TIME TO UPDATE THE MAGIC VAN:

Since 2006 I have been driving a yellow magic van! On Thursday I am updating it for a brand new "Volkswagen Caddy". The new car will be bright Orange - I don't like to be noticed

I will post a photo of the new van once the signwriting has been added to it.

TWITTER:

Just letting you know I have now set up a "twitter" account. I'm testing its effectiveness for business. If you wish to "follow" me on there I'm "Joel Howlett".

Have a magical day,

Joel

A Post For Fellow Magicians :

Just letting my magicians and magic enthusiasts  know that my friend Jim Mc Keague's book "The Best 200 Tricks With A Svengali Deck" is now available at library.com as an ebook.

The book is encyclopaedic in scope, with notes on... making, handling, pitching, and performing in a variety of situations.

Contents
•Handling the Svengali Deck
•Pitching the Svengali Deck
•About the Tricks
•Impromptu
•Almost Impromptu
•Multi-Method Classics
•Novelty Revelations
•Things going wrong, and sucker effects
•Apparatus Required
•Special Decks
•Publicity, Promotion, Spectacle
•Using sleights and moves
•Miscellaneous
•The Last Word

Here is the link:

http://www.lybrary.com/the-best-200-tricks-with-a-svengali-deck-p-493035.html

JUGGLING WORKSHOPS:

From time to time I run “Juggling Workshops”. These have been known to take place in Schools and High Schools as part of PE / Sport lessons and I have also run them at corporate events for adults as a “Team Building” exercise.

 

The workshop runs for 1 hour and is very interactive. I provide enough materials for 30 participants per session.

 

Apart from being a lot of fun I am learning that there a great many benefits (particularly for school students) to learning how to juggle! In addition to being fun and entertaining, learning to juggle is actually healthy for the mind and body. The challenge of juggling improves eye-hand coordination, motor skills, and physical fitness for both children and adults.

Research has shown that there is a direct relationship between the hand-eye

coordination learned through juggling and the ability to read, write, and reason.

If you’re interested in having a “Juggling Workshop” at your School (or child’s school), Camp, Retreat, Rewards Day or Event you can contact me on 49423593 or email jdandfriends@dodo.com.au

PUBLICITY:

I have just seen the great publicity that appeared in the April edition of "Local Life" - Port Stephens Magazine.

A full page article and photo!

Time for an update!

I have received a few comments lately about how "old" my Youtube promotional clip is! Some of the footage was taken 8 years ago when I was still at school!

It was really time to post something new on youtube so this evening I posted a collection of photos from some of the different programs I offer, along with some testimonials from past customers!

  Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2_n4WpgCOY