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Las Vegas magician, Lance Burton, has agreed to become the National Spokesperson for the unique new program sponsored the Society of American Magicians, "Magic for Special Education." Lance is featured in the introduction portion of a 30-minute videotape which will be distributed to instructors in the field of Special Education to teach them the magic which they, in turn, will teach their special education students to perform. He also appears on a poster which will be distributed to all classrooms which incorporate this program into their curriculum.
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HOUDINI STAMP TO BE ISSUED BY U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IN JULY, 2002
A United Stated postage stamp featuring world-famous magician, Harry Houdini, will be issued by the U.S. postal service in July, 2002. The stamp was unveiled in October, 2001 by Lance Burton at the Monte Carlo Resort in Las Vegas. Harry Monti, Society of American Magicians National President 1999-2000, represented the society at this historic event. Harry Houdini served as National President of the Society from 1919-1926.
KIRK SCHOOL, LADUE, MO IMPLEMENTS MAGIC FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
In March, Harry Monti visited the Kirk Day School to welcome the students into the Society of American Magicians Magic for Special Education Program. The Learning Disabilities class has selected the first trick that they wish to learn and are eagerly anticipating the day when they will be able to perform an entire show! GOOD LUCK TO THE KIRK KIDS!
The Society of American Magicians, the oldest magic society in the world, will celebrate its 100th anniversary at the 2002 Centennial Convention to be held in New York City from July 3rd to 6th, 2002. Convention headquarters will be the Hilton New York Towers, 1335 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.
NATIONAL MAGIC WEEK
OCTOBER 25-31, 2002
For more than 40 years the Society of American Magicians has been recognizing the anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini with a special "Magic Week" throughout the United States and Canada. Houdini, a past President of the Society, died at 1:26 p.m. October 31, 1926. He had been president during the previous nine years and was the Society's most famous member.
Each year governors, mayors and other governing bodies throughout the country are requested to issue proclamations declaring the last week in October as National Magic Week, encouraging magicians throughout the country to participate in the activities.
The Society of American Magicians adopted the idea of National Magic Week as a way of promoting the Art of Magic by performing shows at orphanages, hospitals and nursing homes for those who would have difficulty getting to a theater to see a live performance. When Magic Week is over each local Assembly of the Society of American Magicians is encouraged to compile their Magic Week activities in a book and submit it to the National Council of the Society of American Magicians where they are reviewed and receive recognition. We encourage each special education class to plan special activities during National Magic Week and submit photographs and articles regarding their activities to this newsletter. We will try to publish as many as we can on our website.
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All donations to the Society of American Magicians Magic for Special Education Program should be made payable to:
Society of American Magicians Magic Endowment Fund, Inc., a Non-Profit Foundation for the advancement of the Art of Magic
and mailed to Harry Monti, 803 Sherwick Terrace, Manchester, Missouri 63021
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