WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE  MEET "ROCCO", A WORLD CLASS SLEIGHT-OF-HAND ARTIST. HE IS AN INNOVATOR OF MAGICAL CREATIONS AND PROPS AS WELL AS SLEIGHT-OF-HAND TECHNIQUES.

WE MET HIM THROUGH OUR FRIEND JIM DUNNING. JIM IS AN OLD FRIEND OF ROCCO AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN TO THE LOCAL MAGIC CLUB ONE NIGHT FOR AN INFORMAL LECTURE THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

HE INSPIRED SEVERAL MAGICIANS AT THE CLUB TO RETHINK THEIR MAGIC AND GROW IN NEW DIRECTIONS.

ROCCO IS BETTER KNOWN TO MAGICIANS THAN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HIM ON ONE OF THE TELEVISION SPECIALS.

HE WAS A STUDENT OF THE MASTER, SLYDINI ( ONE OF MY INSPIRATIONS ) AND EXPANDED UPON SLYDINI'S TECHNIQUES TO CREATE A STYLE ALL HIS OWN !

HANGING OUT WITH ROCCO IN AN INFORMAL SETTING WAS VERY COOL.

THANKS JIM FOR SHARING YOUR FRIEND WITH US.