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Member Performances
Thinking of Joining The Magic Circle
Member Performances
Written by Keith Churcher (Regional Representative for TMC)
Saturday, 27 June 2009 00:00
Members will remember that in September 2008 an entertaining examination evening was held at the Society's meeting and four of our members were successful in gaining admittance, after approval by the Council of The Magic Circle.
In due course we can perhaps arrange another examination evening. If you are already a member then you might be interested in obtaining your Associate Membership of The Inner Magic Circle, uur three members who just "missed the boat" at the September evening may wish to have a further attempt.
I look forward to hearing from you.
HCMS Member Robert Bone Walks the Walk
Member Performances
Written by Andrew Webb
Saturday, 09 May 2009 13:19
On Friday 8th of May, the walkers on the 'Magic Trek' arrived at HCMS in Reading literally on the last leg of their walk, which will finish at the world famous Magic Circle in London.
We caught up with the walkers and spoke to HCMS Member, Robert Bone on why he decided to walk in aid of The Anthony Nolan Trust:
Like Sean Lobban I'm a professional magician, I have a lucky, and privileged life-style and thought it was a great way to raise awareness and funds for a charity to help others. We set off from Basingstoke at 10:30am this morning and arrived in Shinfield just a few minutes after 5:00pm. For me personally, the walk wasn't too tough, mainly resulting in some sore legs, but some of the others are starting to get blisters and sores.
The walk is being done by a small group of magicians and is almost a traveling show now:
It was great to spend time talking to other fellow magicians of different styles and experience on the walk, and showing each other a few magic tricks on the way.
Another of the walkers, Rod Newman has vowed to do a death-defying underwater escape if his team of entertainers raise £5,000 on the 100-mile trek. Rod is walking the whole way in a straitjacket.
If you want to support the Anthony Nolan Trust you can sponsor the walkers directly on the sponsorship site.
The walk finishes at The Magic Circle tomorrow Sunday 10th May at about 6:30pm.
Our President, Simon Williams, presented the walkers with a cheque on behalf of the society, and members who had donated, Rob Bone was also sponsored, and you can continue to sponsor the walkers directly at The Anthony Nolan Events site
March's Meeting was Competition Night for The Paul Pearman Cup. Taking part were Ian Souch, Robert Bone, Rob Gaffney and Brian Adams.
The Competition was won by Ian Souch.
Richard Young Appears With Paul Daniels at CBIT Dinner
Member Performances
Written by Andrew Webb
Saturday, 28 March 2009 15:19
On Saturday night at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford 175 people gathered for the annual CBIT (Child Brain Injury Trust) Charity Dinner. Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee were in attendance with Paul presenting a 45 minute after dinner spot.
HMCS member Richard Young was also booked as the table magician for the evening. Appearing alonside Paul Daniels was quite an experience for Richard:
"Let me tell you walking up to do magic at Paul and Debbie's tables was possibly the most intimidating moment of my life! I felt very lucky to be the only magician in the room watching Paul work for a real audience. He began his show with a classy gesture of asking everyone in the audience to applaud my contribution to the evening with the table magic, which I very much appreciated.
Congratulations to Ian Souch for becoming the winner of the HCMS Paul Pearman Cup for last nights Competition. A full review of the evenings competition, along with a short video will be available soon, but Ian was judged the most entertaining act of the evening by the judges.
Ian mixed some traditional magic, with some excellent mentalism effects into a wonderful show of just why he deserved to win the cup. Starting with vanishing pens and coins, he moved quickly into a book test, and multi phase prediction and Konfabulation type effect.
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Subscriptions for 2009 - 2010 will be due on 1st May 2009. All members will be receiving a letter with details on how to pay their subscriptions for the coming year, if you have not received your letter and subscription information please contact Simon Williams - treasurer@hcms.org.uk
On Friday 8th of May, the walkers on the 'Magic Trek' arrived at HCMS in Reading literally on the last leg of their walk, which will finish at the world famous Magic Circle in London.
We caught up with the walkers and spoke to HCMS Member, Robert Bone on why he decided to walk in aid of 
On Saturday night at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford 175 people gathered for the annual 
Congratulations to 