Well despite the snow and unusually fridgid weather here in Asheville forcing events to change times and dates – it has been a busy season! There have been a few birthday parties of magic shows and balloons galore, a WNC Magic Club Vaudeville Magic Show, but one event was particularly close to my heart. As you may know, the Boy Scouts of America is an organization I have been a part of through childhood whereby I ultimately earned my Eagle Scout Award. Through the Scouts, there are special ceremonies at a few benchmark stages of one’s progression in the program. One such ceremony is the Blue and Gold Ceremony for Cub Scouts. I was honored to be asked to perform for Cub Scout Troop 73’s Blue & Gold Ceremony this month. It was great. I throughly enjoyed the interest and involvement of these young adults. As an added bonus, I brought one of my first Magic Books – a Cub Scout Magic Book from the 1960’s and included a few tricks in my show that the Scouters could learn themselves. Afterwards they enjoyed a big balloon party.