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The Camirand Academy of Magic is a Canadian publishing house that was founded in 1978 by magician Guy Camirand. A Harvard Business School graduate, Mr. Camirand wanted to produce books and tricks that covered ''"the background, where the trick came from, why it was done this way, and also introduce, if not completely new moves or methods, at least new twists that were well taught and natural. Also, it had to be something that would entertain lay public, but the structure and method had to be good enough to fool magicians."'' [from "Wise Guy: An Interview with Guy Camirand," ''The CAM Flash'', May 2001][[Image:Camirand_Academy_Logo.jpg|right|200px]]
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With this as their company mandate, the Academy went on to publish seven lavishly photo-illustrated one-trick booklets by [[Gary Ouellet]] between 1978 and 1986—''Finger on the Card,'' ''Supershells,'' ''The Silver Passage,'' ''The Two Goblets,'' ''The Homing Ring,'' ''Threshold,'' and Eric DeCamps’ ''The Coin Connection''—which collectively form The [[Masters of Magic]] series.
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The Camirand Academy of Magic is a Canadian publishing house that was co-founded in [[1978]] by magicians [[Guy Camirand]] and [[Gary Ouellet]]. A Harvard Business School graduate, Mr. Camirand wanted to produce books and tricks that covered ''"the background, where the trick came from, why it was done this way, and also introduce, if not completely new moves or methods, at least new twists that were well taught and natural. Also, it had to be something that would entertain lay public, but the structure and method had to be good enough to fool magicians."'' [from "Wise Guy: An Interview with Guy Camirand," ''The CAM Flash'' (a precursor to [[Northern Peaks]]), May 2001]
  
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The success of these booklets (both critical and commercial) prompted Mr. Camirand to expand the Academy into manufacturing, and, in the early 1980s, he began producing tricks with gimmicks that reflected the company's ideology. Tony Binarelli's "Lips," Paul Bélanger's "The Bélanger Cigarette Thru Quarter," and Guy Camirand's own "The Automatic Coffee Stirrer" were among the first of these, all of which continue to be popular dealer items.
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With this as their company mandate, the Academy went on to publish seven lavishly photo-illustrated one-trick booklets by [[Gary Ouellet]] between 1979 and 1986—[[Finger on the Card]], [[Supershells]], [[The Silver Passage]], [[The Two Goblets]], [[Threshold]], [[The Homing Ring]], and Eric DeCamps’ [[The Coin Connection]]—which collectively form the [[Masters of Magic]] series.
  
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In 1990, upon releasing Gary Ouellet's opus, and the Academy's most ambitious publication to that point, ''Close-Up Illusions,'' Guy Camirand left a lucrative career as a business consultant for large corporations and the government of Quebec to pursue the Camirand Academy full time. Now the object of his full attention, the Academy's catalogue began to grow exponentially, and has since come to include books, tricks, and DVDs by dozens of well-known innovators, including [[David Acer]], [[Jean Boucher]], [[Aldo Colombini]], [[Marc DeSouza]], [[Duraty]], [[Ron Frost]], [[Cyril Harvey]], [[Patrik Kuffs]], [[Olivier Macia]], [[Phil Matlin]], [[Joe Mogar]], [[Hank Moorehouse]], [[Patrick Reymond]], [[John Roger]]s, [[Richard Sanders]], [[Peter Studebaker]], [[Jean-Pierre Vallarino]], [[Boris Wild]], and [[Meir Yedid]].
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The success of these booklets (both critical and commercial) prompted Mr. Camirand to expand the Academy from its base as a publisher into manufacturing, and, in the early 1980s, he began producing tricks with gimmicks that reflected the company's ideology. [[Tony Binarelli|Tony Binarelli's]] '''Lips''', [[Paul Bélanger|Paul Bélanger's]] '''The Bélanger Cigarette Thru Quarter,''' and [[Guy Camirand|Guy Camirand's]] own '''The Automatic Coffee Stirrer''' were among the first of these, all of which continue to be popular dealer items.
  
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== The Masters of Magic Series ==
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In 1990, upon releasing [[Gary Ouellet|Gary Ouellet's]] opus, [[Close-Up Illusions]] (the Academy's most ambitious publication to that point), [[Guy Camirand]] left a lucrative career as a business consultant for large corporations and the government of Quebec to pursue the Camirand Academy full time. Now the object of his full attention, the Academy's catalogue began to grow exponentially, and has since come to include books, tricks, and DVDs by dozens of well-known innovators, including [[David Acer]], [[Jean Boucher]], [[Aldo Colombini]], [[Marc DeSouza]], [[Duraty]], [[Ron Frost]], [[Cyril Harvey]], [[Patrik Kuffs]], [[Olivier Macia]], [[Phil Matlin]], [[Joe Mogar]], [[Hank Moorehouse]], [[Patrick Reymond]], [[John Rogers]], [[Richard Sanders]], [[Peter Studebaker]], [[Jean-Pierre Vallarino]], [[Boris Wild]], and [[Meir Yedid]].
  
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* (1978) ''[[Finger on the Card]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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== The Masters of Magic Series ==
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* (1979) ''[[Finger on the Card]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1979) ''[[Supershells]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1979) ''[[Supershells]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1980) ''[[The Silver Passage]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1980) ''[[The Silver Passage]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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== The Professional Magic Series ==
 
== The Professional Magic Series ==
  
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* (1982) ''[[Meir Yedid’s Incredible Close-Up Magic]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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* (1982) ''[[Incredible Close-Up Magic|Meir Yedid’s Incredible Close-Up Magic]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1986) ''[[ProControl]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1986) ''[[ProControl]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
  
 
== Other Books by The Camirand Academy ==
 
== Other Books by The Camirand Academy ==
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* (1990) ''[[Close-Up Illusions]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1990) ''[[Close-Up Illusions]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1992) ''[[Class Act: The Magic of Tony Binarelli]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1992) ''[[Class Act: The Magic of Tony Binarelli]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1994) ''[[Fulminations Plus, Vol. I]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1994) ''[[Fulminations Plus, Vol. I]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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* (1994) ''[[The Pass]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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* (1994) ''[[The Pass (book)|The Pass]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1996) ''[[Natural Selections]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* (1996) ''[[Natural Selections]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* (1998) ''[[Fulminations, Vol. II]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1998) ''[[Fulminations, Vol. II]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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* (1998) ''[[Richard Sanders: Close-Up Assassin]]'' by [[David Acer]]
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* (1998) ''[[Close-Up Assassin|Richard Sanders: Close-Up Assassin]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* (1999) ''[[Natural Selections, Volume II]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* (1999) ''[[Natural Selections, Volume II]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* (2000) ''[[My Way to Mentalism]]'' by [[Tony Binarelli]]
 
* (2000) ''[[My Way to Mentalism]]'' by [[Tony Binarelli]]
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* (2001) ''[[DeSouza’s DeCeptions: The Magic of Marc DeSouza]]'' by [[David Acer]]
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* (2001) ''[[DeSouza's DeCeptions|DeSouza’s DeCeptions: The Magic of Marc DeSouza]]'' by [[David Acer]]
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* (2002) ''[[The Complete Boris Wild Marked Deck]]'' by [[Boris Wild]]
 
* (2004) ''[[Random Acts of Magic]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* (2004) ''[[Random Acts of Magic]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* (2005) ''[[After The Force]]'' by [[Ron Frost]]
 
* (2005) ''[[After The Force]]'' by [[Ron Frost]]
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== The Master Video Series ==
 
== The Master Video Series ==
  
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* (1993) ''[[A Dream of Aces]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
 
* (1994) ''[[Mamma Mia Rope Routine]]'' by [[Aldo Colombini]] (companion book written by [[David Acer]])
 
* (1994) ''[[Mamma Mia Rope Routine]]'' by [[Aldo Colombini]] (companion book written by [[David Acer]])
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* (19??) ''[[A Dream of Aces]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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* (2000) ''[[The Chain Gang]]'' by [[Marc DeSouza]]
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* (2001) ''[[The Chain Gang]]'' by [[Marc DeSouza]]
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* (2001) ''[[The Gypsy Thread]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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* (20??) ''[[The Gypsy Thread]]'' by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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* (2008) ''[[Enclavor Liberator]]'' by [[Duraty]]
  
 
== Lecture DVDs by The Camirand Academy ==
 
== Lecture DVDs by The Camirand Academy ==
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* ''[[Control Freak]]'' by [[Olivier Macia]]
 
* ''[[Control Freak]]'' by [[Olivier Macia]]
 
* ''[[Extreme Close-Up]]'' by [[David Acer]]
 
* ''[[Extreme Close-Up]]'' by [[David Acer]]
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* ''[[John Rogers' Best Standup Routines]]'' by [[John Rogers]]
 
* ''[[Jumbo Card Manipulation]]'' by [[Cyril Harvey]]
 
* ''[[Jumbo Card Manipulation]]'' by [[Cyril Harvey]]
 
* ''[[Metal Bending: The Real Work]]'' by [[Patrik Kuffs]]
 
* ''[[Metal Bending: The Real Work]]'' by [[Patrik Kuffs]]
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* ''[[Smokin’ Candies]]'' by [[John Rogers]]
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* ''[[Smokin' Candies]]'' by [[John Rogers]]
 
* ''[[Thimble Dexterity]]'' by [[Joe Mogar]]
 
* ''[[Thimble Dexterity]]'' by [[Joe Mogar]]
  
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== Video Links ==
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== Tricks by The Camirand Academy ==
  
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2QHYJ9xSk Gary Ouellet Performs Supershells]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl4VwGixpMY John Houdi Performs Gary Ouellet's The Two Goblets]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blvaQZKmkn0&feature=related Daryl Sato Performs Gary Ouellet's A Dream of Aces]
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*[[Automatic Coffee Stirrer]] by [[Guy Camirand]]
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*[[Bélanger Cigarette Through Quarter]] by [[Paul Bélanger]]
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*[[Ceremony of the Immortals]] by [[Patrick Reymond]], [[Jean Boucher]] & [[Gary Ouellet]]
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*[[Dark Card, The]] by [[Jean Boucher]]
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*[[Deadlock]] by [[Patrick Reymond]] & [[David Acer]]
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*[[Dynaswitch]] by [[Mehdi]]
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*[[Election Night]] by [[Paul Flory]] & [[Gary Ouellet]]
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*[[Hot Dog!]] by [[Nick Trost]] & [[Patrick Reymond]]
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*[[House Mouse]] by [[Duraty]]
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*[[Hyper Transpo]] by [[Stéphane Lemelin]]
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*[[Keys to the Kingdom]] by [[David Acer]]
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*[[Lips]] by [[Tony Binarelli]]
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*[[Lipstick]] by [[Tony Binerelli]]
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*[[Lightning Strike]] by [[Patrick Reymond]] & [[Guy Camirand]]
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*[[Location Impossible]] by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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*[[Money Shuffle]] by [[Hank Moorehouse]]
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*[[Nomen Omen]] by [[David Acer]]
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*[[On Foot]] by [[Richard Sanders]] & [[Patrick Reymond]]
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*[[Pickpocket]] by [[David Acer]]
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*[[Picture This]] by [[Richard Sanders]]
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*[[Portent]] by [[Alain Choquette]] & [[Gary Ouellet]]
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*[[Proton Deck]] by [[Patrick Reymond]], [[Jean Boucher]] & [[Gary Ouellet]]
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*[[Silver Sanctum]] by [[Phil Matlin]]
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*[[Shot in the Dark]] by [[Hiroshi Kondo]], [[Mistunabu Mutsayama]] & [[David Acer]]
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*[[Spare Change]] by [[David Acer]]
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*2000: [[Three Ropes and a Baby]] by [[Richard Sanders]]
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*[[Top of the Heap]] by [[Gary Ouellet]]
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== More Performances of Camirand Academy Tricks ==
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtg7HosFJ6E A DREAM OF ACES performed by Tai Chan]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvLIGDBLkyY DYNASWITCH performed by Gary Ouellet]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWjjQju5FE NOMEN OMEN performed by David Acer]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBXMD4cX3SY PICKPOCKET performed by David Acer]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2h8FkVk3Cg RUMBA PRINT performed by Luka Wojcik]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtuJWH8AshQ SPARE CHANGE performed by David Acer]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2QHYJ9xSk SUPERSHELLS performed by Gary Ouellet]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSVCmaY2T3s THE TWO GOBLETS performed on television by John Houdi]
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
  
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[http://www.camirandmagic.com www.camirandmagic.com]
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*[http://www.camirandmagic.com www.camirandmagic.com]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/camirandmagic Camirand Academy Youtube Channel]
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Revision as of 08:27, 26 September 2012

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The Camirand Academy of Magic is a Canadian publishing house that was co-founded in 1978 by magicians Guy Camirand and Gary Ouellet. A Harvard Business School graduate, Mr. Camirand wanted to produce books and tricks that covered "the background, where the trick came from, why it was done this way, and also introduce, if not completely new moves or methods, at least new twists that were well taught and natural. Also, it had to be something that would entertain lay public, but the structure and method had to be good enough to fool magicians." [from "Wise Guy: An Interview with Guy Camirand," The CAM Flash (a precursor to Northern Peaks), May 2001]

With this as their company mandate, the Academy went on to publish seven lavishly photo-illustrated one-trick booklets by Gary Ouellet between 1979 and 1986—Finger on the Card, Supershells, The Silver Passage, The Two Goblets, Threshold, The Homing Ring, and Eric DeCamps’ The Coin Connection—which collectively form the Masters of Magic series.

The success of these booklets (both critical and commercial) prompted Mr. Camirand to expand the Academy from its base as a publisher into manufacturing, and, in the early 1980s, he began producing tricks with gimmicks that reflected the company's ideology. Tony Binarelli's Lips, Paul Bélanger's The Bélanger Cigarette Thru Quarter, and Guy Camirand's own The Automatic Coffee Stirrer were among the first of these, all of which continue to be popular dealer items.

In 1990, upon releasing Gary Ouellet's opus, Close-Up Illusions (the Academy's most ambitious publication to that point), Guy Camirand left a lucrative career as a business consultant for large corporations and the government of Quebec to pursue the Camirand Academy full time. Now the object of his full attention, the Academy's catalogue began to grow exponentially, and has since come to include books, tricks, and DVDs by dozens of well-known innovators, including David Acer, Jean Boucher, Aldo Colombini, Marc DeSouza, Duraty, Ron Frost, Cyril Harvey, Patrik Kuffs, Olivier Macia, Phil Matlin, Joe Mogar, Hank Moorehouse, Patrick Reymond, John Rogers, Richard Sanders, Peter Studebaker, Jean-Pierre Vallarino, Boris Wild, and Meir Yedid.

The Masters of Magic Series

The Professional Magic Series

Other Books by The Camirand Academy

The Master Video Series

Lecture DVDs by The Camirand Academy

Tricks by The Camirand Academy

More Performances of Camirand Academy Tricks

External Links

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