Our Upcoming public show schedule for June & July 2011

We perform lots of shows each & every month but not all are open to the public.

Here is a list of upcoming public shows for the month of June & July:

June 4th - Relay for life - Monticello High School Located in Charlottesville - Showtime 5:30

June 18th - Lynchburg Public Library - Showtime 1:00 pm

June 21st - Orange Co Library located at Locust Grove Elementary School -
Showtime 3:00 pm

June 22nd - Orange Co Library located at Gordon Barbor Elementary School -
Showtime 1:00 pm

June 22nd - Orange Co Library Located at Orange Elementary School - Showtime 3:15 pm

June 24th - Samuels Public Library - Showtime 2:00 pm

July 2nd - Bryce Resort Located in Basye - Showtimes 10:00am & 2:00 pm

July 6th - Madison County Library - Showtime 11:00am

July 12th - Madison County Fair - Showtime 8:00pm

July 13th - Fluvanna County Public Library - Showtime 11:00am

July 16th - Madison County Fair - Showtime 5:30pm

July 19th - Meherrin Regional Library - Located in Emporia Va- Showtime 10:30am

July 22nd - Orange County Library - Showtimes 3:30pm and 6:00pm

July 23rd - Orange County Fair - Showtimes 11:30am, 2:00pm & 8:00pm

July 24th - Orange County Fair - Showtime 11:00am

July 27th - Petersburg Public Library - Showtime 10:00am

// NEWS FLASH // NEWS FLASH //

Natalie & I have been together for five years and are quickly approaching our 3rd wedding anniversary. We are proud to announce that we are expecting our first child at the end of this year. We broke the news to our moms on Mothers Day this year and both our moms had tears of joy in their eyes.
We are so excited!

Magic Lecture in Chesapeake Va

Natalie & I were asked to come down on April 28th to Chesapeake Va to perform our magic lecture for the Society of American Magicians, Assembly 146. We arrived around 5:30 and the group took Natalie & myself out to dinner, which was so nice, and then we went over to the Hyatt hotel and set up for the lecture. The magic lecture I performed teaches some of my secrets in magic; not only tricks but office secrets. The office secrets was the first half then we took a short break and came back for the magic portion. After the lecture Natalie & I hung out & talked with several of the magicians for over an hour. Natalie & I sold magic at the lecture and I even autographed several copies of my lecture notes for those who wanted it. We had a great time and the members of the club really had great things to say about the lecture. The next morning I got this testimonial from Al Albers who is a member of that club. He said, "Had a superb time at last night's lecture. You did a fantastic job; lots of pertinent information, but what stands out is your honesty and willingness to share what you've learned."

Here are a few pictures from the lecture

Wes Iseli's Doll House Rehearsal

Back in the fall Natalie & I were interviewed by the folks at Virginia Living Television in Culpeper. After the interview Natalie & I performed an illusion; this video shows the rehearsal of that Illusion. This footage was filmed with our camera that was mounted in the back of the room. This was done as rehearsal to show the camera man the how we stage the illusion. I hope you enjoy!

Rodney Dangerfield has nothing on me...

Rodney Dangerfield's classic joke was how he never got any respect; well sometimes in my life I feel the same way. I have been a full time professional magician for 15 years now, I have traveled all over the East Coast and even ventured a time or two to the Midwest. Natalie & I have performed for CEO's of corporations, resorts, the British Embassy, and in auditoriums and theaters all over. People still ask me if I am still doing magic as if it is a hobby and I should have grown up by now and gotten a real job. Some people think I only do kids birthday parties and I get compliments like "my kids love you". That is great, don't get me wrong but I am more than that. My ego doesn't stand a chance to get big with comments like this always swirling.

A few weeks ago Natalie got a call from a customer who wanted us to perform a show for their family reunion. The lady on the phone went on and on about how excited she was on having us and that her family was also excited since they had just recently saw us at a show. We performed that show this past Saturday and I felt great on the way to the show knowing that these people were so excited to see us. When we got to the show the parking lot was packed and there was nowhere for us to park and unload. So I called and asked for the contact person. The person who answered asked "who is calling?" I said "Wes Iseli Magician" then she said "Who?" and I said "Wes Iseli Magician" then she said "Um, we don't need an electrician" and she hung up the phone. I had to get out of the car and walk up into the event location and wander around until I found the contact and ask where to park to unload.

On the way back to the car I shook my head thinking "I can't get no respect."

Wes Iseli's Baby Bunny Magic

A while back I filmed a video introducing my newest baby bunnies while at the same time using them in magic tricks. This is my only video where the magic is not the focus but the bunnies are. I will put up a real cups and balls video one day, during this video I was just messing around. I hope you enjoy!

Magic as a full time job pt 2

Natalie & I do several types of shows, from small family shows to company picnics all the way up to our full evening Vegas style Illusion show. I thought this month I would fill you in on what it takes to put on the average show. One hour prior to leaving our home on a show day I will go get the show animals out of the outside
building and put them in their travel cages, which usually entails 2 doves and 2 bunnies. Then we check the show contract to see if the customer ordered any extras, such as levitation, kid magician, magic from our web page etc. Our van is already loaded with the main parts of our show, but most extras we need to pack for each
show separately. If it is a large show our big sound system will also need to be loaded. Then we put on our show clothes and get ready to go. We then load the van and plug in the address into the navigation. Since we spend so much time in our van we try to make it as comfortable as possible. We have a Sirius radio, a cooler, a
DVD player, and a couch to nap on while the other drives. It is very common to spend way more time on the road traveling to a show than it takes to set up, perform and pack up the show. Attached are a pictures from back stage at our illusion show.