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Hello From Niagara Falls Ontario A City Of Lights And Magic part II
nspired from this almost learn from him, but this man
magical experience in the would not take any students. But
Illumination Tower I was Greg insisted, and a week later
ready for my last adventure of he got a call back and became
the day: my first live Magic this magician’s only student. His
Show. I drove five minutes into teacher became a full-time
the Clifton Hill area and arrived magician, and Greg shared the
at the Greg Frewin Theatre. As I same goal, but his parents did
entered, a large tour group was not take his career decision
just enjoying a dinner buffet and seriously.
started to file into the theatre
and take their spots. I had a So he finished high school and
chance to sit down with Greg worked as a waiter at a local Keg
Frewin, the Grandmaster of Magic Restaurant for five years. But he
himself, shortly before the show continued with his studies of
and get to know this master magic, started to enter
illusionist a little bit. competitions and perform at small
corporate parties. He finally won
Despite his impressive a National Competition in the
international credentials, Greg United States and came in first
Frewin is actually a local boy among 600 magicians. After this
who hails from Stoney Creek, big breakthrough the industry
Ontario, just up the street from took notice, and international
Niagara Falls. It became clear agents from Europe and Japan
very early on that he was started approaching Greg. He
fascinated by magic when his ended up working in places like
grandfather showed him some magic Yokohama, Osaka, Tokyo, Taiwan
tricks. In grade 9 he met a and China, and toured Europe for
gentleman who had taken a basic several months on a cruise boat.
magic course and Greg wanted to He also worked on full-time
assignments in France and Niagara Falls, Ontario. With a
Germany. young family he now has a more
settled lifestyle although he
A successful career in Las Vegas still works extremely long hours.
followed with appearances on top For example, he personally looks
stages such as The Flamingo after the animals that
Hilton, Caesar’s Palace and the participate in his show: five
Tropicana. Greg’s skills as an tigers, a mountain lion, a
illusionist have received many cougar, various pigeons and
great international awards: he parrots as well as Chuck the
won first place in numerous Duck. Even after finishing a
international magic convention magic show at 11 pm Greg still
competitions, winning out over drives his animals home and feeds
hundreds of other talented them. One of his Siberian tigers,
magicians, and won the first ever Boomer, was rejected by his
Magician of the Year award mother as a baby and Greg adopted
bestowed by the Canadian him. He has been looking after
Association of Magicians. More Boomer since he was eight days
than 35 TV specials have featured old. Greg added that his animal
the skilled magic act of Greg training techniques are based on
Frewin. For the first two years positive reinforcement and that
at his own theatre, all the big cats are just as affectionate
Friday and Saturday night as house cats. Yet he still
performances have been sold out realizes that he is dealing with
and during the summer tickets are wild animals and is extremely
always in high demand. safety-conscious.
Two years ago Greg’s life took a Greg added that in addition to
different turn with the creation his magic shows, the theatre has
of the Greg Frewin Theatre in recently branched out and added
other genres, for example Elvis appeared out of nowhere, and even
Tribute Artists. This more Chuck the Duck mysteriously
diverse programming is popped out of a bucket without
particularly important during the any possible explanation.
winter in order to offer a Throughout the act Greg’s two
broader variety of entertainment assistants Darlene and Jamie-Lynn
at the theatre. vanished and reappeared
inexplicably right in front of
After giving me this great everyone’s eyes.
introduction to his background
and the world of magic, Greg With the help of a willing
excused himself since he had to audience member Greg even turned
get ready for the show. I took my a $50 bill into a $1 bill, in
place in the audience and started plain vision of an incredulous
chatting to the woman sitting audience, and to the heart-felt
next to me, a convention chagrin of the person who had
traveller from Australia. Both donated the $50. One of the big
she and I were extremely excited acts of the night was a
about attending our first magic mind-boggling levitation illusion
show. that seemed to defy any sense of
logic or science. I was sitting
The show began shortly after, and right in the front row and
Greg Frewin and his two female watched Greg’s every move like a
assistants appeared on the stage. hawk, but after the whole thing
The music was pumping and Greg was done I was still completely
was in full control of his act. unable to figure out how Greg had
Greg’s movement and that of his pulled off some of his grand
two assistants were crisply illusions. Judging by the large
choreographed. Two of his tigers crowd that gathered around Greg
made an appearance, pigeons after the show to ask for
autographs I realized that he is that would give me a chance to
truly an international talent of experience a close-up encounter
the highest caliber, a real of the majestic waterfalls.
celebrity magician.
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