STEVO & I SAW PAUL GERTNER ON A TRIP WITH "THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF MAGICIANS RING #332 ( A CLUB WE WERE MEMBERS OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO ). 

A WHOLE BUNCH OF US PILED INTO MY VAN AND WE DROVE THRU A WICKED SNOWSTORM AND HAD A BLAST , BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

PAUL GERTNER IS A WORLD CLASS, AWARD WINNING CLOSE-UP MAGICIAN.

HE PERFORMED HIS SHOW ENTITLED "TEN FINGERS" WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A ONE-MAN PLAY THAT INCORPORATED MAGIC INTO WHAT WAS BASICALLY HIS LIFE STORY.

ALONG WITH THE FANTASTIC PERFORMANCES OF MAGIC THERE WAS VERY CREATIVE USE OF SCENERY, SOUND AND VIDEO.

WE TRULY APPRECIATED HIS WORKING OF THIS CONCEPT BECAUSE WE USE THE CONCEPT IN OUR STAGE SHOW, "BEYOND BELIEF", WHICH IS ALSO A PLAY THAT INCORPORATES MAGIC INTO THE STORY.

WE ALSO ATTENDED A MAGIC "WORKSHOP"  BY MR. GERTNER AND LEARNED MANY  NEW AND EXCITING THINGS.

PAUL GERTNER IS A VERY ENTERTAINING AND MYSTIFYING MAGICIAN...AND THOSE ARE THE TWO QUALITIES THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THIS ART.