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I
was born (April Fool's Day) and raised in South Boston Va. until
I joined the U.S. AIR FORCE in 1978. My first Tour of duty was
at Osan Air base, Korea. While in Korea, I was able to
participate in the filming of a movie called INCHON by One-way
Production's! Stars in the movie were Sir Laurence Olivier,
David Jansen, Ben Gazzara, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Roundtree
and yours truely.
I got the bug for performing at this time, I just didn't know
it yet. I left Korea and went to California
where I worked as a volunteer for abused children for a number
of months. This is when I found out that I had a way with
kids, they responded to me! One day I decided to use a magic
trick as a way to approach a little girl who had suffered greatly
at the hands of an abusive parent. She was scared to death of
all adults but she liked magic and she took a liking to me because
of the magic.
From that point on I used magic every chance I could to help
the kids. Soon a lady asked me if I could do her
son's birthday party and the next thing I knew I was performing
at a couple birthday parties a month. After a while I was making
more money working part-time as a magician than I did at my
regular job. It took a bit, but finally I saw the light and
became a full-time magician. That was 10 years ago and now I
perform at about 350 events (CORPORATE EVENTS, PRIVATE PARTIES,
KID'S EVENTS, ADULT CELEBRATIONS, SCHOOLS, RESTAURANTS,
MOVIES, COMMERCIALS, TRADE SHOWS, CONVENTIONS, ETC.) per year
in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Elected
Vice-President Society of American Magicians #112 for 2000.
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