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[[Image:Guy_and_Joan_Caesar.jpg|right|thumb|Joan Caesar Presenting Lifetime Achievement Award to Guy Camirand]] | [[Image:Guy_and_Joan_Caesar.jpg|right|thumb|Joan Caesar Presenting Lifetime Achievement Award to Guy Camirand]] | ||
Guy Camirand is a Montreal-based Harvard Business School graduate who founded the [[Camirand Academy of Magic]] in 1978 as an avocation. In 1990, he left a career as a business consultant for large corporations and the government of Quebec to | Guy Camirand is a Montreal-based Harvard Business School graduate who founded the [[Camirand Academy of Magic]] in 1978 as an avocation. In 1990, he left a career as a business consultant for large corporations and the government of Quebec to run the Academy, and perform magic, full time. He's a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians' Order of Merlin, and at the 2007 CAM Convention in Ontario, Canada, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Canadian Association of Magicians]]. A few of his original effects have also been marketed, including [[The Automatic Coffee Stirrer]], a close-up paddle trick, and [[Lightning Strike]], a mental effect in which the magician focuses his "mental energy" at a match at his fingertips, whereupon it lights (this is a co-creation with [[Patrick Reymond]]). | ||
[[Category:Biographies|Camirand,Guy]] | [[Category:Biographies|Camirand,Guy]] | ||
[[Category:Canadian magicians|Camirand]] | [[Category:Canadian magicians|Camirand]] | ||
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Guy Camirand is a Montreal-based Harvard Business School graduate who founded the Camirand Academy of Magic in 1978 as an avocation. In 1990, he left a career as a business consultant for large corporations and the government of Quebec to run the Academy, and perform magic, full time. He's a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians' Order of Merlin, and at the 2007 CAM Convention in Ontario, Canada, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Magicians. A few of his original effects have also been marketed, including The Automatic Coffee Stirrer, a close-up paddle trick, and Lightning Strike, a mental effect in which the magician focuses his "mental energy" at a match at his fingertips, whereupon it lights (this is a co-creation with Patrick Reymond).