Our Honoree this year is Bill Malone, a man whose comedy and sleight-of-hand changed the magic industry.

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In 1995, his career skyrocketed when he was featured on NBC’s “World's Greatest Magic” television special. Soon, he was appearing on many more prime-time shows for NBC and ABC, as well as making television appearances in Japan, Europe and Portugal. These television appearances inspired a generation of close-up magicians. "Sam the Bellhop" was the first card trick to tell a story with playing cards, and it became the model for all other storytelling tricks using cards. Bill Malone’s life has been dedicated to advanced sleight-of-hand and card manipulation.  He was a student and close friend of Ed Marlo. Bill opened his own bar called Malone’s Magic Bar, where he entertained some of the most elite people in the world.

 

Until his retirement he was one of America’s busiest corporate entertainers, and we are glad he finally has time to come to Connecticut to join us at NEMCON. He will be telling us stories about all the people he has entertained and will certainly provide us with a few laughs along the way.