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		<title>September 2011 &#8211; Caricatures and House Parties!</title>
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September 2011


Students and Cartoons
During September, I had the chance to work with John Roberts., a very talented caricaturist from Cheshire. We were both performing at a welcome event for foreign students at Birmingham City University who were starting their first year of studies in England. Most of them had travelled from countries such as India, [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">September 2011</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian's Caricature" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Cartoon.jpg" alt="Christian's Caricature" width="150" height="206" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Students and Cartoons</b><br />
During September, I had the chance to work with <a href="http://www.mad-badger.com/" target="_blank">John Roberts.</a>, a very talented caricaturist from Cheshire. We were both performing at a welcome event for foreign students at Birmingham City University who were starting their first year of studies in England. Most of them had travelled from countries such as India, Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, Nigeria, and Morocco and many of the students did not speak English as a first language. I&#8217;ve worked with John a few times, and whilst the speeches were happening during the evening, I finally managed to convince him to draw a caricature of me! You can see a larger version on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ChristianFletcherMagic" target="_blank">Facebook.</a> page &#8211; I&#8217;ll let you decide on how accurate it is. I wasn&#8217;t sure to laugh or cry, but either way John is a great artist! Check out his website <a href="http://www.mad-badger.com/" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian with John Roberts" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/photo-2-e1322600649895.jpg" alt="Mad-Badger.com" width="250" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Magic at House Parties</b><br />
September also saw me perform at a 21st Birthday Party in Worcestershire. Whilst the majority of events I perform at are hotels, conference centres, and golf clubs, every now and then I am asked to perform at a house party. Magic is possibly the only oct effective form of entertainment to have at a house party. If you only have a small group of people then most musicians would pass on the offer to entertain, as would many comedians. With close up magic, I can give a performance to everybody and ensure that we really kick the party off with a bang! Performing either outside or inside, the guests can be stood around the kitchen, or sat on the sofas in the living room &#8211; it really does not matter. If you&#8217;re having a house party any time soon, then use the <a href="www.fletcher-magic.com/Contact" target="_blank">contact</a> page. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to keep up to date with all the goings on in my little world&#8230;..on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype and Flickr!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="pic-left" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christian-Fletcher-Magic/197196993065" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on Facebook" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/facebook.png" alt="Christian Fletcher Facebook" width="60" height="60" /></a>  <a class="pic-left" href="http://twitter.com/fletchermagic" target=”_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on Twitter" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/twitter.png" alt="Christian Fletcher on Twitter" width="60" height="60" /></a>  <a class="pic-left" href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/christian-fletcher/32/414/40b" target=”_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on LinkedIn" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/linkedin.png" alt="Christian Fletcher on LinkedIn" width="60" height="60" />  <a class="pic-left" href="skype:christianfletchermagic?call" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on Skype" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/skype.png" alt="Christian Fletcher on Skype" width="60" height="60" /></a>  <a class="pic-left" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fletchermagic/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on Flickr" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/flickr.png" alt="Christian Fletcher on Flickr" width="60" height="60" /></a></p>
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		<title>August 2011 &#8211; Flickr, Rainbow and The Premier League!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 2011 Round Up.

  Flickr Photography
Over the past few months I&#8217;ve been sent quite a few live performance shots from various event photographers. I thought it would be quite nice to share them with my clients so I&#8217;ve uploaded a batch of photos to Flickr!. For those of you who don&#8217;t use Flickr, I [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Flickr" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/flickr-logo.jpg" alt="Flickr" width="200" height="150" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> <b> Flickr Photography</b><br />
Over the past few months I&#8217;ve been sent quite a few live performance shots from various event photographers. I thought it would be quite nice to share them with my clients so I&#8217;ve uploaded a batch of photos to Flickr!. For those of you who don&#8217;t use Flickr, I strongly recommend having a look &#8211; its a fun way of sharing photos with friends, and great if you have a large collection you want to show off! I&#8217;ve added a few more photographs to my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fletchermagic/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> page, so be sure to take a look at my photo stream. If you use Flickr and have some photos of me from your event, let me know!
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Perfect Rainbow" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/photo.jpg" alt="Perfect Rainbow" width="400" height="237" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Real Magic!</b><br />
Most brides dream of their wedding day having beautiful sunshine all day with not a cloud in the sky. On August 27th I travelled down to Hertfordshire for a wedding performance near Stevenage. Driving down the M1, the heavens opened up and it started to rain quite heavily and I feared the worst for my booking! Upon arrival at the venue however the rain was coming to a holt, and the sunshine had emerged from behind the clouds clouds and caused a perfect rainbow. I managed to capture this photograph myself using my phone and a photography application called &#8216;Photosynth&#8217; which allows you to create panoramic photos (I should get commission for this!).
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian with The Premier League" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Premier-League.jpg" alt="Premier League" width="174" height="261" /></p>
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<b>Football Is Back!</b><br />
Being a big football fan, I&#8217;m so glad the football season is back! Over the summer I actually got my hands on the Premier League Trophy (right) &#8211; well actually I came close to it, but the burly security guards wouldn&#8217;t let anyone lay a finger on it. I offered to make it disappear and reappear in my trophy cabinet at home, but they didn&#8217;t take too kindly to the joke!</p>
<p>Last season I had the pleasure of performing at a few different football stadiums at various events. Some were directly related to football (match day entertainment during the day) and others were private functions for clients that just loved the facilities on offer! More and more people are looking for a unique venue to have a wedding and football stadiums are often included in the short list of possible venues. The hospitality on offer is second to none and the food is prepared by some of the best chefs in the country. Just a thought!</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t forget to <a href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/contact/" target="_self">Contact  Me</a> for any event enquiries you may have, large or small!</p>
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		<title>July 2011 &#8211; Motorbikes, Weddings and Christmas Preparations</title>
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July 2011


Triumph Motorcycles
This past month I travelled down to Berkshire to perform for Triumph Motorcycles at one of their new showroom openings. It was a great evening and great to be asked back, as I have performed for Triumph before! I&#8217;ve had some great feedback, and the event was being filmed by Fatt Film so [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">July 2011</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Triumph" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Triumph.jpg" alt="Triumph" width="170" height="255" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Triumph Motorcycles</b><br />
This past month I travelled down to Berkshire to perform for Triumph Motorcycles at one of their new showroom openings. It was a great evening and great to be asked back, as I have performed for Triumph before! I&#8217;ve had some great feedback, and the event was being filmed by <a href="http://fattfilm.co.uk/" target="_blank">Fatt Film</a> so hopefully I&#8217;ll have some live footage to add to my site. It was nice to perform outside in the sunshine, entertaining the guests whilst a hog roast was available.<br />
It&#8217;s nice to say that &#8216;every day is different&#8217; with my job, and events like this really add variety to my career. It proves that close up magic is the perfect form of entertainment and really is suitable for any event. It&#8217;s always wise to get in touch sooner rather than later to save disappointment. Already this year I&#8217;ve performed at weddings, birthday parties, awards ceremonies, radio stations, gala dinners, product launches, and now show room openings!
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian Performing at a Wedding in July" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/08180246.jpg" alt="Wedding Magician" width="400" height="266" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Summer Weddings!</b><br />
Weddings are without doubt my favourite type of event. Everyone is there to have a good time and enjoy themselves. There are always tears of joy and rarely tears of sadness. I&#8217;m privileged to be part of somebody&#8217;s special day and honoured that it happens to me so often. July has been a packed out month for weddings and there have been some great reactions from the audiences. Just look at the photo on the right &#8211; shock, excitement, astonishment, surprise all captured in one picture of me entertaining the bride and groom.<br />
Saturdays are obviously the most popular days of the week for weddings however with lots of venues being booked up nearly two years in advance, it&#8217;s becoming more popular to get married on a different day of the week. Many hotels offer discounted rates during the week, and during July I provided wedding entertainment on a Wednesday, a Friday and also a Sunday. In the past I&#8217;ve also attended weddings on Mondays and Tuesdays. If you&#8217;re getting married and can&#8217;t book a Saturday at the venue of your dreams it&#8217;s always worth asking for the other days, as you&#8217;ll be surprised at the savings you&#8217;ll make!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Christmas Comes Early</b><br />
July is not only a busy time for weddings, but also a very busy time for&#8230;.Christmas Parties! Some may find it strange, but a lot of larger organisations start preparations for their Christmas parties. So my email system in July has been clogged with people already looking to book me for Christmas 2011. It&#8217;s encouraging news as with the current economic climate, a lot of entertainers have been suffering and to have such a strong interest is very promising!<br />
If you are involved with the planning of  Christmas event, then I&#8217;d love to hear from you. If I&#8217;m personally unavailable for your function, I can offer alternative entertainment from The Magic Circle aswell as recommend suppliers for room decor, outside catering, live musicians, and so on!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to keep up to date with all the goings on in my little world&#8230;..on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="pic-left" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christian-Fletcher-Magic/197196993065" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on Facebook" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/facebook.png" alt="Christian Fletcher Facebook" width="60" height="60" /></a>  <a class="pic-left" href="http://twitter.com/fletchermagic" target=”_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on Twitter" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/twitter.png" alt="Christian Fletcher on Twitter" width="60" height="60" /></a>  <a class="pic-left" href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/christian-fletcher/32/414/40b" target=”_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on LinkedIn" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/linkedin.png" alt="Christian Fletcher on LinkedIn" width="60" height="60" />  <a class="pic-left" href="skype:christianfletchermagic?call" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" title="Christian Fletcher on Skype" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/skype.png" alt="Christian Fletcher on Skype" width="60" height="60" /></a></p>
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		<title>June 2011 &#8211; RAF Magic, TV and Take That!</title>
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  RAF Magic
I&#8217;m lucky with this thing I call work &#8211; I get to attend some very cool parties. I headed up to RAF Cranwell again in June for the Magic Themed Summer Ball. RAF Cranwell is a location I&#8217;ve performed at a few times now, and the military are always [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="RAF Cranwell" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/P1000241.jpg" alt="RAF Cranwell" width="325" height="243" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> <b> RAF Magic</b><br />
I&#8217;m lucky with this thing I call work &#8211; I get to attend some very cool parties. I headed up to RAF Cranwell again in June for the Magic Themed Summer Ball. RAF Cranwell is a location I&#8217;ve performed at a few times now, and the military are always a great audience. On this occasion I was performing with two other magicians aswell as a live band, a fun casino and a funfair. The whole venue was decorated with a magic theme, and the rabbit in a top hat that greeted the guests at the entrance was one of the most impressive balloon sculptures I&#8217;ve ever seen. I&#8217;ve added a few more photographs to my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ChristianFletcherMagic" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, so be sure you take a look at some of the great reactions shots, and stunning room decor!
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Dynamo Walks On Water!" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/walk-on-water.jpg" alt="Dynamo Walks On Water!" width="280" height="181" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Regular TV Magic</b><br />
It seems in 2011 that magic has finally been given a chance on television. We&#8217;ve already seen programmes such as The Magicians (BBC1), Penn and Teller : Fool Us (ITV), and Channel 4 even had it&#8217;s own &#8216;Magic Night&#8217; back in January. Now we&#8217;re over halfway through the year and Penn and Teller have already returned for a series on Saturday night prime time, and a new show has been given rave reviews. English magician Dynamo now appears on Watch (Sky Channel 109, Virgin 124) in his show &#8216;Magician:Impossible,&#8217; every Thursday at 9pm. He&#8217;s been performing some amazing illusions and in the first week Dynamo tried to cross the River Thames&#8230;on foot! Be sure you tune in, and tweet me your thoughts on the show &#8211; it&#8217;s always interesting to hear your thoughts!
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Take That" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/take-that.jpg" alt="Take That" width="350" height="261" /></p>
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<b>A Summer Of Live Music</b><br />
I&#8217;ve always been a fan of live music, no matter what genre. They&#8217;re not usually my cup of tea, but Take That are touring at the moment with their &#8216;Progress&#8217; show, and I treated my mother and my sister to a day out (right). Nearly 40,000 fans packed into Villa Park, the rain held off and we watched a spectacular show. Dancers, gymnasts, waterfalls, confetti showers, balloons and a large caterpillar  all made this one of the most theatrical shows I&#8217;ve ever seen. The stage set up was incredible, and included a 100ft tall robot which came to life and made its way to the centre of the stadium. There are hundreds of fan videos on YouTube, so check them out if you can&#8217;t get a ticket to one of the shows.<br />
Have you seen any concerts or festivals this summer? I&#8217;m keen to find out who is the best touring act at the moment. After seeing Kings of Leon, Bon Jovi, and Take That so far this year, I&#8217;d have to say after 30 years Bon Jovi are still putting on a great live show. If the rumours are true however, I&#8217;d love to see Rolling Stones next year. Fingers crossed!</p>
<p>You can &#8216;deliver&#8217; your tweets and messages to me using your favourite social media platform. And yes&#8230;I did download those funky social media trucks just so I could use that pun. : -)</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t forget to <a href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/contact/" target="_self">Contact  Me</a> for any event enquiries you may have, large or small!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q. How far will you travel?
A. Christian is based in Birmingham, but covers all areas of the UK. In 2011 he has already performed at events in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Southampton and everywhere in-between. 
Q. How much do you charge?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Q. How far will you travel?<br />
A. Christian is based in Birmingham, but covers all areas of the UK. In 2011 he has already performed at events in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Southampton and everywhere in-between. </p>
<p>Q. How much do you charge?<br />
A. There is no set fee, so it is best to <a href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/contact/" target="_self">Contact</a> Christian direct to get a no obligation quote. </p>
<p>Q. We are having a large event with 1,000 people attending. Will you have time to entertain everyone?<br />
A. It is common in the entertainments industry to consider 1 magician for every 100-150 guests. If you are having a large event, Christian can book extra magicians of a similar, excellent standard on your behalf to ensure everybody is entertained.</p>
<p>Q. How soon should we book?<br />
A. If you have a date in mind, then the earlier the better. Popular dates (Christmas parties in December, Weddings in August, etc) are booked up 12 months in advance so it&#8217;s best to get in touch right away.<br />
We understand that sometimes the thought of having a magician at your event might be a last minute consideration. You&#8217;ve planned, booked and paid for everything else at your event&#8230;.but you saw Christian perform at a party last weekend and want him for yourself! Fear not, use the <a href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/contact/" target="_self">Contact </a> page, and check Christian&#8217;s availability. You never know &#8211; you might get lucky!</p>
<p>Q. We have some guests at our event that are hard of hearing. And some non-English speaking guests &#8211; how will you cope?!<br />
A. The magic that Christian performs is visual and breaks all language barriers. You don&#8217;t need to speak English to understand that something has vanished into thin air. Some recent audiences have included foreign guests from France, Spain, Japan, Dubai, India and Argentina &#8211; all of whom do not speak English as their first language.</p>
<p>Q. Do you have insurance?<br />
A. Christian has public liability insurance for up to £10 million, through <a href="http://www.firstact.co.uk/default.aspx/" target="_blank">First Act Insurance</a>. </p>
<p>Q. Do you perform at children&#8217;s parties?<br />
A. Unfortunately not. However if you are looking for a children&#8217;s party entertainer, Christian can recommend some of the best in the business!</p>
<p>Q. Can we see you perform before we book you?<br />
A. Absolutely! Christian performs at a lot of private parties which are obviously invite only, but any public appearances will be posted both on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ChristianFletcherMagic" target="_blank">Facebook</a>., and also the <a href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com" target="_blank">home page</a>. of this website.</p>
<p>Q. Can you predict the lottery numbers?<br />
A. Let&#8217;s be honest here&#8230;.if it was possible, Christian would be doing it every week rather than offering his services as a magician!</p>
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		<title>May 2011 &#8211; Footballers, Celebrities and Britain HAS Got Talent!</title>
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May 2011


Equity &#8211; The Performers Union
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Equity" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/249821_10150303919908066_197196993065_9681139_89761_n.jpg" alt="Equity - Performing For You" width="150" height="76" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Equity &#8211; The Performers Union</b><br />
Those of you who keep up to date with me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ChristianFletcherMagic" target="_self">Facebook</a> will know that during May I became a proud member of Equity, the union for performing artists all over the UK! Aswell as offering legal advise to performers regarding contracts, performing conditions and payments, Equity also gives me Public Liabilty Insurance for up to £10 million &#8211; which I hope I&#8217;ll never have to claim on! (I&#8217;m hoping it will offer my clients peace of mind though!). Equity also reserves my professional name so no one else can use it, so now my fans really can sing &#8220;There&#8217;s Only One Christian Fletcher.&#8221; Altogether now&#8230;.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian Performing at Villa Park" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P1000237.jpg" alt="AVFC Magician" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Footballers and Pop Stars</b><br />
May is always a particularly busy month for Football clubs. As the 2010/2011 season came to a close, I provided match day entertainment at the home stadiums of Birmingham City and also Aston Villa. As a huge football fan, it was great to be part of the match day hospitality, and have the best seat in the house for two crucial games! On May 1st I entertained at Birmingham City&#8217;s derby match against Wolves, and on May 24th I was at Villa Park for the final game of the season between Aston Villa and Liverpool. During both matches I entertained top clients from companies including Nike, FxPro, Heineken, F&#038;C Investments, Budweiser, and Barclays in the hospitality suites before the game and during half time.</p>
<p>Birmingham City FC&#8217;s Big City Event was held on May 16th, and this brought players, club staff, and fans and sponsors together to celebrate the success the club had achieved during the 2010/2011 season. Despite being relegated from the Premiership, the club won their first major honour by defeating Arsenal at Wembley 2-1 to win the Carling Cup. There was also success off the pitch with the Conference and Events enjoying a successful season. The Big City Event itself incorporating the End of Season Player Awards ceremony and live entertainment from local headliners Ocean Colour Scene and X Factor’s Treyc Cohen, aswell as table magic from myself! It was great to be a part of it, and you can see the Big City Event photos by clicking <a href="http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2361506,00.html" target="_blank">this link</a>. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian with Paul Zerdin and Sam" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Chris-and-Paul-Zerdin.jpg" alt="Paul Zerdin and Sam!" width="300" height="200" /><br />
I had the pleasure of entertaining students at Newport University&#8217;s Summer Ball towards the end of May. What a night! I was part of the entertainment which included top acts Tinchy Stryder, Chase and Status, The Hoosiers, and Funeral for a Friend and Chase along with top ventriloquist Paul Zerdin (left). Add to that  a fair ground, a silent disco, a jazz band, a fun casino, and some amazing food on offer and I think it&#8217;s fair to say the students were spoilt! It was an enjoyable performance and I was captured in some great photographs from designer and photographer <a href="http://www.palethorpedesign.co.uk/" target="_blank">Adam Palethorpe</a>. After you&#8217;ve had a look at this website, head over to my Facebook page and you can see some of the photos taken by Adam, and some of the great reactions I caused!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="David and Karen on BGT!" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/110520-karen.jpg" alt="David and Karen" width="300" height="168" /></p>
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<b>Britain HAS Got Talent!</b><br />
A massive congratulations to David Penn and his performing partner Karen Tomkins for their efforts on this years Britain&#8217;s Got Talent! Although they didn&#8217;t make it into the final, they were the first magic act to appear in the live semi finals, and the judges had nothing but high praise for them! It&#8217;s great to see magic finally be given a chance on prime time television and in David&#8217;s own words&#8230;Magic is Back!<br />
I&#8217;d also like to say congratulations to Pip Langhorne who along with her dog Buddy, made it into the Britain&#8217;s Got Talent Final. After David and Karen said goodbye in the semi final, I sided with Pip who is from my local area! She did everyone from Bromsgrove proud, and will no doubt go on to have massive success.<br />
I performed with Pip in May at a charity bingo night at Cadbury World, to raise money for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Military Department. The night was a great success, and with some great prizes on offer (including an all inclusive family holiday for 7 nights to Majorca!) we managed to raise over £2,000. Unfortunately because the function rooms were in close proximity to the food production area, Pip wasn&#8217;t allowed to bring her dog Buddy but we were still treated to her amazing vocals. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll be seeing a lot more of Pip (and Buddy!) in the future!
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian with Paul Zerdin and Sam" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/photo.jpg" alt="Paul Zerdin and Sam!" width="300" height="224" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Penn and Teller Return!</b><br />
You may remember at the start of the year Las Vegas headliners Penn and Teller graced our screens with their show &#8216;Fool Us.&#8217; Hosted by Jonathan Ross, the idea of the show was for Penn and Teller to be fooled by up and coming magicians. If any of the acts were successful, then they would get the chance to perform live in Las Vegas in Penn and Tellers show. A once in a lifetime opportunity! The one off show was a massive success, going down well with both magicians and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggle" target="_blank">muggles</a>! Due to popular demand, the duo have returned for a whole new series! I took the journey down to London to watch 2 of the shows being filmed and while I can&#8217;t say if anyone was successful or not, I can say that the viewers are in for a real treat! Some of the best magicians not only from the UK, but from all around Europe were on the show, and it&#8217;ll be great to have magic back on prime time Saturday night TV. The new series starts on June 18th, at 8pm on ITV and ITV-HD.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to keep up to date with all the goings on in my little world&#8230;..on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!</p>
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		<title>April 2011 &#8211; Sea Sides, Talent Shows and A Royal Wedding!</title>
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  Summer Has Arrived!
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Hunstanton" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/205601_10150249533948066_197196993065_9162939_762672_n.jpg" alt="Hunstanton, Norfolk" width="350" height="261" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> <b> Summer Has Arrived!</b><br />
This month I was invited to perform in the seaside town of Hunstanton. It&#8217;s a lovely place, and although it was a long drive to get there I can honestly say it was worth it. Not only was the sun shining brightly, but the audience was very receptive and my performance was well received.<br />
Here in the UK we seem to talk about the weather so much. It affects all of us in one way or another, and even as a magician it can affect my performances! I, for one am glad that the clocks have gone forward and we are now officially into summertime. When the sun is shining, and the evenings are longer it appears as though everyone is just a little bit more chirpy. It makes my job so much easier to entertain people when the weather is nice. It&#8217;s like my job is half done already &#8211; the sun is shining, the audience is happy, we&#8217;re half way there! I&#8217;m not saying I hate winter&#8230;but when we get rain and drizzle, and someone has the &#8216;nasty cold thats going around,&#8217; it takes a lot more to get people in the mood for a party.
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Britain's Got Talent" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/229501-vocal-coach-dropped-from-britains-got-talent-2011-410x230.jpg" alt="BGT 2011" width="280" height="157" /><br />
<b>Britain&#8217;s Got Talent 2011</b><br />
April also saw the start of the &#8216;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217; 2011 series. I&#8217;m still not sure about how I feel about this programme. On one hand, I feel that it&#8217;s a truly remarkable show and especially in the early stages, it can be one of the most entertaining shows on television. On the other hand I worry about some genuine, talented people not being given their chance to shine&#8230;because the TV editors find the awful people funnier!<br />
Magic as never really gone down too well on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent. Close Up Magic performed in the same style as what you&#8217;ve probably seen me do, cannot play to a theatre of 5,000 people. The cabaret style magicians that have been brave enough to have a go, have often been the victims of clever editing from producers. Terrible comments from the judges with your face on screen is never going to bode well for future work. You can have a world class act, but be made out to look like a complete fool if they think it will give better entertainment to the public. I hope this year we shall see some real talent make it through to the final as opposed to someone getting through just because the judges felt sorry for them! </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Royal Wedding" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/prince-william-kate-middleton-balcony-kiss.jpg" alt="Royal Wedding" width="350" height="198" /></p>
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<b>Prince William and Kate Middleton</b><br />
We finished off April with the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. What a fantastic day it was for the whole country! I enjoyed the bank holiday by watching the ceremony with a few friends and then having a barbecue. After the terrible recession we&#8217;ve had over the past few years, it was nice to see the whole country enjoying something &#8211; I think we&#8217;ve given up hope with our footballers!</p>
<p>May see&#8217;s the end of the football season, so I&#8217;ll be back next month to tell you all how I got on performing at Birmingham City FC&#8217;s end of season awards dinner, and I&#8217;ll also give you a sneak peak into the new series of Penn and Teller&#8217;s Fool Us!<br />
Don&#8217;t forget to keep up to date with all the goings on in my little world&#8230;..on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube! </p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t forget to <a href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/contact/" target="_self">Contact  Me</a> for any event enquiries you may have, large or small!</p>
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		<title>Magic Conventions, Cheltenham Races and a Naked Wedding!</title>
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February/March 2011


Blackpool Magicians Convention
February is an exciting month for any magician. Every year The Winter Gardens in Blackpool plays host to the largest convention in the world for magicians with over 3,500 magicians attending. There are competitions, lectures, seminars, dealers, and gala shows. It&#8217;s often said that you learn more in the bar than you [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="The Blackpool Magic Convention" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/IMG_5903.jpg" alt="Blackpool Magic Convention" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;"><b>Blackpool Magicians Convention</b><br />
February is an exciting month for any magician. Every year The Winter Gardens in Blackpool plays host to the largest convention in the world for magicians with over 3,500 magicians attending. There are competitions, lectures, seminars, dealers, and gala shows. It&#8217;s often said that you learn more in the bar than you do at the lectures and seminars. Staying up until 4am every night chatting to other magicians over a cold beer often gives me more material for my future performances, than I could ever wish for!<br />
I came away from the weekend with lots of new ideas, and can&#8217;t wait to perform the new routines. Things will be vanishing, reappearing, transforming, floating, and multiplying before you can say&#8230;..well, before you can say something magical and cheesy. I vowed never to use the word Abracadabra, and I don&#8217;t want to start now!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Chocolate Lips" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8661kelly-and-Lee297.jpg" alt="Chocolate Fountain" width="212" height="320" /></p>
<p><b>A Naked Wedding!</b><br />
Well, where do we start with this one? Last year I was involved with the 96.4fm BRMB event, Married by Monday. The breakfast show had exactly 7 days to organise an entire wedding and I was chosen to perform during the evening reception for the happy couple. This year, BRMB decided to organise the UK&#8217;s first ever naked wedding. The idea was exactly as it sounds. For a couple to take their wedding vows completely naked. The ceremony went well and was done in a tasteful fashion (with body paint, and strategically placed flowers!) and was broadcast both on radio and on a live webcam through the <a href="http://www.brmb.co.uk/nakedwedding/" target="_blank"> BRMB website</a>. By the time I arrived, the happy couple Kelly and Lee were fully clothed and it was just like performing at a &#8216;normal&#8217; wedding!</p>
<p>There were some great professionals on the day and as you can see by the photo on the right, I had lots of fun with the chocolate fountain that was kindly provided by <a href="http://chocolatelips.co.uk/default.aspx" target="_blank">Chocolate Lips</a> of Redditch. I&#8217;m a sucker for anything to do with chocolate, and after I finished performing I spent a LONG time tasting the different dips on offer. Donuts, marshmallows and vanilla fudge get my vote every time!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="BRMB's Naked Wedding" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8440kelly-and-Lee232.jpg" alt="BRMB's Naked Wedding" width="320" height="213" /></p>
<p><b>Paul Willetts Photography</b><br />
I was also sent some top class action shots from the official photographer of the day, <a href="http://www.pwilletts.com/site/paul_willetts_photography.html" target="_blank">Paul Willetts.</a> Paul&#8217;s website features some stunning photographs from all over the world and he captured some great shots at Kelly and Lee&#8217;s &#8220;Naked Wedding.&#8221; Paul has kindly sent me the photos below, aswell as the one on the left. You can see the full album <a href="http://www.brmb.co.uk/photos/72157626168088981/" target="_blank"> here.</a> I strongly recommend if you&#8217;re getting married in the Worcestershire area, and you&#8217;re looking for a photographer &#8211; get in touch with Paul. You&#8217;ll also see the fabulous balloons that were made to look just like the bride and groom! A great talking point for any occasion,check out <a href="http://www.huffpuffballoons.com/" target="_blank"> Huff Puff Balloons!</a></p>
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<a class="pic-center" href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8689kelly-and-Lee305.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Paul Willetts Photography and Huff Puff Balloons" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8689kelly-and-Lee305.jpg" alt="Huff Puff Balloons" width="280" height="186" /> <a class="pic-center" href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8557kelly-and-Lee265.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Paul Willetts Photography" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8557kelly-and-Lee265.jpg" alt="Huff Puff Balloons" width="180" height="270" /> <a class="pic-center" href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8407kelly-and-Lee228.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Paul Willetts Photography" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_8407kelly-and-Lee228.jpg" alt="Huff Puff Balloons" width="280" height="186" /></a></div>
<p><b>Cheltenham Races</b><br />
March also saw me take a trip to Cheltenham with a few of my friends to attend the Cheltenham Festival. I&#8217;ll be blunt. The less said about this, the better! I had an absolute stinker as far as betting goes. I had a great day though, and it was a great atmosphere. I&#8217;ve never been to a race meeting before, and I&#8217;m told the Gold Cup is one of the most exciting! I shall try and find the time to visit again next year, and it was an enjoyable day for all of us that travelled. I&#8217;ll try and do a bit more research next time, if you have any tips&#8230;please let me know, I need all the help I can get!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to keep up to date with all the goings on in my little world&#8230;..on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 2011 Round Up.
 The Magicians, BBC 1
So we kicked off the new year with BBC putting magic on Saturday night TV for the first time in 20 years. I was personally excited because any time magic is on television, it makes my job suddenly more interesting. When my audiences have seen magicians on TV [...]]]></description>
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<ul style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Magicians, BBC 1</b><br />
So we kicked off the new year with BBC putting magic on Saturday night TV for the first time in 20 years. I was personally excited because any time magic is on television, it makes my job suddenly more interesting. When my audiences have seen magicians on TV and didn’t believe their eyes, they will often then watch me even more closely and I get even better reactions!  </p>
<p>Sadly I have to say that the BBC1 show &#8220;The Magicians&#8221; was a bit of a let down. For me, the magicians themselves were fine, it was the celebrities that ruined the show. Magic takes months of practise to perfect &#8211; and if a celebrity can master it in a couple of days, you can hardly expect an amazing performance of magic. As the celebs were hardly &#8220;A-Listers,&#8221; I&#8217;m left thinking it was more about exposure for them, than providing a good quality entertainment show. I can&#8217;t see this getting a second series unless the entire format is revamped!
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Penn and Teller" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/penn-and-teller.jpg" alt="Penn and Teller" width="350" height="280" /></p>
<p><b>Penn and Teller&#8217;s Fool Us, ITV 1</b></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile over on ITV, a top notch show was being televised. Penn and Teller&#8217;s &#8220;Fool Us&#8221; was brilliant to watch. Both magicians and muggles alike seem to agree that it was interesting and refreshing. I often find with magic that initially people want to be impressed fast. My audience know I&#8217;m a magician within 10 seconds of meeting me. Once they know that, I have to show them what I can do as soon as possible. On &#8216;Fool Us,&#8217; Jonathan Ross introduced the performers and they performed straight away, baffling the studio audience and the people watching at home. Add to that the fact that each magician was fighting for the chance to perform in Las Vegas &#8211; they were all pulling out the stops! My only criticism for this show is that it was a one off recording, and due to Penn and Teller performing in Las Vegas they could not commit to a series &#8211; such a shame!</p>
<p>Final rant &#8211; let the celebs do what they are good at. It&#8217;s getting tedious now with celebrity cooker shows, celebrity game shows, celebrity dance shows&#8230;.why not let the talented people do their own thing?!</p>
<p>To see what all the fuss is about and make your own mind up, you can watch both programmes online by clicking the links here, <a href="http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=203348" target="_blank">Penn and Teller&#8217;s Fool Us</a> and also <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00y40b6/hd/The_Magicians_Episode_4/" target="_blank">The Magicians</a></ul>
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<ul style="text-align: justify;"><b>Something Totally New</b><br />
Final thoughts this week are with the clip on the right &#8211; with no camera tricks or special effects used, I can tell you it completely baffled me, and I was not expecting the ending at all! Why don&#8217;t you watch it and if you have any idea how it was done, let me know on my Facebook page?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be back at the end of next month after my annual trip to the biggest magic convention in the world &#8211; in the meantime, don&#8217;t forget to check out my  <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christian-Fletcher-Magic/197196993065" target="_blank">Facebook page here.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t forget to <a href="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/contact/" target="_self">Contact  Me</a> for any event enquiries you may have, large or small!</p>
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2010 Highlights!

2010 has been a busy year, and here are some of my favourite moments.

The Magic Circle
The Magic Circle is one of the oldest and most exclusive societies in the world dedicated to the art of performing magic and illusion. The headquarters in London consists of a production theatre, a library of over 10,000 books, [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">2010 Highlights!</p>
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<p>2010 has been a busy year, and here are some of my favourite moments.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="The Magic Circle" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0925.jpg" alt="The Magic Circle" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Magic Circle</b><br />
The Magic Circle is one of the oldest and most exclusive societies in the world dedicated to the art of performing magic and illusion. The headquarters in London consists of a production theatre, a library of over 10,000 books, and a museum of magic artefacts (hand cuffs used by Houdini, production posters from the early 1900&#8217;s, and even a fez worn by Tommy Cooper!). It has always been a dream of mine to become a member of this prestigious society and in January 2010 I took my exam.<br />
The exam is a 10 minute performance in front of a panel of magicians. The examiners look for confidence, appearance, magical skills, presentation skills and entertainment value. I remember before I went in front of the audience, I was the most nervous I&#8217;ve ever been before a performance. I don&#8217;t suffer from nerves too often, as I have performed my act literally thousands of times. But to entertain a group of magicians was by far the toughest thing I&#8217;ve done in a long time. Things weren&#8217;t helped when I was told that over half of the magicians who take the exam do not get through! Thankfully my act went without any hiccups and I received a phone call a few weeks later telling me I had passed with flying colours. With around 1,500 members worldwide, it is certainly an elite group and I proud to say I am part of The Magic Circle!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic-right" title="96.4fm BRMB" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/married-by-monday.jpg" alt="96.4fm BRMB" width="320" height="126" /></p>
<p><b>Married by Monday</b><br />
Monday 15th February &#8211; the date had been set! BRMB Breakfast presenter Jo Russell has exactly 7 days to arrange an entire wedding day with the help of her listeners. The whole week was a bit of a blur &#8211; I received a phone call on the Tuesday asking if I&#8217;d like to help out on the event, by the Wednesday I was live on breakfast radio talking about how my performance would help the wedding, and then on the Monday I had the performance! You can watch a short film about the ceremony <a href="http://www.hogarths.co.uk/BRMB.php" target="_blank"> here!</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="pic" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Christian with Derren Brown" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/website-derren.jpg" alt="Christian with Derren Brown" width="320" height="240" /></p>
<p><b>Derren Brown Live &#8211; Enigma</b><br />
Derren Brown is probably the most talked about magician in the UK today. His TV specials are always criticised by cynics who refuse to believe his skills as a performer are genuine. I&#8217;m often asked what my thoughts are of him, is it all a camera trick? Does he use stooges? Is he actually any good? My first answer to these questions are no, no and YES!! But to give you a more unbiassed view I highly recommend seeing him for yourself. Tickets have gone on sale for his 2011 tour and I cannot wait. His show is packed with humour, suspense, mystery and above all audience participation.<br />
I was lucky enough to get tickets for his 2010 touring show ENIGMA. For those who didn&#8217;t see the show, it is being shown live on Channel 4 this Thursday (Jan 6th 2011) and again on Saturday (Jan 8th). If you&#8217;re reading this after those dates then check the <a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/4od#3150004" target="_blank">4 On Demand</a> website, I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;ll be on there.</p>
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<img class="pic-right" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Minus 5 Ice Lounge" src="http://www.fletcher-magic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Ice-Bar-1.tiff" alt="Magic in the Ice Lounge" width="320" height="215" /></p>
<p><b>Magic In The Ice Lounge</b><br />
The <a href="http://www.minus5experience.com/"target="_blank">Minus 5 Ice Lounge</a> in Las Vegas is definitely one of the coolest places I&#8217;ve ever been to (excuse the awful pun!). Everything in the bar is made of ice including the walls, the bar, the sculptures, the chandeliers, the seats and even the glasses. In fact the only thing that isn&#8217;t made of ice is the floor! The temperature inside the bar was a cool minus five degrees (twenty-three degrees Fahrenheit), quite different to the hot and dry conditions outside in the Nevada desert. This is why I was wearing a huge fur coat and gloves &#8211; underneath I only had my shorts and a vest on&#8230;I was on holiday and this was a spur of the moment activity! Certainly one of the most unique drinking experiences I&#8217;ve ever had, I&#8217;d highly recommend this as there are similar bars in London, aswell as other locations around the world. </p>
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<p>Well thats it for 2010, we&#8217;re already into 2011! There are lots of things already planned so keep in touch with me here and also on Facebook.  Just search for Christian Fletcher Magic, or follow <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christian-Fletcher-Magic/197196993065" target="_blank">this link.</a> </p>
<p>Happy New Year everyone, and thanks for all your support in 2010!</ul>
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