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hi every one and yes Pcwizme needs help.(again)
and this time the topic is ...................

circles

what one should i chose?

the magic circle or the Fellowship of christian magicians?

i know theres a circle group in my area but the fact you have to do an adution is putting me off.

are any of you in any circles (boywonder i know your in 2 circles!)

so what should i do??

Pcwizme

There is a good discussion on Magic Societies in one of the MO forums, which I have now moved out into the open as I feel it is useful to all members. It nicely discusses the pro's and Cons of Joing a Magic Society.

The thread is here.

As you may have guessed, personally I am very for it, and think you should start off attending both just to get a feel for which you prefer. There's no law against being a member of multiple clubs though.

As for the audition. Don't worry too much about it initially, as you don't have to do it at once. I must admit I was terrified for mine, and it very nearly put me off joining, so I won't belittle it by saying it's no big deal. For me it was, but from the societies point of view I don't feel having to do an audition is a bad thing as it shows each member has commitment to the art.

Looking back on it now, I can see that although it was an ordeal at the time, I was very proud of myself for doing it and it was just another necessary step in improving my magic skills. After all the actual art of perfomance is arguably a more important skill to learn than card and coin sleights etc.

Scott F. Guinn also wrote an interesting article on the pros and cons of magic societies in his on-line visions column.

http://www.online-visions.com/pro-files/0304.html

Personally I would steer clear of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians, but that's just a religious preference (ie I find religion quite a scary and worrisome idea, but that's of topic). As I am not a member of any societies I am probably not the best person to comment, but unless you are particularly religious or have an interest in performing religiously themed magic I would go for the other one. Of course since I don't know you or what you believe then I am unqualified to answer on that topic either.

In fact, I should proably not have bothered responding to this at all!

Banana,
Maybe it would be appropriate to move your list of magical societies out in the open as well?

List of UK Based Societies.

nice one, a search by location box would have been very helpfull

Pcwizme - have PM'd you!

How do you know that pcwizme?

Everyone knows that you are a member of the Bradford and Northern magic circles!

How!
im getting scared

unless you are particularly religious or

Nick I think it's safe to assume that a person considering joining "the Fellowship of christian magicians" Is a Christian or at least religious.

erm boywonder! ... just a guess

http://www.webspawner.com/users/markwaddingtonmagic/

Mark is currently in two magic circles, the Bradford Magic Circle and the Northern Magic Circle Juniors

Oh yeah, forgot about that, never mind, just as long as your not stalking me, i am not paranoid!

Oh... i never said i wasn't stalking you my dear boy...mwahahahahaha!!!! :twisted:

the moral of the story dont post anything on the worldwide web you would not want to be accountable for when they reincarnate you in the future