When I was 12, I started my performing career as a birthday party magician. It has been an amazing career. Recently, I performed at a birthday party of a young boy. His friends and family loved the show!
Learning to be a Birthday Party Magician
When I started to perform magic, I was 11 years old. For magicians, back then, pretty well the only market that was open to beginners was the birthday party magician. The price was low and the expectations weren’t too high. It was the perfect place to begin to learn how to be a great performer. After university, when I became a full-time performer, I branched out into other stages, but I still love to perform at birthday parties.
When you’ve performed magic at birthday parties for as long as I have, an interesting phenomena occurs. The young boy’s birthday party that I mentioned above was not the first time this family had seen me. I was the magician at the boy’s mom’s birthday party when she was his age.
When I showed up to the boy’s party, his grandma approached me and showed me photo’s when I performed at her daughter’s party. It was an amazing trip down memory lane. My costume was different. The tricks were different. What was the same was the expression of joy and laughter on the kids’ faces. That is what encouraged the mom to bring me back for her son to experience. After his party, we took more photos.
Lucky To Be Able To Do What I Do
I love performing so much that I don’t really consider it a job. It is too much fun. It is, however, how I earn my living. That alone, makes me a very fortunate person. I’m still excited about meeting new audiences and learning new magic. I hope to keep at it for a long time to come.