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Scott Wells Inner circle Houston, TX 1025 Posts |
Undoubtedly, Gay Blackstone deserves the title of "First Lady of Magic". Not only was she the wife and lead assistant for Harry Blackstone, Jr. for many years, but after his death, she continued (and still continues) to champion magic. She was the President of the Academy of Magical Arts, she was named one of the "2007 Hollywood's Women of Distinction", she is an international ambassador for the I.B.M. and she is currently the executive producer of "Masters of Illusion" TV show and theater tour.
This week on The Magic Word, Gay talks about her early career (I didn't know she dated Dean Martin's son) and how she met Harry. She talks about Blackstone, Sr. and Blackstone Island in Colon, Michigan. She talks about the many theaters they worked that led up to the longest running magic show on Broadway. And she tell us about the revival of the "Masters of Illusion" show which was started by her husband so many years ago. You can watch a few videos, see some photos, read the blog, listen to the podcast online, and download the MP3 file at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwell......ackstone And be sure to subscribe to The Magic Word so you don't miss any great upcoming episodes. I will be attending Abbott's Get Together in a couple weeks and posting daily updates so you won't want to miss those podcasts. BTW, this podcast was simulcast on Facebook using their new Live Streaming function. This allowed viewers to watch and ask questions in real time. We will continue this and notify you through Facebook. But you must "Like" our page in order to receive notifications and to view the events. You can visit and Like our page at: http://facebook.com/themagicwordpodcast Congratulations to last week's winners of the DVDs offered by Carl Andrews: Steve Gallagher, Orlando Ferrer, Chris Stockton and Kevin Kapinos. Thanks, guys, for listening and for entering the contest. And thanks also to the Friends of The Magic Word whose financial contributions pay for the shipping of these and other prizes plus many of the other expenses related to the production of this podcast.
"A magician who isn't working is only fooling himself." - Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star
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