REVIEW OF 2018, PLANS FOR 2019, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU !
It is now early January, which means we have to step back and take a look at what has happened this past year.
From a magical point of view, I had the opportunity in 2018 to achieve three projects that really meant a lot to me :
First of all, we completed my brand new website. Once again I must express my gratitude to Mathieu and his colleague for their professionalism and dedication as well as their patience! By the way, do not forget that you can still reach us here (website@sylvainjuzan.com) should you have any comments or remarks on our work.
Lastly I was awarded 2nd place at the 2018 Daytona Beach International Festival of Magic.
I enjoyed the convention as well as spending all my time with my two Tampa close friends Denise and John who, once again, took very good care of me. Performing magic and attending conventions just under the sun and with my good friends, what else !
Then of course there are my new Bicycle decks. Working with the US Playing Card Co was both thrilling and intimidating. I sincerely thank the entire “Custom Projects” crew for the time they spent working with me, and a special thank you to my dear friend FX Goby for his beautiful layout and design work.
Let’s also not forget a pleasant sunny afternoon in Münich, Germany, with the incredibly talented and living encyclopedia of magic Denis Behr (and a few pints…), some wonderful moments last February at the 2018 Magic Blackpool Convention (UK), and being featured in a series of photographs shown at the Kulturhaus Kaerjeng Treff (Luxemburg)! This year I also discovered that my 2011 custom Bicycle decks were on display as one of the Rare Bicycle Collections, see picture below: the middle deck in the very bottom line is mine !
It was also in 2018 that the outstanding 84 year old American magician Johnny Thompson suggested I send a demo video to the casting crew of the Penn&Teller Fool Us TV show after I performed one of my closely guarded secrets for him ! This is an effect I have been using as my closer for most of my close-up shows and I was so pleased he got fooled and interested.
2019 has already started to fill up quickly. I will be attending a convention for close-up magic called The Session in London, co-hosted by magicians J.Jay and A.Gladwin and including many special guests such as D.Daortiz and M.King. Then I will head to the United States for two or three trips, in Florida, Nevada and North Carolina (I guess). Lastly I should find the time to carry out another project that is really dear to me … to be continued !
I look forward to hearing from you and wish you all an exciting New Year !
