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[21 May 2009 | No Comment | 1,588 views]
Kids Kommando Act – By Tony Black

Close-up workers can make the leap to children’s magic with the KIDS KOMMANDO ACT
Jeff McBride released his Commando Act on video a number of years ago. It was a brilliant idea. It was an entire act that he could carry as hand-luggage on a flight. The biggest prop was his linking rings. If his luggage got lost Jeff could still perform.
Around that time I was beginning to pare back on my children’s act. This was purely pragmatic. If I am going out to do a show, I like to do …

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[7 May 2009 | No Comment | 485 views]
James Brown Interview

James, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Firstly can you tell us a little bit about yourself. How did you get into it and how did you get to be an award winning magician?
- although I didn’t come to magic until I was about 22 (about 10 years ago) I can look back at my childhood and see that there were many thinks being put in place. For example: I grew up on a holiday park surrounded by entertainers. They used to get the brass of the …