We had just an awesome big responsive audience right from the top of the show, our actual performance was nearly flawless (I never say things like this, but dang I was proud of today's show) and we had one of our longest meet and greets to date.
Sometimes it's discouraging throughout the year trying to look like we have a full crowd in a beautiful 1600 seat theatre but during summer time we really do get big crowds. It's so cool getting to offer something that's family friendly and affordable here in Myrtle Beach. Especially on days when it rains and everyone is bummed they can't be on the beach we are a great inside, out of the weather, option that all ages can enjoy.
After every show we always meet everyone in the lobby and personally thank them for being there. I've never understood why some people choose to not meet their audience. They are literally the reason we have a job and we do what we do. It's for them.
And nothing makes us happier during meet and greet than seeing faces we've seen before. We have so many families come back to see us year after year because we're always here ready to entertain them. When they can comment on how much they love the new material because we change it every year because we know they'll come back.
That's the best part about earning our place here. We did the work over the years and continue to do so to make Pure Magic a staple here on the Grand Strand. Every year we gain more traction and more fans who tell us they can't wait to come back and see us again.
We don't want them to just enjoy the show, we want them to enjoy getting to know us. A compliment we get over and over is much people love the personal stories in our show to learn about who we really are. And that's what we want. Even if they can't remember what we did in the show, we want them to remember how we made them feel.
And that got me thinking about the words best vs favorite when describing a show. Or even just things in general. Being in magic, people always want to ask us about other shows. So when someone asks me about the best magic show I've ever seen I always have to give them two answers. The best and then my favorite, because those are two very different things.
In my opinion Penn & Teller's show was the best one I've ever seen. I have never been fooled so many times and so shocked at how quickly 2 hours went by, the magic and staging was just completely over the top. I always tell anyone heading out to Vegas to check out their show.
But Terry Evanswood has my favorite magic show and that's not just because the magic is good, it's because of the way the show makes me feel. Like we've said plenty of times, Terry is the reason we decided to choose this town to call home for our show. We actually just got to visit with them this past weekend and see the show 4 times. 4 times. I promise you I absolutely would not sit through another magician's show, even the "best" show I've seen, 4 times. But we did because how much joy watching his show gives us, how inspiring it is, how you literally just forget all the things that are going on in your life while watching his show.
And because this is my favorite magic show, I tell EVERYONE to go see it.
I hope we've made an impact on our audience in that way to help them escape their realities and just enjoy themselves as much as I do during my favorite magic show. Because in the end I think that's what's the most important.
