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My First FISM
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Deana Murray
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Thomas Blacke – Author and
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The
older you get, the fewer ‘FIRSTS’ you get.
Remember your FIRST kiss? FISM
2006 in
Stockholm
,
Sweden
could be described like that - in that I didn’t know quite what to
expect. Or your FIRST day
in high school? You’ve
heard about it, but you don’t know anyone but previous classmates.
Luckily there are counselors and guidebooks to help make it
through those first awkward moments - and then you meet new people.
You might sit next to them in class or in the lunchroom - and
before you know it, you find your way.
This was my experience. And
now that I’ve met some new friends from Sweden (Johnny Mc I), France
(Pierre Mayer), Italy (Victorio), Germany (Harold and Angelica Voit)
and as far away as Serbia and Taiwan (Rossi and Christina), and a few
Americans like Tessa Evason... For me, it is the United Nations of
Magic. Despite the
language barriers, we smile and react to each other as if we are cut
from the same fabric. And
we are.
The
Voit’s – Zauberzentrale Munchen
The
Garretts
Yuji
Yamamoto (UGM) and Deana Murray
Once
inside the Convention Center, we were greeted with a daily newspaper
filled with FISM events and schedules and highlights from the day
before. Over 2500
magicians throughout the halls are engaged in conversations and
exchanges of techniques. Cards
and coins are seemingly everywhere.
If you stood in the same place and turned around in a circle -
no two effects were the same.
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