Magicians' Night at 1YA
— ad NYTHING can happen-well, practically anything, when magicians foregather, as they do at regular intervals. At all events, there’s sure to be strange goings on. Usually these meetings are top secret affairs, open only to privileged guests, but fortunately for listeners, Rex Sayers, of 1YA (and his microphone), was among the select few non-members present when the Auckland Brotherhood of Magicians held their last monthly get-together. What actually did happen on that occasion will be revealed by 1YA at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, in Magic Parade. The guest. of honour was Virgil, a distinguished American magician now touring this country. Interviews with him
and several members of the Auckland Brotherhood will be included in the broadcast as well as Mr. Sayers’s description of the evening’s magic. There are about 200 practising magicians in New Zealand The Listener discovered, belonging to brotherhoods ~ scattered throughout the country. The Auckland group has_ eighteen members. From time to time a Dominion Con-
vention is held-the last one was in Christchurch two years ago-lasting five or six days and with a normal attendance of between seventy and eighty practitioners. Houdini Day, the last Saturday in October, is observed here in the traditional ‘manner, by entertaining as many orphanage children as possible. Auckland’s magicians observe Halloween, too, every second year, with a special programme complete with ghosts, skulls, skeletons and weird noises. The Listener wanted to know how one becomes a magician. "It’s all a matter of enthusiasm, study and constant practice," Alan Matthews, a member and former president of the
Auckland Brotherhood explained. "Prospective new members have to entertain the Brotherhood with a 15-minute show. Then they may be given six months’ probationary membership, and finally ad-mitted-if they have proved they are really keen and active. Magic can be quite a serious study. There’s always something new to learn."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 668, 24 April 1952, Page 14
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