Enlighten Entertainment - Meaningful Magic for Special Occasions

David loves performing magic as a strolling magician at restaurants, banquets, receptions, cocktail hours, picnics or most anywhere that people are waiting. The performance is "COVID compliant" but still very interactive. When safe, the magic happens in people's hands, and he often leaves them with a magical object they will save and remember you and your event for a very long time.

Invite David to be Master of Ceremonies for your event. He will listen to your needs to help craft a smooth and enjoyable experience for all your guests. He can introduce each segment or other performers and offer a set of magic himself along with quick effects, inspiration and comedy in between different acts, performers, guests, events, etc. David is flexible and a consumate professional who can adapt to changing needs so people will remember your event for many years.

David has been a camp counselor and coordinator, summer arts director, and worked with children since he was a teenager. Whether at a school, birthday party, scouts, community organization or congregation, children are delighted with David's magic. He affirms them, fills them with wonder and joy. He actually gets standing ovations from a lot of Jr & Sr High audiences.
They become the stars of the show, and he will even teach them to do magic! We ask that adults remain present for crowd control. NOTE: David has gone through and even taught extensive safe-child practices and policies for his work in camps, schools, scouts, communities and congregations - including screenings, finger-printing and background checks. It is very important to him to make children's experiences safe, uplifting, affirming and VERY MAGICAL! P.S. Yes, he can make balloon animals for smaller gatherings of up to 25 children.

David delights in teaching children, tweens, teens and adults age-appropriate magic depending on their stage of development. He teaches them to "think magically" so they are using simple and easy to achieve effects to tell "magical stories." David will let you know what props, crafts or items to bring. For ongoing lessons, David will guide you in selecting routines, props, books and even videos to support ongoing learning. This can be a single class or a series of library, after school, weekend, evening or summer series. David gives at home like many music teachers, and LESSONS CAN BE TAUGHT VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM. PLEASE NOTE: When teaching children and teens at your home, an adult always needs to be in the house or apartment. Because David will never teach in a hotel room, dorm room, bed room, you may need to find an appropriate private space at a library, school, community center, congregation, etc.

Do you have a classy cocktail party, reception, hotel, upscale corporate or a more mature event for your guests? David performs in tuxedo with fine props for our custom designed and very special event. This can be a combination of formal close-up, strolling or stand-up "parlor style" magic. To create an especially magical atmosphere, guide your guests to wear cocktail attire and limiting children to 12 years and up. David can bring magical music to play as your guests arrive, and when they enter your magical performance area, there will be a wonderfully fresh scent of roses. Real or artificial candles and outdoor luminaries can help to enchant your audiences as they enter this very special experience of wonder. David is proud to have performed this style of magic at The Griswold Inn (Essex CT) and at Storyteller's Cottage in Simsbury CT as featured in Yankee Magazine.

David will bring fun and excitement to your outdoor fair or festival with a series of stand-up shows or strolling magic. He loves bringing people together to create joy and that exciting festival feeling! David will listen to your specific needs and help create the most magical experience for your guests. A powerful sound system, microphones, lighting and often risers or a stage are essential - fairs can be noisy and people need to hear! He can bring his own sound system to cover up to 100 people, or you can provide an appropriate sound system to reach more guests outdoors. Fair and Festival Shows need places where David can hold the attention of the audience because magic is theatrical and requires focus - like watching a movie. He needs to be the tallest, most visible and loudest person in the space to hold their attention and deliver STRONG MAGIC. David needs a covered stage area to perform and reserves the right to alter or cancel performance when temperatures reach 90 degrees. He is proud to have performed more than 50 shows for The Big E New England Expo, essentially the New England states' fair in Agawam, MA.

David has directed or designed magic for theater and musical productions like Denny Moon's Abracadabra and Lawrence Khong's The Magic of Love. He will meet with you and your company to come up with magical routines, props and settings that are appropriate for the skill-level of your actors, stage crew, venue and budget. His knowledge of various magic effects, special effects and routines is encyclopedic. These can be simple effects, larger stage "prop magic" or even easy to learn (with committed rehearsal) grand illusions. David can coach, block and direct your actors at a series of sessions and can provide notes.

David delights in coaching beginner, intermediate and advanced students along their magical journey. This can range from simple and affordable half-hour lessons to more advanced hour or longer lesssons for people preparing for specific performances and competitions. In these cases he will often interview your magician for an hour free of charge and assist with script writing for an agreed upon number of hours. For a set monthly fee, David can be held on retainer for a certain number of hours of instruction, mentoring and even remote coaching via internet. He also has extensive resources and connections to draw from the world famous Magic & Mystery School in Las Vegas where David is an Instructor and has studied for more than 20 years.

Are you looking for an online entertainer? In these tough times, bring people together and create joy! David has a wonderful virtual show called The Meaningful Magic Joy Factory. This form of magic is highly interactive. It can be performed for a few, 25, 49 or even thousands of people. Magic happens through the screen right to your living room! Special magical items can be mailed in advance. Have your guests bring items from around the house so the magic can happen in their hands. With the onset of COVID19, magic adapted beautifully to virtual shows through platforms like Zoom. David has a 4 camera live video studio in his home to perform his show, The Meaningful Magic Joy Factory. He will often have an online stage manager to run the tech for him so David and your guests can enjoy the magical interaction. Ask about his fee-free shows.