February 2017- Edition 31

Internatonal Magic Magazine

PUBLISHER Paul Romhany & Joomag

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paul Romhany

EDITOR / LAYOUT of MO MAGIC FEATURE Hal Meyers

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Nick Lewin

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ben Robinson

STAFF WRITERS Romany, Charles Bach, Timothy Hyde, Nick Lewin, Wayne Fox, Jonathan Friedman, Charles Bach, Ben Whiting, Sasha Crespi, Danny Archer, Doug Bennett, Ken Scott, Nickle Van Wormer, Colin Underwood, Wayne Rogers, Louie Foxx, Thomas Moore, Paul Romhany

EDITORIAL SUPPORT EXECUTIVE Richard Webster and Mick Peck

ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Paul Romhany & Sydnie Anderson

CREATIVE DESIGNER & LAYOUT Paul Romhany

MARKETING EXECUTIVES Steve Hocevar

CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTION Harry Morgan

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COPYRIGHT All rights reserved. None of this magazine can be reprinted electronically OR in hard form without the permission of the editor.

am is always looking at ways to get information out to magicians in new and exciting ways. I am very pleased to announce that VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE in partnership with Murphy ' s Magic has just launched:

www. magicnewsflash. com

This is a great website with content from past editions of VANISH plus video reviews, the latest news and products from around the world and more. It has been in the making for many months and will officially launch in a week, but readers of VANISH can get a sneak preview right now. Make sure to share it with your friends so we can build momentum within the magic community. I ' d like to thank everybody at Murphy ' s Magic for working on this and in particular Luke Dancy who has done an amazing job with the site.

We also have some great news for those of you who would like to get help with your magic act. Magic consultant and illusion designer Thomas Moore has offered to do a series of Show Doctor type articles or " Lets Do Notes," for those that would like professional critique. Just submit your videos, any length from an 8-minute spot to a 50 minute show is welcome. The important thing to remember is Thomas wants to see exactly what the audience sees rather than a promotional video. He is looking for stage or larger shows.

Submissions can be sent to vanishmag @ thomasmoorecreative. com and he will pick a couple each month trying to cover as many genres as possible across the year.

I would like to thank Hal Meyers who worked on the feature story this edition. Hal did the editing and layout for the story on South African magician Mahommed Moorad, or as he is known in his country Mo Magic. Mo ' s story proves that if you have a dream then hard work and belief in yourself will pay of. I look forward to seeing where Mo ' s journey goes next.

Paul Romhany

VANISH MAGAZINE www. VanishMagazine. com

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