So after taking a week to assimilate myself back into the real world I figured I would take the time to talk a little about the most amazing week of my life. I spent a week at Tannen's Magic Camp and it was amazing. I made numerous friends many of which I am keeping in contact with and feel like I will keep in contact with for a long time to come. Many of the counselor's there are also very helpful. I made friends with quite a few of the counselor's there and developed some very good relationships. I got a LARGE amount of help too! Seeing as it was my first year I did more absorbing than I did performing during off times. I now have a binder with pages upon pages of information. And not just effects but so much more!
My daily schedule looked like this -
Wake Up
Breakfast
Classes
Lunch
Lectures
Practice Time
Workshops
Dorm Time
Dinner
Show
Bedtime
So during Morning classes you would go to your assigned level class. The day you get there you are evaluated and put into a skill level of beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I somehow, miraculously, got into an intermediate class, even though I've only been intensively into magic for about a year to a year and a half. So during classes we would go over techniques, effects, sleights, and different technical aspects of magic. We worked on a lot of rubber band magic in my class. We also worked on cards and coins and bill switches and many other things! WE had many different people lecture for us. Some of these were Mark DeSouza, Kostya Kimlat some of the counselors at camp and it was just an absolutely awesome experience! We then also had an option of five different workshops to choose from. The one I chose is generally intended for people who have been at the camp and into magic for a few years, however due to my theater experience I managed to get in. And boy was it amazing! It was led by Hiawatha Johnson Jr. He was an absolutely inspiring teacher, and very strict! It was a good way to work on our discipline. A large focus of the workshop (called UP) focused on expanding and working on parameters. Then for the shows each night, well that was out of this world! We had so many different people perform, it was phenomenal! One of the very good people I remember seeing was Bob Little, who did an absolutely hilarious act. Also Devlin, The Matador of Magic did an absolutely BEAUTIFUL act. Then we also saw the Show Off Show.Almost all of the counselors at the camp performed and there were many guest performers. There was a kit included with the camp for all campers and wow is all I have to say. The kit was supposed to be worth about 100$ but looking at it, it was worth a lot more than that! Plus the had their store open (anything that could be bought on the website could be bought from them) and there was a 10% discount. The surprises kept coming and it turns out that all campers get a 10% discount for the rest of the year! Plus we get discounts on lectures and shows that they hold at the Tannen's Store. And they gave out prizes for winners of theme nights and for winners of the talent competition. The Talent Competition was amazing. There were four categories junior close-up, junior stage, advanced close-up, advanced stage. I competed in the advanced close-up. I thank my 7 years of theater experience for how well I did. I actually ended up lacing fourth! Being my first year I was thoroughly surprised. it was an overall amazing experience. Just out of this world. Although once in a while there was an occasional joke or bash directed at Ellusionist, I overlooked that and had the most amazing week of my life. It has encouraged my love of magic and gotten me back into the style magic that got me interested in magic (coin magic). This is a camp is on a beautiful campus, and was just overall amazing. I can't describe it other than the best week of my life. I just wanted to share with you the amazing magical experience I had!
My daily schedule looked like this -
Wake Up
Breakfast
Classes
Lunch
Lectures
Practice Time
Workshops
Dorm Time
Dinner
Show
Bedtime
So during Morning classes you would go to your assigned level class. The day you get there you are evaluated and put into a skill level of beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I somehow, miraculously, got into an intermediate class, even though I've only been intensively into magic for about a year to a year and a half. So during classes we would go over techniques, effects, sleights, and different technical aspects of magic. We worked on a lot of rubber band magic in my class. We also worked on cards and coins and bill switches and many other things! WE had many different people lecture for us. Some of these were Mark DeSouza, Kostya Kimlat some of the counselors at camp and it was just an absolutely awesome experience! We then also had an option of five different workshops to choose from. The one I chose is generally intended for people who have been at the camp and into magic for a few years, however due to my theater experience I managed to get in. And boy was it amazing! It was led by Hiawatha Johnson Jr. He was an absolutely inspiring teacher, and very strict! It was a good way to work on our discipline. A large focus of the workshop (called UP) focused on expanding and working on parameters. Then for the shows each night, well that was out of this world! We had so many different people perform, it was phenomenal! One of the very good people I remember seeing was Bob Little, who did an absolutely hilarious act. Also Devlin, The Matador of Magic did an absolutely BEAUTIFUL act. Then we also saw the Show Off Show.Almost all of the counselors at the camp performed and there were many guest performers. There was a kit included with the camp for all campers and wow is all I have to say. The kit was supposed to be worth about 100$ but looking at it, it was worth a lot more than that! Plus the had their store open (anything that could be bought on the website could be bought from them) and there was a 10% discount. The surprises kept coming and it turns out that all campers get a 10% discount for the rest of the year! Plus we get discounts on lectures and shows that they hold at the Tannen's Store. And they gave out prizes for winners of theme nights and for winners of the talent competition. The Talent Competition was amazing. There were four categories junior close-up, junior stage, advanced close-up, advanced stage. I competed in the advanced close-up. I thank my 7 years of theater experience for how well I did. I actually ended up lacing fourth! Being my first year I was thoroughly surprised. it was an overall amazing experience. Just out of this world. Although once in a while there was an occasional joke or bash directed at Ellusionist, I overlooked that and had the most amazing week of my life. It has encouraged my love of magic and gotten me back into the style magic that got me interested in magic (coin magic). This is a camp is on a beautiful campus, and was just overall amazing. I can't describe it other than the best week of my life. I just wanted to share with you the amazing magical experience I had!