- Second Annual St. Joseph’s Villa Charity ShowFor the second year in a row, on June 5th, 2026 member volunteers of the Doug Henning Magic Wand IBM Ring 49 club performed shows for the clients of St. Joseph’s Villa in Dundas ON (a neighboring hamlet to Hamilton ON). Like last year, we performed separate shows for the Day Program clients and for …
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- June 2026 Linking Ring ReportWell, we made it to June, so this is our last Ring Report for our 2025/2026 Season. We started the year off big with a great lecture from Ryan Edwards (see our September Ring Report printed in the November 2025 Linking ring) and finished strong with a special Members Night where we shared effects and …
- Ring 49 May 2026 Linking Rings ReportRing exchanges are great events for a club – well actually two clubs, I guess. Basically, your members go do a free show for their club, and then they come and do one for you. What are the benefits? First, an opportunity to practice (and show off) for your club members. This is especially helpful …
- Ring 49 April 2026 Ring ReportHey, want to hear a joke? I don’t actually have a joke to tell you, but did I get your attention? If I did, then that was an effective icebreaker, just something to start an interaction. This is what our April 2026 meeting was all about – breaking the ice in order to initiate and …
- Ring 49 Performs at a Ring Exchange with Ring 265On April 8th, 2026, IBM Ring 49, The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club travelled down highway 401 to London Ontario to perform for IBM Ring 265, the London Magicians Guild, as our side of a club exchange (they will perform for us in Hamilton Ontario on May 12th, 2026). These events are great because although …
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- Ring 49 February 2026 Ring ReportThis month (Feb 2026) IBM Ring 49 featured a lecture from Shelley Summers AKA Dotsy the Clown. Shelley’s business, which obviously includes being a clown, extends far beyond her personal appearances into hiring other performers, party supplies and rentals, and selling supplies for performers. As usual the meeting opened with President Doug “the Great” Hunt …
- Ring 49 January 2026 Ring ReportJanuary 2026 and we’re off to a great start! I usually think of January as a slow month with people still getting over the Christmas season, but this month’s meeting was one of our best turn-out in quite a while. We had to put out extra seats. After some basic announcements, including President Doug Hunt …
- Ring 49 December 2025 Ring ReportSeason’s Greetings from Ring 49! Like most clubs, we generally have a special event for our mid-winter meeting to celebrate the season, and this year was no exception. Some of my favorite people showed up and the night was truly magical. This year we met at one of the nearby restaurants and took turns around …
- Congratulations Doug Hunt – December 11th Book Release BashCongratulations are due to our own Doug Hunt, Ring 49 Member and current President on the release of his new Book: 55, inspiring journey of chasing down a world record. Doug will be holding a Book Release Bash on Thursday December the 11th at 6:30 pm held in the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre in Brantford …
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- Ring 49 November 2025 meeting reportThis month (Nov 2025) Ring 49 hosted a lecture by Chris Campbell on his FenyxFyre Escapology Thrill Show. This might be a little off the beaten path for many in our guild, but not far off. Magic has a much older history in the so-called ‘old world’ but in North America some of our earliest …
- Ring 49 October 2025 meeting reportHello again from Ring 49 in Hamilton ON. Sometimes you get real killer presenters for club meeting, and we excelled this month – our members took turns demonstrating, teaching, getting effect and presentation feedback and generally sharing the knowledge with each other. This is all real-life stuff from peers in the same performance sphere (let’s …
- Ring 49 September 2025 meeting reportRing 49’s season opener was a lecture by Ryan Edwards – arguably Canada’s top mentalist, and it was certainly easy to see why. Ryan gave one of the most entertaining and educational lectures I have seen in a long time. But before we get to Ryan, Scott Hood (our TVP), Derrick Finn and Victor Staniewski …
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