The Flying Dutchman

The Flying Dutchman

Mr. Haver

Sourcery doesn't exist, but Magic does!
A Magician is just an actor,
that plays a Sourcerer.
And if he is good,
no one can tell the difference!
- Jim Cellini, from his book,"The Royal Road of Magic"

Mr. Haver learned to juggle during the Christmas holidays from college in 1975. He began, the following year, doing shows at private parties. His popularity grew within the Pittsburgh area, and 1977, He appeared in the PBS produced film, " A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain " and starring Richard Basehart, Rosco Lee Brown and Sam Waterston.

In the spring 1978, he was employed as a juggler for "The Instant City Circus" , under the direction of Marc Masterson. They did 12 Shows per week for a period of 9 weeks.

In the autumn the same year, he began three years of travelling as a Street Performer. He followed the Sun from Jamaica to Canada. On the road, he observed many other performers and developed his own style. At Mardi-Gras in New Orleans in 1979, he teamed up with Waldo. Waldo later paired up with their mutual friend, Mark Kepler. They are still together!
And today,
Where's Waldo?
We found him! He is at: http://www.waldowoodhead.com

In 1981, he returned to Pittsburgh and studied electronics. This was at the time the first IBM-PC was released. He quickly became an expert, and started his own company. But still, he did about 50 show a year at Fairs, Galas, Events, Television Appearances, Industrial Videos, as well as, Private Parties.

The South Lawn of the White House

In both, 1991 and 1992, he had the honor of the appearing for the wife of the Vice-President of the United States, Mrs. Marilyn Quayle, at the annual " Easter Egg Roll " on the South lawn of the White House. This was arranged by Baffle-O-Bill, now an internationally famous magician from England, is living in America now.

He sold his computer consulting company in 1992 and took one year vacation. During this time wrote intensively and began doing Street Shows again, for the first time in 11 years. By coupling his love of the travel with his love of language, he went 1994 the first time to Europe. The following two years, he shuttled between France in the Summer, and Winter in Florida. At the end of the Summer season 1996, he decided to remain in Europe. After that he did shows in Holland, Belgium, Greece, France, Spain and Switzerland. Today he speaks German and French fluently, and can do shows in Spanish and in Greek!

Jim in 1996 Jim Cellini
The King of Street Magic
and student of
Slydini

In Spring of 1996 he met Jim Cellini, the "King of Street Magic". He had heard Cellini's name often over the years, but they had never met. They were both early for the season in Amsterdam, and spent many a rainy afternoon together, waiting for a break in the weather. After Cellini saw his amazing slight-of-hand, Cellini started to convince him to become a magician, instead of a starving juggler. Cellini explained the philosophy, "Sourcery doesn't exist, but Magic does! A Magician is just an actor, that plays a Sourcerer. And if he is good, no one can tell the difference!" Also, Cellini shared with him some of the technics of Cellini's teacher, The Legendary Tony Slydini. Since then, he has bumped into Cellini, two times, once in South Germany, and once in Zurich, Cellini's home town since 1986.

Today his repertoire includes: Magic, Juggling, Unicycling, Slack Rope Walking, Magic Balloon Animals and Comedy.

His many years of experience make him very flexible and a Master of Ad-Lib. Therefore, he is the best choice for your upcoming Event!

For European Bookings:

Agentur-Trittler
0721/34 34 8

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws