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Magic convention coming to St. Joseph..

Magic convention coming to St. Joseph..

After a 14-year hiatus, the International Brotherhood of Magicians is returning to St. Joseph.

A convention called The Workshop: Magician’s Convention will be held at the Radisson Hotel in October. The four-day event is expected to draw hundreds of magicians and their families from all over the world to the area.

“Anytime we’ve done a magic show at the Missouri Theater, it’s always sold out,” said David Sandy, a local magician and executive director of the conference. “So this community embraces magic and magicians. That’s one of the reasons St. Joseph, Northwest Missouri, appeals to the organization.”  Read more… 

http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_2ef0c9c4-1254-5884-b5cf-d37295627de3.html

Michael Bairefoot: Using His Illusion | Working for a Living

Michael Bairefoot: Using His Illusion | Working for a Living

Michael Bairefoot decided to become a magician at age 6, after he saw his father make a quarter vanish.

He told The Surge that he was from DC, but after a well-placed pause added that it stood for Darlington County. He attended Francis Marion University on a tennis scholarship and was a political science major, transferring from Benedict College in Columbia after his first year.

Bairefoot, now 47, moved to Myrtle Beach in 1993, after already working summers at Thee DollHouse.

“It was a straight magic show like a show you would see in Vegas with the girls dancing and the guy doing magic,” he said.

His reasoning for gravitating here made sense.

“To make a living at what I do, you’ve got to be close to a seashore. You need a place where you have got tourists and a place that has a venue.”

Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/entertainment/weekly-surge/article88906812.html#storylink=cpy