Without ranting, im using the correct context, “ART CANT BE JUDGED”, but i will play along with the game like max maven does, you dont see him competing right?, just ask him, and he will tell you.
so brenda, i hope with this inlightment you become better magician, if you need more freebies, just shoot, and i will gladly help you in anything that might make you evolve, maybe even have a guys name, like brandon.
pd. i just want to give thanks to itricks for letting me post here, and have a super super time with you guys here. if you feel my stupidity is really to much, i will take it a notch down. love you guys

And which show did he close with that song Dr-bond? I challenge you to name one, because Shawn has already dealt with this lie. Please try and stay up to date.

i tought we fliped a coin and farquar won on this batle, can someone please post on the cafe, amd other blogs, and state farquar as winner, and maybe your asking yourself why?, well because i said so, farquar and russ have competed, and we had fun, but thats it, theres no more fun in this, we need something fresh, like what happend with dan harlan after drug story, lets talk about magicians that are gay, and that came out of the closet like , burguer, tom mullica,etc. do you get my drift, lets make a list of magicians that came out, and i bet we are so having fun with this post, i promise this—–

As far as Shawn goes, I have seen him perform before and he always receives a standing ovation. I have been in the crowd when he performed Shape of my Heart for magicians/lay people and people love it. While his double lift and card flourishes are far from the best in the world, his routine connects with his audiences on an emotional level, which is why people like him.

That is simply not true. Have a look at this guy on You Tube, all he does is talk about himself and all his standing ovations. By the way, there is a lesson here: if you want a standing ovation close your show with the song “Stand Up for Champions.” Apparently, using other acts music is fair game this week.

I think is effort at humility needs some work, just like his double lift.

I am sorry if my posts are appearing arrogant or egotistical. I am not that person. My Father raised me to be a humble and thankful person. He called it an “attitude of gratitude”. I thank God everyday for the blessings I am given in regards to my family, friends and career. I have only responded this way due to the attacks not only on my magic, but on my character itself. I hope you understand. I also hope my Vlogs aren't appearing to be egotistical. They are generally only viewed by a couple of hundred folks and I do them to keep friends in the loop of what I am doing. I used to do a written blog but it became too time consuming.

As for Soma, he is a most genuine person and I am proud to know him and so pleased he won.

Respectfully,

Shawn Farquhar

rsvpmagic
June 30, 2007

Performance in 1993 of Russ Stevens unique Card Manipulation sequence.
Category: Entertainment

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I don't know you or know anything about you, but in future please try and be a bit more humble and don't let your ego get the better of you.

While the CCTV shot of the FISM competition may not have been perfect, you can find other versions of the routine on YouTube that show Shawn's mastery of the routine in a better light. And while people complain about the obvious double-lift get-readys and flashes, if you examine the intricacies of the routine you'll see there's a lot going on here in the space of three and a half minutes. Why don't you work on mastering or improving the routine and then give suggestions rather than complaints?

I am accused of stealing Shawn Farquhar’s routine.

I prove to Shawn that I didn’t.

He concedes.

We accept at that time that we both created similar routines by coincidence based on what he told me (which on reflection is ironic now).

Shawn told me he’d not seen my routine when he developed his. It now transpires that he had seen it. I quote:

“In 1994 I was in England with Francis Martineau and Russ gave us a copy of his promo tape It was in pal.The conversion to NTSC at that time was more than I wanted to pay. So at a meeting a few months later ( could have been early 1995) I asked Shawn if he wanted to pay half; and we both ended up with a viewable copy.It is possible he had forgotten.I mean 14 years has passed”.
Reg Donnelly (Reg Donenelly was traveling with magic illustrator Frank Martinaeu and I met them both in Blackpool in 1994).

Shawn Farquhar then enters the world’s most prestigious magic competition with a routine based on my routine (that he denied) and wins. It is simply unethical, that’s all.

Our routines (the ‘tricks’) aren’t the same, but owe their impact to the same staging and music. The music and staging accounts for 60% or 70% of the worth of the piece.

If I told you I was entering a silent dove/manipulation act into FISM and was going to use Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for backing would everyone not understand that that piece ‘belonged’ to Lance Burrton? Or that David Copperfield’s presentation of the Dancing Cane to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue made that piece of music ‘his’ when used in a Dancing Cane routine? Please understand that I don’t dare compare myself to these brilliant performers, but it’s exactly the same.

For me that’s what putting an act together is all about. You start with ‘you’ add the tricks and music and then random items become a ‘whole’, a ‘piece’, theatre… Look at Jeff McBride’s original card routine. Fantastic! Performed to Joe Sample’s Carmel. I wouldn’t have dreamt of taking that piece of music in a million years. Jeff had made it his. And I respected that.

I think Shawn Farquhar has behaved disgracefully.

If he’d said all along that he’d seen my act, and was going to rework it for himself by using a close-up card trick on stage instead of my card manipulation sequence that would have been one thing. But to have deceived me all along is really something else.

That is what has been hurtful the most.

He can keep his awards, as they really have no interest to me. This has not been a pleasurable experience and is something I would rather not have done. All I ever wanted was for people to know the truth and now you do. I stand by everything I wrote in the post that started this thread.

That’s all I wanted to say.
Best,
Russ

The first time i watched this taped somewhere else the routine floored me.

when I watched on CCTV I literally shut off my computer.

and if something id say Russ and his fans are just jelous..