Evergreen Christian School in Olympia, Washington invited me to perform magic as a reward for a recenty fundraising campaign. Laurie O’Brien with www.thurstontalk.com attended, took photos, interviewed me, and transformed the 45 minute show into a fantastic article. She also captured some very magical momednts from the show and was nice enough to share them with me. Thanks, Laurie!
The Real Job of Making Magic – Olympia’s Own Jeff Evans
By Laurie O’Brien
He didn’t attend Hogwarts, but Jeff Evans started studying magic at about the same age his fictional counterparts were heading off to their first year at the legendary school of witchcraft and wizardry.
When he was twelve years old, Evans made a life altering discovery at his grandparent’s home in Spokane, Washington. There he happened upon a vintage book of coin tricks, a forty year old text filled with classic sleight-of-hand magic. He started reading and quickly mastered his first illusion…
Read all about it at http://www.thurstontalk.com/2012/01/22/the-real-job-of-making-magic-olympias-own-jeff-evans/.
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- Was it something I said?
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- photos courtesy of Laurie O’Brien
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- Learn more about Jeff’s school programs at www.edumazement.com
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- Visit www.thurstontalk.com for news and events in the greater Olympia area
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- the TrueShine Ring Polisher
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- “Money does grow on trees!”
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- Pre-show close-up magic
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- Never play “do-as-I-do” with a magician 🙂
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- Sparky the Trained Chicken