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William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo – Part 3 Last month we looked at a couple of Robinson’s stage illusions. This month I will wrap up Robinson with Soo’s Bullet Catch, the effect he died doing; however, there are a couple of other things to consider to fill out a fuller character of Robinson. Robinson … Read more
William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo – Part 2 Last month we looked at Robinson’s evolution to becoming Chung Ling Soo. In this month’s column, I want to look at a few of Robinson’s magic effects that he was famous for. Robinson’s first performance as Soo was in 1900. This fell right in the middle … Read more
Welcome to my inaugural column of Our Rich Magical Heritage. My goal is to monthly introduce you to some of the greatest and maybe a few not so well known magicians from the past. It has become a bit cliche to state that “we stand on the shoulders of giants,” but that doesn’t make it … Read more
Secretary’s Note: Beginning with the next issue of the Messenger, Kevin Peshik will introduce a reoccurring feature called Our Rich Magical History. This month we share the framed art Kevin has donated to be raffled off at our May meeting. Thank you Kevin!