SINCE I REVIVED REGULAR BLOGS on this site following a year away due to family illness, I have had many kind remarks from magicians who say they look forward to my meanderings. Which makes me red faced realising that its been many weeks since the last report. There is a reason and it is positive which [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2013 by John
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HELL OF A YEAR and yet magic seems to be surviving if you check out the number of people staging shows. Small but active performances – and that’s what magic is all about – performance. I’ve slowed up due to wear and tear but I’m still getting a number of stand up shows for corporate groups [...]
Posted on December 24th, 2012 by John
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FOR SALE -THE ORIGINAL 5 HARDBACK VOLUMES OF CARD COLLEGE by Roberto Giobbi, acclaimed as the most definitive books published on card magic. In absolute mint condition with unmarked dust jackets, perfect for the next, emerging Roy Walton. A steal at £99.00 (plus postage £10). Contact John Derris europro@tiscali.co.uk. Happy Christmas! Social Bookmarking
Posted on December 10th, 2012 by John
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OVER THE YEARS I HAVE KEPT NOTES, thoughts and anything to do with magic and presentation. Some fanciful, some great and some workers that have gone straight into magician’s programmes including my own. Many of these have been dreamed up whilst sitting with a group of close friends in cafes and more recently in a [...]
Posted on December 8th, 2012 by John
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HAD A GREAT TIME at the International Magic Convention in London this weekend. It gets better and better with some class acts both Magic and Variety which is what the founder Ron MacMillan intended when he started the event 40 years ago. It is without doubt the premier magic event in London and congratulations to Martin [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2012 by John
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TRUE. IF YOU PULL UP “limited edition high quality magic book by top professional magician” on ebay, you’ll find a rare copy of David Berglas’s book “The Mind and Magic of David Berglas” It’s on an open bid for 4 days and at the moment is still at the starting price of 99p! I believe it’s [...]
Posted on November 4th, 2012 by John
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THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE BOOK ”KISS”, launched a year ago and distributed in the UK and USA, is now out of print. HOWEVER - a token supply is still held by International Magic in London, www.INTERNATIONALMAGIC.com Tel: 020 7405 7324- available at their showroom or at the forthcoming International Magic Convention 16 – 18 November.I’ll be there so [...]
Posted on November 1st, 2012 by John
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RECENTLY I WAS ASKED by Martin Macmillan of International Magic if I would present once more the KISS lecture that I did at nearly fifty magic clubs over the past few years. As wear and tear and time have crept up on me I said yes but that this was possibly the very last time [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2012 by John
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APOLOGIES!.Age and wear and tear for my wife and myself have created a magic vacuum in recent times and nothing has appeared on this site for yonks.Happily we are both better and whilst I literally lost all interest in magic, I have entered a new period of lifestyle when I am shedding much of the [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2012 by John
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FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of the John Derris book KISS, we sold out to uk and european magicians fairly quickly so we had to give instructions for a second printing for outstanding requests. Consequently the second printing arrives next Wednesday to service outstanding orders and for the many telephone requests we received also at the recent MacMillan International [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2011 by John
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