Sandals Promo Trip!

Once again, if all things go properly, I will be doing a promotional show for Sandals Resorts! In mid-November, I will be flying down to beautiful Puerto Rico for a one-night event doing magic and hypnosis for a special VIP event for some of Sandals Resorts' most prominent and important Travel Agents and Travel Partners. This show marks my 7th year working with the Sandals and Beaches Resorts people and I want to take this opportunity to formally thank them through this Blog.

It is ALWAYS a pleasure to work with the wonderful people and everyone associated with Sandals and Beaches and I can, without any hesitation, give their resorts my unqualified endorsement (which is unpaid, too!). If you are looking for a great experience at an all-inclusive resort, look no farther than Sandals and Beaches Resorts. There are many, many reasons that they have won every major travel industry award, multiple times. Book your next vacation there and find out why. You will NOT be disappointed!

Red Hats, Northwestern, Windycon and more...

Well, the season is picking up! I just worked a wonderful program at Northwestern University's Allison Hall, for the students there, doing my hypnosis show - lots of great volunteers and some memorable moments as well. It looks like I will be doing my FIFTEENTH YEAR at Dance Marathon, the longest running collegiate charity event in the nation, too!

I also have the honor of doing a special event for the Red Hat Ladies this month. I can hardly wait for that! They are a force to be reckoned with, from everything I have read.

November 11 - 13, I will be appearing at Windycon, the Chicago-area Science Fiction convention, doing BOTH my Magic Cabaret act on Saturday afternoon AND my Stage Hypnosis Show on Sunday. The Special Guests of Honor for this event are Erin Grey and Gil Gerard, the stars of TV's Buck Rogers! With luck, they will attend one, or both of the shows! I understand that Ms. Grey is very interested in hypnosis, so...!

I will also be a panelist on several panels, so come on down! More information is available at www.windycon.org.

NEWS FLASH - if you haven't seen SERENITY, the movie based on the tv series Firefly - go see it! This is science fiction with a decided kick to it! Created by Joss Whedon, who also was the creator of Buffy, The Vampire slayer on tv, the movie is fast, fun, has a solid story, interesting characters, good acting and some really snappy dialogue. best of all, you can follow it even without having seen the series! (but pick up the series on DVD anyway - it's well worth it)

It's Been An Odd Season

Well, Summer's over and quite a bit has happened - one of my oldest friends has passed away. Actor Alan "Hal" Frank, known for his role as the Stage Manager in Somewhere In Time and the fence in the movie Thief. He was a great guy and I'll miss his wonderful sense of humor.

We are currently rehabbing our house on the East Side of Chicago (yes, there really IS an East Side, kids, the Lake curves over there) and the work has been progressing very slowly, but the results are stunning.

I have been honored by fellow Award Winning Magician and Mentalist T.C. Tahoe who published several of my original effects in his professional journal Magic Over Mind! Thanks T.C.! I'm honored and humbled.

I have also been honored with an invitation to join the new marketing and professional association for magical and mentalist entertainers called Magical Raconteurs. This is an invitation-only organization and is made up of magicians and mentalists who offer programs that more more story-driven than your typical bar or even after-dinner show might be. Again, I am very flattered to be so honored by my peers in the Art.

Recently, the disasters in the South due to the twin hurricanes have created a lot of publicity and have also stirred a lot of scams from phony fund raising companies. Please beware if you are approached either by mail or by phone by any company that claims to be soliciting funds for disaster relief and do everything you can to verify that they are legitimate before sending them your hard-earned money or giving them your credit card number. Millions have already been lost to these bottom-feeding slime-suckers. Don't get taken!

The holiday season is booking up rapidly and my new hypnosis show, complete with several new skits, is just now available for YOUR next event so CALL TODAY! If you snooze now, you and your guests won't get to snooze on stage at your holiday party! The number hasn't changed - it's still 773-728-3005 for ALL BOOKINGS, so CALL TODAY!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!