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Our society really enjoyed a fantastic lecture from Johh B Born last night.

John is the winner of the IBM close-up competition and author of Meant to Be, an amazing tome on his eight-stage process of magical creation and its application to the 'Any Card at Any Number' plot (which we saw in full action last night).

John also did a panoply of coin effects both on a table and in the air, as well as a great linking rings routine and other tidbits and insights on how to be a great magician.

I also liked the fact that he was influenced by his grandfather, who studied mentalism for over 35 years in Wichita Kansas...

You can find out more about John here:

http://www.johnborn.com/index.html

He is currently touring England, so check him out if you can!

I agree with Todd - one of the best lectures I have ever seen. John B. Born was truly born to perform magic

Apart from being one of the best close up magicians around he is an extreely charasmatic guy.

If you get a chance - see the lecture. You will not be disappointed.

I am now halfway through his Meant to Be book...what a fantastic brain that man has! Pure genius!

I have to agree, his lecture is top quality. Although I got the impression he's not done too many lectures. It didn't matter as Bananfish says he's very charismatic

Watched him lecture in Cardiff last night, great sleight of hand performer, lots of nice Coin Ideas, his Matrix work being some of the best i've mseen in a while. Along with the previously mentioned CAAN stuff he has some lovely ideas.

Recommended.

Well as an almost beginner I saw him here in France a few months ago, and it was the most magical moment in my life by now !

A very nice guy, he loves magic and performs his magic with ease and class.

Sorry my english words aren't the best, but I have a very high opinion about John Born and his magic which seems soooooooo near the REAL THING.

Hi all -

Thank you for the kind words. It is absolutely my pleasure to visit the UK and have the chance to share my art.

For those of you that may be interested, here are the cities I will be in within the next month.

Wednesday 30th September BMS
Wednesday 1st October SCARBOROUGH
Thursday 2nd October HULL
Monday, 6th October IRELAND
Tuesday 7th October IRELAND
Wednesday 8th October CAMBRIDGE
Thursday 9th October SURREY
Friday 10th October DAVENPORTS (LONDON)
Monday 13th October NE LINCS MGIC SOCIETY
Tuesday 14th October COVENTRY
Wednesday 15th October WOLVERHAMPTON
Thursday 16th October SHEFFIELD
Monday 20th October PORTSMOUTH
Tuesday 21st October SOUTHAMPTON
Thursday 23rd October BRISTOL/BATH
Tuesday 28th October INTERNATIONAL MAGIC (LONDON)

For those that want more detailed info, you can email me at john@johnborn.com and I can look deeper into it with my organizers.

The best,

John B. Born

I'll be at the International Magic one John!

Looking forward to seeing him Thursday

For those interested - there is a review of his Ipswich Lecture on the IMS website

http://www.ipswichmagicalsociety.co.uk/revjohnborn.htm

The review will also be posted on www.magicweek.co.uk some time today.

hoping to get to the international magic one in london...

I'm flying back from the maldives and my honeymoon the day before... (Specially!! )

Can only reiterate what commentators have stated here. Caught John's lecture ("Principles and approach to Sleight of Hand Artistry") in Limerick on 6th October and it was simply a fantastic evening's entertainment. Understand that John has now branched into the area of mentalism and look forward to that lecture whenever

TI

Hi all -

Tomorrow morning I get back on the plane to head home, bringing these two months in the UK to and end.

Thanks to everyone for the hospitality, good times, and chance to share my art.

Look forward to the next time.

The best,

John B. Born
www.johnborn.com

I hope you enjoyed your stay, was really good to meet you last sunday.