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MAKING NEWS If you have a story or a news related item please e-mail the editor at info@paulromhany.com We try to keep the news as current as possible and generally this is the last piece we work on prior to the magazine going live. FISM 2012 WINNERS New from Danny Archer:I want to give you a brief update and overview of the 2012 MINDvention mentalism convention taking place in Las Vegas from November 11-13th. We are working hard to make this year’s MINDvention a fascinating three days of learning, sharing and exploring the Art of Mentalism. Mentalism is really the purest form of magic that there is, and at MINDvention, we peel back the curtain on this fascinating art form. We have just added three great presenters to our lineup. Tony Chris, Ross Johnson and Christopher Taylor. Congratulations to Magic Babe Ning who successfully became the first woman in the world to perform an inverted DOUBLE Straight Jacket Escape from a burning rope high up in the air! See her article for full details and behind the scenes interview. 8 GRAND PRIX AWARDS Grand Prix stage – Yu Ho Jin -- Korea Grand Prix close up – Yann Frisch -- France GENERAL MAGIC 1st Place – General magic – Marko Karvo – Finland 2nd Place – General Magic - les chapeaux blancs and angun 3rd Place – General Magic Tana mang – Portugal COMEDY MAGIC 1st Place – comedy magic – Doble Mandoble – Belgium 2nd Place – comedy magic Mikael szaniel – France 3rd Place – comedy magic Jean-phlippe Loupi – France MANIPULATION 1st place – Manipulation – Yu Ho Jin – Korea 2nd place – Manipulation Lukas – Korea 3rd place – Manipulation Kim hyun joon – Korea PARLOR MAGIC 1st place – parlor – Yann Frisch – France 2nd place – parlor - Matthew Wright – England 3rd place – parlor – Johan Stahl – Sweden Most Original in Close-up – Simon Coronel – Australia Creativity and artistic vision CARD MAGIC 1st place cards – Jan Loge- – Teller History, research and scholmann – Germany 2nd place cards – Patrick arship – Mike Caveney Theory – Eugene Burger Lehnen – Germany 3rd place cards – Zeki Yoo Christopher Bontjes, who – Korea has been performing magic since he was 4-years-old, MICRO MAGIC 1st place micro magic – An- will serve as President of the Society of American Magidost – USA 2nd place micro magic – Vit- cians. The 43-year-old music teacher and Morton natorio Belloni – Italy 3rd place micro magic – Red tive will be inaugurated as president of the society on Tsai – Taiwan Thursday. His father, Gary, has also been president of the society. ILLUSIONS 1st place illusions – Marcel Prince of illusions – Neth- Creative Business Cards Makes Magic Cards for erlands 2nd place illusions - Cubic Magicians and Illusionists Creative Business Cards act – France 3rd place illusions - Guy unique design has captured the attention of magicians Barett and illusionists. The origami style fold on the card amazMENTALISM es people and it is gaining 1st place Mentalism 2nd place mentalism – Kris- popularity with magicians and illusionists. The busitoph Kuch – Germany 3rd place mentalism – Chris- ness card looks like a normal card but when folded it has tian Bichof – Switzerland four panels that make a never ending loop. OTHER Invention Award – Tango – www. creativebusinesscards.me Argentina