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Camirand Academy of Magic
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.
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.
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 Rogers, Richard Sanders, Peter Studebaker, Jean-Pierre Vallarino, Boris Wild, and Meir Yedid.
Contents
The Masters of Magic Series
- (1978) Finger on the Card by Gary Ouellet
- (1979) Supershells by Gary Ouellet
- (1980) The Silver Passage by Gary Ouellet
- (1980) The Two Goblets by Gary Ouellet
- (1981) Threshold by Gary Ouellet
- (1983) The Homing Ring by Gary Ouellet
- (1986) Eric DeCamps’ The Coin Connection by Gary Ouellet
The Professional Magic Series
- (1982) Meir Yedid’s Incredible Close-Up Magic by Gary Ouellet
- (1986) ProControl by Gary Ouellet
Other Books by The Camirand Academy
- (1990) Close-Up Illusions by Gary Ouellet
- (1992) Class Act: The Magic of Tony Binarelli by Gary Ouellet
- (1994) Fulminations Plus, Vol. I by Gary Ouellet
- (1994) The Pass by Gary Ouellet
- (1996) Natural Selections by David Acer
- (1998) Fulminations, Vol. II by Gary Ouellet
- (1998) Richard Sanders: Close-Up Assassin by David Acer
- (1999) Natural Selections, Volume II by David Acer
- (2000) My Way to Mentalism by Tony Binarelli
- (2001) DeSouza’s DeCeptions: The Magic of Marc DeSouza by David Acer
- (2004) Random Acts of Magic by David Acer
- (2005) After The Force by Ron Frost
The Master Video Series
- (1994) Mamma Mia Rope Routine by Aldo Colombini (companion book written by David Acer)
- (19??) A Dream of Aces by Gary Ouellet
- (2001) The Chain Gang by Marc DeSouza
- (20??) The Gypsy Thread by Gary Ouellet
Lecture DVDs by The Camirand Academy
- Chameleon Knives by Joe Mogar
- Classic Studebaker by Perter Studebaker
- Control Freak by Olivier Macia
- Extreme Close-Up by David Acer
- Jumbo Card Manipulation by Cyril Harvey
- Metal Bending: The Real Work by Patrik Kuffs
- Smokin’ Candies by John Rogers
- Thimble Dexterity by Joe Mogar
Video Links
- Gary Ouellet Performs Supershells
- John Houdi Performs Gary Ouellet's The Two Goblets
- Daryl Sato Performs Gary Ouellet's A Dream of Aces