What a great weekend. My wife and I walked downtown Asheville with some great friends of ours and watched some very entertaining street performers. One is a friend I’ve known for a long time – Kenny the Clown. He does a great show, rides a uni-cycle (I’ve always wanted to learn how to do that!) , juggled fire and told some bad, but funny jokes. It’s always nice to see a real professional at work. Next time your in Asheville keep your eye out for Kenny the Clown and tell him Eric says hi! After watching the street shows we went down the street and indulged in another of my weaknesses – icecream. Eating icecream everyday would be fine with me.
Today I performed for a birthday party. What a great family and wonderful kids. I really enjoy performing for kids when they are having as much fun as I am and the adults are having more fun than anyone! Now that the festival season is starting up you might see me performing during some of the area music festivals. Starting in June I’ll be twisting balloons almost every Friday for Hendersonville’s Music on Main Street. If you’re in Hendersonville on a Friday night come say hello!
I just updated my website www.ashevillemagician.com with an online magic shop. If you or someone you know is interested in magic please take a look! My book “Amazing Magicial Secrets For Kids” is great for school teachers and student both!
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Farm Fun day this weekend was a blast! What a great event for the whole family. I performed my regular 30 minute show – but had to do the show with no music! The battery in my ipod was dead so all the music and sound cue’s I’ve added over the past few months had to be left out. Nothing like finding this out just before show time! I had to leave a few routines out but other than that the show went great and everyone seemed to have a really good time. Thank you for everyone who came out to support the WNC Nature Center and the magic show. I’ll be doing some more shows for them during Halloween and Christmas. Keep your eyes open for me at some local restaurants soon! I’m talking to Mellow Mushroom and Garfield’s (both in Asheville) about performing on a regular schedule for their customers. I’ll keep you posted so you can come say hello!

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I did some strolling magic and balloons for the American Cancer Society tonight. Except for the rain it was a great time. I enjoy the festival type of shows – the audience tonight was really alot of fun. I got a chance to try out a few new effects I’ve been working on and meet some new people.

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Wow! We sure had fun performing at Issac Dickson Elementry School this past weekend. It was nice to see some old friends and make some new friends too. I did my 35 minute magic show and twisted balloons for about two hours. The balloons are sometimes my favorite part because we get to meet some many people face to face. This weekend (May 20th) we’ll be performing at the WNC Nature Center Family fun day. I did this last year and it was a lot of fun. If you’re close by come and say hello!

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It’s May already! Wow, where did the time go? One of my New Years resolutions for my business was to create a quarterly newsletter for past clients. Better late than never so…

Welcome to the first issue!

What’s in this newsletter?

Stress Free Birthday Party Planning Tips!

Jokes and Funny Stuff

If you want to see the entire list of tips for a stress free birthday party visit my web site http://www.ashevillemagician.com/ and click on “Party Planning Guide.”

If you have any ideas for content in this newsletter please drop me an email at ericmagic2000@yahoo.com.

Tips for Planning A Stress Free Birthday Party For Your Child!

What To Do? Where To Start?

Planning a birthday party can be a stressful time but it doesn’t need to be. Just follow some of these tips and you might enjoy the party as much as your kids do!

· First of all, sit down with the birthday child and discuss what type of party they would like.

· Theme parties are very popular and it gives you a good starting point if your child has a particular interest; like magic tricks, Barney, Harry Potter and others

· You can buy plates, napkins, games and cakes around a theme. This helps you in planning all the activities.

· Give Celebrations Party Supply a call (828) 687-7774 in Asheville and tell them the theme you’re looking for and what you need. I know they’ll help you find it!

Next issue I’ll talk about where to have your party so you don’t have to worry about cleaning up afterwards!

Fun Stuff!

Here are some newspaper classified ads that caught my eye – and my funny bone!

· Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children

· Used cars: Why go elsewhere to be cheated? Come here first.

· Our experienced Mom will care for your child. Fenced yard, meals, smacks included.

Well, that’s it for this month. Thanks for reading