PAUL DANIELS
NEPHEW CONTINUES THE MAGIC
The young magician, who recently landed
a new radio magic show called Trickster
Live, said Paul “100 per cent” inspired him
to go into magic as he revealed his sadness
that his uncle never got to see him pursue
it as a career.
“He never really saw me do it much,” he
said. “I left my job because he got ill, I had a
proper job [before].
In an exclusive interview recently in the
SundayExpress.co.uk Paul Daniels nephew
James Phelan has spoken out about his
uncle’s warning to him and shared his
regret about legendary magician.
James is now a member of the Magic Circle
in London, however he remembers some
very good advice his Uncle gave him. “I
was never a member of a magic club or
any of that because my uncle always used
to tell me, ‘Don’t mix with other magicians
because you’ll end up like them and you
want to be you. Don’t join the Magic Circle
until you’ve found who you are and then
be you, because you’re the best one of you
there is.’”
HARRY HOUDINI
HISTORICAL SEANCE
Historic Original Houdini Seance to
be held at Sojourn Restaurant – The
Site of Houdini’s First Home in NY, on
Halloween, Tuesday October 31, 2017.
The internationally famous Original
Houdini Seance event will begin at close to
the exact time Houdini died on Halloween.
This will all be free for magicians and
fans of Houdini. Complimentary food will
be provided. The Sojourn Restaurant is
located at 244 East 79 St., NY., which was
the site of his first home in New York City at
the age of 13, in 1887. The building that
was once a boarding house, where young
Ehrich Weiss and his father stayed when
they first arrived in New York. Amazingly,
the building would still be recognizable to
Houdini and his father today. The Original
Houdini Seances have been done by
Dorothy Dietrich for many years at New
York's legendary Magic Towne House in
New York City, and later at The Houdini
Museum in Scranton, Pa., the only building
in the world dedicated to the world’s most
iconic magician. (http://Houdini.org) New
York City was the lifetime home of Houdini.
The Houdini Seances are attended on a
regular basis by the closest living relatives
of Houdini. The Houdini Museum is under
the close guidance of Houdini's family.
They have also asked the museum to do
upkeep and repairs at the Houdini's Grave.
The museum recently received world wide
acclaim for replacing the bust of Houdini
at his grave that had been missing for 36
years, and for getting Turner Classic Movies
to restore Houdini's long lost and best
movie, "The Grim Game".
In 1917 Houdini became President of
The Society of American Magicians on
hundred years ago. . It was a small single
club in New York City at the time. Houdini
promoted the organization all over the
VANISH MAGAZINE
“I do regret that quite a lot, that he never
really saw me do it. He saw me do live
shows a couple of times but never saw me
chase it as a career.”
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world in what he called the greatest
movement in magic history. He paid,
out of his own money, for banquets for
magicians in cities all over the world to
come have a free dinner, learn about
the organization and join if they wish. It
expanded quickly. It now has hundreds
of clubs and thousands of members. They
now take in a half a million dollars each
year in dues, and have nearly 2 million
dollars in their bank account, thanks to Mr.
Houdini.
Htribute in the form of a seance has been
conducted on this day. The first ten seances
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