Festival of the magic of Marrakech: Bet Reuss
GREAT crowd at the hall of Ministers at the convention center. Families, young and old have acceded to attend the gala dinner of the International Festival of the magic of Marrakech which completed its sixth edition. A Gala 
very good performance, presented by a range of world-renowned magicians. The show was the culmination of days devoted to magic. But it is the quality of the numbers presented which surprised the audience.
It is the artist Bertrand Loth (renowned magician) who opened the show. In this art, this giant of the European scene has excelled for 40 years in this register. Mark Antony (Golden Wand in Monte Carlo), very touching another number where the art of illusion is rivaled the beauty of what he reveals, has also captivated audiences. Juan Mayoral (first world price in Lausanne), Lorena, world champion Hula Houpe, the Chinese Zheng Huang and Jean-Philipe Loupi all have enchanted the audience. And the final straw was the number of splendid Spanish Yunke who for 10 years, gone from success to success around the world and recreates a world as mysterious and fascinating.
During four days, big, small and foreign visitors visiting the city of Marrakech, schoolchildren, orphans and underprivileged children have been fortunate to enjoy unique moments in silence and magic shows available free on both sites. The three shows offered each day at the Royal Theatre (1,500 seats), were generally well attended. School children and orphans have occupied the top spots. Performances were also given on the huge stage built on the square of Djemaa el Fna. The first show scheduled for Friday night was canceled because of thunderstorms with rain extremely violent. Inspired by a simple representation in 2002 for children from an orphanage in the red city, the festival, particularly user-friendly, become an annual event eagerly awaited by fans of magic with a reputation like the displayed other festivals world-class magic as those of Las Vegas and Los Angeles in the U.S. and Cannes in France, was attended by the biggest names of magicians representing eight countries: France, Morocco, Spain, Italy, China, Belgium, Germany and Austria.
Event organized by Elite's in partnership with the wilaya, the city council and the Regional Council of Tourism (CRT) of Marrakech, this festival has become the largest festival in the world, proudly shows Baby Dahan, magician and president of the festival. This time, magicians invited to the festival of magic will return home immediately. For budgetary reasons, the caravan that magic, like previous editions, follows four days of the festival in various cities of the Kingdom, has not been scheduled this year. But we can say that even with limited resources, the festival has once again succeeded his bet. This year the 6th annual festival has attracted around 300,000 against 200,000 in 2008. She has received extensive media coverage that was provided by television channels and national radio stations but also abroad.
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OTHER novelty, and in the context of cooperation between Marrakech and the city of Florianópolis (Brazil), festival president and the governor of the city of Florianópolis proceeded to the signing of the agreement of holding the 1st International Festival the magic of 1 to 4 October 2009 in Florianopolis with the theme "Marrakech". According Baby Dahan, the festival will be transmitted in 140 countries, and is an excellent opportunity to promote the destination of Marrakech in this time of crisis.
Source: The Economist
