Simon Alexander Blog: Professional Magician

Each year the RAC recognises and rewards its top-performing staff at the organisation’s most prestigious event, The Ambassador Awards.  This year’s awards were a glittering affair with over 250 attendees from every corner of the UK.  The venue was held, rather appropriately, at The Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire. 

The entertainment for the evening reception was provided by my old mate, the incredible Buckinghamshire Magician, Ian Souch and yours truly.  It’s always good fun working alongside your “magic mates” but this was a particularly cool gig as Ian and I had the entire run of the museum for the hour or so before the event.  Here’s a couple of shots of us before the show.

	Left: Ian alongside the 350 mph JCB Dieselmax.  Below: Me with some impressive MG land speed record breakers.  (A psychologist might say we were compensating for something!)
Right: “I am the law!” Me, looking somewhat less than threatening with a futuristic car from the movie, Judge Dredd.  (As if being a full-time magician isn’t enough of an excuse not to grow up!)

Regarding the magic, organiser Anya Broughton from The Production Bureau said, “The feedback from the delegates was really great.”  And certainly, from Ian’s and my perspective, everyone was up for a really good evening.

The only complaint that I have is that there wasn’t a single pyramid of Ferrero Rocher to be found.  What sort of Ambassadors are these, anyway?