Tag: magician

Planning the company holiday party

PhilSmith 27th July 2012
When do you start planning the holiday/Christmas party? How important is planning? Think aboutthe project you and your team are working on…did that get accomplished in 1 day, most often it took planning, time, and research. Parties are the same…what location are you considering? What date is the office party? What will you have for entertainment? Are families included at the holiday office party? Location is important because you have to factor into your choices where are the majority of your co-workers driving from? Does the company want to hold it at a restaurant? A hotel so employees have the…
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Teaching the secrets of ‘the art of magic!’

PhilSmith 2nd July 2010
How young should children be to start learning magic illusions and the 'art of magic?'   Children are very creative in terms of not filtering thoughts and ideas as much as adults do.  So when you present a challenge to children they are not canceling out ideas before suggesting or trying them out. I've taught magic to kids for more than 26 years in park & recreation programs, jewish community programs, to birthday parties that include teaching a magic illusion.  For more than 20 years I taught at a wonderful summer program run called the Festival of Creative Youths.  This was a 3…
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