New Year Starts With a Bang

25 March 2004

Hosted and produced by Stuart Harley, The Sussex Magic Circle presented an evening of magic on Thursday 22nd January 2004. It was an evening of good magic and good entertainment.

Stuart Harley's handling and routine for the Phil Deck was unusual and good. Regular members Jonathan Cann and Andrew Jeffery performed their regular acts; which always are full of good magic and good entertainment.

On the bill were two performers from the Southdown Magicians Club; namely Alan Hatcher and Vince Blake. Both performers worked very hard in front of a bunch of magicians they have probably never met before. Some of the routines were unknown to me, so therefore I am unable to tell you what they were called; suffice to say they were all entertaining.

Gordon Burtenshaw has been a member for a couple of years now. His performance was very confident for someone who had never performed in public before. He admits himself that performing is not his forte; but you would never have thought it on the 22nd January 2004. In the days of variety, his act would have been called Sussex's Richest Magician! Why? Well, his act comprised of props - including a hand made (by the late Frank Preston, I suspect) Zig Zag. An exploding 'box' sent me two feet off my chair! All in all a good time was had by all.

Paul Gordon

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