Saturday close up magic at a house warming party for darkblues managment. The client was a winner for the national lottery £10M! Nice guy really friendly and down to earth!
Sunday Close up magic at Manchester United Utd vs City. Cant get to see the game anymore which is dissapointing. Although i earned a nice magician £10 tip. Just need a millon more of those and a house warming party!
The first half of Aug was quiet enough, then suddenly things got busier than expected. Starting with a 1st Anniversary party waking up my close up magician skills. Then a Tanx Radio control Tank battle event. Then on monday more magic at a rather nice wedding at Birtsmorton court. Working along side Richard Ellis the caricaturist.
A company relation team building chill out day on Tues, running tanx again and other entertainment. Another great day. Then apart from Saturday close up magic at old Trafford it was street shows and shopping centre entertainment all week. Trying to wake up audiences of families who just wanted an end to the school holidays.
Maybe next week i will get some time off! I may ring Russ Stokes and chat magic with him this week. Who knows!
Close up Magic at the Adelphi for some of its clients. When people mention the Liverpool Adelphi you might expect something a little grander than a 3 star hotel. The art decor surroundings are very magical and full of history. However, you cant help thinking that it needs a good bit of renovation.
The guests were clients of the hotel who might book accommodation etc. There were only about 30 guests on 5 tables. To be quite honest it was hard work as they really wanted just to talk business. Anyway i kept it brief and to the point magic. Which was good as the journey to Liverpool was less than entertaining.
What is going on with the roads in this country. Birmingham to Liverpool M6 shut for a while i had to go cross country. Amazingly I got there in 2:30hrs.
Coming back I left at 10:30pm. The M5 was shut at jct 4 so i thought would follow the m6 around and down the m42. I get to the 42 and the southbound exit is shut. So i go north to Tamworth for 1 junction. On heading back south the southbound exit is shut so i end up back on the M6 heading past Birmingham (home) having to turn around at the next junction 9 miles out of my way. I then get stuck on the M6 where 4 lanes are brought down to 1.
I finally get to the m42 where i get more restrictions down to 2 lanes. Fortunately little delays though.
So basically every motorway around Birmingham was shut or restricted simultaneously!
I get home at 1:40am 3hrs 10 mins!!total. 1 hr30 of this sitting in traffic in the early hours of the morning!!! What can we do about it? Nothing!
Oh well it comes with the job.
The rest of the weekend was a bit more enjoyable, with a wedding on sat. They had really put a bit of effort in. Which made it a great party, with a casino table and a chocolate fountain and myself (magician) as a surprise for the Groom.
Sunday a 40th Birthday nr Reading, Berkshire. Another nice family event! All kind of makes up for the 6 hours travelling on Friday. Both events i ran over time as usual!
Just thought i would post to keep my own sanity. Things have been quiet, the Easter holidays. Even though i haven’t done any close up magic for a week or so it has given me time to put together a new website for the office lookalikes. Also put some more work into buildings for TANX the radio control tank battle so it will look better for coportate team building activities and corporate fun days.
Next tues is Man Utd again, Corporate magic in the hospitality suites. A couple of wedding entertainment quotes going out as well. There is a new wedding venue which has just opened about 1 mile from Wythall, just the other side of the M42 Birmingham ring road. I am working at their opening evening as a jester entertainer. Which will fit in with the venue very nicely.
Backt o working on the website today - google optimisation!! for when its up and running David and Gareth the ultimate office lookalikes can be found at www.officelookalikes.co.uk !