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Featured article Johnny Ace Palmer Johnny Ace Palmer (b. 1960) is an award-winning American close-up magician. Biography Palmer was born in Warren, Ohio, in the early 1960s and attended Kent State University in Ohio in the late 1970s and early '80s. He came to magic early in life, and as a teenager, performed a stage act with his sister. In college, he majored in both theater arts and psychology. Throughout the 1980s, Palmer entered and competed in a large number of American magic competitions, culminating in his first-place wins at the annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the annual convention of the Society of American Magicians. Then he set his sights on international goals, entering FISM, in 1988. He presented a 10-minute act that was one of the first competition acts to utilize stage techniques in a closeup setting. One routine for which he became known was a version of the Cups & Balls in which the final load is three live baby chicks. Read more about Johnny Ace Palmer… Did you know... From MagicPedia's random pages: John Calvert … Soto Sunetaro was listed on Robert Ankele's layout of 58 Famous Magicians? … The Whatsitsname was the official organ of the Leeds Magical Society? … John Calvert performed on stage for eight decades? … Clyde W. Powers became manager of the New York Headquarters of the Mysto Magic Co.? … Equality Magicians Club of America was started by Collins Pentz in 1934? See also Recent changes. Featured Tip Use the Discussion tab at the top of an article to add comments or make a suggestion. Send News Items and Upcoming Events here. If the front page content is out of date purge the cache Subscribe to MagicPedia updates MagicPedia RSS feed for new articles MagicPedia RSS feed for latest changes Follow @MagicPedia on Twitter Collaboration requests Help MagicPedia by: Selecting a Random page and reviewing it. Making an article from the Wanted Page list. Adding public domain pictures to articles. All you need to do is join (free) and click "Edit"

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