Summary
"On stage I like classical magic effects," [Leon Etienne] said. "There's a reason that they're classics: They've amused audiences for hundreds if not thousands of years. However, I do have new twists I've put on them and modernized them. It's just what attracts me."
"That made me think, hey, I can do the same thing {they do in theater} with a magic show and make it a theatrical show and an experience, not just be a magician presenting trick after trick after trick after trick," Etienne said. "That's currently where the show's going, {telling} the story of my life in magic.""I {then} went out of my room, which is a no-no when you're grounded, and my mom said, 'What are you doing out of your room?' I said, 'I just want to show you this thing.'" Etienne then took a card and tore it in four, placed it in an envelope, said some magic words and pulled out the restored card. His mother watched, bemused by her son's newfound talent. "I showed her the trick and she let me off of the grounding," he said with a laugh. "I got a great reaction and I guess it's that reaction that kept me with it."See the full content of this document
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Magically Delicious
Leon Etienne sat in a booth at Babe's Macaroni Grill and Bar in Utica and casually scooped up the deck of cards scattered along the table, ready to make the Two of Spades jump from the middle of the deck to the top just by snapping his fingers. As...
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