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Brent McLeod Inner circle 1792 Posts |
Greetings-
Bernard Reid well known cruise ship Magician, Las Vegas based Kiwi & Houdini historian is giving a 2 hr lecture on Houdini with powerpoint presentation as well as displaying his fabulous close up & stage routines that he performs on ships & general questions on Entertaining on the worlds biggest cruiseliners here in Auckland ,New Zealand tonite at 7.30, already sold out from initial reports-Will post a review shortly!! Shoud be a very informative fun evening!! Cheers -Brent |
PaulGreen Inner circle 1133 Posts |
Bernard Reid is a long time friend. If anyone knows the Cruise Ship Industry, it is he. Not only those that want to go into the cruise industry, but those that want real world magic and some of the most outrageous stories from the road will benefit from spending time with him.
Enjoy the search, Paul Green |
Brent McLeod Inner circle 1792 Posts |
Report 1 -more to follow
Terrific evening with a good crowd appreciative as Bernard was introduced by past IBM President Tony Wilson then a few funny coments by Magicana editor Michael Woolf Bernard explained his interest & history of collecting as well as passion about Houdini with some great shots of his vast personal library on the man We learnt a few of the reasons behind the success of Houdini we all know as well as the showmanship that continues his legacy today We learnt many personal details of his family not known to many as well as many misprint information in many books & personal files & meetings Bernard has had with those that new the man Also very amazing details on the supposed marriage of Harry & Bess as well as internal strife with his brothers -1 in particular & stories of problems his father had when first in New York & why did Harry Really run away for a year when he was around 12! Alao Bernard told us of meetings With James Randi & certain cells Houdini escaped from & some he didn't but the ongoing theme of how Harry was a master showman & his publicity seeking stunts from stright jackets to Houdini was a claustrophobic but not many knew this-amazing when you think what he used to do!! A great rundown on houdinis life & tragic end & what really happened as well as the true birth certificate of Harry will astound a few about this man!! Also we were very lucky to be given an informative version on the inner workings of the Chinese Water Torture-how it really worked etc-Brilliant to say the least! Bernard finished the evening with a talk on the cruise ship industry & how his close up formula in the mezzanine decks of ships can play to 400 people -realy clever-We were the treated to a 30 min close up show cruise ship style with much humour from Bernard Reid to finish a great night & week this man was in NZ-was also priveleged to see Bernard outside at 2 occasions throught the week to appreciate this mans humour, generousity & sincerity Cheers for now -Brent |
genemccarthy New user 82 Posts |
Definitely agree with Brent and Paul. Whenever he's in town we'll have dinner and it is like a feast of it's own. When he was booked in Vegas he was a support or opening act for Liza Minnelli, Etta Kitt and so many others.
An encyclopaedia of knowledge, stories and history of the performers and shows. As a man he is quite simply a Class Act! |
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