Master of Ceremonies

I'm really looking forward to being the master of ceremonies for the Smoke and Mirrors Show on Saturday. The Everett PUD is a nice auditorium that seats 400 or so. Tiered seating, good lighting and sound, lets hope there is an audience. My job will be to whip the audience into a frenzy. I am prepared to do just that. I'm not quite sure how I will do this, but I have no doubt in my mind that I am up for the challenge.

A couple of weeks ago, I was the MC for the Monday Night Magic Show. I arrived moments before the curtain went up and had one hell of a good time. I didn't have any idea of what I was going to do, I just did it. I think anyone in the audience would agree, I bounced off the walls and took the audience with me.

Payne's wife Marie and Keith (Philemon's Partner) both had some helpful comments about perhaps being more sensitive to to the appropriate framing of the act I am introducing. For example, by being a whack job before I introduce a more subdued performer there might be too much contrast between styles for the audience to comfortably shift gears. I thought about this for a while and it made sense. A week later I brought it up at one of our Tuesday Night Sessions and Isaac had some different thoughts on the subject. He said that in his days of MCing, he never held back for anything, he went out there and did the best job that he could. He said that he looked at the other acts as his opening acts. I agree with both approaches. I think to think that I might find a happy medium. I guess you'll just have to come to the show and see for yourself what happens!