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Granite State Magicians (the combined IBM Ring/SAM Assembly in New Hampshire) is sponsoring a New England Magic Contest, to be held on the 16th of July at Diamond's Magic in Peabody, MA.


The date/time/place: Sunday the 16th of July from 1:00-4:00 pm at Diamond's Magic, 515 Lowell St, Peabody, MA 01960.

Categories of magic are: Parlor/Platform, Close-up, and Mental/Mystery.

Prizes: 1st prize; $200 gift certificate to Diamond's Magic.
2nd prize; $100 gift certificate to Diamond's Magic.
3rd prize; $50 gift certificate to Diamond's Magic.

Contest is limited to ten magicians. Contestants must live in, go to school in, or be a member of a magic group located in, one of the six New England states. Acts are limited to ten minutes.

Contest entry fee is $10. To enter, or for more information, write to: Kathy Caulfield, Treasurer, Granite State Magicians <kecaulfield@innovairre.com>, 126 Perham Corner Road, Lyndeborough, NH 03082.



The judges:

Sandy Rhoades has been doing magic since he was 13 and he's now 77. Most recently Sandy was the president of Society of American Magicians Assembly #29 in Waterbury, CT. He helped found and is active in the Magic Camporee of the Boy Scouts of America Connecticut Rivers Council.

"Conjuring Carroll" Chapman is the past president and current vice president of the Society of
American Magicians Ralph Greenwood Assembly #174 in Augusta, Maine. He is the past vice-president of IBM Ring #362 in Penobscot.

Lord BlackSword a/k/a Joseph Caulfield is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Order of Merlin Excelsior, a Life Member and Chair of the Insurance Committee of the Society of American Magicians, a member of the Inner Circle of Bizarre Magic, 6th Degree Magus, and President of the Granite State Magicians.

And the results are in:

In first place, Jude Giordano of Agawam, MA.

In second place, Tristan James of Kingston, RI

In third place, Brad Beady of Hartford, CT.

Congratulations to all our contestants!