How to choose your wedding magician from the net
Congratulations! If you are reading this short article, you are receiving married! Additional congratulations are in order for thinking about hiring a magician to entertain your guests. As a wedding magician, I am of course biased on the on the importance of hiring a magician to break the ice at a wedding. On the other hand, for my brother’s wedding I knew I had to get him one thing seriously specific – I hired a magician, so this is not just me trying to advertise my solutions.
Now on to the terrible news – If you get a poor magician then they can in fact be detrimental to your specific day. They can turn up late (or not at all), talk to your guests like young children, swear, be rude/arrogant or, additional likely, just be rubbish at performing.
So right here are some steps to aid you get the correct man for the job.
Immediately after looking the net and locating a few magicians that you like the look of, contact them and request a meeting. Inform them that you will also be meeting a handful of other magicians. This is the most efficient approach of ensuring that you get a very good magician for your wedding. Every magician will proclaim his brilliance on his internet site, on the telephone or by way of e mail. Even so, when he knows that he will be judged against other magicians, only competent/great magicians will agree to a meeting. You’ll also be able to tell a lot about the magician: if he arrives on time, has polished shoes and gets on nicely with your good friends and loved ones, then probabilities are your guests will feel exactly the very same as you did at that initial meeting.
If the option of meeting them isn’t available, then a telephone get in touch with is the second ideal alternative. Virtually just about every magician claims to be funny and wildly entertaining on their web page, but in reality this isn’t always the case. As Paul Daniels says, “Do not inform me you are funny, make me laugh”. Once more, if they can make you laugh over the phone and give off a likeable vibe then they are probably a excellent alternative.
When you have your meeting / phone call, these are good queries to ask to make sure that the magician is a competent performer:-
1) Are you a complete time specialist magician?
If he has yet another job, ask if he ever operates weekends. If he has to pick in between his primary source of earnings and his bonus revenue that he gets from magic shows, you may unfortunately find that you do not have a magician at your wedding.
2) Have you performed at several weddings?
It is very uncomplicated to place collectively a site and provide wedding solutions. Nevertheless, you do not want your magician to be mastering his trade on your unique day. It is essential that you employ an knowledgeable performer who knows what he’s doing.
3) How do you get most of your perform?
Although internet sites and agents will bring in a substantial percentage of a magician’s earnings, the leading magicians live off of word of mouth and repeat bookings.
four) Do you execute both strolling magic and table magic?
There are magicians who have performed for years below the exact same situations, e.g. usually with/with out a table, with/with no background music and so on. If so, the magician will only carry out in an environment exactly where he feels comfy, so make sure that he has previously worked in an environment equivalent to what you intend to book him for.
five) Do you function with youngsters?
Some magicians are children’s entertainers who believe due to the fact the parents enjoy their show, they can carry out in the identical manner with an adult crowd. Likewise, some magicians who carry out solely for adults will not perform for young children. As 85% of wedding guests are typically adults, I strongly suggest you employ a magician who has a residency in a restaurant. This permits the magician to operate with children devoid of getting exclusively a children’s entertainer.
6) Will you carry out for the bride and groom?
Magicians are commonly hired on an hourly basis and if you hire a magician only for your wedding photographs, he may be gone before you arrive, and so you will not get to see what you have paid for.
7) Are there any other magicians in the location you would advocate / advise against?
You might consider it would be counter-productive for a single magician to advertise the solutions of yet another magician. Nonetheless, as of current occasions, reality Television shows such as Britain’s / America’s got talent have portrayed magicians in such a poor light that the magic community is content to advocate good magicians and warn against poor ones.
eight) Do you have references that we could contact?
Ask for references even if you have no intentions on calling the person. The magician’s reaction to the query will give you far more than enough information. If he struggles to assume of anybody who could give a constructive reference he either (a) has under no circumstances worked as a wedding magician (b) doesn’t think that his wedding consumers will give a constructive evaluation or (c) (if they really feel awkward about giving an individual else’s particulars) have almost certainly not offered a service to the client.
9) What do you put on while performing?
Magicians are performing artists and therefore may express themselves via style. There are some younger magicians that perform in jeans and a t-shirt, which may well not be what you want on your wedding day – be confident to ask.
10) Are you insured?
Each qualified performer really should have insurance coverage. Chances are they’ll by no means use it, but if they are not prepared to make an investment in themselves, why should you make an investment in them?
11) Can you supply me with a contract / invoice?
If the magician can give you in advance with a contract and an invoice later, then he at least views his own solutions in a skilled light. If he cannot provide you with these documents, chances are he is amateur / semi-expert.
12) Do you have a sound system / PA program?
If you are getting far more than 100 guests at your wedding, it is advisable to use a sound method / PA system through the speeches. Most specialist magicians will have a sound program and will be able to present it for totally free or for a smaller charge, which will normally be less than what it charges to hire it from another business.
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