Hello there,

The National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) is holding a conference on the 25th May 2005. They are looking for a Stage magic performance for their opening act of about 10-15 mins.

NVPC is a non-profit organisation that aims to promote the spirit of giving across all sectors in the society. The yearly conference is a flagship event, meant as a platform for intellectual discussion and exchange of information amongst stakeholders in the people sector.

The theme is "Reality of Giving". The organisers want the act to be as themed as possible. They are launching a new book on Philantrophy and they want the book to be used or mentioned in the act. Other parts of the act should be themed to include the idea of giving (money or time). So perhaps any money routines should be good.

On a personal note, I think this event is pretty big and even a minister, Dr Balakrishnan (Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports & Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry) will be there too. I believe there will be many community heads and charity organisers present so this will give SMC some publicity.

So, I'm calling all stage performers interested in this event. Please put down your name here if you are interested and please provide a description of what you will be performing. An audition will be held when all the entries are in, hopefully in a month's time.

Please volunteer and show your skills for SMC!!!

-Jason

Yes guys... this is a very big community project and if this goes well, there will be more gigs for SMC folks (that's you!) since all the big wigs will be there :lol: Not to mention, those who'd be performing for it will certainly get a big ego boost and a nice addition to your magi CV besides other things *grin*

We've spoken to them and they are very keen to explore this with us. SMC, we really need to act quickly. Folks interested have one week from now to revert here with your name- we'll close this at the end of the month, that's Thursday 31 March.

I think that's a fair amount of time given since we have to get in touch with NVPC soon as well. Remember to practise responsibility - no last min excuses to pull out, etc. as usual.

Count this as another big step forward in your passion of magic fellas!

Let us know soon...

Cheers,
Ning

PS: FYI, Jason is my partner in crime for this one... kudos to him for being efficient in communicating with this org while I'm swamped with work on my end. Well done Jas! :lol:

gd luck to all performers and crew for this one ^_^ you all can do it!

& for the lady in the sword basket, all the best! your efforts will be paid off ^_^

yujie??? how come u wrote something which is sooooo outdated???

Yeah dude, you do that once more and then you'll have toF.O.A.D

-Kev

Hey... get off his back already. He's just being a sweetie and sending well wishes since the gig's next week :lol:

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It great to hear about this. But I m crash with my schedule that I m not able to participate in this.

Regards
Symmatrix

haha my dad just watched a guy from SMC called Mr Reality perform at the NVPC. He said the magician was quite good but he managed to figure some stuff out. Ummm... to whoever who performed there, good job!

lol. that was Jason performing.

Hey, its a big pressure to do infront of such a crowd.. Haha!!! But overall, i still like it, juz that we wake up damn early. I din sleep. :(

Blackwing, where did your dad see us perform? Was he at the event?

My dad said he saw a guy ( probably you) perform at the NVPC. My dad was the guy who gave the presentation about Family life or something like that after the performance.

Did he mention anything about the hot chick who magically appeared from the snake basket? :rolleyes:

yes i saw that gal! :P hot hot hot!

and now we know someone's dad a big shot... :)
(Ning and Jason take note! lol)

Here are some of the photos from the gig. B)
Great jobs by Jason and Ning and the crew for this one. Special thanks to Pamudi for the assistance and valuable rental of props. :)


Jason hypnotising the audience into believing that he is handling a 2 headed snake


Unknown to many, Jason is also well versed in the long lost chinese martial art of Fan styled Fist. (See words on the fan)


Jason introducing the Indonesian Snake Basket


Jason is also an advance swordsman

Dispite being trapped in the basket and stabbed multiple times by Jason, Ning managed to break out of the basket with her Buddha Palm


Ning doing a Sun Yan Zi (Stephani Sun) impersonation


The Dynamic Duo holding up invisible trays


Miss Stylo-Milo thinking about her next iced milo


The crew in the under-furnished but well equipped backstage

yo Ning, yeah my dad said he saw a pretty girl prancing around. Dunno who, but my dad said there was an exposed angle when ' Mr Reality' poked someone with somekind of sword I think. Yeah, other then that he said the performance was grand.

Oh and Gordie, if my dad really needs magicians, I'm top of his list :D . I've been doing charity events for my dad for quite long. Weee!

Anyone interested in seeing all the photos can PM me

Huh? Pretty girl prancing around? :unsure: That's not me leh, I think it's DavidKim... don't mess, this guy's from Magnum Force! LOL :lol:

...me, I'm just the girl who kena poke by JasonL :P And Aloy, why do I look so fat in the pictures??! *argggghhh*

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Me pretty gal? Ning u muz be wrong. Haha!!

I told you i will be filled with nonsense when i was in total lack of sleep.