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Pop Haydn to Appear at World Steam Expo
Pop Haydn and Nancy Magill will be at the World Steam Expo in Dearborn, Michigan this Memorial Day weekend. Accompanying them will be Sophie Evans, the “Little Wonder from Down Under” who will demonstrate her ability to manipulate fire, electricity and gravity through mesmeric and yogic techniques.
Pop will demonstrate some amazing phenomena using a powerful modified Tesla Coil and cutting-edge concepts in radio-magnetism and di-electric field theory.
Pop Haydn demonstrates working Teleportation Device!
Pop Haydn performs his original routine the Teleportation Device in the Palace of Mystery at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, Thursday, March 29th, 2012. The Teleportation Device was originally created in 1981, and has been marketed in 1994, and in 2000.
Celebrity audience members in the Palace that week included Siegfried, Lance Burton, James Randi and Flat Cael.
Pop Haydn at the Magic Castle
Pop Haydn backstage in the Palace of Mystery
I will be appearing in the Palace of Mystery at the Magic Castle beginning Monday, March 26 thru Saturday, March 31.
Sunday, April 1st, is the evening of the Magic Castle’s Academy of Magical Arts annual Awards Show, and the Magic Castle will be closed except the private party for those attending the awards at the Saban Theater.
I have been nominated for “Stage Magician of the Year” for my performances in the Palace this year by the Academy. There are still tickets available for the Awards Show, and you can find information about that at the Magic Castle’s website: www.MagicCastle.com
April 1st we will see what’s in the envelope!
Pop Haydn Emcee’s “It’s Magic!” in Santa Barbara
I will be performing and emceeing the “It’s Magic!” show at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara on Sunday, March 18th at 2:00 pm and that evening, Sunday, March 18 at 6:30 pm.
This show’s lineup also includes Murray Hatfield & Teresa, Michael Grandinetti, Victor & Diamond, Jason Andrews, Rob Watkins and more.
Tickets can be found here: http://www.lobero.com/calendar/index.php?display=event&id=753&returnto=list
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More information on “It’s Magic!” can be found at www.ItsMagicShow.com
Richard Turner, live at the Magic Castle:
Richard Turner has a new Youtube channel featuring many of his card routines live at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.
To watch Richard Turner live at the Magic Castle visit his new channel here: WWW.Youtube.com/CatchAThief52
Start with episode 1 above then move on to episode 2, 3 and 4.
Richard is up for “Close-Up Magician of the Year” this year at the Magic Castle. This is the act that won him the nomination. It is well worth checking out.
And…the “Magician of the Year” nominees are:
Rosewood, ebony and silver wand by John Gaughn
I am excited to announce that I have been nominated once again for “Stage Magician of the Year” by the members of the Magic Castle. This is a very great honor, and especially considering the excellent performers who have been nominated this year. I am a big fan of everyone on the list.
I have won six performing “Magician of the Year” awards from the Magic Castle.
I won “Stage Magician of the Year” in 1979, “Parlor Magician of the Year” in 1995 and 2002, and “Close-Up Magician of the Year” in 2003 and 2004.
I was named “W.C. Fields Bar Magician of the Year” in 2005, an award that has only been given out twice in the history of the Magic Castle.
It is very exhilarating just to be in the running. I am looking forward until the 44th Annual Awards Show on Sunday, April 1st, 2012 at the beautiful Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
Saban Theater, Beverly Hills
From the Magic Castle website:
“The elegant evening begins at 5:30 PM with a cocktail party in the theater lobby. The show starts at 7:00 PM, hosted by the star of the best magic show in Las Vegas, Mac King. There will be amazing magic acts (including some never seen here before), legendary presenters and recipients, plus comedy, surprises, music and much more. And the evening ends up at the Magic Castle, which will be closed to the public that night so that we can have our afterparty at our own club, with a lavish buffet dinner.
“This will be an inclusive event, and for that reason we’ve kept the ticket prices as low as possible. All tickets include the afterparty with dinner at the Castle. Prices are $30, $60, $90 and a VIP package at $180. Tickets are available at the Saban box office, 323-655-0111, or on-line at www.sabantheatre.org”
LIST OF FINAL NOMINEES FOR 2011 AMA (Magic Castle) SHOWROOM AWARDS
Below are the names of the final nominees for each showroom; listed in alphabetical order.
CLOSE UP ROOM
Jon Armstrong
Derek DelGaudio
Bill Goodwin
David Regal
Richard Turner
PARLOUR OF PRESTIDIGITATION
Chris Capehart
Michael Carbonaro
Mike Caveney
Paul Green
Helder Guimaraes
Mark Haslam
Kevin James
STAGE MAGIC
Rich Bloch
Mike Caveney
Farrell Dillon
Whit “Pop” Haydn
Rob Zabrecky
LECTURE SERIES
Dani DaOrtiz
Howard Hamburg
Kevin James
Shoot Ogawa
Rob Zabrecky
Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!
Pop Haydn in the Palace of Mystery
Pop Haydn backstage of the Palace of Mystery
I will be performing and acting as emcee this week at the Magic Castle in the Palace of Mystery, beginning tonight!
We are back to a full week schedule at the Magic Castle, and the Hat and Hare will reopen on Monday the 6th for Burns Night.
With me in the Palace will be the wonderful puppeteer Scott Land and a two-man company from Scotland, who call themselves The Fifth Dimension.
In close-up this week, we have the incredible Paul Vigil–worth a visit just to see him.
This wonderful photo, taken backstage of the Palace of Mystery, is by Christiaan Lopez-Miro. More wonderful magician photos by Christiaan can be found here: http://www.christiaanlopez-miro.com/
Look under Smoke and Mirrors in Images.
The Spirit’s Magic Teachers:
Whit "Pop" Haydn, Richard Turner, Johnny "Ace" Palmer
Last night at the Magic Castle, the magic teachers of DC comic’s The Spirit got together.
In the December issue of The Spirit, 2008, the Spirit shows some card tricks and explains that magic is his hobby and that he had three magic teachers, Whit Haydn, Richard Turner and Johnny Ace Palmer. Also in the same magazine, our friend and fellow Magic Castle member, the lovely Misty Lee appears in the story as a character.
All of us are old friends, but none knew what had brought us together like this. It turns out that Mark Evanier, a writer for the comics, was a Castle member, and we were his favorite magicians. He had attended lectures and classes by all of us, and considered us teachers, so he just wrote us into the story with the Spirit.
It is a wonderful honor.
My life seems to continue to become more and more fictionalized…
Nancy Magill
Pop Haydn
Pop's Soapbox 