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Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Magical Weddings
Diary of a Wedding Magician
Well this weekend was lots of fun with three very different weddings to entertain at
Although The format of weddings are pretty similar the feel of most weddings is very different
This can relate to Number of guests,Venue,Age of guests,if children are present and also the thing that is the hardest to relate to is the type of people
I love being asked to entertain at weddings and I often joke that for a bloke I know far to much about them
With a simple calculation I have probably entertained at 800-875 over the last 23 years
I cant say that any two were the same!!!!
- This weekend saw me entertain at a really large wedding in Cheshire where I entertained through drinks reception and the wedding breakfastAs I knew a lot of the guests there was a really personal feel
- In the evening I entertained at a reception in Warrington where I was asked to mix and mingle in the bar performing close up magic.This was an evening of fun and banter with a lot of the guests that had been at the wedding all day
- The third wedding of the weekend was an intimate wedding with about 50 guests in a country house hotel near Sheffield where I looked after guests through drinks reception and through the meal
As you can appreciate I had the chance to spend a lot more time with guests at the third wedding as it had about a third of the guests.Three weddings all awesome but all three very different.
I was so pleased to get an e mail from the Bride and Groom from the third wedding yesterday saying the following
A very good afternoon from the Easons! Carl we wanted to say an absolutely massive thank you for yesterday you are so so talented, read the crowd brilliantly and entertained our guests perfectly! The faces of shock surprise and laughter on our guests was literally magic! We cannot recommend you enough and have had so many compliments to pass on to you. Thank you , love Mr and Mrs Eason x x x 🃏
The most pleasing part of this as positive feedback (and a great testimonial) is that the bride felt that I read the room and her guests to maximise the effect of my wedding magic.
She understood that there was a mix of personalities and age groups and I tried to maximise the magical effects by not just producing a homogeneous set for each group of people
The bride and groom were pleased because of their guests reactions which I think speaks volumes for the approach of any wedding magician
Last year I produced a couple of video blogs one of which was on wedding magic I will put this below
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Carl Royle
www.magicbycarl.co.uk
Thursday, 21 July 2016
Dr Daley on Steroids
How Ideas Can Develop
Last night I was lucky enough to see my magical friend John Carey lecture at Bolton Magic Club
Over the last few years John has produced some wonderful books on Card Magic and a number of well acclaimed teaching videos for magicians
The lecture was very good indeed and appreciated by all those that attended
It was great to sit in the bar afterwards discussing magic theory and card effects
John reminded me that I had taken one of his ideas a few years ago and changed the presentation a little to suit my style and the audiences I perform for.
What he had never told me before was how much he actually liked the presentation and he uttered the words every magician wants to hear from their respected piers
"I wish I had thought of that"!!!!!
John did ask that if i were to use this effect in a lecture or write it up that I title it (with full credits)
"Dr Daley On Steroids"
This will only make sense to magicians!!!
I just remembered that I filmed a presentation of the effect a while ago so please see video below and let me know what you think
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Carl Royle
www.magicbycarl.co.uk
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