will take two years. Anyone
interested in donating
can go to the society’s
website to learn more, said
Bowers of Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania, who will
become the society’s next
president in July. After
the group raises funds for
Houdini’s grave, it will move
on to other dearly departed
magicians whose eternal
resting places may need
some sprucing.
www.houdini.org
http://magicsam.com
Austin James – Street
Magician Promoting
Autism Awareness
FLORIDA : Austin James
(Austin J. Cuddeback) is a 15
year old street magician who
is also an autism advocate
striving to promote autism
awareness. Austin was
diagnosed with Asperger’s
syndrome at the age of 12.
Austin has been nominated
to be a member of the The
National Academy of Future
Scientists and Technologists,
of whom the Science
Director is Buzz Aldrin. He
is going to get to meet Mr.
Aldrin and other top minds
of Science and Technology in
Cambridge, MA in June 2015
at the annual Congress.
More details about Austin’s
Autism & Magic Science Fair
Project can be found here.
Source : http://www.
autismdailynewscast.com/in
After wowing the judges
in this year’s Britain’s Got
Talent – making it all the
way to the final – illusionist
Darcy Oake is back on
screen this December with
his very own one hour
magic special.
Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality
will be hosted by Christine
Bleakley at the historic
Blackpool Opera House. In
his new programme, Darcy
will be taking to the streets
of Blackpool to wow the
locals with his talents, and
the show’s spectacular grand
finale will feature an illusion
not performed in public for
over 100 years.
However, Soumik Sen has
been granted the permission
by son of Sorcar to work on
biopic.
Sorcar died of a heart
attack at the age of 58 in
Ashaikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan,
on January 6, 1971.
Keith Barry makes a Royal
Prediction
The royal household
could soon be celebrating
ANOTHER baby after a selfstyled ‘mentalist’ predicted
Prince Harry would get a girl
pregnant.
INDIA : Actor Akshay
Kumar will be essaying
the role of a world-class
renowned magician in his
forthcoming biopic based
on the life of late Sorcar.
As one of a series of claims,
Irish ‘hypnotist’ Keith Barry
‘predicts’ that the current
fourth in line to the throne
will create a “scandal” by
getting a girl pregnant in the
coming months.
According to the reports,
writer-director Soumik Sen
had a long time desire to
make biopic on the late
magician.
Mr Barry made the
prediction on his Facebook
page after saying he had
been hit with “crazy new
premonitions”.
According to a source, “The
various modalities of the
project are being worked
out. Soumik has already
worked on the script. He was
keen that an A-lister feature
in the title role.”
An accomplished
Richmond born-and-raised
magician who earned a
historic award last summer
is set to be honored by the
City of Richmond later this
month.
The source adds, “When
the director approached
Akshay, he showed huge
interest in the film which has
already got the support of a
production house.”
On July 4, Alex Ramon, 29,
was honored at a massive
magician’s convention
in St. Louis with the
Milbourne Christopher
Award recognizing his
achievements as an
illusionist.
CANADA : Retired Fergus
“magicomedian” Peter
Marucci has been awarded
the Howard Bamman
trophy for the second
time by the International
Brotherhood of Magicians,
in recognition of his 28year contribution to the
organization’s magazine
The Linking Ring.
The Fergus resident is the
only Canadian ever to
receive the award and the
only magician to receive it
twice.
In his Showtime column,
Marucci would outline a new
illusion every month and
give detailed instructions
on incorporating “patter”
into performances – his
trademark.
Moving to Fergus in 1985,
he was instrumental as
managing editor during
the start-up of the Guelph
Tribune, where he began
writing his syndicated
humour column Around
Our Place. After the Tribune
launched, he moved to the
Fergus-Elora News Express
with Around Our Place,
which ran for 24 years in
that paper and various other
community papers across
Canada.
Because of his health,
Marucci retired two years
ago, but his eyes still light up
at any mention of magic.
The award, named
after a late American
magician and author,
has been previously
earned by Siegfried
and Roy, David
Copperfield, Lance
Burton and Harry
Blackstone, Jr.
Ramon is the
youngest to receive it.
Darcy Oake
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