McBride Magic & Mystery School Adds Two
New Scholarships
Jeff McBride’s Magic & Mystery School just announced the
creation of two new scholarships. The SARMOTI Legacy
Scholarship was founded and funded by a generous grant
from the Siegfried and Roy North American Fan Club. The
Magic & Mystery School Scholarship is supported through
donations of magicians and fans of magic from around the
world.
McBride’s school in Las Vegas has achieved global acclaim.
The BBC termed it “the world’s most prestigious school
for magicians” in a recent broadcast, and both MAGIC and
Genii magazines, have profiled the school. The Society
of American Magicians and London’s Magic Circle have
both provided past scholarships for students to attend the
school, and the new scholarships will supplement those
continuing programs.
RICHARD WEBSTER AWARDED
THE GRAND MASTER OF MAGIC AWARD
The Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians
and The Shore City Magic Club honored
Richard Webster recently by awarding him
their highest accolade for any New Zealand
magician - The Grand Master of Magic.
Richard was recently a feature artist in VANISH
MAGIC MAGAZINE and his years as one of the
world’s leading hypnotists, mentalists and
magicians was finally acknowledged by the
magic community in his home country New
Zealand. Richard has been a supporter of
VANISH Magic Magazine since the first issue
and continues with his regular columns. On
behalf of the VANISH family we congratulate
Richard on this well-deserved award.
“Scholarships provide aid to students who need help
closing the financial gap to get the magic education they
need. Magicians must apply for a scholarship,” says Dr.
Lawrence Hass (Associate Dean of the School), “and the
process is competitive. We do not have enough funds to
meet all the requests we receive. Even so, we are committed
to awarding these scholarship dollars and we encourage
anyone who qualifies to apply.”
For that purpose, the school has set up a special web-page
application at www.magicalwisdom.com/scholarships.
Dr. Hass says: “In 2012 we awarded three scholarships to
wonderful, talented, highly motivatedmagicians, and that is
only the beginning of our efforts to help people make their
magic education goals a reality.”
Dr. Hass continues, “Both of the new Scholarships are
funded through the generosity of people in the worldwide magic community and our Magic & Mystery School
community. Donations are gladly and gratefully accepted
and can be made if you will go to our web-page for the
scholarship program at www.magicalwisdom.com/
scholarships.”
The McBride Magic & Mystery School has been offering
high-quality, high-impact magic education in live classes
and events for over twenty years. Interested students can
visit www.magicalwisdom.com to see the full slate of its
live classes in Las Vegas and recently added online learning
experiences.
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