It’s been a while since I’ve written anything for the blog on this site. I’d like to offer a good excuse for that but mainly it comes down to laziness. Social media, blogging and anything involving computers is not my idea of a good time. Anyway, time to turn over a new leaf and attempt semi regular updates. With that in mind I thought I’d use this blog to describe some of my recent performances and the type of events you may find me performing at. For anyone who's here to learn about hiring a magician for a wedding in Surrey then you might prefer to ignore my dull blog and head directly to the main site for weddings, click HERE.
So lets start with a beautiful wedding at the stunning Pennyhill Park in Bagshot, Surrey. The booking for this was made by the groom only about a month before the wedding which is very late as often wedding bookings can be made a couple of years in advance. The Groom was very easy going, all he knew was that he “wanted a magician to perform at his wedding” and left it to my advice as to the best time to perform and how to structure my performance to allow. There are three main periods I perform magic at weddings, the first is the drinks reception as guests arrive (after the ceremony), the second is during the wedding breakfast and the third is the evening reception. Sometimes I may perform at two or even all of these periods. For more details about performance times head over to the WEDDING PAGE. For this wedding I performed during the drink’s reception. Generally this is the best time for a performance, lots of people stood around with nothing to do for a couple of hours whilst photos are being taken. We were very fortunate to have a sunny day so the reception took place in the gorgeous grounds of Pennyhill Park. I like to keep a performance at this time during a wedding fairly casual. I mix and mingle with the guests performing for small groups of 5 to 10 people at a time. Each group will take part in a number of routines that last about 10 minutes. In this way it’s possible to get around 100 to 200 people in a couple of hours. The lovely thing about a performance of this nature is how it can bring people together. I’ll frequently get together two small groups of people who may not know each other and perform for them together which is always popular at weddings were so many people have never met before.
A typical mind reading routine at a wedding: Everything I do includes members of the audience, I like to ensure everyone will be part of something. Therefore I always start with something that will include everyone, a popular trick involves influence, I’ll write something on a piece of paper then ask the audience to decide amongst themselves the name of a playing card, once the card is named the piece of paper will be opened to show I chose that card in advance. After that I may go into a pure mind reading routine, basic examples include asking someone to draw a picture in private which I will attempt to duplicate or think of an old friend who I will describe and name. Whilst the magic I perform is of the more psychological mind reading style (mentalism) it’s important to me that my primary aim is entertainment. All my routines include humour and most importantly fun, that’s always my main aim when performing magic at a wedding.
I will frequently end a performance at a wedding for a finale routine with the Bride and Groom for everyone to watch, in this case there wasn’t the time to do this but if you are after a Surrey wedding magician then please note this is an option and there is no additional cost for it.
I don’t set a precise time when I perform at weddings as they frequently run late. In this case even after I was supposed to have finished people were asking to see more and I ended up staying about an hour late.
If you’re after a magician for your wedding in Surrey, or anywhere else, please get in touch either by calling or using the contact form for more details. You can go to the WEDDING page for more general details, the SURREY page for more general details, or click HERE to learn about Edward.
Edward Crawford is a professional magician and mind reader who has been performing his unique style of psychological magic throughout the UK for the past 20 years. He has won numerous awards for his performances including nest wedding magician and best corporate entertainer. He loves to perform and hates writing tedious blog entries!
