CHOP CHOP - MY LOVE FOR MAGIC
Decapitation, impalement, chopping people in half – I love my work.
I've been performing tricks like these for almost 40 years. I became interested in the magical arts at the age of 12 and gave my first public performance at 18. During the 1970s I studied at the Academy of Magic Arts in Hollywood while making monthly trips to the United States to perform. I've rubbed shoulders with David Copperfield, Siegfried and Roy, British magician Paul Daniels and Bill Bixby, star of 1970s TV show The Incredible Hulk. Back in NZ in 1980 I was the resident magician on the Tracey '80 television series for children. Magic has also taken me all around the world, from the United States to London, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the South Pacific. I've performed well over 1000 performances now and I hope to add many more. I received the prestigious Order of Merlin in recognition of my 35 years continuous service to the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the largest magical organisation in the world.
It's been a wonderful ride and who else can say they get to chop their wife in half!
I've been performing tricks like these for almost 40 years. I became interested in the magical arts at the age of 12 and gave my first public performance at 18. During the 1970s I studied at the Academy of Magic Arts in Hollywood while making monthly trips to the United States to perform. I've rubbed shoulders with David Copperfield, Siegfried and Roy, British magician Paul Daniels and Bill Bixby, star of 1970s TV show The Incredible Hulk. Back in NZ in 1980 I was the resident magician on the Tracey '80 television series for children. Magic has also taken me all around the world, from the United States to London, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the South Pacific. I've performed well over 1000 performances now and I hope to add many more. I received the prestigious Order of Merlin in recognition of my 35 years continuous service to the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the largest magical organisation in the world.
It's been a wonderful ride and who else can say they get to chop their wife in half!
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©Graham Bennett, 2014
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Graham Bennett
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