall Brodien, DeYip Loo and others

[mai-ling]

The McHenry County Historical Society in Union, IL will present
its last lecture in their Sampler Series called "It's Magic"
on Monday, April 20th.

Marshall Brodien, De Yip Loo, Don Theobald and Freddy Fredricks
will talk of the old days performing magic routines at
such places as Riverview Park and Chicago's Treasure chest.
Trouping around with Dante and Blacksone, Sr.
There will be tricks and great stories.

Tickets are $10.00 at
will be held at
McHenry County Historical Society Museum
6422 Main Street
Union, IL
(815) 923-2267
http://www.mchsonline.org/

This is the Monday prior of the Magic Collectors Weekend.



Download PDF flyer here.


PS. A really unique event to have Marshall & Louie together
because of their Mentor/Prodigy relationship...

[mai-ling]

just a reminder that this is coming up on Monday.

A unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear
stories about working at Riverview Park, on Bozo
Circus, The Treasure Chest, assisting with
Blackstone, Sr & Dante.

[Lee Almond]

Wish I could be there, sounds like a real gas. I hope everyone who attends has fun down memory lane.

[mai-ling]

It was great fun Lee.

Here is a write up from the Northwest Herald about it.

LINK to article:
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/0 ... /index.xml

Hope we can do it again.

[Jonathan Townsend]

Weve never explored the magic of magic, said Nancy Fike, the museums administrator and moderator of the discussion. We all need a lot more magic in our lives.

It's nice to read things like that - when someone gets what our craft is about.

[mai-ling]

i thought that was a great quote to end the article with.