Daryl Howard Magic

That's me on stage in the Greer Garson theater at SMU in Dallas with my two lovely assistants Allisa and Isaac. In the audience, not pictured, is my new voice coach, Professor Anne Schilling, head of the SMU Speech and Voice department. She arranged this magic show for a group of her students so that she could listen to my voice on stage without a microphone. The show went very well, and afterward, I went home with a three-page list of homework! A special thanks goes to magician Trigg Watson who helped set the whole thing up, and took the time to attend the show and take a few photos.

I've just attended the Dallas Magic Club annual banquet and awards ceremony. That's me visiting with professional entertainer and party planner Cinde Sanders, who was responsible for my successful 60th birthday party. Dallas magician Trigg Watson won the trophy for "Best Magician in Dallas", shown here in the center being presented the award by Club President Frank Seltzer on the left, and two-time award-winning world champion Canadian magician Shawn Farquhar on the right. After dinner and the ceremony, Shawn treated us to an absolutely awesome magic show, and even agreed to stay in Dallas one more night to host a magic lecture the following evening. Everyone in attendance had a wonderful time, and the lecture was one of the most educational and entertaining ones that I have ever attended. I just had to get a photo taken of me with Shawn after the lecture; he really is one of the world's greatest magicians, and a great guy off stage, too. Thanks to the Dallas Mag...