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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. | |||
[[ | == Biography == | ||
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. | |||
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]]). | |||
[[ | == Awards == | ||
[[ | * Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Canadian Association of Magicians]] at 2007 [[CAM]] Convention in Ontario, Canada. | ||
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* http://www.camirandmagic.ca/magician-camirand.html | |||
* www.camirandmagic.com | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:21, 10 October 2013
| Guy Camirand | |
 Joan Caesar Presenting Lifetime Achievement Award to Guy Camirand | |
| Born | Guy D. Camirand Three-Rivers, Québec |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
Guy Camirand is a Montreal-based Harvard Business School graduate who founded the Camirand Academy of Magic in 1978 as an avocation.
Biography
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.
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).
Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of Magicians at 2007 CAM Convention in Ontario, Canada.
References
- http://www.camirandmagic.ca/magician-camirand.html
- www.camirandmagic.com