JOHN FEDKO'S MAGIC BACKGROUND

  1. Owner and President of Fedko Magic Company.
  2. Owner of Fedko School of Magic.
  3. Author and publisher of the following 4 books: THE MAGIC OF JOHN FEDKO, HOW TO MAKE A CARD CASTLE, JOE COSSARI'S CARD ACT and MAGIC TREASURES.
  4. Wrote and presented the following lectures at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA and at many conventions throughout the United States and Canada: MAGIC CLASSICS I, MAGIC CLASSICS II, MAGIC CLASSICS III, MAGIC CLASSICS IV, MAGIC CLASSICS V, MAGIC CLASSICS VI, MAGIC CLASSICS VII, MAGIC CLASSICS VIII, MAGIC CLASSICS IX, MAGIC CLASSICS X, MAGIC CLASSICS XI, THE BEST OF JOHN FEDKO NR 1, THE BEST OF JOHN FEDKO NR 2, CHILDREN'S STAGE MAGIC NR 1, CHILDREN'S STAGE MAGIC NR 2, CHILDREN'S CLOSE-UP MAGIC NR 1, AND CHILDREN'S CLOSE-UP MAGIC NR 2.
  5. Instructor for 5 years at Irvine Valley College, teaching a 1/2 hour stage magic act and a 1/2 hour close-up magic act, all with sleight-of-hand.
  6. Instructor since 1992 for 3 semesters each year, Spring, Summer and Fall, at Saddleback College, teaching 8 different magic classes.
  7. Inventor and manufacturer of the following Fedko Magic Company products: Ultimate Aces, Beads of Prussia, Ultra Coins Through The Table, Fedko's Finesse, Tri-card Monte, Twist And Turn, Ultimate Bill Box, Ultra Card/Coin Box, Joker Matrix, Monsieur Cassette, Tri-Force, Topsy Turvy Smiling Face, Fedko Electronic Light, This Way And That Way, Ultra Deck Vanish, Bill-O-Matches, Six Card Repeato, Topsy Turvy Six Card Repeat, Mind Blank, To Bounce Or Not To Bounce, Fedko Coin Pail, Block Of Fu Manchoo, Fedko Egg Bag, Exchango, Merlin's Triple Triumph, Ultra Color Changing Ribbon, Silks Of Tibet, Ultra Jumbo Dye Tube, ABC Cups And Balls, The Elusive Pimpernel, Lets Play Poker, Sash And Bead Penetration Illusion, Simplex Wild Card, Simplex Blank Paper To $1000, Ultra Poker Deal and Unirope.
  8. Professional Magic Performer. Performed stage card manipulation act and card/coin close-up act at many conventions throughout the United States, Canada and England.
  9. Performed on numerous T.V. talk shows and was the feature of three 1/2 hour T.V. specials on the East Coast in the early 1970’s.
  10. Performed hundreds of close-up shows and presented 13 different lectures at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA.
  11. Published numerous magic effects and routines in the following national and international subscription magic magazines: GENII, M-U-M, TOPS, MAGICK, MAGIGRAM, QUI MAGIA AND LEGERDEMAIN.
  12. Featured on the cover of the November l976 issue of M-U-M, the Society of American Magicians magazine.
  13. Caricature by Ted Salter and biography is contained in THE MAGIC CASTLE WALLS OF FAME, published by Nielsen Magic.
  14. Listed in Whaley's WHO'S WHO IN MAGIC published by Jeff Busby Magic, Inc.
  15. Biography and FEDKO'S LAZY MAGICIAN trick is contained in IMPROMPTU MAGIC FROM THE MAGIC CASTLE, edited by Leo Behnke and published by the Magic Castle.
  16. Graduate of the Chavez School of Magic.
  17. Regular member of the Magic Castle, Hollywood, California.
  18. Past Member of Los Magicos.
  19. Past Member of Orange County Mystics.
  20. Member of the Orange County Magic Club.
  21. Paast President of the Pacific Coast Alliance of Magicians (P.C.A.M.).
  22. Member of Texas Association of Magicians (T.A.O.M.).
  23. Member of Magic Dealer's Association (MDA).
  24. Member of the Merlin Eifert Ring 96, International Brotherhood of Magicians (I.B.M.) at Long Beach, CA.
  25. Member of the Inner Magic Circle, London, England.
  26. Founder of the Keystone Konjuror's Club in Pennsylvania.
  27. Founder of Society of American Magicians Assembly # 110, Camp Hill, PA and served as the first President.
  28. Past Magic Dealer Chairman of the Society of American Magicians National Convention Committee.
  29. Past Chairman of the Magicians Alliance of Eastern States (MAES) Convention.
  30. Past President of the Magicians Alliance of Eastern States (MAES).
  31. Past President of Eddie Clever Keystone I.B.M. Ring 20.
  32. Past Society of American Magicians Regional Vice President of Central Atlantic States.
  33. Past Society of American Magicians Regional Vice President of Southwestern States.
  34. Past Secretary of Hollywood S.A.M. Assembly #22.
  35. Past President of Los Magicos.
  36. Past President of Pasadena Magician's Guild.
  37. Past member of the Carl Fleming I.B.M. Ring in Hollywood.
  38. Produced, performed and taught in a series of 9 different magic instructional videos. Titles are: CLASSICS OF MAGIC; MAGIC CASTLE CLOSE-UP ACT; CLOSE-UP CUPS, COINS AND CARDS; STAGE CARD PRODUCTION/ FANNING ACT; NIGHT CLUB/ STAGE MAGIC; ROPE MAGIC; CARD ILLUSIONS; CLOSE-UP AND PLATFORM MAGIC; COIN ILLUSIONS.
  39. Past Convention Chairman of the Pacific Coast Alliance of Magicians Convention in 1999, held in Orange County, California, in a convention center across from Disneyland, during 6 to 9 August l999. The convention registrants consisted of magicians from California, Oregon, Washington State, Arizona, Utah, Western Canada and MAGIGALS
  40. Founding member of the Harry Blackstone Jr. Ring 326, International Brotherhood of Magicians.
  41. Magic Dealer Chairman of the International Brotherhood of Magicians International Convention in Quebec City, Canada.
  42. Past Vice President of I.B.M. Ring #313 located in Irvine, Orange County, CA