Inside Magic

The stage was set at the ground level of the Coca-Cola arena at the Taylor Sports Complex and with 30 minutes to go before show time, the seats were filling steadily. The crowd was a fair mixture of families and teen-aged fans. The center stage was set with a folding nightclub table, a microphone and backed by a large black backdrop. Around the sides, hidden from view was the hint of the size of the show to come.

The scale of Aaron’s act is best defined as ‘big.’ Big speakers, big sets and big anticipation. The auditorium was filled with a veil of smoke and as the time approached for the start, a heavier mist of smoke began to fill from around the corners of the center backdrop. (More about the mist/smoke later).

The show was set for 7:30 but didn?t get started until twenty minutes later. At 7:45 the backstage folks were still running between the wings adjusting lights and the fog machines. Finally, the ?Stage Manager? introduced himself and then introduced The Magic of Admiral.

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Continue reading Aaron Balcom Is Outstanding!

One of the best, very best things about Sergey and his family is their desire to entertain and their complete dedication to magic as an art form. Sergey develops truly innovative material based either on what we?ve all seen for years and have considered old hat or creations developed entirely from his imagination.

I first met Sergey by email almost a year ago when I reported that some had incorrectly attacked him for not only stealing David Copperfield?s effects but that he proposed to perform a show in Vegas where he would expose the effects. I wondered, in print, if that was true, what was the point? You can read that poor piece of reporting here.(It is easy for me to be humble because I make so many mistakes, it’s a learned response).

It turns out it wasn?t true. It wasn?t even a little true. Sergey set me straight and pointed out that he actually appreciated all that David Copperfield had done for our art, would not expose magic secrets and had developed his own routines. His true love for magic was demonstrated by his constant efforts to improve his performances, his desire to stay in touch with magicians around the world and his enormous appreciation for magic as performed in almost any country in the world.

With his new site, Sergey proposes to set up as a portal for magicians to not only learn about his show, his very busy travel schedule but also about other magicians around the world. The site is beautiful. I have been forced to keep it a secret until its official release date of this morning but now I can let the secret out.

One of my favorite things about being in magic is getting to know people around the world, Sergey Korblev?s new portal will allow me to do that and more. Check it out, you?ll not be disappointed.

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Continue reading Sergey Korablev Rocks! Internationally.