Inside Magic

It is nice to be home after traveling to Las Vegas for the World Magic Seminar. There are so many benefits to being home in our small mansion on the now iced- over Lake Mystic just two miles from the Mystic Hollow, Michigan village limits. Here I am graced by family, friends, and familiar faces.

But I also met wonderful new friends and saw some faces that will be familiar the next time we meet.

(I do not believe I have any family in Vegas. I may later though because I ?liberated? a cup full of Sea Monkeys into the canals of the Venetian Hotel and Casino.)

Earl Chaney is a name you will not find on the World Magic Seminar schedule of events or even in a list of the many essential personnel responsible for the Seminar?s smooth running. In fact, he wasn’t even associated with the Seminar but meeting him was one of the highlights of my trip to Vegas.

I was introduced to Mr. Chaney by Steve Daly after we attended the incredible Showgirls of Magic. He joined us all for breakfast and we picked his brain for hours. Somewhere along the line, perhaps when I was finishing my steak and eggs, Mr. Chaney dropped in a Circus shibboleth. It told me that this guy was legit. He was from the inner-sanctum of the circus. He mentioned he was at one time a ?First of May? ? Circus Talk for ?rookie? and usually applied to a rookie clown.

I…
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