Hi folks,

It's good to be here. I've only just started to look around the site, but what I've seen so far, I like. My name is Dave Altman and I have been an entertainer for almost 30 years. I call myself a juggler/entertainer. That means I'll do practically anything on stage if people like it. I've had some magic in my show from the beginning and I want to add more.

Besides entertaining, I love the outdoors. I have a masters in outdoor education. My degree has a fancier name, but basically, it's about re-creating yourself through adventure activities. I have a BFA in ceramics, too. So, I consider myself an artist/entertainer/educator, which are related.

I live in Georgia, out in the middle of no where, but do most of my gigs in Atlanta. I have to drive a little more than most, but I have my own lake, which I kayak on daily, and plenty of trails for hiking/biking/unicycling.

Welcome to the Café!

Welcome to the Magic Café Dave Altman, It's Nice to have ya here with us

Dave Altman ... hmmm ... that name sounds familiar I just can't place where I've heard it. Altman ... that means 'old man' in German, doesn't it?
:O)

Just kidding with Dave, y'all ... we go way back.

Cap'n Mike
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Welcome!

Welcome to the Café!

Jeff,
Welcome to the Café!

Dave, welcome to The Magic Café. Glad that you joined us.

Okay, let's see you juggle these cups of hot coffee!!!

:coffee:

Sincerely, welcome to this place!

That name sounds familiar to me too...
What city do you live in? I live in Orlando now but I am from GA and I used to do a ton of shows up there. I don't miss the traffic at all!

Thanks for welcoming me. You seem like a friendy bunch.

Christopher, I live outside of a small town called Eatonton. I try very hard to miss traffic myself. I arrange my gigs, if I can, to avoid "rush hour." Why to they call it rush hour, anyway? It lasts much longer than an hour, at least it does in Atlanta, and you don't exacty rush anywhere. It should be called the "crawling period." I am the moderator of the Anthony Gatto forum and the past president of the Atlanta Jugglers Association, so maybe that is where you have heard my name.

I've known Cap't Mike, aka, seasideshowman for years and he enjoys giving me a hard time about my age. I feel young, but I am very old for a juggler, most are under 30 years old and I passed that age many years ago.

Joe, it doesn't seem neccessary to juggle those cups of coffee. They are juggling all by themselves. How do we know it's hot coffee? I don't see any steam like in the Magic Café logo.

Welcome to the Café Dave.

Art Altman was a big name card magician from up state N.Y.He taught Michael Skinner when Michael was just a teen and starting out.Michael was also from up state N.Y.

Arts son,Jeff Altman is also good with a deck.Jeff has a card effect in Tarbell eight.

Jeff is also a comic and actor out in Hollywood.Here is his filmography from imdb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022901/

So see Altman is a well known name.

Don

Hi Dave,
I like your resume indeed. I am also glad that yopu liked the Café. Welcome to the best place about magic ever.You will find this as a invaluable source that you can not buy even with money. The people are so friendly as well as being helpful.The Café is such a the unique place for Magic. It is ever expanding and has over 29.000 members throughout the world. It will make a great contribution to your magic perspective. Do not forget to post often. You will find many new friends and many new ideas here. I predict you will like the Café.Please grab a chair and begin to type your next post while you have a cup of strong Turkish coffee on my bill.