QUESTION:WHAT DO ALL THESE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON?

APPLE COMPUTER * ATARI * IBM * PRUDENTIAL * AMERICAN EXPRESS * HEWLETT PACKARD
* KODAK * AT&T; * LOCKHEED MISSLE AND SPACE * LSI LOGIC * KRAFT FOODS

HARRAH'S HOTEL/CASINO * NBC * HOLLYWOOD MAGIC CASTLE * ROBIN LEACH * ABC * HILTON HOTEL/CASINO * CBS * ANTHONY ROBBINS * THE DISNEY CHANNEL * ROD STEWART * BALLY'S GRAND HOTEL/CASINO * THE DRIFTERS * MAUI MARRIOTT * PARAMOUNT STUDIOS

MAGIC AND MUSIC BECAME THE TOOLS WITH WHICH DEAN WAS GOING TO DELIGHT THE WORLD. AFTER RECEIVING HIS FIRST MAGIC KIT AT THE AGE OF 10, DEAN QUICKLY DISPLAYED HIS NEW FOUND LOVE TO ANYONE WHO WOULD WATCH. AND PEOPLE DID WATCH! TUTORED BY PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN JOHN McNAMARA, DEAN WAS WELL ON HIS WAY TO REALIZING HIS DREAMS.

BOOKED AS "THE YOUNGEST MAGICIAN IN THE BAY AREA", DEAN WAS ALWAYS CONSCIOUS OF HIS DESIRE TO EXTEND OPTIONS TO YOUTHS EVERYWHERE, FOR HAVING SAFE AND DRUG FREE FUN. AS A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR HE STARTED HIS OWN "3-D MAGIC COMPANY". HE WENT ON TO RECEIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS FROM THE CITY OF MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, FOR HIS "HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR" HAUNTED HOUSE COMPLETE WITH MAGIC SHOW, AS A SAFE ALTERNATIVE FOR "TRICK OR TREAT" FOR THE COMMUNITY YOUTHS. HE CONTINUED SERVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT HIS LATE TEENS, PRODUCING MUSICAL REVUE SHOWS AND TEACHING WORKSHOPS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

HIS THIRST FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE WAS NEVER SATISFIED. A LOCAL LIBRARIAN, RECOGNIZING THE PASSION OF A YOUNG AND INQUIRING MIND, BECAME INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING HIS QUEST. DEAN PERFORMED MAGIC SHOWS FOR THE LIBRARY'S CHILDREN'S READING CLUB, IN EXCHANGE FOR ANY MAGIC BOOKS HE DESIRED. THIS INSATIABLE DESIRE, LATER TOOK HIM TO THE FAMED MAGIC CASTLE IN HOLLYWOOD WHERE HE EAGERLY STUDIED THE "GREATS" OF MAGIC IN THE CASTLE'S LIBRARY.

DEAN WENT ON TO PRODUCE AND PERFORM MAGIC SHOWS FOR RESPECTED PRODUCER GENE PATRICK (OF GENE PATRICK PRODUCTIONS IN TEXAS) FOR MARRIOTT'S GREAT AMERICA THEME PARK IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA. THIS HELPED DEAN TO START BUILDING A RESPECTED NAME FOR HIMSELF IN VERY PROMINENT CIRCLES.

THEME PARKS AND FAIRS WERE NOT THE ONLY MARKETS VYING FOR DEAN'S MULTI-TALENTED OFFERINGS! CIRCUS CIRCUS CASINO IN RENO OPENED A WHOLE NEW WORLD WAITING TO BE MESMERIZED BY THIS GLAMOROUS ENTERTAINER. DEAN WENT ON TO GIVE CELEBRATED PERFORMANCES AT BALLY'S GRAND, M.G.M. GRAND, HAROLD'S CLUB IN RENO, AND JOHN ASQUAGAS NUGGET! CRUISE SHIPS SOON BEGAN WOOING DEAN TO BECOME PART OF THEIR ENTERTAINMENT OFFERINGS. CORPORATE WORLD GIANTS, SUCH AS APPLE COMPUTER, IBM, HEWLETT PACKARD, LOCKHEED CORPORATION, SOON FOLLOWED SUIT, ENTHRALLED WITH HIS EXPERTISE IN EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND TRADE SHOW PROMOTIONS AND PERFORMANCES.

THE DISNEY CHANNEL ALSO TOOK NOTICE, AND DEAN WAS SIGNED AS THE FEATURED ENTERTAINMENT FOR ART LINKLETTER PRODUCTIONS' NATIONALLY SYNDICATED TELEVISION SPECIAL "COMING ON".

AS IF HE NEEDED TO ADD MORE TO HIS ALREADY COLORFUL BACKGROUND, WORLD FAMOUS HYPNOTIST ORMAN McGILL AND MOTIVATIONAL PLATFORMIST ANTHONY ROBBINS, TOOK DEAN UNDER THEIR WINGS AS A PERSONAL PRODIGY. NOW A CERTIFIED MASTER HYPNOTIST, DEAN UTILIZES HIS EXPERTISE IN PERFORMING, TRAINING AND THERAPY THROUGH THE DISCIPLINES OF (NAC) NEURO-ASSOCIATIVE CONDITIONING AND (NLP) NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING.

DEAN IS ALWAYS STRIVING TO "INSPIRE MIRACLES" IN EVERYTHING HE DOES. DEAN'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO SHARE ALL HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES AS A PERFORMER AND AN EDUCATOR TO CREATE A POSITIVE LEARNING ADVENTURE, USING MUSIC AND MAGIC AS THE CATALYST. FUTURE PLANS WILL SEE THE REALIZATION OF HIS DREAM IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR YOUNG MINDS ACROSS THE NATION.

CREATING A LIFE-LONG "MAGICAL EXPERIENCE" IN ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR DEAN. HE WILL STRONGLY FOCUS ON THE CREATION OF A VENUE OF IMAGINATIVE EDUCATION AS WELL AS CONTINUING THE PERSONAL PROMOTION OF

"THE MAGIC"..."THE MUSIC"...
"THE MAGNIFICENCE"
THAT IS
DEAN HANKEY

A SKILLED MAGICIAN, DEANS REPERTOIRE OF TALENTS INCLUDE ACTING, SINGING, HYPNOTISM, AND MAGIC! HIS AUDIENCE RAPPORT, EASE, AND SOPHISTICATION, ARE RARELY SEEN IN ENTERTAINERS SO YOUNG.

DEAN PERFORMS HIS INDIVIDUAL BRAND OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR TRADE SHOWS, FAIRS, FESTIVALS, NIGHTCLUBS, RESTURANTS, THEME PARKS, THEATRES, CORPORATE EVENTS, AND CRUISE SHIPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HE PERFORMS LAS VEGAS STYLE STAGE SHOWS AS WELL AS UP CLOSE PERSONAL MAGIC.

WITH A FRESH, UPBEAT STYLE, AND ENGAGING PERSONALITY, DEAN IS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC YOUNG ENTERTAINERS TO COME ON THE SCENE IN YEARS!