Visiting magic clubs around the country, one trend seemed undeniable. Things are looking gray. Sure, you’ll see some younger kids who are just getting into magic but the average age of the membership was far closer to AARP than minimum age for a driver’s license. Nearly totally missing (unless making a trip out for a visiting lecture) was the key magic demo of 9-15.
The Minnesota Daily has a great article about the local Minneapolis IBM Ring and how much it does for it’s members but it got me thinking: how many of you reading right now are in a magic club.
You want to know what, let’s put it to a vote:
It’s no secret that much of what was the lifeblood of clubs in a pre-ubiquitous internet age is now being replicated online. But we’re very curious to see how many folks reading this blog, today, September 20th are in a club.