by Schwen » May 18th, '07, 17:14
Hey, I'm Schwen, from essex in the UK (for the time being)
I just recently got into magic and am starting to learn my way up, learning sleights and card skills and basic tricks. Really enjoying it, especially the reactions I get when I perform a trick to people. I especially like impromptu tricks and close up stuff. I like the big flashy stage magic as well, and am hoping to go see Penn and Teller and maybe Lance Burton in vegas next year.
My friend penny got me into magic originally, she became a little enamoured with barry and stuart and took me to one of their shows, and then on to a pete firman show and both of them really blew me away. Even when Pete was getting heckled majorly (clubs in soho, not generally the friendliest places). But I really like barry and stuart and look forward to seeing more stuff from them, they obviously have talent, and although it seems they're not the most popular people on here, they are extremely entertaining for perhaps more the younger generation, and having chatted to them, they both seem really nice and genuine people, if not a little nervous when not using their on stage personas. I'm rambling, basically that's what sparked my interest, since then I've spent most nights fiddling around with a deck of cards or a rubber thumb
That's me anyway, nice to be here and I hope to stick around for a while and look forward to chatting to you