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Connie Boyd is a Canadian magician, inventor, producer and director who has appeared on television shows such as “Masters of Illusion,” “the Best Magic of Las Vegas” and the “World Magic Awards”

Biography

Boyd launched her magic career at the Riviera Hotel in the SPLASH showroom in Las Vegas in 1987. She starred & headlined in production shows such as the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel, Jubilee at Bally’s and opened for celebrities such as Louie Anderson at the Celebrity Room, Bally’s and Eddy Arnold’s retirement performances at the Orleans both in Las Vegas.

Boyd worked with Don Wayne since 1988 and Joanie Spina since 1991. She credits both as friends, mentors and strong influencers with her magic, her development and her skill set.

Boyd won Best Cabaret Magician in 1999 at the World Magic Awards in Los Angeles and the “Prix du Public” at the Grand Prix du Magique in MonteCarlo in 1996. In 2022 she was presented an Academy of Magical Arts Special Fellowship Award by Diana Zimmerman for her, "ongoing efforts to expand the parameters of the community of magicians".

At Max Maven's invitation Boyd presented a lecture "How Women Influence Magic" at FISM in Quebec City July 2022.

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-[[File: DavenportBrothers1.png|right|thumb|200px|[[ Davenport Brothers]]]]
+[[File: Connie Boyd2.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[Connie Boyd]]]]
-'''The Davenport Brothers''' were the American magicians [[Ira Erastus Davenport]] (1839-1911) and [[William Henry Harrison Davenport]] (1841-1877) who performed in the late 1800s.  Sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman, Ira Davenport, Sr, and Virtue Honeysett, the brothers are famous for deceptively presenting illusions that were claimed to be of a supernatural origin.
+'''Connie Boyd''' is a Canadian magician, inventor, producer and director who has appeared on television shows such as “Masters of Illusion,” “the Best Magic of Las Vegas” and the “World Magic Awards”
 == Biography ==
-The Davenports began performing in 1854, less than a decade after the [[Spiritualism]] movement had taken off in America. After stories of the [[Fox sisters]] began to receive public attention, the Davenports started reporting similar occurrences happening to them. Their father resigned from his police job and took up managing his sons and the group was joined by [[William Fay]], a Buffalo resident with an interest in conjuring. Their shows were introduced by a former "Restoration Movement" minister, Jesse Babcock Ferguson, a longtime follower of Spiritualism, who falsely assured the audience that the brothers worked exclusively by spirit power rather than the deceptive trickery of commercial magicians. Ferguson was apparently sincere in his belief that the Davenports were possessed of real spiritual powers.
+Boyd launched her magic career at the Riviera Hotel in the SPLASH showroom in Las Vegas in 1987. She starred & headlined in production shows such as the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel, Jubilee at Bally’s and opened for celebrities such as Louie Anderson at the Celebrity Room, Bally’s and Eddy Arnold’s retirement performances at the Orleans both in Las Vegas.
+Boyd worked with [[Don Wayne]] since 1988 and [[Joanie Spina]] since 1991. She credits both as friends, mentors and strong influencers with her magic, her development and her skill set.
+Boyd won Best Cabaret Magician in 1999 at the World Magic Awards in Los Angeles and the “Prix du Public” at the Grand Prix du Magique in MonteCarlo in 1996. In 2022 she was presented an Academy of Magical Arts Special Fellowship Award by [[Diana Zimmerman]] for her, "ongoing efforts to expand the parameters of the community of magicians".
+At [[Max Maven]]'s invitation Boyd presented a lecture "How Women Influence Magic" at FISM in Quebec City July 2022.
-The Davenports' most famous effect was their box illusion. The brothers were tied up and closed inside a large box which contained a number of musical instruments. Once the box was closed, the instruments would be made to sound. Upon opening the box, the brothers were found tied in the same positions in which they had started the illusion. Those who witnessed the effect were made to believe that supernatural forces had caused the trick to work.
+[[Connie Boyd |Read more about Connie Boyd...]]
-[[Davenport Brothers|Read more about Davenport Brothers…]]

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