Excerpts from Joanie Spina’s lecture at Magic Live 2009.
Jason Andrews submitted a dvd of his classic act for Joanie’s column in Magic Magazine. Joanie worked with him on the act to improve the music, performance and staging. At the beginning of the lecture, Joanie showed the dvd and suggested numerous ideas that might improve the act. Jason then performed the revised version.Magic Live Lecture Excerpts
Jason Andrews performs the revised version:
Magic Castle Lecture Excerpt June 2010
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