Magic competition

Last weekend I went to a magic convention. I had a pretty nice time, got to see some magicians I like, and entered the stage competition with R2. It was his big public debut, so that was fairly exciting!

It was HARD getting R2 there and back. Getting him in and out of the car is a three person job. My wife and I did it once by ourselves, but that was even harder. Getting him on and off stage was hard. We had to go first because of some issues there. His front foot loosened and the slightest crack stopped him, so since it was a segmented stage he couldn't move much. But it went great. I didn't win (the guy that did was AMAZING) but I did well, had a good showing, and I made some friends out of it.

It turns out that you really CAN'T see squat when you're on a big stage with spotlights on you, by the way.

I liked having a competition act. I think I will keep competing, but I think I will come up with a new act that doesn't have R2. It means I won't have that noticability factor that R2 gives, but ... well, it won't take massive help to get him there and on stage, either!

Trophy!

I finally got around to photographing the trophy I won for Magician of the Year! Frankly it's not a great picture so I'll have to try again, but hey. Plus it shows of the backdrop I'm taking to shows now!


I'm still very pleased to have won that - it's quite an honor.

Needless to say my son, who was outside running about at the time, had to get in on the picture ...


I think this picture is my favorite: