Morrison, Ken (editor): Message Magic Volume 1 ©2007 Magic Broadcast Softcover, spiral-bound, 85 pages

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Comments: In 2007 Magic Broadcast ran a contest that included over $6,000.00 in Prizes. Sponsors included: Hocus Pocus, Magic City, Grand Illusions, Magic Depot, When you Wish Magic, Nathan Kranzo and editor, Magi-Ken. The object of the contest was to come up with original routine(s) with the theme "Message Magic". All entries would present a trick or series of tricks with a routine that conveys a positive and truthful message about a value, concept, moral, religious teaching, product/service, or which warns against some danger the audience can choose to avoid. After a few hundred entries were weeded out for content and rules, the rest were judged and the winning entries are now here in this book in the order of rank in which they won.

Contents (from web description, numbers are not page numbers):

1 The Origins of this Work
2 Editorial: What is Message Magic? - Ken Morrison
3 Editing the Winning Entries - What to expect

4 Top Ten Prize Winning Entries:
5 Grand Prize - First Place Winner - Fruit of the Spirit (John Teo)
6 Second Place- Magic with a Message: Drugs, Alcohol, & a Piece of Rope (Kevin Manning)
7 Third Place- Live a Life of Love (John Teo)

8 Runners-Up:
9 1) Having the Right Stuff (Kif Anderson)
10 2) To Each His Own (John Teo)
11 3) S.A.F.E. to the End (Jim Kleefeld)
12 4) The Road Less Traveled (Robert Tarry)
13 5) Three Way (Mark Crabtree)
14 6) Seven Deadly Sins (Dr. Fred Reisz)
15 7) The Lost Ring (Jim Kleefeld)

16 Appendix A: Official Contest Guidelines & Rules
17 Appendix B: Editor’s Final Comments
18 Appendix C: Editor’s Personal Sample Routine
19 - The Widow’s Oil (Ken Morrison)