Andrew Mayne on conjuring magic and taking chances..
Thanks to the Manila Bulletin and Yahoo News for this article..
Magician-illusionist-writer Andrew Mayne wants to visit the Philippines, which he admitted is among his dream destinations.
“I’ve never been (there) but I would love to go visit the Philippines,” he said in a phone interview, adding that he knows a lot of “very intelligent Filipino people,” which he counts among his “mentors.” Of these, he cites his head magic consultant Enrico dela Vega, as well as his Judo teacher as both Filipino.
Born in Opelika, Alabama, Mayne’s interest in magic began when his grandfather showed him how he could make a quarter vanish, only to make it reappear moments later in his shoe or sometimes, his belly button.
“Until now I still don’t have any idea how he did it,” Mayne confessed.
He earned recognition being the second youngest illusionist to embark on a world tour (the first was American illusionist David Copperfield)…