James Sanden

OK, perhaps not in the traditional sense, but I did perform magic on our cruise ship while on vacation.

As a Chicago magician, I don’t have access to any major cruise ports, per se.  (Though there are the casino boats, which I really should contact about performing, now that I think of it…)  But my wife and I met some wonderful folks on the ship who loved my close up magic and tried to get the cruise director to set up a comedy magic show for the rest of the guests.  (Not much demand for my birthday party show on the boat, I guess.)

He didn’t go for it.

What I ended up doing was performing close up magic in the casino.  (OK, it was less a casino and more two tables in the piano bar)  What made it fantastic was that the casino was closed, so I was able to perform magic while sitting where the dealer usually sits.

A close up magician couldn’t ask for a better venue.

A smattering of folks showed up for the performance, including a cruise ship travel agent who might end up helping me get booked as an “official” cruise ship magician.  Not a bad outcome, if you ask me, especially since it was as far from a “business trip” as you can imagine.

Hey, have magic will travel.

I know.  I have a tough life, don’t I.

It’s great to be a magician.