Dave gets everyone laughing, meeting each other, and they have a brilliant time. Dave brings value by breaking the ice, get your guest talking, keep them entertained, and deliver an experience at the time you need it and want it. Your guests will be thanking you. Dave specializes in close-up magic where your guests will witness great entertainment with a smile.
In fact, the magic often happens in the spectators own hands! Dave is a Florida based wedding, corporate event, private event, and trade show magician.
1) Let me fill the Silence.
Most likely, the people at your wedding don’t all know each other. Sure, your family knows your family. And their family knows their family. But they’re probably meeting each other for the first time. And then there are your friends. And then there are the introverts and the wallflowers. Pretty much all kinds of people will be at your wedding. Really, it can be a big awkward gathering at times. If your celebration is in the evening, on average you’ll probably have around 100 guests. Once the ceremony is over, all those people will have to co-mingle. A wedding magician can help facilitate the meet and greet. There’s always a time between when the ceremony ends and the newly wedded couple arrives at the reception hall. You’re going to be off taking pictures by the white sandy beaches while your guests await your return. Why not entertain them? A wedding magician can work a room like no other entertainment service. A DJ has to man the equipment. A band is stuck on stage. But a close-up magician can wander the crowd at will. You won’t have people silenced by loud music. You’ll instead have them laughing and interacting while they wait.
2. Your Photographer Will Love You.
Your photographer is trying to distill the best moments of your wedding. His or her job is to portray it as the most coveted and lovely event of your life. (Here’s to it being exactly that.) But you’re not doing your photographer a favor if your guests don’t have smiles on their faces. And since you’re probably paying up to of $1,000 or more for their expertise, you want the best conditions possible. Now, there will be moments when your photographer is guaranteed moments of glee. And there will be heartfelt smiles a plenty. But the kind of laughter and enjoyment a wedding magician can bring to candid wedding photos has no equal. There’s a unique quality to a photo where a wedding magician is doing their work. One person at the table is laughing, another is grinning like a child and the mark (the person participating in the illusion) is scowling in amused confusion. (How did they do that?!) I can work a room like no other entertainment service.
3) Your Guests Quit Just Being an Audience When There’s a Wedding Magician.
For the guests, most weddings aren’t very participatory. Sure, there’s the drinking, eating, and dancing. But most of the wedding they’re watching what’s going on either on stage or at your table. But the weddings I’ve been to that were the most fun involved the guests. It got them doing something. Weddings where there’s a caller and a band. Or weddings where the Master of Ceremonies conducts social games while the bride and groom are away. These are the weddings that guests remember most. And if you add in a wedding magician, you bring the guests in on the fun you’re having. Like I said before, a wedding magician will work the crowd for you. They’ll entertain, amaze, and even gather a crowd sometimes.
4) Because a Magician Isn’t Cliché.
You might have never considered a magician for your wedding. And it’s certainly not the first thing people think of when they think “wedding entertainment”. Most people probably think of a band or a DJ first. And those are great traditional choices. But actually, magicians are the third most popular wedding entertainment in the US according to bookings made through the Alive Network last year. People who really want to entertain their guests at their wedding try to find unique, non-cliche acts. And a magician is far from traditional or cliché at a wedding.
5) Magicians Are Adaptable to Any Situation
If you’re doing an outdoor wedding and it starts to rain, the band has to close up shop. But if you’re doing an outdoor wedding and it starts to rain, the magician can make the best of it. And they can keep entertaining despite the circumstances. Hopefully, you have tents or a place for people to flee in case of rain. We do live in Florida, you know. One of the great things about up-close magic is that once a magician gets familiar with the group he can personalize. When you make the magic personal, people remember it better. And that’s the goal, to make the wedding memorable. I make people laugh. I surprise them about what you can ascertain. They’re going to come away feeling like they’ve won something. Like they’ve participated in a magical event (pun absolutely intended!).
6) It’s Entertainment But Nobody Is Forced Into It
Most people aren’t uncomfortable around a magician. Our job is to make people feel instantly comfortable around us. We put people at ease. This ability to put people at ease helps us do our slight of hand. But if for some reason someone doesn’t want to participate or watch, they don’t have to. Unlike music or a comedian or even a band, a magician’s entertainment is completely optional for your guests. No magician is at your event to force someone to be entertained. Entertainment just doesn’t work that way. But most people won’t feel uncomfortable participating in a magician’s tricks. And most people are quite happy to oblige my whit and whimsy.
Dave is a Florida based wedding, corporate, and trade show magician. Your guests will experience memorable magic that will get them talking for years to come.
