Magical Musings: October 2005 - Thanks David. That was indeed Magical!

Thanks David. That was indeed Magical!

I apologise to those that missed my column last month. This musing comes to you from Germany, after a magical experience.

Let’s start with a chat I had with a magician friend:
Me: I am watching David Copperfield today
Friend: cd? which one?
Me: the one and only David Copperfield. Live in person. on stage
Friend: which site. web r tv ????????
Me: don't you understand...? I am watching him live, on stage, in person...
Friend: ???

And that's how incredulous it would sound if somebody had told me some months back that I would be watching David Copperfield live in action.

But dreams do come true. And it was such a dream that came true this October 10th, when I had the good fortune to watch David’s show.

The experience was, for want of better words, truly magical. Sitting there, I was equally dumbstruck and magnanimously entertained when a 1960s Lincoln Convertible appeared atop four pillars set on stage, with spectators standing right under it!

I was there clapping furiously when David magically transported an audience member to the sea coast of Jamaica in a jiffy! And of course, I was clapping feverishly when David vanished about a dozen spectators from the stage, who reappeared them back among the audience!

This was the first and only show of my life where the audience gave a standing ovation to a performer not once, but on two occasions! And if David had come back on stage after the “final bow,” one more time, I would have fallen to the floor exhausted from all that clapping.

All in all, like I said, it was a MAGICAL EXPERIENCE. I now look forward to the day when I meet and chat up with David Copperfield. Yeah, you may say, I am dreaming. I say, I have every right to!

Published in VNM: October 15, 2006