Amazing MAGIC FESTIVAL in Canada
This is a magician festival in Ontario, Canada that takes place the last week in October, during National Magic Week. Watch the MAGICIAN FESTIVAL FULL 30-minute livestream that aired on October 31. FIVE incredible magicians! Nicholas Wallace, Joan Caesar, Graemazing, Mark Clearview and Scott Hammell.
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Contents:
0:00 - OWOW Magician Festival Opening Titles
0:55 - Nicholas Wallace (Magician) with Tim Murton (Artist)
5:54 - Joan Caesar (Founder of Canadian Association of Magicians)
7:18 - Scott Hammell discusses Harry Houdini influence
8:44 - Stunt Expert Frederick Schuett (One Axe Pursuits)
9:28 - Graemazing dazzles with a surprising magic trick
13:51 - Elora Gorge stunt test and weather problems
15:36 - Mark Clearview in a barn
20:14 - Scott Hammell straitjacket suited up
22:34 - Scott Hammell straitjacket escape over the Elora Gorge
(RELEASE) Magician escapes from straight jacket suspended over Elora Gorge
Elora, ON - On October 15, 2020, Guinness world-record-holding escape-artist Scott Hammell was suspended upside-down over the Elora Gorge bound in straight-jacket and over fifty feet of chains. The stunt was secretly filmed for an upcoming Magician Festival Halloween magic show Livestream event airing October 31st at 9:31 pm on magicfestival.ca
“It’s a fitting time of year to film this stunt and tribute to Houdini,” says Scott Hammell, “he died on Halloween.”
This stunt is among a long-list for Hammell that includes World’s Highest Suspension Straightjacket Escape suspended 7200 feet in the air and World’s Fastest Moving Card Trick performed while skydiving.
“Houdini’s message was ‘regardless of constraint and challenges, it’s our human will and determination that’s unstoppable’,” says Hammell. “It’s a fitting message for today.”
The livestream includes an all-star Canadian line-up of magicians filmed entirely in the Township of Centre Wellington, an Ontario destination well-known in October for Monster Month, Elora Gorge and it’s stunning autumn scenery.
“We aligned Scott perfectly down the centre of the Elora Gorge where the height reaches 80 ft and spans 200ft wide,” says Frederick Schuett, fellow stunt man and owner of One Axe Pursuits that operates the zipline over the gorge. “Our biggest challenge was weather, and that was entirely out of our control.”
The escape-stunt at the Elora Gorge was filmed for a thirty-minute Magician Festival Halloween themed magic-show produced by the Ontario Week of Wonder OWOW Magic Festival and will broadcast free on the festival’s website.
“There are very real dangers performing a stunt like this,” says Hammell “but it’s one of the best views I’ve seen, upside-down.”
Tune in live on October 31st at 9:31pm EST on https://magicfestival.ca