Alexander the Great; Ottawa Magician

By Alexander the Great Magician

Hey everyone,

In my last blog post I was talking about my magic show for Harvest House in Manotick, Ottawa. I know that I promised to post video from that day, but I have been so busy with school I haven’t had a chance to edit the videos. Perhaps as the weather gets colder I’ll find myself with more time on my hands.

My magic show in the Glebe went really great. There were so many kids!

That’s always really good for me because the excitement level of the crowd is so high. I always leave shows like that with a little extra bounce in my step

It seems like just yesterday that I was performing magic at last year’s Recovery Cup Fundraiser but I’m about to perform again this year . . .

Harvest House is happy to announce that Alexander the Great Magician will be performing at the 24th Annual Recovery Cup Softball Tournament on Saturday August 27, 2011!

This is one show you will not want to miss.

For more information on the Recovery Cup, please visit our website: www.harvesthouse.org

The magic show will take place at around 1pm on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Centennial Park in Manotick.

By Alexander the Great Magician

It’s been a few months since I made my trip to California for Magic-Con and I’ve been really swamped with writing, working behind-the-scenes at my Ottawa Record Label, and taking out Ottawa’s new Bixi bikes.

I have been writing on a variety of subjects, mostly updating my websites, which include my Ottawa Restaurant reviews blog, this magic websites, my record label website and also my music and technology blog. Phew, thats a lot of websites, considering not all that much goes on in Ottawa. While not very many bands and DJ’s touch down in Ottawa, it does allow for some excellent opportunities for me, Alexander the Great Magician to perform my magic show around Ottawa.

One of these events this month was for a community association that was celebrating the revitalization of the Bingham Park. This park can be found just down the street from the Royal Canadian Mint off Sussex Drive at 145 Cathcart Street. On Monday August 1, 2011 I will be performing a short outdoor magic show for the Lowertown Summer
Festival at 4pm. You can read more at the main page for Bingham Park.

Thats all for this update, except I wanted to share with you a panoramic shot I got of the Museum in Civilization in Gatineau, I just love this shot, there’s so much sunlight.

Until Next time!

By Alexander the Great Magician
Ottawa, Ontario

Hello and happy New Year everybody!

I am starting off the month of February with a free walk around performance in Ottawa at City Hall February 5, 2011. This will include about an hour of my magic in the lobby of the City Hall of Ottawa downtown on Laurier.

I will be entertaining children with my baffling rope tricks, engaging high school kids with my legendary legerdemain (and other card magic), and keeping the bustling crowds happy during the annual National Capital Commission’s Pancake breakfast (sponsored by Enbridge, how nice of them).

I really love the chance to set up at a location and draw people in to my magic. Children are especially easy since they love magic so much but I really love the challenge of stopping adults. For some reason many older people don’t want to stop and watch entertainment; perhaps they’re afraid that my magic show will be boring, embarrassing or cheesy.

A few months ago I wrote about how being a Magician in the Ottawa area has taken me to some very interesting performances, and some even more interesting audiences. As the weather gets warmer I’ll be getting closer and closer to starting my third year in business in Ottawa and I can’t wait to keep amazing this city.

In other news, I’ve been really busy working on music and releasing some of my songs independently (Check out Massaad + Garland’s Atmosphere on iTunes) and this has made it a bit hectic at my Ottawa production company. Until the next update some time soon, wishing a mystifying month

By Alexander the Great Magician
November 12, 2010 Ottawa, Ontario

I have been really busy lately with my studies at Carleton U and driving out and about across the city. But enough bragging, where’s the proof? Well it just so happens that my iPhone has a geotagging feature that maps out places I have taken pictures. Sometimes, such as the Harvest House magic video that I just put together, and other times its weird locations or sights along the road that I’ve bothered to stop and take a picture of, either way here are the maps from this past season:

and for proof that I’ve been studying here is a closer view of showing Carleton:

I have also been collecting a few testimonials over the past few months and plan to display a page on my website with those soon, so keep your eyes peeled, and if you have enjoyed some of my magic please post in the comments section of this site.

By Alexander the Great Magician

This weekend has been very busy in terms of shows. Yesterday I performed for the Harvest House 23rd Annual Recover Cup and I was able to get a few videos of my performance that I will post shortly.

Today I was performing for a private party and the father of one of the children came up after the show to tell me that he used to be a magician in the Ottawa area like me. Very cool to have so many magicians locally.

Earlier this weekend on Twitter @LeeAsherMagic was talking about the arrival of the Buck twins in Canada for some workshops and lecturing. His reply to me was the following: “Agreed 100%! @alexandermagic @LeeAsherMagic it’s exciting to have so many young, talented magi in Canada right now!” Indeed so much young (and old) talent in Canada right now.

Magically yours,
Alexander Massaad

P.S. Here is a few pictures of my show where I performed for a crowd of over 50 this weekend, videos coming from the show soon UPDATE: Videos Online here:

By Alexander the Great Magician

I’m very excited today! I just booked the last part of my trip to Toronto to see a very special magician.

Juan Tamariz will be performing shows in Spanish, French and English, all on separate nights. I will be attending his English performance on June 19. I’m super excited to be able to see this legendary trickster as I was blown away at his performance and lectures at Magic-Con 2010 in San Diego last March.

If you ever get a chance to see this man perform don’t miss out. I’ll be sure to post a review after the event.

Until then I must be off practicing magic in Ottawa.

By Alexander the Great Magician
The video is finished editing and music stages and it’s online! You can find it embedded on my homepage and at this special page about the Halloween Magic Show. It was a great crowd in Ottawa for my magic show, I would have to say probably one of the best crowds of 2009 . . . but its so hard to choose favourites!
See you soon!

By Alexander the Great Magician
I have finally had enough of a break at school that I can concentrate on these old dusty magic videos! I am editing together a short, 2 minute video from a Halloween magic show that I performed in Ottawa last fall. Stay tuned!

By Alexander the Great Magician

As we reach the end of the December season many people are entering a time of reflection and planning for the new year. In the world of magic this is not the same.

As I think back to all the great children’s birthday parties, Diwali celebrations, corporate gigs and even a couple private engagements, I can’t help but be excited to start outdoing myself next year. After all, I am Alexander “the Great” Magician, not Alexander the “as good as last year” Magician).

Some of my projects over the last few days in December:

-Read a book on Cold Reading (every great magicians secret weapon, or did you already know about it? hehe)

-Planning for my New Years Eve party Downtown Ottawa, I’m planning to DJ as well so this requires more prep then any other regular party at my place

-See some shows here in Toronto before I head back to Ottawa.