In March 2015, Whit "Pop" Haydn was named Stage
Magician of the Year at the world famous Magic Castle and the winner of seven Performer of the Year awards from the Magic Castle.
Pop Haydn was
the chief magic consultant on Norman
Jewison's major film Bogus
starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gerard Depardieu and Haley Joel Osment, and worked as
well as a consultant on multiple television documentaries including the
Discovery Channel's Houdini, People
Came to See Him Die and David Copperfield's television special, Orient Express. Recent work has
included television shows such as Bunheads,
Franklin and Bash and The Haunted Collectors. He both
consulted and appears in the upcoming theatrical release documentary Dealt with William Turner.
Pop Haydn with
two time national trick shot champion Chef
Anton, started a company called School for Scoundrels in 1996. School for Scoundrels teaches a course every year at the Magic Castle on street scams like the Shell
Game, Three Card Monte, and Fast and Loose. This will be the 20th year the
course has been taught. School for
Scoundrels also markets numerous books, DVDs, and props for these
ancient scams and hustles.
Vanish magazine, an
international conjuror's magazine from New Zealand, called Pop Haydn "A Legend in
Magic."
See his
lecture on October 5th at Ring 50’s meeting at the Hampton Inn &
Suite, in Alexandria VA at 7:00 PM.
Ring 50 members are free. All other magicians must pay a $20 fee.
Ring 50 members are free. All other magicians must pay a $20 fee.
