My name is Victor Cruz, and I am a semi-professional magician from Virginia. Over the last few years of studying magic I have noticed the fundamental difference between amateur magicians and professional magicians has very little to do with technical skill. It comes down to your ability to present whatever skill level you are at in the best way possible. In the end it’s all about performance ability.
This is something that I think the people at Magic-Con understand. I love that they are bringing in people outside of the magic world to help us become better performers and help us to not always think like magicians. I feel like my ability to think outside the box when it comes to performances as well as my technical skill in magic allow me to bring a lot to the table at Magic-Con. I have so many ideas I want to share and so many people I think I could learn from as well.
Magic has been something I have fully committed myself to. I have driven all up and down the east coast in order to further my education in the art. I once drove eight and a half hours to see Michael Ammar perform in a little theatre in Abbeville, South Carolina, just to come back a day later. In 2008, I drove nearly four hours to see Dan and Dave lecture in Philadelphia just to come back that night. And last August I drove six hours to NYC to work with Rich Marotta on his Boadway show at the Snapple Theater just to come back that night because the trip was already costing me more than I would make all day. The money didn’t really matter because the learning experience was immeasurable. Each one of those trips inspired me more than any book or DVD ever could. That inspiration has led me to practice more and have an ever growing desire to be the best performer I could possibly be. Going to San Diego for Magic-Con would be the ultimate trip, learning experience, and inspiration. Unfortunately as a full time student working his way through college it is impossible for me to afford.
People can give you a thousand reasons why they deserve to go because they will take away so much, and because they haven’t experienced anything like this in the past. But that doesn’t mean you deserve to go, in order for you to “deserve” to go, you have to be able to bring as much to the table as you plan to take away from it. That is the ONLY way magic advances, and the only way we can keep it from dying. Don’t just take, borrow- and then give back something more creative than the idea you initially borrowed. That is what I think Magic-Con is about, and why I would love to be a part of it. I know that they are looking for creative thinkers to be active and involved in the convention and I feel like I fit that bill.
I deserve to go because I take magic as seriously as the presenters at Magic-Con, committing hours a day, EVERY day, to practicing and performing at every opportunity possible. Whether it is for charity events to raise money for a worthy cause or paid gigs doing walk around or stand up to fund my magic addiction, I always find performing to be the best way to train for my future career as a professional magician. I have always taken my magic seriously and I think Magic-Con would help me to be a stronger performer and help me to become a professional magician so that I don’t need to fall back on my degree once I’ve earned it.
I have taken the time to mentor students with less experience, either in magic or in performances, so that they can present the art in the best way possible. I am constantly working with them on presentation skills and sleights alike. I do this because I have seen the enormous impact that even the smallest sessions with my mentors have had on me. That is something I want to pass on.
Going to Magic-Con would allow me to learn more about the art and allow me to pass that knowledge on to the people I study with, as well as the audiences I perform for. In doing this, I feel that I will have continued my everlasting duty of keeping magic alive and thriving. Thank you for your time and consideration
Sincerely,
Victor Cruz
P.S. Here is a link to a short flourishing video of mine, filmed performed and edited by myself: http://vimeo.com/7737353
Enjoy
This is something that I think the people at Magic-Con understand. I love that they are bringing in people outside of the magic world to help us become better performers and help us to not always think like magicians. I feel like my ability to think outside the box when it comes to performances as well as my technical skill in magic allow me to bring a lot to the table at Magic-Con. I have so many ideas I want to share and so many people I think I could learn from as well.
Magic has been something I have fully committed myself to. I have driven all up and down the east coast in order to further my education in the art. I once drove eight and a half hours to see Michael Ammar perform in a little theatre in Abbeville, South Carolina, just to come back a day later. In 2008, I drove nearly four hours to see Dan and Dave lecture in Philadelphia just to come back that night. And last August I drove six hours to NYC to work with Rich Marotta on his Boadway show at the Snapple Theater just to come back that night because the trip was already costing me more than I would make all day. The money didn’t really matter because the learning experience was immeasurable. Each one of those trips inspired me more than any book or DVD ever could. That inspiration has led me to practice more and have an ever growing desire to be the best performer I could possibly be. Going to San Diego for Magic-Con would be the ultimate trip, learning experience, and inspiration. Unfortunately as a full time student working his way through college it is impossible for me to afford.
People can give you a thousand reasons why they deserve to go because they will take away so much, and because they haven’t experienced anything like this in the past. But that doesn’t mean you deserve to go, in order for you to “deserve” to go, you have to be able to bring as much to the table as you plan to take away from it. That is the ONLY way magic advances, and the only way we can keep it from dying. Don’t just take, borrow- and then give back something more creative than the idea you initially borrowed. That is what I think Magic-Con is about, and why I would love to be a part of it. I know that they are looking for creative thinkers to be active and involved in the convention and I feel like I fit that bill.
I deserve to go because I take magic as seriously as the presenters at Magic-Con, committing hours a day, EVERY day, to practicing and performing at every opportunity possible. Whether it is for charity events to raise money for a worthy cause or paid gigs doing walk around or stand up to fund my magic addiction, I always find performing to be the best way to train for my future career as a professional magician. I have always taken my magic seriously and I think Magic-Con would help me to be a stronger performer and help me to become a professional magician so that I don’t need to fall back on my degree once I’ve earned it.
I have taken the time to mentor students with less experience, either in magic or in performances, so that they can present the art in the best way possible. I am constantly working with them on presentation skills and sleights alike. I do this because I have seen the enormous impact that even the smallest sessions with my mentors have had on me. That is something I want to pass on.
Going to Magic-Con would allow me to learn more about the art and allow me to pass that knowledge on to the people I study with, as well as the audiences I perform for. In doing this, I feel that I will have continued my everlasting duty of keeping magic alive and thriving. Thank you for your time and consideration
Sincerely,
Victor Cruz
P.S. Here is a link to a short flourishing video of mine, filmed performed and edited by myself: http://vimeo.com/7737353
Enjoy
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