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Magicians are notoriously poor actors and my opinion is that it's because they are used to playing TO the audience rather than FOR it. - Ted Annemann (The Jinx no. 23, August 1936, page 142)

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Featured article Arian Black Ariann Black (also spelled Arian Black earlier in her career) is a professional magician who is based in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, USA. She has headlined her own show in Vegas and appeared on a number of national and international television shows. Biography She is known in the magic world for her efforts to encourage and promote other female performers. She was voted Female Magician of the Year in 2004 and International Female Magician of the Year in 2008 & 2009. She was also awarded "Magician of the Year by the International Conclave of Illusionists". Black was born in Canada and began doing magic when she was five years old. She turned professional when she was 19 and moved to New York, where she ended up working at the Trump Plaza and Trump's Castle in Atlantic City. That led to various international work and after several years she settled in Las Vegas. Read more about Arian Black,,, Did you know... From MagicPedia's random pages: Genii 1954 December … Thomas Baxter was a consultant for the movie The Santa Clause? … Harry Rouclere was the first aerial Santa Claus? … Amalfi wrote a book called Santa’s Workshop? … Genii 1954 December’s cover had Santa being pulled by rabbits on a sleigh? … Joseph C. Keller played Santa Claus for 36 seasons? See also Recent changes. Featured Tip Use the Discussion tab at the top of an article to add comments or make a suggestion. Send News Items and Upcoming Events here. If the front page content is out of date purge the cache Subscribe to MagicPedia updates MagicPedia RSS feed for new articles MagicPedia RSS feed for latest changes Follow @MagicPedia on Twitter

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