Cancelling tonight’s meeting due to inclement weather conditions, road conditions & numerous closures. Our March meeting events including the DARYL tribute will be carried over to our April meeting.
Members & Friends of IBM Ring 49, The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club: Just a friendly reminder that next Tuesday is our March meeting. As discussed last month we would like members to bring in 1 or more items that they purchased at our last auction to demonstrate/perform (or even learn how the darn thing works) If you did not make a purchase at last month’s auction (you missed some great deals!) bring in 1 or 2 magic effects to perform for our members or have one of our members explain how the effect works if you are not sure.
Please refer to our website www.ring49magic.com for a calendar of upcoming events such as the Buffalo auction March 18th, The Buffalo Ring 12 Hare Ball on March 25th, The Browsers Bash in Toronto April 1st, & the Best 1 day Magic Convention MAWNY April 30th in Batavia New York.
Thanks to our Web Master Jeph Stahl for keeping our site up to date & members informed.
For those not yet aware, FISM World Champion & Magician’s Magician DARYL, died suddenly on Friday February 24th, at The Magic Castle in Hollywood California. Daryl Easton (61 yrs. of age) leaves behind his wife Alison & 2 young daughters. The Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle) are presently raising funds for the family to defer funeral & other expenses. A memorial service is to be arranged.
As a tribute to Daryl, we will have a small memorial presentation of some of his effects at our March 14th meeting. If you have any DARYL tricks that you would like to perform, please bring them along.
See you all at Binkley Church, NEXT Tuesday, March 14th @ 7PM sharp.
Magically Yours,
Doug McCoy, Past President,
The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club
IBM Ring #49 Hamilton
Our nearby brother ring, IBM Ring 12 (Gene Gordon-Karl Norman Buffalo, NY), is having a couple of events this month.
On Saturday March 18, Ring 12 will host a magic auctions. Details can be found in the list of events calendar to the right of the screen.
On Saturday March 25, Ring 12 hosts their annual HareBall. This year the headliner is Losander! For details and tickets check out http://www.ring12.org/
On Sunday April 30, is the 71st annual MAWNY magic convention. It is one of the best 1 day magic conventions around. For details check out http://www.mawny.org/convention-schedule.html
Also, don’t forget the Browsers’ BASH on April 1st. It is in its 3rd year and is getting to be one of the must see events of the year. For details check out http://www.browsersden.com/bash/
Our Regular February Meeting will be on Tuesday February 14th at 7pm sharp at Binkley United Church. As mentioned at previous meetings, retired Oakville Magician “Maynard Millman” has given our club all of his books & props for Auction, & rather than the usual 10% of sales back to our club, Maynard has agreed to split the proceeds 50/50. The February meeting will be to SORT & SELL Maynard’s Magic. I will be bringing in his 6 or 7 boxes filled with a treasure trove of magic that we will sort into lots & price them to sell.
If anyone else in the club has items that they wish to auction off, attached find an auction tracking sheet (auctionsheet)_ to be completed in duplicate. (we will assign the lot# at our meeting).If we are not able to Sort & Sell all of the items brought in, we will then have an open auction at our March meeting on Tuesday March 14th with invitations going out to all of our neighbouring clubs & rings. (No charge for guests at the February or March meetings.)
Hope to see you Tuesday Feb.14th at Binkley United Church for our Magic Sort & Sell Auction night. Bring your Tracking Sheets for Magic items, Loonies & Toonies (for the Loonie Toonie auction items), Cash or cheques. Sorry no Debit or Credit Cards. No Sales Tax!!
Magically Your,
Doug McCoy, Past President