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Boston Massachusetts Wedding Magician

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One of the Sweetest reactions to my magic.

 I've only been performing for 12 years, and 10 years exclusively as an Adult Magic entertainer. My first two years I dabbled with kids' magic.

When people hear you don't perform for children, many assume you are a "snob." This is not the case; all audiences deserve the best entertainment available. To present anything less is a disservice to your clients, magic and other magicians.

I had some great shows with kids and some were not so good. Being an entertainer has its challenges, but entertaining children compounds the challenges. It is not unusual to be booked for a five-year-old birthday, but the audience may comprise 7-year-olds, 8, 9, 10, 11...? 

The intellectual and emotional capacity of a 4-year-old differs vastly from an 11-year-old child. I must assume that there are magicians who can entertain the spectrum of ages. I've not seen it as I do not have the opportunity to see magicians perform at children's birthday parties.

I have found my comfort zone performing for adults, which encompasses the ages of 17 to 99. (My personal definition for adult audiences.) I use the same material for this vast age range. Every performance varies slightly, as my shows are audience interactive, but I digress.

The point is, I don't advertise or seek work with children, but to think I will never have to have entertainment for children would be foolish.

If you haven't watched the 13 second video, please do so. In my 12 years of performing, I've had every reaction you might imagine.

Last weekend at a wedding, I performed for a couple of children, and the reaction was probably the cutest I've ever had.

Boston Wedding Magician

Joe Ferranti

After Dinner Magic at a Wedding at The Marriot, Quincy Ma.

Boston Magician Joe Ferranti's Magic Musings

" Do That Again."... hmmm? 

Magicians get together to share and hopefully learn from each other. We discuss everything about magic. I remember several times when friends were talking about what to do when a spectator asks, "do that again."

The consensus was this was a compliment. If you are a working magician, you know this is a problem. In many tricks, a repeat is usually a "lesson."

A repeat performance is likely to give away the secret, and without the secret, we have no magic. The most common solution to this request is to repeat the trick with a different method.

Think of the "Ambitious Card." Its strength lies in its repetition, and if the methods continually cancel out any assumed solutions your audience may consider, the result can be an extraordinarily strong magic effect.

But I am not talking about this type of repetition. Let's say the ending of the trick involves finding a signed card in your wallet. The card in the wallet is the "punchline." You can't repeat this trick. (to the same audience.) Think of the spectator who brings you to his friends and says, "Do the trick where the card ends up in your wallet!" You see, the problem.

Perhaps you know a method to have a card end up in a spectator's wallet. (A slightly different trick, but a good follow up,and a complete surprise.)

When possible, I like to watch other magicians perform. Recently, observing a magician perform a trick, the spectator said those words, "Do that again." I heard a tone in her voice, the pitch rising, her eyes moving to the side, looking up. Suggesting she was assessing what she saw, and concluding in her mind, "I think I know how that was done. If you do it again, I can figure it out."

There is so much going wrong here, I don't know where to begin.

But, let's cut to the chase. She didn't wait for the magician to answer her request. She ended with, "Oh, never mind." (Ouch!)

Joe Ferranti

Boston Massachusetts Close-Up Magician

339-927-4710

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