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well it has been described as thrilling
astonishing and a laugh out loud funny
performance you have the chance to see
the illusionist at the Birdland Center
tonight right and joining us to talk
about what we can expect we have Jeff
Hobson also known as the trickster low
body language magic and what got you
started it oh I was a little kid seven
years old saw a magician went that's
what I'm gonna do for the rest of my
life I'm living out our childhood dream
doesn't get any better than this this is
great not many people get to say that no
and so let's talk about tonight yes
we're gonna be at the at the center at
Bergland Center tonight tonight one show
only this is it this is like a you know
from Broadway that one of the
biggest-selling Broadway magic shows
ever really we are the biggest selling
Broadway magic show ever and we've been
around the world and we're in Roanoke
only one night this is a
once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a
variety show of magic we're like The
Avengers you know we all we all have
like our circle the deduction is the
Endura the trickster yes we it's a it's
a great show really is even even we
professionals look off the decided
during the show we watch every show it's
great we love them we love doing it that
sounds awesome
you know it's special it is yeah so um I
wonder how did you get how long have you
been a part of of this at the beginning
it was six and a half years I'm kind of
you know like 12 years on the Las Vegas
Strip and then this show got me called
me up said hey you want to be in it and
next thing you know it's six and a half
years later we've been around the world
Sydney Opera House Broadway it's cool
well so exciting and then you actually
have some tricks to show you know what I
have to show you this when this is
happening
I just happen to have this is so good
well now this is illusion a lot of
people always ask what's the difference
between like sleight of hand magic
illusion because it's all different you
know to be it really is because sleight
of hand you know obviously the magic
happens because of the quickness of the
hands this is not quickness of the hands
this is just simply a piece of thread
now this is an illusion you see because
I'm not really you know the tearing of
thread I'm not really doing I know you
can hear it yeah cool yeah now that
looks good and you can see more than one
piece which is also very cool so you
could swear that these pieces are all
torn up but
if you look closely it really isn't and
I'll show you why you see all of us in
the illusionist our separate
entertainers right we're separate
magicians but we all work on stage
together as an ensemble that's the best
part of this and if you watch closely
how the illusion works it's all back
together we're all on stage at one time
and that's the coolest whoa I know I
know that it amazes me every time I
watch this I wish I knew how it was done
it'd be cool but if you come tonight
you're gonna see you know the best in
magic the best in magic right in front
of your eyes twenty people from the
audience participant on stage sometimes
we get the whole audience involved this
is a show for four people from five to
100 five if you 106 you may be out of
luck okay sorry and now besides your own
act what's your favorite part of the
show well we do have a without giving it
away but we have a deduction as a
Mentalist who who did who actually knows
the thoughts of everyone in the audience
and calls up people in the balcony knows
the whole thing and they're there first
their teachers their animals their moms
names everything and you're like wow
this is like jaw-dropping yeah and then
we have the inventor he cuts people and
happen in a very different way okay the
two halves walk different ways it's
really weird I'm not gonna give any more
than that away but it's very cool it's
really it's really an amazing show and I
love my favorite part is watching the
audience yeah and as they're like going
from hilarious laughter - applause -
just like what and it's great what
hearing the audible of you know what's
coming out of their mouths as they're
watching the show it's very cool like
what just happened just five seconds ago
and keep going like you didn't do
anything thank you so much for coming on
I have my tickets my family's going come
with us it's happening tonight at 7:30
p.m.
doors open at 6:30 if you want
information about a go to the Bergland
center.com