MAGICIAN GREG JOYCE  Click Here For Photo

[email protected]  (309) 681-0145 (Peoria, IL)  1-800-988-4734 (Toll-Free)

 

* Stage Magic   * Close-up Magic   * Children's Shows   * Magic Classes

   

Greg performs stage and close-up magic at several public and private events each year including: schools, carnivals, businesses, festivals, special events & birthdays.  He teaches several youth magic programs and has been performing and teaching magic for over 15 years.

 

MAGIC SHOWS 

 

Stage Magic Shows are geared to all ages, running from 45 minutes to one hour, and include traditional stage magic with colorful silks, mysterious bags and boxes, rope, cards, linking rings, a floating silver ball and lots of humor and fun with volunteers from the audience!  The performance includes music, skill, storytelling, humor, volunteers and audience participation.  Great entertainment for youth events and birthday parties!

 

Close-up Magic Performances are geared to all ages and may run from an hour to the length of an event such as a school carnival.  Close-up magic may be performed standing at a table as guests walk by, such as in a carnival or trade show, or as walk-around strolling magic in a restaurant or movie theater lobby.

 

Greg has performed for:

 

Public Events: 

Peoria Park District Events (Hall-zoo-ween, Easter Egg Festval, Harry Potter event, Old Fashioned Sunday, Carnival in the Park), Yule Like Peoria (Friday after Thanksgiving, Downtown Peoria), Families First (New Year's Eve, Peoria Civic Center), Bradley University Carnival, Heart of Illinois Fair Opera House (Stage Shows & Close-up Magic), Landmark Cinemas, The Shoppes at Grand Prairie, Metamora Christmas on the Square. 

 

Schools: 

Peoria Public Schools (Whittier, Woodrow Wilson, Von Steuben, Tyng, White, Valeska Hinton, Developmental Center, Kelley Ave. School (Peoria Heights), Pleasant Hill School (Limestone), Bartonville Grade School, St. Mary's School (Kickapoo), Washington Grade School, and Notre Dame High School.

 

Non-Profit Organizations:

Boy Scouts, Cystic Fibrosis event, St. Mark's Church, St. Sharbel’s Church, South Side Mission, Peoria Access, Peoria Public Library, Marquette Heights Public Library, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Dream Factory.

 

Private Events:

Close-up Magic and many Youth Birthday parties!

 

BIOGRAPHY  

 

Greg has a degree in Middle School Education from Illinois State University with a specialization in Mathematics and minors in Recreation and French.  He is the premier youth magic instructor in the area, teaching over a hundred students each year with the Peoria Park District and Illinois Central College.  He has developed and teaches a skills-based Youth Basketball class program for ages 8-12 through the Peoria Park District and has coached youth basketball for many years. 

 

CLASSES

 

Magic classes with the Peoria Park District begin in June, November and February for ages 9 and over.  

Youth magic classes with Illinois Central College’s “College For Kids” program are held in June and July. 

 

Youth Basketball classes, for ages 8-11, begin in June, October and February each year.  Classes include skills instruction and a game each class. 

        

THANKS FOR VISITING!  HAVE A MAGICAL DAY!