International Juggling Day 2019 is (by our reckoning) a week from tomorrow (Saturday, June 15)… so once again we are challenging all y’all iTricksters to learn to juggle. This year we present world record holder Josh Horton’s three ball tutorial. If you need advanced tricks then check out this playlist of videos from the International Jugglers’ Association.
And once again I will admit I can not juggle. But I will try again this year.
America’s Got Talent web series AGT Talent University
is back with another magic lesson, this time featuring NFL football player, AGT alum and magician Jon Dorenbos.
Hey, y’all. I hope Thanksgiving is going well… here at iTricks Tower Midwest it is all mixed martial arts on TV and gluten-free pie! But if you need a little magic fix (and we bet you do) here is a clip from the official Johnny Carson YouTube Channel featuring Johnny teaching a bit of magic to Angie Dickinson.
Steve Valentine might be more familiar to some iTricksters as an actor (who frequently plays a magician) than he is as a magician. But he is a really good magician! He recently jumped into YouTube with this video and five short Halloween magic/prank tutorials that you can see on his YouTube page.
Around iTricks Tower Midwest, we like “The Fly.”
After seeing an article that said National Magic Day was this week (as opposed to in October, which is what we have always heard), it reminded us that Saturday is World Juggling Day. Just in case the last tutorial we posted did not teach you how to juggle, we found this one from world record holding juggler David Slick! Catch more of him at his website and learn more about World juggling Day at the International Jugglers’ Association site.
Here is a clip from David Sandy of IBM Ring 129… right here in Kansas City (which is more or less the home of iTricks Tower Midwest V2.0). What a great way to promote the Ring. Perhaps I will make it down there soon!
If you are in the KC area, visit Ring129.com. Otherwise, check in with the national site at Magician.org.
Easter is this weekend so some of your favorite YouTube magicians are putting out Easter prank videos. Jay Sankey, as seen above, has an actual Easter themed magic tutorial. Rich Ferguson goes the prank route and ranges from nice little bunny ears to things that will get someone mad at you! Evan Era goes with pranks, too, but also brings the sponge bunnies into the mix and takes the time to teach some sleight of hand and some low grade mentalism in his 16 minute video.
Hey, while we are on the subject of Easter, can I just get on the soapbox for a minute and beg all y’all iTricksters not to give anyone a live bunny or chick unless they are 100% committed to owning the animal as a pet? Also, for those of you magicians looking to add a rabbit or chicken (or even duck) to your act start doing the necessary research now because in about two months your local animal shelters will be overflowing!