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News From 2012 and 11

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WMA Meeting May 8th 2012
After what must have been a nerve-wracking audition for Robert Willington (pictured), we had a very entertaining talk from Paul Hyland.
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Entertainment by Graham P Jolley May 6th 2012
Members of the WMA made up around a third of the audience at Wool (front, right), where there was a great evening had with well-respected magician Graham. Regretfully, the hall was too dark for good pictures during the performance.
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Southampton Convention Apr 22nd 2012
Below is a picture of the hall at the Southampton Convention, half an hour before the evening show started. It was such a shame that there were so few spectators later on.
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WMA Meeting Apr 10th 2012
There was a great atmosphere (and supper) as the Devon Magic Circle entertained us.
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WMA Meeting Nov 8th 2011
Following the Inaguration of Tim as a new member of the WMA, there was a talk by Will Gray, who give us some very practical and commercial effects to use.
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WMA Dinner Oct 21st 2011
The WMA Annual Dinner was one of the best in recent years. Entertainment at the tables was well organised and substantial, augmented by Laura London going to most. The Vox brothers gave a very good show, with a bullet catch (from a powerful catapult), and a demonstration of a Spirit cabanet (see picture below). This was followed by Laura London with a number of magic effects, including the one that she did on the Penn & Teller show. Mike Danata completed the evening with a number of songs, sprinkled with a little magic.
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AGM Oct 11th 2011
After the AGM, a picture was taken of the members who were present (click on the picture to get a high definition one for downloading). The evening was completed by Tim Waugh's excellent audition.
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A Lecture by Adrian Sullivan, Sep 13th 2011
A very interesting evening, with Adrian giving his normal amusing spin on some good tricks.
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The WMA Harry Potter Trophy, Aug 9th 2011
A competion between two talented teams, where the points total was exactly even - a fair result. The competiton followed the induction of a new member
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The WMA Competition, July 12th 2011
An internal competion, just for fun (or so it was thought).
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Entertained by the Devonshire Magic Circle, April 12th 2011
Thanks to the Devonshire Magic Circle for a very entertaining evening. There was our normal good turn-out, with a buffet, followed by introductions, some great Magic, chaos with tooth-brushes and plates in the interval, and our President being threatened with a soaking.
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Blackpool Convention, 19, 20 & 21st February 2011
For those who don't know what the Blackpool convention is like, here are pictures of the two halls that the dealers are in. It's a great atmosphere.
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The WMA One-day Convention on 3rd April 2011
This turned out to be an excellent day for all, both the convention and the Gala Show afterwards. Click here to see the separate web page of the programme for the day.
Pictures of the day are available on a separate page by clicking on this link.
Please note that the page has a lot of pictures, and will load slowly.
One of our two stars was Romany.
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WMA Monthly Meeting, 8th February 2011
As well as a very interesting lecture by Simon Lane about children's magic, there was the pleasure of welcoming another three new members to the Association. Below are Chris Keward, Barry Lees and Ken Leonard.
Following is a photo of the earlier induction of Stu Ritchie.
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