On Oct. 9 2024, Ring 216 will host its annual Close-Up Magic Competition.
Mark your calendars and plan to come out to support your fellow magicians as they present their best material in a formal close-up setting.
And since magic is always better when more people enjoy it, bring your friends and family!
The performances start at 7:30 p.m. sharp! We'll be at our usual location at Yu-Ai Kai Senior Center, 588 North 4th Street, San Jose, CA. And we will stream it on Zoom.
Sign up to compete.
The deadline to sign up is tentatively Oct 4, 2024. Whether you're a past winner, a brand-new entrant, or something in between, now's your chance to share your routines and show off your skills. This is a great, low-stress way to hone your act and get feedback. Remember: The goal is to do your best and not focus on winning. Just have fun!
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If you're thinking of competing, please keep in mind the following information:- The goal is to create an atmosphere as close to a formal close-up environment as possible. If you've visited the Magic Castle, picture its close-up room. Guests will join together in groups and will be seated typically in 1-3 rows arranged in a semicircle. The last row will likely be standing to allow all to view the table.
- You'll perform your act up to 4 times for different audiences, depending on the number of guests in attendance.
- All paid members are allowed to compete.
- Acts must be at most 6 minutes long, so start timing yourself. Note: We may increase or decrease this time based on the number of participants (fewer participants would mean longer acts, more participants mean shorter acts)
- The competition has two divisions: the Masters Division is for previous winners of any competition, and the Standard Division is for everyone else. Each division must have at least four competitors; if not, we will have a single division.
- We hope to have many non-magicians among our audience members, and we'll try to mix the non-magicians throughout the groups.
- If you've won in the past, you are free to compete, but you must perform a different act from your previous first-place winning act.
- Given enough lay people, we may have a people’s choice award in the standard division and the master's division.
- Please note that the “Magician of the Year” award can be achieved by winning two of the three competitions in a given year, excluding the people's choice award. The two wins must be from member-voted competitions.
Check out all the competition rules. |
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