Magic Magazine "Héctor Mancha" December 2015 - Book

CONTENTSDECEMBER 2015VOLUME 25NUMBER 4Héctor Mancha - This Year, The Work Paid OffBy Jaq GreensponHe's a Spanish close-up magician who does a pickpocket act. So how did Héctor Mancha win the top prize in Manipulation and the Grand Prix at FISM this year? By inventing new techniques for working with cards and bills.Doug Henning's World of MagicBy Tod GerardDoug Henning had become a star on Broadway, but relatively few people had seen him work. That all changed - as did the future of stage conjuring - on December 26, 1975, when The World of Magic was broadcast live to millions of people across the US.Better Magic Through ChemistryBy Jaq Greenspon"What could be interesting in bubbles?" That's what Marco Zoppi wondered, but the magician from Italy combined conjuring and his college chemistry studies to create a bubble act that is getting standing ovations.Lynn Miner's Santa MagicBy Alan HowardAfter working as a semipro magician during a long academic career, Lynn Miner reversed roles, turn