Now you see me…
When guests arrive at Cherry Grove Plantation on Chuckatuck Creek, the gracious lady greeting them has a magical history they wouldn’t suspect.
Janet Goldbach, who lives on the guest ranch with husband Richard, was a 7-year-old New Yorker when her father decided she should audition as a magician….
Janet Goldbach stands in her attic with some of the tools of a trade that consumed much of her time for 42 years. The storage space is crammed full of memories, including old costumes, top hats, puppets and other accoutrements of her time as a magician.
DuMont, a pioneering commercial television network, was offering the role. A tulip bulb company wanted to sponsor a show, and “a child who was 8 years old who could do magic” was required, Goldbach said.
Her father was president of a title and abstract company and also a top magician. He knew Harry Houdini when Houdini was president of the Society of American Magicians, according to Goldbach… Read more…