FROM THE
EDITOR
It’s important to acknowledge
our mentors ...
It’s been an incredibly busy month
as we prepare to move from New
Zealand back to live in Vancouver,
Canada this month. While packing
boxes, selling our house and clearing out my magic storage unit, and
travelling for shows, I have somehow
managed to put out another issue of
VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE on time!
This wouldn’t happen without all
the support of the contributors and
advertisers, so thank you all.
This issue is a special one for me as
I finally get the chance to feature
a New Zealand magic icon, Alan
Watson. It’s been a long time coming
but am happy that I was here to do
the interview and put this feature together on one of my closest friends.
I think younger magicians forget
to acknowledge those who have
helped them along the way, and for
me it has been an opportunity to say
thank you and to acknowledge one
of my mentors.
There is a theme in this issue on
health. In March we lost a dear friend
to many magicians, Hal Spear. Hal
and I worked on several books and
6
projects and it was very sad to hear
of his unexpected passing. With the
amount of travel many performers
do, we often neglect our health and
wellbeing and the effect it can have
on our body. I became aware of taking care of myself a few years back
when I collapsed on stage from dehydration. I had been traveling back
and forth each week flying 14 hours
every four days. After a month my
body couldn’t cope and I collapsed.
Since then I have taken my health
very seriously and make the effort to
do the right things. I certainly hope
the articles in this issue will hit home
to many hard working performers.
VANISH has some really exciting
news that will be released to those
who subscribe to the newsletter on
the website. I don’t want to give too
much away now but it’s been my
goal since I started VANISH MAGIC
MAGAZINE to get it to a level that
competes with other trade magazines, and we are a few weeks away
from getting to that point. To be
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I always enjoy hearing readers’ views
on articles, good or bad, so please
do drop me an e-mail with your
thoughts. I’d like to start up a section
where we print a few e-mails that
come in, so get your fingers typing.
Another new section I have started
is introducin