Street Magic
November 13, 2006
This is a very informative page about street magic by a guy called Ace Starry (what a great stage name!)
I’ve thought about performing some street magic myself (I’ve also thought about having a cool stage name but that’s another story) – it’s a good way of getting some promotional footage if nothing else – and Mr Starry provides some great tips.
It’s the sort of information you only gain from experience.
December 21, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Thanks for the plug. I just wanted to let you know how I got the name “Ace Starry.” My real last name is “Starry,” so that was easy. However, when I was first performing magic at an amusement park, Six Flags Magic Mountain, they told me to come up with a name for myself. I was doing a gambler character in an old west town performing card tricks and poker demonstrations so they said to make it sound like a card player’s name. Well, the next day, I told them I wanted to be “Jack Diamonds.” The director of entertainment thereby proclaimed, “From now on you are to be called,’Ace Star’.” Soon everyone was calling me “Ace.” So I decide to take it on as my name and keep my last name. I’m so glad I’m not “Jack Diamonds.” Everyone can seem to remember “Ace.”