Champion at Ten: Jesse Boyes FeaturedInside MagicMagic News Updated Daily for the Professional Magician

jesse-boyes Jesse Boyes is just ten-years-old (interestingly, the same
number of letters in his name) but already has shows booked and publicity
working.

The Abbotsford
News (Canada) reports on the young man in anticipation of his sleight-of-hand
show tomorrow (Saturday) in Vancouver.

The article chronicles the reporter's surprise and delight
watching Mr. Boyes perform. Mr. Boyes'
is apparently so impressive that the reporter's slant is not so much the
novelty of a ten-year-old performing magic, but Mr. Boyes' mastery of difficult
sleights and his professional style.

Dressed in a crisp, white, collared
shirt, black tuxedo pants and a handmade vest patterned with playing cards, 10-year-old
Jesse Boyes looks every bit the professional entertainer.

He carefully arranges three small
red sponge balls on a folding table, and looks at me intently.

"I'm going to need your help
with this one," he says.

He places the first ball in my
right hand and instructs me to cover it with my left, so neither of us can see
it.

He takes a second ball and conceals
it in his own small hand.

"Now, whenever you're ready,
just say 'go,'" he tells me.

I oblige.

When he opens his hand the red ball
has vanished, and when I open my hand I find two balls instead of one. I'm
astonished.

The trick isn't over yet, though.

He repeats the spectacle, starting
out by placing just one ball in my hand again, but two in his. At the end of
the trick I have three red balls in my hand and no idea how two of them got
there.

As expected, trying to discover how
Boyes pulls off his illusion is futile. As a member of the Vancouver Magic Circle, the largest magic
club in Canada,
Boyes is actually forbidden from revealing his secrets.

He doesn't mind though. After all,
he says, a serious magician never reveals his tricks.

How refreshing and flattering for Mr. Boyes. This story could have easily morphed into the
typical cutesy, fluff piece about a child pretending to be a magician. Mr. Boyes' skills were apparently sufficient
to warrant serious consideration and garnered well-deserved accolades from the
professional journalist.

Mr. Boyes told the reporter he's been into magic since he
was five but he's "been doing magic seriously since [he] was eight or
nine." This was no arbitrary
decision, with his commitment to study and performance, he decided he knew what
he wanted to do for the rest of his life.
"So I've known what I want to do when I grow up for about a year
and a half."

But Mr. Boyes impresses magicians as well as reporters.

The Vancouver
Magic Circle awarded Mr. Boyes the 2006 Dick
Gardner Trophy last month "in recognition of excellence in close up magic
by a junior member."

Mr. Boyes has not let success inflate his ten-year-old
head. The article tells us his
performance and interaction "comes off without a hint of arrogance."

Mr. Boyes credits his family and mentors for his success as
well as the inspiration provided during his family's prior residence of in Las Vegas. During their two years in Nevada, Mr. Boyes was exposed to David
Copperfield and Rick Thomas.

He intends to return to Las Vegas one day. His goal is to work as a regular performer at
one of the mega resorts.

Make sure you check out The
Amazing Jesse's Web Site here. (http://www.magiccanada.ca).

He will be performing at the Vancouver Magic Circle open house on
Saturday, June 10 at 1950
Windermere St. in Vancouver from noon to 4 p.m.