The next Magic Moments Day is on Saturday 5th October 2013
Richard Leig
Now in our 6th year, Magic Moments – the National Day of Magic is on the first Saturday in October. With international support from the world’s greatest magicians, performers everywhere are being encouraged to help bring a moment of magic into the lives of people who need it most.
Organisers Jay Fortune and Richard Leigh encourage magicians worldwide to make this year’s event the biggest and best ever. Events do not need to be large and extravagant. A simple gesture of presenting a few card tricks to a group of people who are ill or need cheering up is very powerful. Use your skill to brighten up someone’s day and let us know all about your event. If it’s a free event, then great, let us know. If you are raising money for a charity of your choosing, again please let us know.
Jay Fortune
First think of a charity you would like to help. Approach your chosen charity and mention that you are a magician and wish to do some fund raising for them on Magic Moments – the national day of magic. Most charities have a fund-raising co-ordinator and their job is to work with you to create something to benefit the charity. It need not be a headache to organise. You just need to make that first step. You will then be raising money for a good cause, but also your profile locally as magicians has been given a boost. And in the bigger picture raising awareness of magic and illusion. That is a subject very passionate to me, especially magic as a theatrical art.
Whatever is organised, let us know and it will be added to our website which is hosted by our friend and supporter Duncan Trillo on the excellent MagicWeek website - www.magicweek.co.uk
At the end of your event please let us know how much you raised and your total is added to the grand running total of all monies raised for good causes through the idea of Magic Moments. This grand total can be seen on our page at MagicWeek.
Magic Moments is not set up as a charity. Jay, I and all supporters of this idea do not take a penny out of this event for administration costs. It is funded out of personal money. This is just a nice thing to do. Especially as we are all very busy people, it is a great feeling to take time out to use our talents for the good of others. Many performers have day jobs or are busy pro’s, so have little time for the many charity requests they receive each year. Perhaps Magic Moments day can be set aside in their diaries to make that one day their charity day and perform for whatever charity that may be.
The next Magic Moments Day is on Saturday 5th October 2013
Each year, whatever shows I have open around the first Saturday in the month of October I donate proceeds from all of these events to my charity which is www.moment-um.org. Also see the Momentum Magic page on this site for full details.
Late Night Magic – Friday 4th October 2013 at 10.45pm
Jermyn Street Theatre
The Magic Cavern – Sunday 6th October 2013 at 3.00pm
Barons Court Theatre
More events to follow.
If you like the idea of being part of a stage show and are happy to donate your services for free, knowing that all proceeds will be donated to my chosen charity, then let me do the organising. I have numerous slots in West End and London venues around this weekend. Just let me know of your interest. richardleigh@falseimpressions.co.uk
The other way you can help in a big way is to simply buy a ticket to any of the events listed in association with Magic Moments – the national day of magic.
For full details of my events for this year click here
To keep in touch with all events being organised for Magic Moments 2013 visit www.magicweek.co.uk
And whatever you plan, if you need help from us, we’ll do our best to help you. You can drop Jay and I an email at magicmoments@live.co.uk
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Magic Moments Dedicated Events Team
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