Strolling Magic
Two hours- Close-up magic in your guests' own hands
- Table to table and group to group
- The kids and the adults both covered
- Nothing to set up and no stage needed
Bar & Bat Mitzvahs
The kids and the adults. Same room, same hour.
Most of the day is settled long before it arrives. The caterer will be fine. The room will look right. The part that keeps people up at night is quieter than that, and it is usually this: will the kids have a good time, and will the adults be standing around waiting for it to end.
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What actually happens
I work the room
I go from group to group with magic that happens inches away, in your guests' own hands, using things I borrow from them. The kids get their own private show. So do their parents. Nobody has to sit down, nobody has to be quiet, and nothing stops while I do it.
Two things make this work in a party room rather than a theater. The magic is visual, so it lands even when the music is loud and the room is busy. And I bring far more material than I need, then choose what fits each group as I go.
The guest of honor
Your son or daughter is the star of it
Whenever they are not busy with someone else, the magic happens around them and to them, in front of their friends.
That is the part they describe to people afterward, and it is the reason I build the show the way I do.
Tell me a few things about them beforehand, the kind of things their friends would know, and I can build something around them that could not be performed for anybody else.
"We wanted to thank you so much for the fantastic job you did at our son Adam's Bar Mitzvah. Not only did you keep the kids entertained, but a number of adults told us that you blew their minds with some of your tricks. Thanks again for a great day!"
Two ways to do it
Strolling, or strolling plus a show
The deluxe
Strolling plus a show
Two hours, plus 20 minutes- Everything in the strolling package
- A 20 minute comedy magic and mind reading show
- Brings the whole room together at once
- Your guest of honor at the center of it
One less performer to hire
There is a budget argument, and it is a real one
Most entertainment reaches either the children or the grown-ups. This reaches both, which usually means one performer instead of two. There are no agency fees either, because you are dealing with me directly.
Most magicians perform card magic and, if you are lucky, a few coin tricks. I bring money magic, rope effects, mind reading, comedy and a great deal of audience participation, so you are not booking a narrow act and then filling the gaps.
Who you are hiring
A day you only get once
Over 35 years full time and somewhere past 10,000 shows. 15 years as the tableside magician at Max and Erma's and 16 more at the Old Bag of Nails, which is where you learn to work a loud room full of strangers and win it over in ninety seconds. That is the same skill a Mitzvah reception asks for.
Two term President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians here in Central Ohio, and a recipient of the Society of American Magicians Houdini Thurston Award.
The show is clean, age appropriate and sensory friendly, so nothing is loud or startling and no guest is ever put on the spot.
If your guests do not enjoy it, you pay nothing
That is the whole guarantee, and it matters most on a day you cannot do again. In 35 years nobody has ever asked me to honor it.
Check your date
Tell me about the celebration
The date, the venue and roughly how many guests. I will tell you honestly which of the two fits, and what it costs.
Would rather just talk? Call or text me.
614-800-8909