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Contents

WELCOME BACK TO NORFOLK. PLEASE PRODUCE YOUR PASSPORT!

On behalf of the Annual Convention Committee and Ring 103, we would like to welcome you to the

International Brotherhood of Magicians’ Eighty-fourth Annual Convention.  This will be our third convention in Norfolk. We previously met here in 1984 and 1996. We hope you have your passport ready so you can enjoy all of our activities.

Our entire committee has worked very hard over the past year to bring you a variety of magical surprises.  Get on board and enjoy our opening night show with Andrew Goldenhersh. Watch Alexanderia the Great (Donna Purnell) take the Leap of Faith and attempt her sixth world record. Enjoy the Catch the Rising Star (all youth) show Wednesday night, continuing with our Stars of Asia Gala show, the I.B.M. Gold Medal Competition show on Friday, and ending with our closing night Stars of Magic show featuring the finest performers in magic.  Sprinkled in between these events will be the Close-up Show, the Six Pack Event, lectures, special events, contests, and even a little fireworks on the 4th of July.

While you are in Norfolk, get out and enjoy the many interesting sites and attractions. Following the convention, slip over to the beach or visit some of the historical sites in the adjacent areas.

We want to offer special thanks to Joan Caesar, Contest Mentor; Steven Kline, Stage Director; Dale Salwak, Stars of Asia gala show producer; and last but not least, our Host Ring 103.

Next year we hope to see you at the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. This location is situated in the heart of the downtown area, with plenty of eateries, the refurbished Orpheum Theater just a couple blocks away, and the nearby historical Wells Fargo Museum.

Mike StratmanBill WellsConvention Chairmen

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Welcome . . . . . . . . . . 3A Short History of the I.B.M. . . . 4President’s Message . . . . . . . 5President-Elect’s Greeting. . . . . 52011 Convention Committee. . . . 6Dr. William Spooner Honored . . . 7International Officers and Committees . 8Territorial Vice Presidents . . . . . 9Performers and Lecturers . . . . . 12Schedule of Events . . . . . . . 17Talent Line-ups . . . . . . . . 19Directory of Dealers . . . . . . 22Honorary and Life Members . . . . 20Stage Magic Competition . . . . . 21Close-Up Competition. . . . . . 22Order of Merlin . . . . . . . . 24Convention Gives Back . . . . . 27Past International Presidents . . . . 28Past I.B.M. Conventions . . . . . 28

Convention Program Team: Jessica Friend

Jack & Carole Greenberg BJ Hickman

Scott Humston Sindie Richison

Dale Salwak C. Dennis Schick

Samuel Patrick Smith Becki Wells

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Len Vintus Gene Gordon Don Rogers Warner Dornfield W.W. Durbin

The International Brotherhood of Magicians had very humble beginnings. It started as a letter

writing exchange between three young men who shared a common interest, a love for the art of magic. M.J.G. Mc-Mullen of Canada, and Gordon Avery of Buffalo, New York began writing to each other about magic in 1922. A few months later a third young man joined in the correspondence campaign. His name was Ernest Schieldge.If those names sound unfamiliar to

you it is because they all changed their names and became known in order as Len Vintus, Gene Gordon, and Don Rogers. That trio became the nucleus of the

fledgling I.B.M. Len Vintus took the Presidency and he became I.B.M. Member No. 1; Gene Gordon was Publicity Director with I.B.M. No. 2. Don Rogers became Editor of The Linking Ring, the Brotherhood’s of-ficial journal, and he became I.B.M. Member No. 3. Werner Dornfield, better known to magicians as “Dorny,” became involved and was given I.B.M. Membership No. 4, though he claimed to be the first official member since the others were all officers!Membership grew rapidly. There was

a clamoring for the formation of more local groups they called “Rings.” Gene Gordon established the first Ring in Rochester, New York. Additional Rings sprang up as members sought to meet and exchange ideas and interests in magic.The objectives of the I.B.M. are

simple. To organize individuals inter-ested in the practice and promotion of the Art of Magic; to facilitate the exchange of magical ideas; and to pro-mote harmony among those interested in magic. The first fully elected Presi-dent was the legendary W.W. Durbin, who won the election during the first I.B.M. Convention that was held in Durbin’s backyard in Kenton, Ohio, in 1926. During that same Convention the In-

ternational Brotherhood of Magicians was incorporated and a Constitution and By-Laws were created. Since that time, regular elections are held each year and a business meeting is called to report on the state of the organization.Now ninety years after its birth, the

I.B.M. continues to forge ahead in bringing magicians together from around the world in the interest of advancing the ethics of magic, and to oppose exposures, to encourage lit-

erature, to promote professionalism in magic, and to promote humane treat-ment of live animals and birds used in our Art. Today, there are over 300 I.B.M Rings

worldwide, boasting nearly 11,000 members. Those who have served the I.B.M. for twenty-five years are given the “Order of Merlin” award, and there are additional levels of recognition for thirty-five, fifty, and sixty years of continuous membership. Some of our members have served for sixty and seventy years and continue to remain active. Dr. John Booth held the record as our longest-standing member, hav-ing been a member for over eighty-one years! Through the years, those mem-bers whose dedication to magic has led them to the highest office have made contributions of time and talent that are immeasurable. All have felt hon-ored and have continued to serve in various capacities. As we move forward, the I.B.M. faces

new technology and changes in atti-tudes but while we may have our ups and downs, the object and goals re-main the same.

It is still the grandest magic organization in the world.

By Past international President JaCk White

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Norfolk holds a special affinity to me, as it was the first I.B.M. Convention that I attended in the USA. This was in 1996, the year that I was President of The British Ring. I am very flattered this year to be taking on the job of International President and feel very humble in following my illustrious predecessors.

A quotation that I frequently use is to “have fun with magic,” which after all is what we are in it for, and I am certain that is just what we shall be doing in Norfolk.

Our congratulations must go to the organisers Mike Stratman and Bill Wells and their Committee who have had a difficult job due to the proximity of the FISM Convention in the U.K. Nonetheless they have come up trumps, and we are to enjoy several days of outstanding

magic. As a previous organiser of The British Ring Convention, I know only too well the enormous amount of work that is involved, and it is very much appreciated.

During the Convention my thoughts will be for members who through sickness or other adversity will be unable to be with us to enjoy the fun.

Carol and I shall look forward to meeting you all.

Time has gone so fast. A year ago I started my presidency of this great organization and it seems like yesterday. I have travelled in many countries and magic has been the passport to friendship among people from different cultures and social strata. The I.B.M. is promoting this, and I hope it will continue to do so for a long time to come. I would like to thank you for your trust and for coming to this convention.

Our annual event is the most important one in our magic calendar, and we have to do our best to keep it going. It is an opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones, to launch new talent and to keep legends alive in our memory. It gives us a chance to learn new material and to review the classics of magic. Above all, it is the time to have fun and explore new perspectives. For this, I would also like to heartily thank all those who have been involved directly and indirectly in the organization of this event and wish the best of prospects to the incoming International President, my friend of many years, John Pye.

greetingsvanni Pulé,

international President, 2011-2012

John Pyeinternational President-eleCt, 2011-2012

I.B.M. Officers for 2011-2012, left to right: Don Wiberg, International Secretary; Roger Miller, International Treasurer; Vanni Pulé, International President; John Pye, International President-Elect; and Bill Evans, International Vice President. PHOTO BY DAVID LINSELL

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your 2012 Convention Committee

Joe TurnerOnsite Hotel Liaison/

Opening Party

Christy Henson VodehnalHospitality Director

Shawn FarquharTalent

Aubrey FineYouth Activities

Joan CaesarContest Consultant

Tom VorjohanHotel Events

Daniel HerronDealers

Bill WellsCo-chairman

Mike StratmanCo-chairman

Melody MunozContest

Bob PattersonRegistration

Oscar MunozContest

Terry RichisonTreasurer

Special thanks to Steven Kline (Stage/Production Manager), Carl Macan

(Order of Merlin Breakfast), Dale Salwak

(Stars of Asia show), Phil Messina (Share the Magic), Michael Messing (Convention Photographer), and

Joyce Wiberg (Protocol).

Becki WellsPublicity & Program

Scott HoodHospital Shows

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How does Dr. Bill Spooner top off a terrific year?  How about being named the Special Guest of Honor at the 84th Annual Convention of the International Brotherhood of

Magicians?So far 2012 has been a banner year for him. In January the I.B.M. Board of Trustees voted

unanimously to approve his nomination for the I.B.M. Medallion of Honor – the highest award given by the world’s largest magic organization. Also in 2012, he published the first two issues of his pioneering electronic publication, Journal of Magic Research. Then in the June 2012 issue of The Linking Ring, Bill was featured on the cover with an eight-page article that included sixteen photos. A banner year, indeed!

Now he can add I.B.M. Convention Guest of Honor to his resumé.How did he arrive at this lofty position?  It all began in 1953 when he was sixteen years old.

He was shopping downtown in his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina, and noticed a magician performing. He introduced himself and subsequently gained a mentor and lifetime friend – Lislie Shackerford (LiShak the Magician). Lislie introduced Bill to the I.B.M. and became one of his sponsors along with William Cash  (DeCasho the Magician) of Durham. Next year he will be honored as a member of the Order of Merlin Excalibur in recognition of fifty years of continuous membership.

Bill has attended most I.B.M. Conventions since his first in 1954 in Louisville, Kentucky. He acknowledges that as one ages, the reasons people attend conventions changes. “Today I most enjoy seeing old friends and meeting new members,” he said. “Of course, serving as International President was one of the most memorable years for me.”

From the beginning he has enjoyed active involvement in the I.B.M. that includes Territorial Representative for North Carolina, Territorial Vice President, and for over thirty years, a member of the I.B.M. Board of Trustees. In 1980 he was elected to the Executive Committee. He served as International Vice President in 1983-84, International President-Elect in 1984-85, and International President in 1985-86. In 1993 he was made an Honorary Lifetime Member of the I.B.M. by the Board and by unanimous vote of the membership at the Annual Business Meeting.

Throughout his years of association with the I.B.M. Bill Spooner has also distinguished himself as a member of the Convention Committee, Membership Committee, Internet Committee, Long-Range Planning Committee, the Management Team, President’s Advisory Committee, Magic Collectors’ Advisory Committee, and Audit Committee. Since 1982 he has served as a trustee of the I.B.M. Endowment and Development Fund which has grown from a few thousand dollars to nearly $500,000.

Yes, it has been a very good year for the I.B.M. and Dr. William Spooner – and it is only July. We expect that he will find something more to do, and others will find more ways to recognize and honor one of our organization’s all-time Most Valuable Players.

Dr. William E. SpoonerPast International President

By C. Dennis Schick

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Top of page: Cover of The Linking Ring, June 2012, featuring Bill Spooner. Above, top: International President Bill Spooner, 1985. Bottom: The happy occasion for this photograph, taken on May 9, 1970, was the founding of a new I.B.M. Ring in Raleigh, North Carolina. Bill Spooner (left) worked on the arduous task of obtaining a charter for Ring 199, presented by Ronald Haines (right), immediate Past International President. A temporary charter had been granted in September 1969.

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AWARDS COMMITTEEJerry Schnepp Oscar Mũnoz Samuel Patrick Smith Donna Schnepp

BALLOT AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEESunny Johnson Ken Cook

CHAPLAIN Duane K. Laflin

CONJURING EDUCATIONAL CENTER GROUP Rolando Santos Phil Willmarth Mike Santow Robbie Willmarth Steve BeamJoan Caesar Pat Miller

BYLAWS AND STANDING RULES COMMITTEE William Evans Fred Casto Dr. William A. Wells

CONVENTION COMMITTEEMichael F. StratmanDr. William A. Wells Daniel Herron Terry Richison Bob Patterson Joe M. Turner Oscar Mũnoz Melody MũnozJoan Caesar

CONVENTION STAFFAubrey Fine Tom VorjohanShawn Farquhar Christy Henson Vodehnal Scott Hood

CONVENTION SUPPORT STAFFJoyce Wiberg Becki Wells Phil Messina

COORDINATOR OF RINGSJoe M. Turner

DEALERS COMMITTEE Daniel Herron Joe Stevens,Paul Richards Betty Winzig Marty HahneGeorge Robinson

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Kirk DeWeese

ENDOWMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION TRUSTEES Joe M. BertuzziDr. William E. Spooner Earle J. Christenberry Jr.

ENDOWMENT & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION COMMITTEE Dr. Robert A. Escher Jr.William Evans Jack White Dr. William A. Wells

ETHICS COMMITTEE Fred Casto Frank PriceEd Morris

FISM COMMITTEE Obie O’Brien Joan CaesarShawn Farquhar

FLEMING MEMORIAL Bill Pitts, Harold Twaddle

GRIEVANCE COMMITTEEWilliam Evans Rich Bloch Sunny Johnson

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Joan Caesar Gregory Bracco John TeoFernand Ridel Dr. Detlev SparbergJohn Pye Dr. Dale Salwak

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Roger Miller Dick StaubMike Gorman John De StefanoMark Hogan

LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEERolando Santos Donald E. Wiberg Dr. William E. Spooner Joan CaesarSamuel Patrick Smith Vanni Pulé Dr. William A. Wells Terry Richison

OFFICERS

International President Vanni Pulé

International President ElectJohn Pye

International Vice-PresidentWilliam Evans

International SecretaryDonald E. Wiberg

International Treasurer Roger Miller

Executive CommittteJohn De StefanoJoe M. Turner Sunny Johnson Shawn Farquhar David Sandy Daniel Herron

LINKING RING Executive EditorSamuel Patrick Smith

Advertising ManagerB. J. Hickman

Graphic DesignJessica Friend

Portal EditorDennis Schick

Production and Art ServicesTony Dunn

Ring Report EditorT.J. Shimeld

Executive Secretary/International Office ManagerSindie Richison

Office AssistantsNancy SouthardDebbie Ladd

Certified Public AccountantDave Steiner

Legal AdvisorJohn R. Browne III

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

AUDIT COMMITTEE William Evans Dr. William E. Spooner John De Stefano

MAGIC COLLECTING ADVISORDr. William E. Spooner

MANAGEMENT TEAM Rolando Santos Donald E. Wiberg Roger Miller Sindie Richison Samuel Patrick Smith Terry Richison Dr. William A. Wells Dr. William E. Spooner

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Terry Richison Dr. Keith Bogart John Pye Bob Patterson Jeff MarcusChristy Henson Vodehnal

NOMINATING COMMITTEE Fred Casto William Evans Joan Caesar Michael F. Stratman Carl Macan

ORDER OF MERLIN COMMITTEE Carl Macan Sunny JohnsonPhil MessinaShawn Farquhar

PROTOCOL ADVISOR Joyce Wiberg

PUBLIC RELATIONS Becki Wells Paul LelekisSamuel Patrick Smith

SERGEANT AT ARMS Phil Messina

SICK AND CONVALESCENTHarold Twaddle Dr. Jerry ArgetsingerKevin M. CarneyJim Short

TVP NOMINATIONS / RING COUNSELOR Belinda Kill-Kaesler

YOUTH COMMITTEE Roger Way Mike Gorman Becki Wells

I.B.M. MERCHANDISE SALESKirk DeWeese

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Carlos Mauro ArgentinaKent Blackmore AustraliaGraham Etherington AustraliaRobert Busina AustriaEnrico Pezzoli Baltic RegionSafir Sikder, MD BangladeshTheophile C. Vandebroeck BelgiumMarc Janssen BelgiumBrent Smith AB CanadaMurray Hatfield BC CanadaCarey Lauder MB CanadaGreg Gidney NS CanadaJoan Caesar ON CanadaGuy Camirand QC CanadaFernand Ridel FranceMichael Holderried GermanyAlbert Wing Chuen Tam Hong KongDr. Gabor G. Szabo HungarySalil Kumar Kundu IndiaAndre Ludya Liap IndonesiaJohn Bowden IrelandEytan Ayalon IsraelAntonio Binarelli ItalyYuji Yamamoto JapanAlfred Mifsud MaltaHendrik Oud NetherlandsGregory Britt New ZealandTony Wilson New ZealandTrond Lien NorwayFerdinand Flores PhilippinesJohn Teo SingaporeDarryn Le Grange South AfricaBertil Fredstrom SwedenAndre Ciocca SwitzerlandOzlen Tuncer TurkeyJohn Pye United Kingdom

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DAVID ACER (Canada) is a Gemini award-nominated writer, comedian, and inventor of magic tricks. He has had his own special on The Comedy Network and has appeared on many international specials, including ten appearances at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. Younger audiences know him as “Doubting Dave” from Discovery Kids’ Mystery Hunters and for the publication of his spin-off book, Gotcha!: 18 Amazing Ways to Freak Out Your Friends, a Canadian bestseller. David is a world-class sleight-of-hand artist who has performed and lectured for magicians around the globe. In 2009, the Canadian Association of Magicians named him Magician of the Year. He has published four books of his original tricks, the latest, published in 2011, is called More Power to You.

ALEXANDERIA THE GREAT (USA). Donna Purnell, known as Alexanderia the Great, has been called “The Houdini Housewife.” From setting world records on national television, to performing one-of-a-kind death-defying escapes, you can count on Alexanderia the Great to do something extraordinary. As you witness her fighting to escape from chains, shackles, handcuffs, strait jackets, or rope in the bottom of a deep pool, or from her own Underwater Cell, you will understand why she is called the “Queen of Extreme.” She and her husband, Bill, live in Medway, Massachusetts with their children, Nicole, Kristin and Michael.

JOHN BANNON (USA) became interested in magic in the early 1970s when he was a high school student in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He soon joined I.B.M. Ring 103 and was influenced by an early mentor, Woody Landers. In the 1990s John’s first major books were published, Impossibilia and Smoke & Mirrors. His packet trick, Twisted Sisters (1993), continues to be one of the best-selling tricks of all time. John has lectured throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Today, John Bannon is an internationally-acclaimed creator of close-up

and card magic. His latest book, Dear Mr. Fantasy (2005), was called one of the best magic books of the decade. He has produced a series of “fractal” examinable packet tricks and two multi-DVD collections of his card magic, Bullets after Dark (2009) and Bullet Party (2011). In real life, John is a lawyer and deals with business and intellectual property litigation.

RICH BLOCH’s (USA) love of theatre and his position as magic consultant to the Folger Shakespeare Theater at the Library of Congress led Orson Welles to tap Rich as his writer for a television special, Time and Chance. Rich is an inventor of illusions with magicians all over the globe utilizing his techniques and apparatus, including David Copperfield, Siegfried and Roy, Harry Blackstone, Jr., and Doug Henning. Welles called Rich “an Edison of Magic.” But magic performing is never far from the center of Rich’s heart. He performs regularly as a featured guest at numerous Las Vegas venues.

ALEX BOYCE (USA), fifteen, of Endicott, New York, is an active member of Ring 79, has chaired two regional shows, and has been in magic for seven years. He has won numerous awards at Tannen’s Magic Camp and has also been on The Today Show. Alex also likes running, acting, singing, and biking. He has performed in more than thirty plays and musicals across the southern tier of New York. 

CHRIS CAPEHART (USA) was born in New York and is a regular headliner at New York City’s famous “Monday Night Magic,” but he didn’t begin his interest in magic until the age of twenty. Chris was working as a mail clerk at a law firm in Harlem and, while on a delivery, discovered a circus tent with “Presto the Magician” performing. That’s all it took to begin a career in magic, which has now lasted over thirty-five years. In 1979, Chris started performing as a street magician in Manhattan. In 1981, he perfected his own Linking Rings act called “The Three Ring Routine.” His routine has been hailed as “the best of the best” by some of the world’s most

renowned magicians and led to his title as “The Ring Master.” He is a regular at Hollywood’s Magic Castle.

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JULIANA CHEN (China) was born in the People’s Republic of China. At age ten she was selected for specialized training at the Hunan Academy for the Performing Arts. She started in ballet, and then added acrobatics and foot juggling. After injuring her leg, she turned to magic, in which she has excelled to world-class status. In 1986, she won the All-China Best Magician Competition. In 1987, she moved to Vancouver, Canada, to continue studying magic and English and later, in 2002, to Las Vegas. She has won numerous magic competitions, including the world title for Manipulation at The World Congress of Magicians and the I.B.M. Stage Competition in 1992. She has been featured on the cover of The Linking Ring. At the 2009 I.B.M. Convention in Nashville she was a featured performer along with her mentor, Shimada, who was the convention’s Honored Guest.

DANI DaORTIZ (Spain) combines superb technique with crazy humor. At only thirty years of age he is another of the great card workers that Spain has given the world. He was born in Malaga and began his own marathon of magic at four years of age, thanks to a box of tricks given to him by his father. When he was twelve, Dani visited the magic circle in Seville and experienced the magic of Mario the Magician, who would later become his mentor. His magic is sometimes characterized as unconventional and makes much use of improvisation, allowing him to create incredibly dynamic routines. Dani edits a magazine called ElManuscrito, which he hopes will create a lasting legacy of interesting articles, studies, theories, techniques, and tricks. He has authored four books on magic and edited three DVDs, including Fat Brothers I and II.

DAISY DOLICKER (USA), eight years old, is from Raleigh, North Carolina, and has been a performing member of Ring 199 since 2009. She was the Ring’s People’s Choice Gold Medal Winner in the Youth Division in 2010. In addition to performing at Ring meetings, Daisy also performs at school shows and Ring benefits. She is a rising fourth grader at Swift Creek Elementary School, is active in soccer and chorus, and has a Red Belt in Shorin-Ryu karate. She loves animals, raising a rescue cat and a Duck Roller Dog, and is an avid reader.

JUSTIN FLOM (USA) was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1986. He grew up in a performing family (his father did magic and ventriloquism, his mother was the assistant, and his two brothers and sister were all in the act). He attended his first magic convention when he was two months old and performed his first magic trick at age two. After high school he toured with professional magicians, and then – at only eighteen – moved to Branson, Missouri, to headline at the Branson Mall Music Theatre. The next year, Justin turned an empty space above a restaurant into his own Magic Parlor and Imaginary Theatre, where he performed ten shows a week for five years. Since then he has toured twenty-four countries, headlined on cruise ships, and created his own trick, Card Artistry. While in Branson he met a beautiful girl from Arkansas, Jocelynn, and they married in 2009. The couple now lives in Las Vegas.

PAUL GERTNER (USA), from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, started his trade show performing career in 1975 and has performed for more than five hundred corporations in more than twenty different countries, has lectured at MIT, and has been featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal...twice. A three-time guest on The Tonight Show, in 1998 he wrote and starred in the critically-acclaimed one-man theatrical production Paul Gertner – Ten Fingers. This one-man show became the fastest selling play in City Theater’s history. Paul was a featured performer at the Presidential Inauguration of President George W. Bush. He is an author of one of the fastest selling books in magic history, Paul Gertner: Steel & Silver, which has recently been released on DVD in a four-volume set. 

ANDREW GOLDENHERSH (USA), has mesmerized audiences from Hollywood to the Far East, and points in between. A perennial honoree at the Magic Castle, Andrew has received accolades from the prestigious Academy of Magical Arts, including the Academy’s “Parlour Magician of the Year” in 2009 and 2010. Andrew is the only magician to have been nominated for both Close-up Magician of the Year and Parlour Magician of the Year for twelve years in a row. David Copperfield has licensed and performs one of David’s signature routines.

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Daisy Dolicker

Justin Flom

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Chris Capehart

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JORDAN GOMEZ (France) is a nineteen-year-old magician. At the age of twelve he was awarded the Championship of Magic in France and won the Belgian Grand Prix. At fourteen Jordan was awarded the Golden Mandrake. He turned professional at age seventeen in the World Championship of Magic (FISM) in Beijing in July 2009 – the youngest French magician to ever perform in it. Last year he was a guest speaker at the Essential Magic Conference.

HANNIBAL (USA) is a professional entertainer from Charlotte, North Carolina, who uses only his last name. He has over thirty-five years of performing experience, including stage, film, and television. He has successfully created and presented programs for many corporate clients. He brings a showman’s perspective to his work, from rethinking classics to original ideas. He has taken his magic from the street to a successful

fifteen-year run in restaurants and from there to corporate board rooms and banquet halls worldwide. Hannibal and Dawn, his wife of twenty-four years, live in Charlotte. They have four children: Carlaysle (23), Avalon Rose (21), Grace (18), and Braiden (16), along with two rescue dogs and two psychotic cats. 

JONATHAN HAWLEY (Great Britain) is an illusionist who has performed around the world for the past nine years. He recently performed at the Blackpool magic convention and finished an extended run on Disney Cruise Lines in Europe. Jonathan is originally from England and now lives with his wife, Trisha, in her hometown in North Carolina. In addition to being an illusionist, Jonathan is an excellent close-up magician who loves card and coin magic. 

WAYNE HOUCHIN (USA) grew up in a small town in northern California. In 1999 Houchin made headlines by escaping from a straitjacket at age sixteen while hanging fifty feet above an

intersection. A few critically acclaimed theatre shows later, he found himself on the front page again – this time for accurately predicting the exact outcome of the Super Bowl. Next, it was being blindfolded and

driving safely down Highway 99 in northern California. He worked with Criss Angel on his television show Mindfreak, co-founded the popular magic Web site theory11, and has headlined at the Magic Castle. As part of the Curiosidades team, in 2010 he stopped time in the Dominican Republic -- for the entire nation! One year later Houchin executed another headline-making event – an epic dual escape with his wife, Frania.

HOU KAI (China) was born in 1990 in the Henan province of China and started his strict training at the age of five at the Shaolin Temple. This training gave him a strong foundation to become an amazing acrobat in the years following. At the age of eight Hou Kai joined the China Acrobatic Troupe where he went through rigorous training. Within nine years he acquired acrobatic skills such as hoop diving, diablo, tumbling, juggling balls, juggling hat, Chinese pole, dancing, and martial arts. Hou Kai left the China Acrobatic Troupe in 2010 to pursue his career as a performer. Apart from China, he has also performed in the USA, Greece, Germany, Australia, and Hungary. 

T.J. KETCHMARK (USA), fifteen, has been interested in magic since he was five and has been performing since he was eight. A sophomore at Riverside Brookfield High School in Riverside, Illinois, he has performed at senior centers, Boy Scout banquets, birthday parties, and village holiday celebrations. T.J. has won numerous awards, including first place at Abbott’s Magic Together (where he also was the People’s Choice winner), the Houdini Convention in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Michigan Magic Day, and his school’s talent show. He enjoys television production and improv club. 

TYLER NYGREN (USA) grew up in Van Wert, Ohio, and has been creating and performing magic since the age of ten. Now thirteen, he is a 4.0 student at Van Wert Middle School. He got his start in magic

when he was given a magic kit for Christmas. From there he built a collection of magical knowledge at local magic shops. He has also attended conventions such as the I.B.M., Magi-Fest, and Magicelebration, as well as Tannen’s Magic Camp. After just three years of work on his performances, Tyler has already received various awards such as first place in Junior Close-Up and third place in Stage at the Magi-Fest competition as well as second place at the I.B.M. Close-Up competition. Recently, Tyler has performed at the YMX show at the I.B.M. convention, as well as in local restaurants, stages, homes, and anywhere “that needs some magic.”

Hannibal

Jonathan and Trisha Hawley

Wayne Houchin

Hou Kai

T.J. KetchmarkTyler Nygren

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Master Payne

MASTER PAYNE (USA) has been entertaining audiences in and around the Pacific Northwest with his award-winning magic show for over thirty-five years. Payne’s performances are unique, contemporary and feature many original presentations as a variety of characters. He has performed for a diverse clientele as well as at private parties and civic functions. Though performing primarily in the metropolitan Seattle area, his conjuring skills have been seen by audiences around the world from an Elizabethan Feast served in the Tithe Barn at Buckland Abbey in Plymouth, England, to a Renaissance-themed civic arts festival held in Guam.

CHRISTOPHER QUINTERO (USA), seventeen, resides in Brevard County, Florida, and is an honors student and senior in high school. He has won numerous awards in both youth and adult divisions at

both local and national magic conventions. Currently, he is president of SYM Assembly 143. His favorite place to be is at work, the Magic Dove Magic Shop. His other skills include stilt walking, juggling, diabolo-ing, and Rubik’s Cube solving. He says he has an incredible love for parrots. His stage name is just his last name – Quintero! What a terrific name!

MANDY REED (USA) – magician, illusionist, entertainer, performer – all these titles describe seventeen-year-old Mandy Reed from Eaton, Ohio. She has been performing professionally for the past fifteen years. Mandy has won numerous awards, has been featured on television, and was part of a Japanese film documentary. She and her sisters, Jessica and Shayna, were featured on the cover of the September 2001 issue of The Linking Ring. Mandy has performed in France as well as all over the United States, both individually and along with her sisters. Although Mandy enjoys other hobbies (volleyball and softball), which she plans to continue in college, magic is her passion!

CHIP ROMERO (USA) was only six years old when he knew what he wanted to do with his life – perform magic! After backyard magic at ten, birthday parties at twelve, and a department store promotion

at sixteen, he became a frequent performer at malls and conventions by twenty-three. He began his full-time magic career in the late 1980s at Magic Island in Houston, and at comedy clubs across the country. Then he discovered cruise ships! By the early nineties he had the largest illusion act afloat and to date has spent well over eight hundred and fifty weeks on cruise ships – surely the all-time king of cruise magicians. He also is a magic historian and has one of the finest collections of contemporary magic anywhere.

GEORGE SATERIAL (USA) is the first and only magician to receive magic’s highest honor, the Gold Medal of Excellence, from both the I.B.M. and the S.A.M. (1999). His award-winning routine is entitled “Timeless Magic,” and time seems to stand still. He has performed this routine throughout the world from New York City to Lisbon, Portugal to New Zealand. In addition, George has one of the best dove acts in the business. He and his wife, Holly, who live in Massachusetts, also have a stage illusion act which they perform on cruise ships. 

T. J. SHIMELD (USA) has performed professionally since age eleven, working events from birthday parties to an eight-year apprenticeship with Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company. His articles on magic have appeared in the Magic SYMbol, The Linking Ring, and MAGIC, and in his own publication, FizBin: An Independent Magazine for and by the Young Magician. He is co-founder and president of The Vanishing Wheelchair, Inc. and Fli-Rite Productions, Inc. Currently, Shimeld produces

programs for schools and libraries and is Ring Reports and Ring Events editor for The Linking Ring. He lives in Morganton, North Carolina, with his wife, Jennifer, and their six-year-old son, Zachary.

JAY TEMAAT (USA) started out doing rope tricks when he was eight. From there his passion for magic has been growing ever since. He started competing in February 2011. Jay competed in the World Magic Seminar Teen Stage Contest and received a scholarship to attend the McBride Magic and Mystery School. Since then, he has received numerous awards. He earned the title 2012 East Coast Champion of Magic after winning first place in the teen competition at the Magic at the Beach convention in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In March 2012, he received the People’s Choice Award as well as second place in the adult stage contest at the Thirty Eighth Annual Winter Carnival of Magic in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Mandy Reed

Chip Romero

Christopher Quintero

George and Holly Saterial

T.J. ShimeldJay Temaat

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ARTHUR TRACE (USA) has taken magical entertainment in a new direction by combining magic and theatre in an innovative and artful way. In 2005, Trace was only the eighth magician in history to be awarded the I.B.M. Gold Medal Award of Excellence in Stage Magic. In 2006 he became a FISM award winner in Stockholm. In 2007 Arthur was awarded the Best Cabaret Magic award at The World Magic Awards, and in 2009, he was a featured performer on Masters of Illusion. Arthur met his wife, Melissa, while he was performing in the Palace of Mystery at the Magic Castle; he later proposed to her on the very same stage. They now live in Sherman Oaks, California, with their dog, Ava.

VIRGINIA PENINSULA FIFES & DRUMS  (USA) is a group of fifers and drummers from the Virginia peninsula who are former members of either the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums and/ or Yorktown Fifes and Drums. The Virginia Peninsula Fifes and Drums perform with other alumni members from their respective units for various occasions. Members of this organization have a love for the music and carry on the spirit of fifing and drumming from the American Revolutionary War period.

GEOFF WILLIAMS (USA) has won over two dozen magic and comedy awards, in both stage and close-up, in the twenty-seven years he’s been performing for corporate and family audiences. His Miracles For Mortals DVD set has had rave reviews worldwide. The DVD, I Hate David Copperfield, was on Penguin Magic’s bestseller list for over a year. He has performed and lectured throughout Europe, South America, and all over the USA (including the Magic Castle). He has written Top Ten Lists for the Late Show with David Letterman. Geoff married his supermodel sweetheart, Shelley, on October 10,

2010, and they live in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

AN SUNG WOO (South Korea) is one of the most exciting, colorful, and magnetic transformation acts in the world today. During a non-stop, dynamic, superbly choreographed production, he amazes the audience with staggering, flashing costume transformations that happen in front of our eyes in a second. 

MA YANYAN (China) comes from a generational magic family. The past three generations, including her mother, were involved in magic performances. At nine she enrolled in the Dalian Art School to study acrobatics and magic. Through years of rigorous training she developed her superlative talents. In

2009, she won second prize in general magic at FISM Bejing. Since then she has gone on to great acclaim in Asia and Europe. Her performance this evening marks her American debut. 

YUJI YASUDA ( Japan) was winner of the 1994 FISM Illusion Prize, one first prize in the 1987 S.A.M. Las Vegas Convention, and was a finalist in the 1983 I.B.M. Hawaii Convention. He will present his traditional, high-energy Japanese performance and his quick-change performance with incredible visual effects. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it!

GU YING (China) earned the prestigious title of Class-1 Performer in Acrobats in 2005 for her highly individualistic work. Her talents have taken her to perform in Indonesia, Israel, the Philippines, Singapore, Germany, Spain, and Luxembourg. Her many awards include the Gold Medal Presidential Prize from the Republic of France. In 2003, she won the Award of Young and Excellent Performer in North Korea. Only twenty-six, among the major acts she has performed and mastered are the diablo, double trapeze, saucers, spinning rugs, rolling cups, and the single red silk.

Arthur Trace

An Sung Woo

Ma YanYan

Yuji YasudaGu Ying

Geoff Williams

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sChedule of eventsTIME EVENT LOCATION

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Noon – 9:00 pm Registration Open 3rd Floor Foyer

2:00 – 7:30 pm Dealers Open Hampton Roads II, III, IV 3rd Floor

7:30 – 9:30 pm Welcome Party and Show Featuring Andrew Goldenhersh

Norfolk Ballroom III & IV 1st Floor

9:30 pm Judges’ Briefing Yorktown Room 2nd Floor

10:00 pm Contestants Briefing Shangri-La Room 2nd Floor

10:00 pm Arthur Trace Lecture Marriott Ballroom IV 4th Floor

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

8:00 am – Noon Registration Open 3rd Floor Foyer

9:30 am Big Three Event Red - Close-Up Performances Green - Ten Fingers: Paul Gertner Blue - Lecture: Wayne Houchin

Marriott I, III, V 4th FloorMarriott IV 4th FloorNorfolk III & IV 1st Floor

10:00 am Spouse Event Marriott II

10:30 am - 5:30 pm Dealers Open Hampton Roads II, III, IV 3rd Floor

11:00 am Youth Event Meet the Stars Franklin Room 2nd Floor

11:00 am Board of Trustees Meeting (2011-12) Chesapeake Room 4th Floor

Noon Underwater Escape – Featuring Alexanderia the Great

Sheraton Pool

1:00 pm Stage Contest I Norfolk III & IV 1st Floor

1:00 – 5:00 pm Registration Open 3rd Floor Foyer

3:30 pm Dani DaOrtiz Lecture Marriott IV 4th Floor

6:00 pm Grand Banquet Reception Norfolk Foyer 1st Floor

6:30 pm Grand Banquet Norfolk I & II 1st Floor

7:35 pm Banquet Show – Featuring Chris Capehart

Norfolk III & IV 1st Floor

8:30 pm Catch the Rising Stars Youth Show Norfolk III & IV 1st Floor

9:30 pm July 4th Fireworks On the River

10:00 pm Hannibal Lecture Marriott IV 4th Floor

Thursday, July 5, 2012

8:00 am - Noon Registration Open 3rd Floor Foyer

8:00 am Youth Breakfast Franklin Room 2nd Floor

9:30 am Big Three Event Green - Close-Up Performances Blue - Ten Fingers: Paul Gertner Red - Lecture: Wayne Houchin

Marriott I, III, V 4th FloorMarriott IV 4th FloorNorfolk III & IV 1st Floor

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10:00 am Spouse Tour – Sign up in advance at Registration desk – Extra Charge Event

Norfolk Foyer 1st Floor

10:30 am - 5:30 pm Dealers Open Hampton Roads II, III, IV 3rd Floor

11:00 am Annual Business Meeting Marriott IV 4th Floor

1:00 pm Stage Contest II Norfolk III & IV 1st Floor

1:00–5:00 pm Registration Open 3rd Floor Foyer

3:30 pm Geoff Williams Lecture Marriott IV - 4th floor

6:45 pm Load Shuttle Buses for Theatre Norfolk Foyer 1st Floor

7:30 pm Stars of Asia Gala Show Chrysler Hall Theatre

10:00 pm George Saterial Lecture Marriott IV 4th Floor

Friday, July 6, 2012

8:00 am - Noon Registration Open 3rd Floor Foyer

9:30 am Big Three Event Blue - Close-Up Performances Red - Ten Fingers: Paul Gertner Green - Lecture: Wayne Houchin

Marriott I, III, V 4th FloorMarriott IV 4th FloorNorfolk III & IV 1st Floor

10:30 am - 5:30 pm Dealers Open Hampton Roads II, III, IV 3rd Floor

11:00 am Board of Trustees Meeting (2012-13) Chesapeake Room 4th Floor

11:00 am Youth Meet the Stars Franklin Room 2nd Floor

1:00 – 5:00 pm Registration Open 3rd Floor Foyer

1:00 – 3:00 pm Close-Up Contest Marriott I, III, IV, V 4th Floor

3:30 pm John Bannon Lecture Marriott IV 4th Floor

5:30 pm Autograph Session Hampton Roads Foyer 3rd Floor

6:00 pm Youth Pizza Party Franklin Room 2nd Floor

6:45 pm Load Shuttle Buses for Theatre Norfolk Foyer

7:30 pm Gold Medal Show Chrysler Hall Theatre

10:00 pm David Acer Lecture Marriott IV 4th Floor

11:00 pm Invisible Lodge Shangri-La 2nd Floor

Saturday, July 7, 2012

8:00 am - Noon Preregistration for Phoenix 2013 3rd Floor Foyer

8:00 am Order of Merlin Breakfast – Featuring Chip Romero

Norfolk I

9:30 am Judges Critique Yorktown Room - 2nd Floor

9:30 - 10:30 am Juliana Chen Lecture Marriott IV – 4th Floor

10:30 am –5:30 pm Dealers Open Hampton Roads II, III, IV 3rd Floor

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11:00 am Six Pack Sessions I – Choose One Session to AttendDavid Acer Rich Bloch Hannibal Master Payne T.J. Shimeld Geoff Williams

Marriott IV 4th Floor Marriott I & II 4th Floor Marriott V 4th FloorMarriott VI 4th FloorMarriott III 4th Floor Marriott VII 4th Floor

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Six Pack Sessions II – Choose One Session from the above (morning) listing to Attend

[See above listing of morning Six Pack Sessions for specific rooms]

2:15 – 3:15 pm Stars of Asia Q&A Panel Marriott IV - 4th Floor

3:00 pm Youth Event Franklin Room – 2nd Floor

3:30 pm Paul Gertner Lecture Marriott IV 4th Floor

5:30 pm Dealers Final Close Hampton Roads V & VI 3rd Floor

6:15 pm Load Shuttle Buses for Theatre Norfolk Foyer - 1st Floor

7:00 pm Awards Presentations Chrysler Hall Theatre

8:00 pm Stars of Magic Show Chrysler Hall Theatre

10:00 pm Farewell Party & Strolling Olympics Norfolk I & II - 1st Floor

There will be a 24-hour Session Room open in Hampton Roads II throughout the Convention.See You in Phoenix, Arizona -- July 17–20, 2013

General Session Lecturers David AcerJuliana ChenDani DaOrtizPaul GertnerHannibalGeorge SaterialArthur Trace

Welcome ShowTown Crier - Master PayneGuitarist - Andrew GoldenhershVirginia Peninsular Fifes & DrumsUnited States Navy Color GuardStage Show - Andrew Goldenhersh

BIG Three Event Close -up David Acer John Bannon Dani DaOrtiz Hannibal Master Payne Geoff Williams One Man Cabaret Show Paul Gertner – Ten Fingers Special Lecture Wayne Houchin

The Gold Medal ShowM.C. - Rich BlochGold Medal FinalistsGeorge Saterial & Holly

Stars of Magic ShowM.C. David AcerJustin FlomJordan GomezHawley MagicWayne HouchinChip RomeroArthur Trace

Order of Merlin BreakfastChip Romero

SIX Pack SessionsDavid Acer – Making of Mystery Hunter TV ShowRich Bloch – Being a Better MCHannibal – Theater and MagicGeoff Williams – Comedy in MagicMaster Payne – Theming of MagicT.J Shimeld – Walter B. Gibson and The Shadow

norfolk talent line-uPs

Outside StuntAlexanderia the Great – Underwater Escape

Banquet ShowChris Capeheart

Youth ShowMandy Reed – M.C.Alex BoyceDaisy DolickerT.J. KetchmarkTyler NygrenChristopher QuinteroJay Temaat

Asian Stars of Magic ShowM.C. - Chris CapehartJuliana ChenHou KaiMa YanyanYuji YasudsaGu YingAn Sung Woo

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BanachekJ. J. BarbourLewis S. BassShmuel Ben ZviDavid L. Bennett Jr.Robert L. BluemleDr. Keith C. BogartAndre Toto BohyPhilip Vanderbilt BradyRoyal H. Brin, Jr.Paul A. BurdickChoi Byeong RakJoan CaesarMary Ann CampbellWilliam Curtis ChalonerJacob Wai-Ho ChanBrent Wayne CogginsRonald A. CohenDavid CopperfieldRichard A. Del VecchioThomas Watts DelongCarl “Bud” DietrichDr. Richard DiskinMichael C. DobiasMichael James DokkenDavid Trung DuongPaul Marshall EarleWilliam Joseph EarleyJeremy David EdenD. R. Shawn FarquharDavid Gray FeeRonald L. FurlongJohn Joseph GlassmanCharles Everett GottLee GrabelDonald C. Hanratty Jr.Richard D. HewittYijia HongChoy Yoon HoongTetsuyoshi HoshinoHsi Huei HsiaoLt Col. Ronald M. HudspethMichael Scott HudspethMaria E. IbanezWilliam Robert IrwinSteven C. JohnsonJohn Hallberg JonesRobert H. JonesJohn KarosasJohn Norman Kiefer

Kenneth F. KlostermanLornell D. KnausMaria A. LafayJohn Gerrit LaskowskiRex LiuMark Darrell LogsdonOscar M. Love Jr.Jaac MandrakeKenneth Lee MarlinWilliam D. MartinPhilippe MaurerJohn S. McClenahanTiziano MediciRoger B. MillerEdward A. MorrisKenneth G. MutzabaughR. J. Obie O’BrienKazumi OtakeLawrence S. ReichlinJames P. RemenickyJohn W. RicconW. Lee RidenourRobert RockmanFred RosenbaumWilliam B. RughDavid SandyBernhard SchmitzThomas SeilerRon E. Seward Jr.Jessie C. ShinnJohn C. SignaKeith W. SmithDavid C. SnetsingerRobert S. SomerdinDaniel P. SperryVincent V. SuppanJill M. SybalskyPerry Dean VincentReiner WalterAlan Scott WatsonKien Meng WeeScott R. WellsLaird Anthony Wilcox IVDuane M. WilhiteCharles D. Williams IIIHelen S. WismerEdward YahDr. Yukishige YanagawaChoe Yo Han

life memBers of the international Brotherhood

of magiCians

Joe Bertuzzi Earle Christenberry Jr. Judge Arnold Drennen Richard Mossey

honorary memBers of the international Brotherhood

of magiCiansDr. William Spooner Harold TwaddleDr. William Wells

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YEAR DIV. WINNER1980 Jr William Cumming Sr Ward ThomasGold Medal Lance Burton1981 Jr Not awarded Sr Mr. Astor (Antranik Arabadjican)1982 Jr Levent Cimkentli Sr Bobby Cordell1983 Jr Ken Domash Sr Kazuma Sakamoto1984 Jr Ken Domash Sr Nowlin Craver/ Robert Baxt1985 Jr Steve Wyrick Sr Jody BaranGold Medal Sr Howard Hale1986 Jr Not awarded Sr Yuji Yamamoto1987 Jr Joe Hindman Sr Scott Fillers1988 Jr Nathan Burton Sr Brett DanielsGold Medal Sr James Cielen1989 Jr Nolan Haimes Sr Christopher Broughton1990 Jr Nathan BurtonGold Medal Sr Fanny Tjin (Jade)1991 Jr Not awarded Sr Tony Chapek1992 Jr Not awarded Sr Juliana Chen1993 Jr Tamara TsitalashvilliGold Medal Sr Greg Frewin

Past reCiPients in youth and adult stage magiC

The International Brotherhood of Magicians conducts annual contests in Close-up Magic and Stage Magic. These high-profile events attract contestants from every corner of the globe.

The I.B.M.’s “Gold Medal International Award of Excellence in Stage Performance” and “Gold Cups International Award of Excellence in Close-up Performance” are the pinnacles of achievement in the world of magic, and they are not conferred every year. Since these awards first began in 1980, there have been only seven recipients of The Gold Cups and only eight recipients of The Gold Medal. Each of these honors is accompanied by $5,000 in U.S. currency.

In 2012, the Youth category awards in Stage and Close-Up are supported and funded by the I.B.M. Endowment and Development Fund to encourage participation by our

Youth in magic. The most outstanding Youth Member (age 7 through 17) in the Stage performance category and the most outstanding Youth Member in the Close-up performance category each will receive a special prize package from Fantasma Magic.

For complete information on award categories and prizes, visit the Contest area at www.magician.org.

the Contests

YEAR DIV. WINNER1994 Jr Jason Ace Sr Vladimar and Natasha Perevodchikov1995 Jr Ashley Springer Sr Eric Buss1996 Jr Justin Willman Sr Jonathon (David) Bass1997 Jr Dallas Fueston Sr Cuiffo and Hughes1998 Jr Ashley Springer Sr Shawn Farquhar and Felicity1999 Jr Joel WardGold Medal Sr George Saterial2000 Jr Kristoffer and Heather Olson Sr Jay Mattioli2001 Jr Jessica Reed Sr Richard Forget2002 Jr Michael BarronGold Medal Sr Keiko Muto2003 Jr Matthew Stanley Sr Mirko Callaci2004 Y Dakota Rose Sr Sh Xiong Wu2005 Y Farrah SiegelGold Medal Sr Arthur Trace2006 Y Eli Portala Sr Koyko Maebeya 2007 Y Sterling Dietz Sr Shen Juan 2009 Y David Mlakar A Richard Forget2010 Jr   Yang Yang Sr   Jason Andrews2011 Y   Reuben Moreland A   WonKuen Ha

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Past reCiPients in youth and adult Close-uP magiC YEAR DIV. WINNER1980 Jr Elliot Blatt Sr Paul Kozak1981 Jr Elliot BlattGold Cups Sr David Williamson 1982 Jr Devin Lushbaugh Sr Johnny Ace Palmer 1983 Jr No entrantsGold Cups Sr Johnny Ace Palmer 1984 Jr Bobby Lilly Sr Chuck King1985 Jr Ricky Kalmont Sr Dorian Jones1986 Jr not awarded Sr Charles Greene/ Joe Givan1987 Jr Steve CohenGold Cups Sr Joe Given1988 Jr Mark Sisher Sr Scott Tokar1989 Jr Leah Feldman Sr Dorian Grey1990 Jr Jeffrey Booker Sr Mark Sisher1991 Jr Lee AsherGold Cups Sr Giovanni Livera1992 Jr Lee Asher Sr Claude Cloutier1993 Jr Cory Brager Sr Steve Fearson1994 Jr Ali Shelly

YEAR DIV. WINNERGold Cups Sr Steve Bedwell1995 Jr Thomas Mier Sr Jon Allen1996 Jr Dan Rodrique Sr Marc DeSousa1997 Jr Todd Gaines Sr Brad Caimes1998 Jr Matthew Jarman/ Todd Gaines Sr John George1999 Jr Danny HillGold Cups Sr Oscar Munoz2000 Jr Winston Helling Sr Stephen Bargatze2001 Jr Winston Helling Sr Shawn Farquhar2002 Jr Danny Hill Sr Brian Ochab2003 Sr Patrick Przysiecki Gold Cups Jr Chase Curtis 2004 Y Nathan Gibson Sr Rick Merrill2005 Y Aaron Rabkin Sr Ivan Amodei2006 Y Leo Michaels Sr John B. Born2007 Y Ben Proudfoot Sr David Minkin2009 Y Micah Johnson Sr Yoo Hyun Min2010   Y John Accardo Sr   Ben Jackson2011   Y Reuben Moreland A   Shin Lim

I.B.M. Regalia Kirk Deweese www.magician.org/regalia/ home.php 816-224-5000

Magic Star Studio Joe & Joan Mogar magicstars@usa.com 856-358-3684

Daytona Magic Harry Allen daytonamagic@yahoo.com 386-252-6767

Celeste Evans Magic Evanna Evans / Celeste Evans evanna001@hotmail.com

Kenworthey Magic Chris Kenworthey christopher_h_kenworthey@ mcpsmd.org

BJW Magical Jewelers Harriet Jacobson, Gay Blackstone, Robbie Wilmarth stormymagic@aol.com 248-382-0150

Fantasma Magic Roger Dryer Roger@fantasmamagic.com

Magic Makers Inc. Gerry Frenette magicmakers@bell.net 705-436-2289

Magic Backdrops Jeff Jones magicjeff@me.com 919-593-4271

DABA Products Mr. Daba & Cielo dabaycielo@hotmail.com (005411) 4632-5366

Card Shark Roger Nicot rnicot@stny.rr.com 716-450-3399

i.B.m. Convention magiC dealersGuaranteed Magic Co. Bob Little 215-672-3344

Le Grand David David Bull richardpheath@earthlink.net 978-473-2178

Jon Allen sales@close-upmagician.com

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The President and Members of British Ring No. 25 congratulate

JOHN PYEon his forthcoming IBM International Presidency. 2012-13

Don’t forget! British Ring Convention, Great Yarmouth, NORFOLK, U.K. 26th to 30th September. 2012.

Carol and John Pye

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the 2012 order of merlin induCtees and aWardees

Einar M. AasenTim A. AdamsJohn Wilbur Alexander, Jr.John R. AmidonZakari AsiagoDr. Bruce J. AverbookStephen Ray BargatzeBrother Lee Barker, S.C.Dr. A. Selim BasarirBruce A. BlumenthalHenry J. BorchersVincent Joseph BordoScott BrowneAndreas BuchtyDennis Donald BurksBradley Allen BurtJoan CaesarJoann CampobassoEarl Elwin CaseyGeorge Clayton CavanessJames ChangefieldDr. Ronald F. CichyBruce Harper ClelandRobert E. CoghlanJere CookScott DavisRobin W. DawesLeonard Salvatore DibellaCraig R. DicksonScott I. DishnowJoseph J. DobsonPaul Richard DragstenDan R. DyerGary W. EdwardsDavid J. EislerMark William ErhardtDouglas Larue EtlingSerge EtringerLaurence Scott FinkJohn Henry FloodJohn Richard FowlerJoseph Richard FraherLarry A. FrankJonathan H. FredeMarkus Rudolf GabrielBob O. GarnerBarry GitelsonFerri Giuseppe

Steven GoJeffrey Donald GrantJeffrey Allen GrantzRoy R. “Dinardi” GrazianoRev. Emil D. GreinerRandall B. GuthrieSteven E. HabermanManuel Dane HallHarley Day HartzogMichael J. HarvattJim HarveyPierre HathawayJohn Marlen HebertRichard J. HelleyLawrence Carl HelmsJeffrey Blaine HepburnStanley HerschGary Oscar HippJules HirschR. Scott HoodDuane Robert HooverSusan Elizabeth HouserHarry S. Hutchins, Jr.Jay IbanezNeville Arthur JohnsonDavid A. JonesMichael Peter JosephDaniel Richard KaminAllen KanterHarkrishan Lal KapoorJohann KellnerDouglas Scott KingHanoch “Ksim-Ksam” KlererDouglas Elwood KlineKenneth KnottRichard A. KowaleskiAllan Zola KronzekDuane K. LaflinRon LancasterCecil C. LangstonBryan Wesley LankfordApril Rochelle LeikertJohn David LewitzkeWalter W. LibensonSteven C. LokeyGeorge Albert LoudJames Lee LuthyF. James Malczewski

Tomy ManjooranJohn T. MarenholtzMarion Dennis MargheimWilliam Monroe MartinGeorge J. McDougallDarin W. McDowallKent Meredith McLaughlinTiziano MediciRory A. MillerHerbert Irving MillerDaniel M. MillerSteve Douglas MillsMarco MocellaFrank E. MonteverdiAutumn Marie Morning StarTerrence F. MurphyJoseph NadelAnita R. NielandDonald E. NolteNorine B. NortonGeorge E. OaksErich OppenauerDan William OwensDavid Alan OxleyRobert Alois PanlenerRonald J. PorterKeith M. RandolphEvan S. RatnerJames Robert RawlinsKimberly Lynn ReedWilliam Anthony ReidGeorge C. Reiger, Jr.Todd R. ReisRobert John Riordan, Jr.John Stewart RobertsAdolf E. RoeserRichard Alec RondeauPatrick Anthony RosatoThomas E. RoseWayne F. RosenFred RosenbaumRichard W. RushoMartin RutsteinEsko Tuomo RuukalaRoger SaccoHans-Juergen SackAlfred W. ScheideMartin J. Schwartz

25 consecutive years of I.B.M. membership (Order of Merlin Inductees)

Craig Alan SchweigerMarcia Reman ScialliMike W. SextonRobert Nathan ShapiroAllan J. ShererAlbert Joseph SiggSybil L. SimonsJeffrey P. SnapeBob SolariStephen H. SomersRonald Thomas SpanglerEdward Lee SpellsShawn Donald SpencerMichael F. StanleyRichard Kelly SteinbergRichard W. SteinerWolfgang M. F. StillerHans-Juergen Peter StinerReba G. StrongMark A. StrucalyRoger Paul SugarmanStephen L. SwisherStewart Bennett TameBarry F. TaylorGeorge K. Taylor, Jr.Terry Alan TerrellReggy M. TorgrimsonEdward M. Valenta, Jr.Edward L. Van DusenDavid Lee VanVrankenEdwin Raymond Videki IICharles WalkerPatrick WardBrian Howard WeatherlyChristopher F. WeedDaniel Robert WelchAlfred E. Werman, Jr.Richard Douglas WestcottTimothy James WhiteDavid C. WilsonMalcolm Bernard YaffeNathan Todd YorkRobert A. YoungMario Atos Zacchini, Jr.James W. ZieglerRobert Ziekman

35 consecutive years of I.B.M. membership (Order of Merlin Shield Awardees)Malcolm Leroy BeardDr. Hernan G. BenavidesGary George BeneskoGary Louis Berard

Stephen E. BalenJohnny E. BarfieldLouis R. BartosLeonard P. Beams

Jean-Guy AubryJames Thomas BaileyJames R. BaileyFrederick W. Baisch

Lewis Dean AdamsJohn C. AlexanderDavid Larry AlterDavid C. Andrews

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James Ivan BergRichard David BergJohn BohannonGreg W. BordnerDavid James BortJoel S. BrightTodd Elliot BrownThomas C. CarmodyJohn T. CarringtonDavid Douglas CharvetJohn L. CoverMichael Glenn CurtisJeffrey P. CzerbinskiAndrew E. DahlbergAlfred F. D’Alfonso, Jr.Daniel R. DefassioJerry M. DiffenderferJoseph T. DiggleMark Andrew DombroffKlaus EdelhoffSteven C. ElshtainPaul W. EstesCarl Raymond EylerMallory FactorGiuseppe FalsoneScott A. FillersDerick J. FinnJames Joseph FolklFred H. FranklinRobin FreelandViolet M. FreelandJay R. FreemanKenneth J. FrehmMyron A. FribushMichael A. FullerJohn D. Fulton, Jr.Albert S. Galton

Guadalupe Alfonzo GarciaWilliam Kirk GardnerPeter L. GensemerStephen D. GertzmanRobert Gibson, Jr.Joseph C. GlosRobert Eugene GoodinGeorge GreenbergMichael Gene GrubbsMichael L. GutmanChris H. HannaGarland W. HargerRobert Edward HaydenEdward L. HillLeigh Alan HotzMax HowardGeoffrey HubbardB.J. HurleyRobert J. HustwitRobert J. Hutcheson, Jr.Martin R. JarretSteven Lee JenningsRoger W. JenningsMichael KaplitEvan Leon KatzPaul KejzarMainul KhanMark William KigerDean M. KilgoreDavid M. KlachkoEdmund Lee KowalskiMark E. KremerWilliam J. KrupskasHarry Louis KuntzJames Earl LakeMelville R. LaMarDavid R. Lambert

Harry James LeamanPatricia Marie LeamanCharles G. Lepore, Jr.Derek LeverTrevor A. LewisAndrew M. London MDWellington W. LoomerRodger Dean LovinsWilliam F. LowellJohn Joseph MarshallBlair M. MarshallKoichi MatsumotoSteven W. McDonaldGreg MeadeTerry Lee MillerMichael A. MoranChristopher R. MorrisWilliam C. MorseRobert Allan MossJim NagelJack Stanford NanceJoseph Frederick NollRichard B. OdenJames William PayneLeland J. PenningtonNeil B. PoliakoffRichard C. PosnerRobert E. PoynterWilliam R. RagsdalePaul Alphons RaymakersPeter Wilhelm ReissElmar F. A. RiedlingerDr. Richard Alan RuidlBrian RustWilliam P. RyderWilliam J. Sarver, Jr.L. William Schmidt, Jr.

Harry David SchumannPhilip M. SchwartzHoward SchwarzmanSamuel Edward ScottDavid H. ShockJohn Scott ShoemakerJay Harry SilvermanRobert D. SimpkinSamuel Patrick SmithSteven Louis SnyderJerry SomerdinAnthony C. SpezioJon Carl StanfordMichael J. SteinEdward J. StevensGeorge N. TanisHarvey TelmarGerald J. ThompsonDan L. UlvilaElliott S. ValderramaRobert C. Van HattenVictor L. Van MeterAlbert George VoegeliMichael James WaldoGary L. WardJames G. Waversak, Jr.Kenneth Gregory WickWilfred F. WillardJerry Juan WisnerRaymond Lee WitkowskiFred WodnickiCurt WolffDavid Knox YeeLarry S. YoungsteinKenneth Zeldis

50 consecutive years of I.B.M. membership (Order of Merlin Excalibur Awardees)Joseph L. Bruno Thomas E. Craven Patrick S. De Moon Harold A. Drake Marie J. Eisch Dr. D. E. Eveleigh Ron Fable Ricardo Fantasio

Maurice Farnel Charles F. Gruberman Chan Boon Hong Richard G. Kastens W. Charles Lantz Michihiro Matsuda Robert L. Medford Philip Morris Smith

William N. Naaman R. J. “Obie” O’Brien Lorne J. Overholt James R. Partington Imogene Patchen Jessie C. Shinn Dr. Robert J. Smith Gene M. Smith

60 consecutive years of I.B.M. membership (Order of Merlin Excelsior Awardees)

Richard B. BettsClifford E. BruceDr. Robert J. CarnathanBenny J. H. ChaddDouglas F. Clark

Dicky DeanCapt. C. H. Drake, USN (RET)Arthur C. HastingsRoger L. HoelterE. Bradford Holbrook

Harold I. KorsenRichard J. NieryChrister NilssonThomas E. PowellC. James Rainho

Paul M. Sorrentino Stephen D. Thomas Lawrence J. Thompson Daniel F. Tong Ronald G. Trimmer Joseph S. White

Robert H. RastorpMax V. SukoCharles Van Dyne

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Wherever the International Brotherhood of Magicians holds its annual convention, hundreds who attend give back to the local community. This has been our tradition for many years.

HOSPITAL SHOWSOn Tuesday of this week, I.B.M. members performed two magic shows at a local hospital.  This year the Hospital Show

Director is Scott Hood (Ring 49, Ontario, Canada). Members of local Ring 103 and other volunteers put on the two shows. The hospital selected was the Naval Medical Centre at Portsmouth, which gives care to military families stationed at the Naval base. One of the unique treatment programs of this hospital is their Wounded Warrior Program for men and women returning from their service overseas. Magicians entertained patients and their families with a morning and an afternoon show. 

SHARE THE MAGIC: BUY A LAPEL PINSince 2005, special stickers for name badges – and in more recent years, collectible lapel pins – have been sold to attendees

to raise money for a local charity. The five-dollar donations (or more, on a voluntary basis) have totaled between $1,200 and $1,500 each year, resulting in over $14,000 given to local charities by the I.B.M. A check will be presented to this year’s recipient, the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia, during the Saturday evening show.

Membership Chairman Terry Richison designed the semi-cloisonné pins this year, as he did for the Nashville and San Diego I.B.M. Conventions. Phil Messina is in charge of sales in Norfolk, and you can buy your collectible lapel pin at the registration desk or from one of the several people who will be selling them. 

PLEASE NOTE: When you see thirteen-year-old Alexa Richison at the registration desk – or coming toward you – just go ahead and get out your five- or ten- or twenty-dollar bill. She won’t take no for an answer. The daughter of Terry and Sindie Richison, Alexa has been the Star Salesperson of the collectible pins ever since they were introduced.

Buying and proudly wearing one of the lapel pins will show that you are helping to “Share the Magic” and continuing the tradition of generosity in the I.B.M. Thanks to all who participated.

Convention gives BaCk to norfolk By C. Dennis Schick

Clockwise from top left: Kenny Shelton entertains hospital personnel. PHOTO BY H. RICK BAMMAN. Doug McCoy from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, bringing magic to hospital patients before the 2011 I.B.M. Convention in Dallas. PHOTO BY DAVID LINSELL. Alexa Richison is the leading salesperson of our “Share the Magic” lapel pins. David Hira from Dallas, Texas. PHOTO BY DAVID LINSELL Past International President Ed Morris performing at a local hospital prior to the I.B.M. Convention in San Diego. PHOTO BY H. RICK BAMMAN

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Past international Presidents of the i.B.m.

Past international Conventions of the i.B.m.

1. * Len Vintus 1922-19262 * W.W. Durbin 1926-19373 * John H. Davison 1937-19384 * T. J. Crawford 1938-19395 * John Snyder, Jr. 1939-19416 * Robert C. Anderson 1941-19427 * Eugene Bernstein 1942-19468 * John Braun 1946-19479 * A. Renerick Clark 1947-194810 * H. Adrian Smith 1948-194911 * William R. Walsh 1949-195012 * Walter Coleman 1950-195113 * James B. Lake 1951-195214 * Arthur D. Reichenbach 1952-195315 * Forrest P. Hendricks 1953-195416 * C. James McLemore 1954-195517 * Charles A. RossKam 1955-195618 * Chauncey Sheridan 1956-1957

19 * L.A. Waterman 1957-195820 * Verne W. Uker 1958-195921 * Reeder C. Hutchinson 1959-196022 * Harris Solomon 1960-196123 * C.L. Schmitt 1961-196224 * Irving M. Lewis 1962-196325 Arnold Drennen 1963-196426 * Thorton Poole 1964-196527 Dr. Richard O. Mossey 1965-196628 * Howard P. Bamman 1966-196729 * Sydney S. Bergson 1967-196830 * J. Ronald Haines 1968-196931 Royal Brin, Jr. 1969-197032 * William G. Stickland 1970-197133 * Austin C. Gorham 1971-197234 * Robert B. Hurt 1972-197335 Earle J. Christenberry, Jr. 1973-197436 * Charles Lantz 1974-1975

37 * William Preston 1975-197638 Walter F. Williams, Jr. 1976-197739 * Jeffery Atkins 1977-197840 Bill Pitts 1978-197941 * Ray Mangel 1979-198042 * Bruce Posgate 1980-198143 * Roger Crabtree 1981-198244 * John Makar 1982-198345 William A. Wells 1983-198446 Donald E. Wiberg 1984-198547 William E. Spooner 1985-198648 * Karrell Fox 1986-198749 June Horowitz 1987-198850 Edward A. Morris 1988-198951 * Anthony Shelley 1989-199052 * Michael Ellis 1990-199153 Michael J. Gorman 1991-199254 James L. Nagel 1992-1993

55 R. J. (Obie) O’Brien 1993-199456 Jep Hostetler 1994-199557 Kenneth Klosterman 1995-199658 Bev Bergeron 1996-199759 Abb Dickson 1997-199860 John R. Browne III 1998-199961 Jerry C. Schnepp 1999-200062 Jack K. Greenberg 2000-200163 Robert A. Escher 2001-200264 Michael Stratman 2002-200365 David Sandy 2003-200466 Tony Wilson 2004-200567 Roger Miller 2005-200668 Fred Casto 2006-200769 Phil Willmarth 2007-200870 Joan Caesar 2008-200971 Jack White 2009-201072 Rolando Santos 2010-2011

*Deceased

# Year Location1 1926 Kenton, OH2 1927 Kenton, OH3 1928 Lima, OH4 1929 Lima, OH5 1930 Ft. Wayne, IN6 1931 Columbus, OH7 1932 Kenton, OH8 1933 Beaver Falls, PA9 1934 Batavia, NY10 1935 Lima, OH11 1936 Batavia, NY12 1937 High Point, NC13 1938 Cincinnati, OH14 1939 Battle Creek, MI15 1940 Davenport, IA16 1941 Cincinnati, OH17 1942 Fort Worth, TXNo Conventions during WWII18 1946 St. Louis, MO19 1947 Pittsburgh, PA20 1948 New Orleans, LA21 1949 Chicago, IL22 1950 Chicago, IL *23 1951 New York, NY *24 1952 St. Louis, MO25 1953 Philadelphia, PA26 1954 Louisville, KY27 1955 Pittsburgh, PA

28 1956 Miami, FL29 1957 Houston, TX30 1958 Buffalo, NY31 1959 Chicago, IL *32 1960 Boston, MA*33 1961 Atlantic City, NJ34 1962 Cleveland, OH *35 1963 Knoxville, TN36 1964 New York, NY *37 1965 Des Moines, IA38 1966 Indianapolis, IN39 1967 Miami, FL40 1968 Chattanooga, TN41 1969 Cincinnati, OH42 1970 Milwaukee, WI *43 1971 New Orleans, LA44 1972 Buffalo, NY45 1973 Miami Beach, FL*46 1974 Dayton, OH47 1975 Little Rock, AR48 1976 Evansville, IN49 1977 Washington, DC50 1978 San Diego, CA51 1979 Houston, TX52 1980 Evansville, IN53 1981 Pittsburgh, PA54 1982 New Orleans, LA55 1983 Honolulu, HI56 1984 Norfolk, VA

57 1985 Kansas City, MO58 1986 Long Beach, CA59 1987 Nashville, TN60 1988 Boston, MA61 1989 San Diego, CA62 1990 St. Louis, MO63 1991 Baltimore, MD64 1992 Salt Lake City, UT65 1993 Quebec City, Canada66 1994 Orlando, FL67 1995 Oakland, CA68 1996 Norfolk, VA69 1997 Minneapolis, MN70 1998 Los Angeles, CA71 1999 Little Rock, AR72 2000 Buffalo, NY73 2001 Orlando, FL74 2002 San Diego, CA75 2003 Kansas City, MO76 2004 Cleveland, OH77 2005 Reno, NV78 2006 Miami, FL79 2007 Reno, NV 80 2008 Louisville, KY*81 2009 Nashville, TN 82 2010 San Diego, CA83 2011 Dallas, TX•Combined IBM/SAM Conventions

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