Thank you, Craig, for all this. Can you tell me if the other places have been announced yet and, if not, when they will be?
Peter
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- July 14th, 2018, 4:39 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: FISM 2018 - Day Six
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6899
- July 10th, 2015, 6:32 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: FISM Day 5
- Replies: 51
- Views: 29737
Re: FISM Day 5
Someone has posted footage of Juan Mayoral's speech at FISM onto Facebook. Here's the link, which I hope works for you - https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10206049184422472
Best wishes
Peter
Best wishes
Peter
- May 3rd, 2011, 10:44 am
- Forum: Light From the Lamp
- Topic: Duffie's Card Compulsions
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9752
Re: Duffie's Card Compulsions
I admit that this may be a biased opinion (I've known Peter for a wee while) but if you get a chance to buy this book, take it with both hands and don't let go! Simple as that. The material is all fantastic. From self-working to sleight of hand this book has something for everyone. Best wishes Peter...
- February 27th, 2011, 4:00 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Blackpool / FISM Controversy?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8800
Re: Blackpool / FISM Controversy?
I don't know if anyone has stated this elsewhere on the forum but there is a part of the rules that covers acts being "gonged" off. Section 7, paragraph (e) reads as follows:- "Judges will each have access to a switch to activate the red lamp on the performing platform. If, after the ...
- January 28th, 2011, 3:51 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: The Best of Magic by John Fisher
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3535
Re: The Best of Magic by John Fisher
I suppose it sounds petty, but I can't help but mention that although I'm not listed as having been on Season One, Episode 3, I was. D'OH! Sorry Max. :blush: I know that you were in all 6 shows of season 1! I (somehow) managed to miss entering your name in the right bit. Oh, and thanks Dustin for s...
- January 26th, 2011, 6:28 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: The Best of Magic by John Fisher
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3535
Re: The Best of Magic by John Fisher
I forgot I had this to hand. Hopefully it will save Paul a job. The Best of Magic was shown as 2 series of 6 one-hour show. Here's the list of performers that were on it:- Series 1 Hosts Geoffrey Durham, Anthea Turner and Simon Mayo Show 1 Princess Tenko, The Pendragons, Imam, Max Maven, Arthuro Bra...
- January 19th, 2011, 6:32 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The First Lecture of 2011 plus a workshop
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1747
Re: The First Lecture of 2011 plus a workshop
If you are in the area, make sure you get along to Magic Apple tonight. You are in for a real treat. Ian is a great teacher and a brilliant performer. I have seen him perform on numerous occasions in numerous situations and he is always excellent. He's also a really nice guy, which helps. As for Col...
- January 11th, 2011, 9:17 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Broken Wand :: Terry Seabrooke
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6794
Terry Seabrooke Has Died
A brief post to let you know that Terry Seabrooke passed away earlier today.
RIP Sir Terrence
Peter
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RIP Sir Terrence
Peter
:(
- August 16th, 2010, 6:05 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: JC Wagner Update
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5113
Re: JC Wagner Update
Everyone, please raise a glass to JC tonight - then reveal the selected card that was under it.
Thanks JC.
Best wishes
Peter
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Thanks JC.
Best wishes
Peter
:(
- November 23rd, 2009, 6:11 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: J. C. Wagner is very ill. Best wishes J. C.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2676
Re: J. C. Wagner is very ill. Best wishes J. C.
If you want to send a get well message to JC, you can do so by posting in the guestbook on his website - www.jcwagnersmagic.com. I am sure he'd appreciate them.
Get well soon, JC!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
Get well soon, JC!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- August 16th, 2009, 8:57 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Josh Jay Injury
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8991
Re: Josh Jay Injury
Josh - Hope you have a very quick recovery.
Take care mate!
Peter
:)
Take care mate!
Peter
:)
- July 24th, 2009, 12:41 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Local FISM buzz
- Replies: 2
- Views: 861
Re: Local FISM buzz
Have a safe journey and a great time at FISM everybody!
I'm looking forward to reading updates over the course of the week.
Best wishes
Peter
:)
I'm looking forward to reading updates over the course of the week.
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- April 10th, 2009, 5:43 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Copperfield on CMA
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10024
Re: Copperfield on CMA
Steve Pellegrino wrote:Doug's first special was in 1976.
Hate to sound big-headed, but IMDB's wrong - Henning's first special was December 1975.
Best wishes
Peter (self-confessed Henning and Copperfield geek - there, I said it!)
:)
- February 11th, 2009, 5:29 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: FISM in UK 2012 ??
- Replies: 95
- Views: 24545
Re: FISM in UK 2012 ??
FISM in Embra! We have it all - theatres, conference facilities, schemie mothers. Seriously, the EICC would be perfect. Ian For those of you not from Scotland, Embra = Edinburgh. Also, for a full definition of the term schemie, please click here . Thank you. And Ian, I have to disagree - if you wan...
- January 26th, 2009, 1:02 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Kevin Fox R.I.P.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4416
Re: Kevin Fox R.I.P.
Really sad to hear about Kevin's passing. I enjoyed the conversations we had at Conventions. Here's a silly wee story for you. I'll always remember watching one of the sessions of the Close Up Competition at the last FISM World Championships in Stockholm. In this session was Helder Guimaraes who we ...
Re: Hi All.
They have a web page that gives a little information about the shop itself which can be found here.
Best wishes
Peter
:)
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- October 3rd, 2008, 6:20 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: THE BEST EXECUTER OF THE TWO HANDED SHIFT
- Replies: 75
- Views: 15510
Re: THE BEST EXECUTER OF THE TWO HANDED SHIFT
The best two handed pass iv'e seen or not seen is Roy Walton's. I have to agree with Eddie (and, in a way, Richard). I've not seen Roy's pass, but the effects it can generate are phenominal. One wee question, what is the "Oh Damn" Pass? I've seen the Cockroach and Golf Swing passes but ne...
- September 13th, 2008, 6:23 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: FISM in UK 2012 ??
- Replies: 95
- Views: 24545
Re: FISM in UK 2012 ??
This is a little off-topic.
I know that we are still some 10 to 11 months away from Beijing, but I'm curious to find out if anyone has heard of any other cities or organisations that have expressed an interest in hosting FISM 2012?
Best wishes
Peter
:)
I know that we are still some 10 to 11 months away from Beijing, but I'm curious to find out if anyone has heard of any other cities or organisations that have expressed an interest in hosting FISM 2012?
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- August 3rd, 2008, 3:48 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Guy Hollingworth's 'Expert at the Card Table'
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7013
Re: Guy Hollingworth's 'Expert at the Card Table'
Apparantly Greg Mainwaring was there too (seconded to Edinburgh for six months). I have to wait two weeks to see the show. Boo. Take care, Ian And don't forget to go and see Ian's show while you're in Edinburgh. Great thing is that Guy and Ian are on at different times so you can go see both! Back ...
- May 23rd, 2008, 5:55 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Replies: 57
- Views: 9293
Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I'm with Richard on this one. I went to see it last night and it is a great movie - lots of fun. Only problem with it is that I've now got the Indiana Jones theme going round and round in my head and I can't get rid of it! :crazy: All together - da da daa daaaaaa, da da daaaaaa; da da daa daaaaaa, d...
- May 16th, 2008, 6:49 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Happy Birthday Richard Kaufman!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7606
Re: Happy Birthday Richard Kaufman!
Happy birthday, Richard! Have a great day, auld yin! :grin:
Best wishes
Peter
:)
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- April 2nd, 2008, 6:23 am
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Bullet Catch Illusion!??
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8834
Re: Bullet Catch Illusion!??
David Alexander wrote:There's a viral video working it's way around the Internet of knife roulettes gone bad. One unfortunate specatator actually trusted to performer enough to allow him to use her hand. Not a good idea.
David
She didn't trust him one bit!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- February 20th, 2008, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Bob Read DVD Collection
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5403
Re: Bob Read DVD Collection
For anyone who has not bought the International Magic DVD set about Bob Read, I have 3 simple words...
BUY THEM NOW!!!
'Nuff said!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
BUY THEM NOW!!!
'Nuff said!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- February 11th, 2008, 12:43 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Remembering Doug.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 11832
Re: Remembering Doug.
I hope you don't mind what might turn out to be a mindless wander through a couple of my memories of Doug Henning. Around Christmas time when I was younger, Scottish Television (Scotland's commercial TV station, as opposed to the BBC) would show some of the American magic specials - mostly David Cop...
- February 11th, 2006, 7:59 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The Real Hustle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2898
Re: The Real Hustle
The "Cover The Spot" game was shown and explained on "The Secret Cabaret" on Ch4 some 14 years ago. The person showing and explaining it did it incorrectly first, then showed that it could be done but said that the first 3 throws had to be accurate to within a very small fraction...
- February 10th, 2006, 3:54 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Paul Wilson on BBC3 10.30 9th feb
- Replies: 1
- Views: 337
Re: Paul Wilson on BBC3 10.30 9th feb
You can get full details of "The Real Hustle" at the BBC website .
Best wishes
Peter
:)
The Cardman\'s Blog
www.scottish9ball.com
Best wishes
Peter
:)
The Cardman\'s Blog
www.scottish9ball.com
- November 20th, 2005, 10:07 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: FS: Brand New Gaffed Card!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 696
Re: FS: Brand New Gaffed Card!!
Originally posted by Chris Aguilar: And that Hollingworth also sells as his "quartet" gimmick. And one gets a nice booklet with two quality effects using the gimmick. Actually, Guy's booklet comes with 10 tricks and (for anyone's information) is available from Alakazam . The effects in th...
- October 14th, 2005, 4:53 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Michael Close Lectures in the UK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1207
Re: Michael Close Lectures in the UK
I saw Michael's lecture at the British Ring Convention in Southport at the start of October and I, for one, cannot wait to sit and watch the full version in Glasgow on Sunday.
If you get the chance to see his lecture - take it!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
If you get the chance to see his lecture - take it!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- September 12th, 2005, 2:47 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The Takedown on British TV
- Replies: 4
- Views: 607
The Takedown on British TV
Hi folks
Just to let you all the UK-based readers that Paul Wilsons series The Takedown starts on Challenge TV this Thursday night at 10pm.
At last! We can get to see what our American friends have been talking about for the last number of weeks!
Happy viewing!
Peter
:)
Just to let you all the UK-based readers that Paul Wilsons series The Takedown starts on Challenge TV this Thursday night at 10pm.
At last! We can get to see what our American friends have been talking about for the last number of weeks!
Happy viewing!
Peter
:)
- August 26th, 2005, 5:45 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Cogitations finished?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 14844
Re: Cogitations finished?
I got another e-mail from him and was able to successfully reply (well, it hasn't bounce so far!). Keep an eye out for it.
Best wishes
Peter
:)
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- August 26th, 2005, 1:21 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Cogitations finished?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 14844
Cogitations finished?
I don't know about anyone else on this forum, but I received 2 e-mails this morning from Steven Youell - the first saying that Cogitations I had closed and the second saying that there would not be a Cogitations II and asking for the e-mail address for a PayPal refund. I've tried replying, but both ...
- August 14th, 2005, 12:40 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Ian Kendall’s Magic Show - Edinburgh Fringe
- Replies: 0
- Views: 523
Ian Kendall’s Magic Show - Edinburgh Fringe
Ian Kendalls Magic Show Caf Royal, Edinburgh 17:20 every day I had the pleasure of going to see Ians current show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival yesterday and what a cracking show hes got on this year. Starting with his now familiar one-coin routine, including his penchant for talking about gravi...
- August 1st, 2005, 4:49 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Houdini Movie - again!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 517
Houdini Movie - again!
There have been a few reports in the press about a movie that is about to go into production in Edinburgh about Harry Houdini. You can read the reports from Empire Magazine , Scotland On Sunday , The Scotsman and UTV . Let's hope this one actually comes off and, importantly, is a good movie! Best wi...
- August 1st, 2005, 4:32 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Question about Pendragon's 360 degree levitation
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8019
Re: Question about Pendragon's 360 degree levitation
I believe that The Pendragons were the first to perform it, either on "The Best of Magic" here in the UK or on "Disney's Magic In The Magic Kingdom" on US TV. I cannot remember which came first (and I can't check at the moment, as I'm in the office). If anyone can correct this, I...
- June 20th, 2005, 5:50 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Steve Forte on old TV special
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3875
Re: Steve Forte on old TV special
OK, let's put it this way... There is NO shift! I am sorry if that comes across as rude or nasty, but if it is the only way I can put it to you so that you understand, then so be it. NOBODY on this Forum, other than Mr Forte himself, is at liberty to discuss the method further. It would be unethical...
- October 19th, 2004, 1:25 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Mickey Silver's Coin Retention Vanish (Silver's Ultimate Vanish)
- Replies: 128
- Views: 46983
Re: Mickey Silver's Coin Retention Vanish (Silver's Ultimate Vanish)
Personally, I can't wait to see it with my own eyes in London at the end of November.
See you at Ron's, Mickey!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
See you at Ron's, Mickey!
Best wishes
Peter
:)
- October 16th, 2004, 1:38 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: New Video Clip & More...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1591
- September 12th, 2004, 8:08 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Best TV magic specials
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2945
Re: Best TV magic specials
Originally posted by Steve V': ...and there was one Jim Steinmeyer produced that I don't recall the name off but it had the blue room illusion in it. Steve V The one that Steve mentions was called "Hidden Secrets of Magic" and is one of my favourites. It was shown in the UK, at Christmas,...
- August 4th, 2004, 1:08 pm
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: NEW PENUMBRA HITS THE STREETS!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2211
Re: NEW PENUMBRA HITS THE STREETS!
Thanks for the info, Richard. Now, I cannot wait to get it!Originally posted by Richard Kaufman:
Yes.
Peter
:D
- August 3rd, 2004, 11:32 am
- Forum: Other Magic Publications
- Topic: NEW PENUMBRA HITS THE STREETS!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2211
Re: NEW PENUMBRA HITS THE STREETS!
Richard
I'm probably wrong here, but isn't Bill's routine "The Queens" the one-at-a-time vanish and reproduction of the said feminine playing cards?
Thanks
Peter
:)
I'm probably wrong here, but isn't Bill's routine "The Queens" the one-at-a-time vanish and reproduction of the said feminine playing cards?
Thanks
Peter
:)