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This article is to introduce magicians and magic enthusiasts to the made history of magic in Singapore. It honors the notable achievements, prominence and significance of native magicians from the past and gift.
The beginning of recent Magic in Singapore
It is the final agreement that trendy magic in Singapore (post war 2) began with the late-Ne BO
One AKA the nice Wong. info on native magic per-war is extremely scarce. the sole info found has been on the nice Wong functioning at the New World pleasure ground (then placed at Herbert Kitchener Road) within the Thirties.
The Great Wong was born in 1908 in Shanton, a town of the Guangdong, China and immigrated to Singapore in 1933. He was the sole skilled magician of his time in Singapore and performed across South East Asia.
He was proverbial for his sharp stage magic, Linking Rings routine and blade Basket illusion. He was conjointly AN skilled craftsman United Nations agency engineered all of his props by hand.
He had the gift of deciding the mechanics and methodology of magic props and fabricating them from scratch.
In 1962, the nice Wong created a big contribution to the international magic community by business enterprise his renowned linking rings routine with English script written by Tudor Brock.
Davenports Magic in London distributes his manuscript so far. In 1982, he was invited by the Federation anthem des Societes Magiques (FISM) to perform at the fifteenth World Congree of Magic in Lausanne, Schweiz.
For additional information on the nice Wong; visit 'The nice Wong Story' within the International Brotherhood of Magicians Singapore Ring one hundred fifteen The Quantum Ring Golden anniversary Issue)
Another native magician United Nations agency was instrumental in growing trendy magic in Singapore throughout the start was the Event Venues late-Tan Hock Chuan. He was a lecturer by profession however performed for annual special events, charity shows and personal parties.
He was (and still is) internationally proverbial for his wizard inventions. His effects and ideas square measure still marketed dealer things nowadays and are printed in unnumerable publications (of that time) like information, Spinx, Pentagram, New star, Hindu Mantra, gibberish and even Tarbell's Course in Magic. he's the primary Asian magician to receive the Spinx Award (1936-37)
Both the nice Wong and Tan Hock Chuan were necessary influences to several of the primary generation of Singapore modern-magicians United Nations agency have made-up the manner for future generations.
It was solely when the war and through Brits Military Administration that magic in Singapore began its rise to wherever it's nowadays.
1950 was the year that the Singapore Magician's Club was fashioned by a bunch of amateur magicians, comprising of English-educated professionals.
In 1951 the Singapore Magician's Club received their charter from The International Brotherhood of Magicians headquarters in America and was from then on was formally referred to as The International Brotherhood of Magicians Singapore Ring one hundred fifteen.
Beginning members of the club at that point enclosed Tan Ewe Chee (President), Yeo presently Kian, Lim Kim Tian, Lim Hap cubic measure, J.H Stafford, L.A Joseph, J.W Jackson (Vice-President) and Tan Hock Chuan (Secretary).
The 50's gave birth to Singapore's 1st generation of recent magicians. Besides the beginning members of the IBM Ring and therefore the nice Wong (who joined the Event Venues Ring in 1952 by invitation), some distinguished 1st generation magicians enclosed Lim Hap cubic measure, Tan Croon Tee, Tan Bah Chi, Leo presently Kian and his student Michael Lim.
The Great Wong operated the primary magic search from his home semen showroom/ workshop in Singapore at 255-A Japan Cesar wherever he sold-out his own handcrafted props in addition as foreign dealer things from Japan.
(This home/ search was destroyed in an exceedingly fireplace in Dec 1988 inflicting him to lose most of his books and props)
1960s
During this era, magicians just like the nice Wong, Tan Bah Chee, Lim Hap cubic measure and Tan Choon Tee conducted magic courses at the National Theater Club and therefore the YMCA.
They were accountable for manufacturing active magicians like Charles Choo, Wong Fok Choy, Chia Hearn Jiang, Gwee Thiam Hock and therefore the late-Deaconess.
