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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I INCLUDED AN ORIGINAL ROUTINE IN MY BOOK KISS called “Welded Bliss” A yuk play on words encouraged no doubt by my commercial years in writing copy for advertisements. Simply it was the permanent linking of a gentlman’s signet ring to a ladies engagement ring without the aid of a Himber ring. It was perfect for [...]
Posted on November 13th, 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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WE ALL, MYSELF INCLUDED, ARE SEDUCED by a new trick. See a great demonstrator like Mark Mason (or years ago Ken Brooke) and you flew to your pocket to purchase the effect in the belief that what you have just seen is the way you would do it in the future. It ain’t necessarily so. How [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2012 by John
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IF YOU STOP AND THINK of the magicians who have really impressed you, you will realise that in addition to their magic technique, they had that added something that made them special.. You know what I mean. The wow factor, that something that you can see but find it hard to describe, Think of Juan Tamariz. Excellent [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2012 by John
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Some of the comments I’ve recently received from magicians who’ve read the new book. COLIN ROSE: DEALER AND FORMER PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN. “I toured as a professional magician all over the world for years and appeared in the Richiardi show for much of that time. The information on presentation that John Derris gives in his new [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2011 by John
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WHEN PRESENTING CLOSE-UP AT WEDDINGS or anniversaries, this is a blinder! The magician approaches the table and makes pleasantries about the bride and groom. In so doing he displays at his fingertips a ladies diamond ring on the finger of one hand and a gentleman’s gold signet ring on the other.Telling of his own long, [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2011 by John
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I’M JUST A CHILD IN THE BAFFLING WORLD OF COMPUTERS and for some unknown reason my web site has been unavailable for some considerable time bringing up a horrifc healdine that said – FORBIDDEN! I know nothing and explanations from the computer intelligensia (my nephew Martin Avis – he’s brilliant and makes his living out [...]
Posted on September 26th, 2009 by John
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THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CARD MAGICIANS AROUND THE WORLD and over half a century I’ve seen many of them. I’m not a card man myself but know enough to know the difference between a demonstrator of card tricks and an artiste who can really entertain with just a pack of cards. In the distant past one [...]
Posted on April 11th, 2009 by John
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BEEN WORKING AWAY RECENTLY AND LAST WEEKEND I went to the International Convention organised by the MacMillan family. A great weekend of magic both close-up and stage with the accent on international. This is a trend that was started by Ron MacMillan who was well in touch with magic and magicians all over Europe and other parts [...]
Posted on December 8th, 2008 by John
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