Archive for November, 2009

Magic, Barn dance and beautiful Oxfordshire

Monday, November 30th, 2009
Towersey Manor

Towersey Manor

Earlier I had the opportunity to perform for a Jan Rasmussen’s husband’s 60th birthday party in Towersey.

It took place at Towersey Manor where they had a cosy barn set up for a barn dance perfromed by the awesome barn dance band, Pump Action.

Swing your partners...yeehaaaa...

Swing your partners...yeehaaaa...

As you can see, they all got into the ‘swing’ of things. I wanted to but I was too busy reading minds and vanishing coins!

A Wizard In Windsor

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
The George Inn - Eton

The George Inn - Eton

Listening to the news last night that 6 pubs close down in London every week these days, I felt really saddened.

As a ‘foreigner’ from South Africa, I know how special the pub is considered by many visitors to these shores. It’s part of the great British culture. So I was thrilled, in the late summer,  to be asked by an owner of no less than 7 pubs in the Windsor area, Nick Long, to perform magic for his granddaughter’s Christening at one of his pubs, The George Inn in Eton. Nick had organised a private area where I did some close up for the guests at the tables followed by a small cabaret after their meal.