David Ginn
MAGIC MAN; BOOK WRITER; FUNNY TALKER
a very short bio
PERFORMER: David performs 300-400 shows yearly at schools, libraries, conventions, churches.
AUTHOR: Over 80+ books, audio tapes, and videos/DVDs on magic, comedy, entertaining;particularly children;and about promoting yourself as an entertainer. He also has written over 250 columns for major magic and clown trade publications over the past 40 years.
LECTURER: To magic and clown groups, plus conventions for entertainers, in every major city in USA and Canada, plus overseas since 1978. From 1995-2002, with Sammy Smith and Steve Taylor, presented 147 Creative Kidshow Conferences (8-hr workshop) across the USA and Canada. Spring 2003: Lecture tour of Norway, Denmark, Sweden. August 2003: lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand. Fall 2004: Lectures in Paris, Portugal, and a two week 11-city tour of England & Scotland. Fall of 2006 and 2007: 17 Christmas Magic Workshop lectures across the USA, plus a 9 city Christmas Magic tour of Australia & New Zealand. Oct. 2008: will present a dozen Christmas Magic lectures in the United Kingdom.
EDITOR/PUBLISHER: Gene Gordon’s Magical Legacy (1980), The Comedy Magic Textbook by David Roper (1986), and Safety Magic for Children by Karl Wagner (1991).
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS: Performed/lectured in England (1981, 1991), Scotland (1991), Holland (1991), Germany (1990 7-city tour), Australia and New Zealand (1989 & 1995), Norway (1993), Holland (1993), Saudi Arabia (1991, 1993), Belgium (1995). Vienna, Austria, June 1996. March/April 2003: Norway, Sweden, Denmark lecture tour. August 2003: Australia/New Zealand lecture tour. February 2004: booked to lecture/perform at the BLACKPOOL ENGLAND CONVENTION. June 2004: Featured Lecturer at Auckland New Zealand Magic Convention; September 2004 lectured in Paris and Portugal; October 2004 eleven city lecture tour of England/Scotland. Spring 2005: Lectures in England, Ireland, Italy, and Spain. Spring 2006: England, France, Switzerland, Belgium.David Ginn Magic: South Africa Beach … Shows me doing a trick on beach April 2007.
David Ginn Magic: South Africa Safari … My first day April 2007 in SA on safari.
CREATOR OF three new shows yearly: an educational school show, a pre-school/kindergarten show, and a summer reading show for libraries.
NOW CELEBRATING: 35 years of fulltime performing, writing, lecturing and teaching others how to entertain children and family audiences.
HUSBAND of Lynne M. Ginn, 39 years in March 2008; FATHER of Autumn A. Ginn, elementary school music teacher, age 29 years.
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