hey guys whats all the audition about? can anyone explain this? because i never heard that magic castle has auditions....
and whats jr program and adult program?
The Magic Castle is an elite private club in Hollywood, CA that is run by magicians for magicians. The club is A-list only and can be only accessed by the public and all non-members by special invite only. Members of the Castle of course have the ability to issue invites as they wish. With an invite you must ave dinner there and dinner is usually expensive.
The Magic Castle has three kinds of memberships. 1) Associate, 2) Magician, and 3) Jr. (I guess this counts as it's own entity)
The associate membership is the most expensive one and is intended to give anyone who loves magic (and has a lot of money) access to the Magic Castle. These usually are either business people or social elites that have this kind of membership. You can identify an associate by their silver pin they wear.
Next you have the Magician embership which I break into two catagories. The adults and the Jr.s. You can identify a magician member by the gold pin that they where.
The magician members enjoy a whole host of special privledges ranging from private lectures, to the ability to perform impromptu shows downstairs in the museum room, hat and hair pub, or the pellar theater (if it's not in use.) As for the Jr. program I'm not sure what they get. I know a lot of our younger adult members came up through the Jr.'s program, and twice a year the Jr.'s are booked to be the main entertainment in the castle's evening program, but other than that I'm pretty clueless to what else they do.
As with both the Adult and Jr memberships, you must pass an audition. The adults I hear is easier, which I personally think is complete BS but that's me. You'll sit before a pannel of judges and perform some magic tricks. They judge you based upon your performance and decide if you are good enough to be a member. Some pass on the first time, some don't and have to retake the audition. It's a pretty nerv racking experience if you don't know what your gettinng into.
Lastly, the Magic Castle also offers magician classes that teach the basics of magic to help you pass your audition. The last time I checked I think Mark Wilson still teaches those classes. I don't know how expensive they are either.