Goodbye 2017

2017 has literally been my slackest year with this thing yet. But I did update the heck out of it so I hope you enjoy the new look!

I CANNOT believe it's the last day of the year. I still accidentally write 2016 on stuff.

It's been such a great year for our magic. We had a successful first "season" of our new theatre show Pure Magic. Our first true show as partners, listening to my voice loud through a huge theatre is a new experience for sure. We found a new awesome photographer. A new graphics guy so we redid all of our marketing and merchandise. Made a LOT of decisions with where we're actually going with this. Didn't make some of the best financial decisions but who really does? Bought some new illusions, stretched ourselves with the toughest ones yet. Started getting in better shape so we could perform better. I've learned a LOT about makeup this year for stage. I'll still never be able to do everyday makeup though. You get full lashes or literally nothing. Brandon got a new hairstyle after literally his whole life. We've been updating illusions and costumes that we've had forever. Some costumes have been in the show longer than me!

I finally kickstarted doing mermaiding gigs on the side. I keep meaning to do a blog post about that... I'll get there eventually. I definitely want to get that magic together for my mermaid character. I've been talking about it forever, it's time to get it in motion.

We added two new pets to our family. Officially started using animals in our shows. We've always been missing that. Pippin, our parakeet, in normal shows and Luna in Christmas. They are both just freaking rockstars and always steal the show. So proud of both of them!

I also broke back into modeling a little bit so that's been super fun. I met some awesome photographers and can't wait to do a lot more shoots this coming year!

Photo by Nateographer

We were super involved in the Christmas shows this year doing more spots with two brand new illusions that went over great, singing, and even dancing. Somehow tonight is the last of those shows and just like that 81 shows are over. 

While the rest of the cast at our theatre gets January off we will be preparing for two Pure Magic shows on the 13th and 20th. Then after that it's off to Disney World! We will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary!! I can't believe we've already been married that long! And it's been 4 years since we've gone to see the mouse so it's certainly way over due.

I think some magic shows and Disney magic are literally the perfect way to start out the New Year and then we have some really exciting news to share with you guys at the end of January! So please be on the lookout!

I hope you guys all had a great year and if you didn't, well that's what the new one is for. Here's to a magical 2018 for all of us! 

#TheWagsters

Well we're already almost halfway through May so summer is almost here! We're about to kick it into full gear with shows and we're already doing lots of intense rehearsals and prep for 3 big shows for us. So I wanted to give you guys the run down how you can see us this summer.

As most of you have heard by now because the January showing of "An Evening of Magic" went over so well, The Calvin Gilmore Theatre has decided to make our show one of their regular in house shows and we are so excited! The name has been changed to "Pure Magic" because well the shows won't always be in the evening and the new name just sounds cooler. They kick off on Memorial day weekend, the day after my birthday, May 27th! We have 5 scheduled through the summer and we will continue to do Thunder & Light as always.

Our next big show prep is for returning to the Sea Mist resort for the 4th year and we are super excited to have moved up our show to the ballroom this year! Due to popular demand and always having to turn away guests we are now in a room that can hold close to 400 and it has a much bigger stage. On that stage we will be premiering some brand new magic that we can't wait to share with you guys! I'm FINALLY going to float! Well in our show for the first time. (I assisted someone else with a levitation) I'm thrilled we finally have our dream routine coming together! 

It has hands down been the most difficult illusion I have yet to learn and I know all of our hard work is going to pay off. Brandon has had the idea of this routine for years and with the help of some awesome people it's finally going to be a reality. We officially got back my first ever custom costume from our new costumer on Tuesday and it is simply stunning! What started out as such a plain ugly dress truly turned into something magical in our designer's hands. And this will be our second routine we are getting officially choreographed by someone other than us. That rehearsal is on Saturday and I know it's going to take this all to the next level!

Another thing we will be really premiering is having an animal in our act. As adorable and talented as Luna is, she has some separation anxiety we still have to work though so she doesn't cry backstage while waiting to come on. Our new little star is Pippin, short for Mary Pippins, and honestly I don't think I've ever been so proud of an animal. She's a 3 year old parakeet and we have worked SO hard with her. From when we first got her last year from really an unsocialized situation and her not wanting to be handled at all, to her letting us kiss and love on her and not minding at all doing her magic trick. Actually she loves it. We added in some parakeet sounds at one point in the track of music for when she appears and she literally goes crazy. Pippin gets so excited because she knows it's her song. We can't wait for you to meet her! Pictured with her is our newest addition Olaf, but goodness that handful could have a blog post all on his own so we won't get into that today.

Then we have our library tour kicking off. Probably our favorite type of outside shows are our library gigs. We have so much fun traveling around the state performing at summer reading programs for families. They are always super well attended and we have a lot of kids who come back to see us every year because we're lucky enough to have some awesome repeat clients. This year's theme has been a little harder for us because it's about construction but next year's theme is music and I am pumped! I was actually studying music in school when magic came into my life and changed it forever but music is still such a passion of mine so I'm excited to do a show themed around it. I'm planning to buy some new instruments this summer and hopefully I can work in one for the show along with my flute.

We're super late to the game but we're really trying to get better on board with social media. It's so important in this time and we have to work more on it. I finally got all our social media handles matching. Don't know why I didn't think to do that sooner. It's @thewagstersmagic by the way. Hint, hint. I'm going to start being better about updating on here for those of you who take the time to always read these word tornadoes. And we're also started a travel vlog, we posted one last month and people went crazy, so yes we will be doing more! We just got our new fancy camera for it in today! Our website is currently under a major over haul. Well you can't see that, because the chaos is not live but we can't wait to share the new one when it's finished. We found a new photographer and graphics guy so we now have a new photoshoot and logo and pretty much just everything. We kind of started over again but fresh starts are a great thing sometimes.

So I guess the overall theme of this post is we have LOTS of new stuff going on! We always love to release sneak peeks and first looks on different outlets we have on social media and we don't post the same things in every place. Please make sure to go follow us and to all the people who do choose to keep up with our crazy on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, etc. thank you! And especially to everyone who attends our shows, you're the reason we get to follow our dreams and make them a reality. Your support means the world to us and we love creating magic memories with all of you!

An Evening of Magic

Happy New Year! Well guys it's official, Christmas is over. We finished our 79 shows and while we are pretty jealous the rest of the cast is getting to go on vacation for the break, we are thankful for this new opportunity that is taking up our break time.
Super exciting news, if you haven't heard already... we're doing a full show for the first time at the theatre we call home! In 2 weeks at 7 PM we will do our 75 minute illusion show featuring brand new material.

So you guys better come so all this working out, eating super healthy, and rehearsing isn't going to waste because it's pretty exhausting haha. You should see our house, there are magic props EVERYWHERE. I usually have a rule that it all needs to stay in the office or garage but right now I'm having to make an exception. So our dining room table is being used as a prop table, our coffee table is a closeup table, and the subtrunk is just chilling in entryway. The rest of the illusions are still in the garage thankfully because their wheels can't spin on the carpet. Well atleast not as fast as Brandon wants to whip me around in the illusion.
On top of rehearsing we are trying to get new costumes together so it's been a lot of back and forth to the tailor's and Michael's to get rhinestones. You always need more rhinestones. Sparkles galore.

Concentration Face

Here's three frequently asked questions we have been getting for the show:
Is this a one time only thing?
As of this moment it's our first time trying out this show at the theatre but we never know what the future holds.
Is it family friendly?
I don't know why people keep asking us this question, we've been performing the same way for years. Yes we have been and always will be family friendly.
Can we wait to buy tickets at the door?
Well I mean you could if you really wanted to but we highly advise against it. It is theatre seating so you must buy where your seats are, so if you want good seats, buy early!

We sincerely hope you'll come out and join us for a fun evening in just 2 short weeks! We promise we are working super hard to give you the best show we possibly can and we can't wait to see you there! You can purchase tickets by calling 843-913-4441 or by visiting this link
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?orgid=40429&pid=8381605
Thank you always for the continued support everyone! We love you guys!