Hi Blog ReadersWell it’s been quite a while since my last blog entry however I thought now was the perfect opportunity to update you as I am featured on the front cover of the May/June “In Business” magazine which comes out today. A fantastic journalist by the name of Chris Hogan has written a rather flattering article all about my magic and the way I market myself and this fantastic website which you are currently surfing. I want to thank Chris for his hard work on the article and approaching me with the idea. I was delighted when Chris informed me that the Editor had decided to run with it as the cover story for the issue after reading the final draft.
 
So what else has been going on? I have been pretty busy actually, mainly with Weddings which I absolutely love performing at, one in particular in Oxford a few weeks ago which was one of those nights where everything just clicked and worked brilliantly, its nights like this, where I realise just how much I love what I do.
 
I have also been talking to one of the magic worlds best kept secrets, a guy called Philip Hitchcock who is a fantastic magician in his own right, who works on cruise ships. However Philip is also a superb builder of magic apparatus. We have been discussing a design for an illusion which we think is pretty cool. I am excited to see Philips first drawings of the proposed idea in the next few weeks. I will keep you posted; let’s hope it can lead to the building stage. Fingers crossed.
 
I have also enjoyed helping another magician friend of mine recently on his own act. He performs a mentalism act, which is the kind of material Derren Brown has made popular in recent years. It has been creatively satisfying for me, to be on the other side of the fence and almost directing a show as opposed to being the performer myself. We were both very pleased with the end result which was performed in front of a live audience of teachers and lecturers in Oxford last weekend.

Well, I have a busy few weeks coming up; I’m off to Heythrop Park in Oxford tomorrow night for the GCCP annual car convention to entertain in the Ball Room. I am looking forward to it; they have some spectacular things planned for the guests.
 
I promise the next update will be sooner rather than later Grandad.

Rich

Hello loyal Blog readers

 It is quite amazing how many people are reading this Blog regularly and checking back for updates. I must give a particular “shout out” to perhaps the coolest pensioner in the UK, my Grandad who is a loyal Blog reader here at the Richard Young Magic website. His enthusiasm for regular updates alone means that this Blog will continue to be updated as regularly as possible.Thanks Grandad.

 So what has been going on Magic wise? On March 12^th I performed for the 729 Club in Chipping Norton, it was a really fun morning with over 30 local businesses attending, my Magic seemed to go down well. So well in fact that the local town website decided to do a small write up on their website which you can read here;  http://www.chippingnortontown.info/

 I have done a few other gigs in and around the south east, the one I enjoyed the most being for a Private School in High Wycombe, As previously mentioned, teenagers really do love Close-Up Magicians and this was a really great night.

 I think the best thing that has happened in the past few weeks was meeting up with my Magic tutor and his wife who I had not seen for some time, Bob and Val Swadling. You will find on the biography page of this website the story of how lucky I was to be taught by Bob and how it came to be. Meeting up with him and his lovely wife for dinner last week, was really something special that reminded me all over again just how lucky I was to be taught by someone with such an incredible passion for excellence in Magic. I will forever be in debt to them both for everything they did for me.

 Anyway, that’s it for now. April is going to be busy. Wedding season begins. I can’t wait.

Rich

Hello People

 Well things are tricky at the minute as I am attempting to work with no internet connection; Talk Talk Broadband is certainly not endorsed by Richard Young Magic. Apologies to anyone who has been waiting for an e-mail response from me, I am now back up to date with everything in my inbox.

 It was Blackpool Magic Convention this past weekend, which just about every Magician in the world attended apart from yours truly. I was instead working in Reading for ING Direct. It was a rather lovely evening for all of the staff. They hired the Ivory Lounge near the Oracle, for the evening and really spoiled them. They were a great crowd and I really enjoyed myself, the music was very loud and I had pretty much lost my voice by the end of the night. It was well worth it though.

 I have received one of the nicest thank you letters I have ever had this week, from a great couple whose Wedding I performed at on Christmas Eve. I was booked by the Bride for the Groom as a surprise present as he loves magic and has dabbled with a few tricks in the past. It is attached below.

 See you soon

 Rich

Dear Richard

I would like to apologise for the lateness of this e-mail, but Trisha and I would like to thank you for attending our wedding reception on 24^th December 2007.  It was indeed a pleasure watching your excellent professional performance and chatting to you afterwards.  As I stated on the day, I always liked magic and dabbled very slightly and badly, but I have since watching your expert skill, I have bought another book and started practicing some very annoying tricks on my wife, friends and neighbours, much to their disappointment. 

They have your e-mail should they wish to blame someone haha. Once again, thank you very much indeed, you are indeed a professional, excellent magician and I would recommend you to anyone wanting a unique and entertaining  magic show.  Have a great weekend…..before you know it, it will be gone.  That’s magic!

 Mark and Trisha.

Hello again

 
I travelled to Cardiff last week for the Rotary Club Annual dinner. I was a last minute replacement for a Close-Up Magician friend of mine who couldn’t make it. It was a great evening and my magic was well received performing to 15 tables for a 100% male audience. I really enjoyed the guest speaker a Stand-Up Comedian called Jed Stone I have seen a lot of guest speakers doing this job, Jed was truly magnificent. I stayed in a hotel overnight in Cardiff and the next day I decided to be a tourist and have a look around the city. I did the tour of the millennium stadium. That place is amazing.

I was working at the Thistle Hotel in Bristol last night for the annual CIBSE dinner. It was a massive Gala event with 400 people having a four course meal. The theme for the evening was Magic, (surprisingly enough?). It was my third time to Bristol since the beginning of January. I was working with three other Close-Up Magicians and our task was to ensure every table (38 of them) had a Magician visit between 8pm and 10:15. That is no easy task when you are fighting with a small army of table waiters who have instructions to serve and clear as quickly as possible.

 It all went very well and not only did every table have a Magician but some of them even had a visit from two Magicians during our allotted time period. (Now that’s value for money!).

I am still working on those new tricks! They are doing my head in, particularly a coin trick which my friends and relatives have had to endure over and over again as I try to iron out those last little flaws. I am pleased with it though.

 See you soon.
 Rich 

Why Hello

Look at me updating my Blog within a few weeks of my original post as I said I would. I have been practicing hard on a few new tricks recently and blimey it’s stressful. I am a bit of a perfectionist to say the least and my tricks really do have to stand test conditions because of the various situations I will have to perform them in. A good trick to me is one that can be used at any event and fit in well, from a Wedding to a Trade Show or a Student Graduation Ball.

Speaking of Student Graduation’s, I am already booked for three Graduation Balls this summer. I am really looking forward to them as Students tend to love Close-Up Magician’s and are very vocal with their appreciation of what you do, they are always a great crowd.

I have just got back from doing a Sunday Lunch in Bray, Berkshire. I wasn’t cooking it obviously rather performing in between the courses. They really were a nice group of people and I was once again able to perform my Stand-Up Show over the Coffee. It went over well and I was pleased with the reaction and feedback afterwards.

I have been booked as a guest speaker for the 729 club in Chipping Norton in March. The 729 club is a business networking club and the group meet once a month. I am really looking forward to it, as its something different I can get my teeth in to. It’s a 7am start though? Good grief, that’s the middle of the night in my world. You can have a look at the club and my mug on the line-up by clicking here; http://www.729club.co.uk/   That’s it for now. Check back soon.
 
Rich  

Hi Everyone!!!!

Welcome to the first instalment of the Richard Young Blog. Available on the Richard Young Magic website exclusively, although I am not really sure if anyone will care. I have been thinking about adding a blog to my website for a while. I enjoy using facebook (feel free to add me if you can find me) however I thought it would be nice to add something to my website to let everyone know what’s been going on. So as we are at the very beginning of 2008 I thought there was never a better time to do it.

Well I have had an exceptionally busy Christmas period, and thoroughly enjoyed meeting lots of new people, I spent most of my time in Oxford, but also visited, Southampton, Portsmouth, Newbury, London, Basingstoke, Milton Keynes and Coventry. December was my busiest month ever and I have been glad of the break in the first few weeks of January. I have taken this opportunity to research and practice some new material which will hopefully be suitable to try in front of an audience sometime in the Spring.

Although I am mainly a Close-Up Magician, I am really pleased with how my Stand-Up Show is coming along. I offer this show as an option for people wanting something special to end an evening with, after a meal or buffet for example. I got to perform it eight times in December for audiences ranging in size from 15 to 175 people; I have tried hard to make the magic highly interactive and visual. I learn something new every time I do it and I keep changing and adding new things. The feedback from the people who have seen it has been very encouraging, which is always nice. Anyway, that’s it for now. Check back for another update next week. 
Rich

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