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ROD CHOW - SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MAGICIANS INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION

		Advisor's hobby is the magic ingredient to his business success - The Insurance Journal Off Bay Street News - October, 2008 - Insurance Journal *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ALA-KAZAM! B.C.'S FIRST FAMILY OF MAGIC - Vancouver's Chow Family is Tops in the Battle of the Hands - The Province Special Pullout Section - Sunday, August 17, 2008 - Pages B1, B2 & B3 *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ROD CHOW LIVE ON RADIO - CFRO, 102.7 FM - May 23, 2008, 8:30 am - 9:00 am Rod talks about his upcoming performance for Asian Heritage Month and amazes host, Joyce Lam, by changing her $20 bill into a $50. ! *********************************************************** *********************************************************** NICHOLAS CHOW & MELODY CHOI LIVE ON BREAKFAST TV City TV - Cable 13 - December 28, 2007, 8:25 AM. A super adorable live interview / performance by youngest champion magician Nicholas Chow and his lovely assistant, Melody Choi with Breakfast TV host, Dave Gerry. Both Nicholas and Melody sparkle as they talk about and perform several amazing tricks with a fantastic multi-phase finale. Promotion of their upcoming shows at Science World on Sunday, December 30, 2007 and Sunday, January 6, 2008. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ROD CHOW, JACK CHOW & NICHOLAS CHOW on "Leisure Life" Fairchild TV - December 20, 2007 and repeated December 21, 2007. A 30 minute Cantonese lanquage program devoted entirely to the Magical Life of the Champion Chow Family of Magicians. Interview and performances by Rod Chow and two sons Jack Chow and Nicholas Chow. Enthusiastically hosted by radio & TV personality, William Ho. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** GLOBAL TV - ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A CANADIAN 5TH GRADER? October, 2007 - Michael Choi represents B.C. in New Canadian Network Prime Time Series Michael Choi, 9, who is the brother of Melody Choi, 6, (S.A.M. Best Assistant of Nicholas Chow, 7), and son of Barbara Choi, MC of our “Champion Chow Family of Magicians” Productions was selected from over 1,000 candidates across Canada to star on the new national network TV series: “Are you Smarter than a Canadian 5th Grader?” – A Mark Burnett production. He is one of 7 students to star on the series and the only one selected from B.C. This series will air later in October on Global TV. You may see more info and a bio of Michael under "Meet the Students" at the Global TV website: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Entertainment Tonight Canada, 94.5 The Beat, NW1130, 1470 CFUN featured interviews with this new young celebrity! You have to be exceptionally smart, have great wits, an outstanding personality, and need to go through a vigorous and tough selection process to be one of the coveted chosen. Congratulations to Michael who wowed the selection panel, and now proudly represents British Columbia on the series! *********************************************************** *********************************************************** LIVING IN VANCOUVER - Insurance Broker by Day & Magician by Night CBC - TV - Jennifer Burke - September 12, 2007 Transformation of a mild mannered insurance broker working out of the World's Narrowest Building in Chinatown to a super-hero like magician during the after hours. Follows Rod and his son's path to both winning the Vancouver Magic Circle close-up magic contest on the same night in the senior and junior categories respectively. The first time a father and son team have accomplished such a feat! You may view the video clip at: After Hours Magician *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ROD CHOW & NICHOLAS CHOW - The Apprentice Nicholas, 7, Learns Tricks of the Trade from Dad Sing Tao Weekly Magazine - September 8, 2007, P. 32 & 33 A two page full colour feature in one of Western Canada's largest Chinese daily papers. This is the story of a young boy's rise to fame in this very magical family. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** DOUBLE CONGRATULATIONS!! - Jack Chow wins the 2007 1st Place Vancouver Magic Circle Junior Close-Up Magic trophy. Rod Chow wins the 1st Place Adult Close-Up Magic trophy. This makes for the first time ever in the 65 year history of the Vancouver Magic Circle that a father and son have won both trophies in the same competition! *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ..... LATEST NEWS - MAY, 2007 ..... Nicholas Chow has been selected to perform in the "Stars of Tomorrow Show" in Dallas, Texas, USA at the 2007 Society of American Magicians International Convention this summer. This professional stage show features young talented magicians from throughout the world, up to age 17, and is invariably the highlight of the convention. At age 7, Nicholas is the youngest, by far, on the show, and becomes the Youngest Canadian ever to work an International Magic Convention. Indeed a proud honour! *********************************************************** *********************************************************** SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SET TO DAZZLE CROWD AT MAGICIAN'S CONVENTION Vancouver Sun Daily - June 1, 2007 by Peter Bernie Sun Theatre Critic MAGIC: When it comes to good looking magicians, forget about Criss Angel or David Copperfield. These days, the king of cute is Nicholas Chow. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that he’s only seven years old and can’t keep a smile off his cherubic little face. Already a two- time gold- medal winner in Pacific Coast Association of Magicians competitions (Taking his first prize at the ripe old age of five), Chow has been chosen to perform at this year’s Society of American Magicians convention in Dallas. He’ll be part of the Stars of Tomorrow show at the annual gathering, to be held July 4 to 7, and Chow’s dad Rod laughs when asked if Nicholas will be the youngest performer there. “Absolutely, by far,” says Rod. “The other youth magicians in that show are 16, 17 years old.” Older brother Jack, 10, is also an award- winning magician, joining Nicholas in following in their father’s footsteps. “They grew up into magic, as I’ve been in it for a number of years,” says Rod, who most recently captured his own first place prize at a SAM contest in 2006. “I had them assist me in magic when they were young, started teaching them magic tricks and then created acts for them.” Nicholas mixes music and some dance moves with magic tricks that have him pulling things out of nowhere or changing one thing into another. It’s all done without a word spoken. “Basically, he communicates to the audience with his cuteness and his smile,” says his proud papa. Even when performing in a 1,000- seat showroom aboard the Norwegian Star for a magicians’ convention during a cruise from Vancouver to Los Angeles, Nicholas knew no fear. “Flustered? No, he’s done a lot of performances, so he’s pretty well used to it,” says Rod. “He’s actually quite skillful and well practised.” As brothers, Jack and Nicholas also have a couple of tricks up their sleeves. “They’ve won awards together,” says their dad. “They have a couple of different comedy acts that they do together, funny and cute stuff where they spoof each other, or myself.” Jack is named for his grandfather, who is well- known in Vancouver for taking Chinatown’s historic Sam Kee building on Pender Street and spending $ 250,000 to restore it. Jack Senior is still at work in the 1.8 - metre wide structure, acknowledged as the world’s skinniest commercial building, and Rod did his own following of footsteps into Jack’s insurance business. Should his sons follow suit? “A combination would be good,” says Rod. More important, he adds, is the fact that “magic is a really enjoyable thing for them to do.” You can catch Nicholas Chow before his trip to Texas. On Sunday, June 10 at 1 p. m., he’ll be part of the Vancouver Magic Circle’s annual Magic for Children Show in the studio theatre at the Shadbolt Centre in Burnaby. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ..... APRIL, 2007 ..... Rod Chow appears on the cover of the April, 2007 issue of M.U.M. magazine with a feature 10 page story on Rod's magical life and family inside. This is the glossy magic magazine published by The Society of American Magicians and distributed to magicians world-wide. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** Sheryl MacKay interviews the Magical Chow Family - Rod, Sylvia, Jack & Nicholas CBC Radio 690 - North by Northwest - Sunday, February 18, 2007, 8:30 AM - 17 minutes In a delightful interview, Sheryl speaks to the Chow family about their start into magic, how they have become so successful and their recent performances. Rod, Jack and Nicholas even do a few tricks over the radio! For the entire interview: click on CBC Chow Interview *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ..... CHOW NEWS - JANUARY, 2007 ..... The New Year is off to an Exciting start for the Chows with 3 New Magic Trophies to bring their total Magic Award count to over 40! ..... NICHOLAS CHOW wins 1st Place Vancouver Magic Circle Junior Stage Magic & becomes Youngest to ever win at only Age 6 ..... SYLVIA CHOW wins Society of American Magicians #95 Lottie Hemeon Award for Best Magic Assistant - a two time winner ..... ROD CHOW wins Society of American Magicians #95 Mandrake Award for Outstanding Magician of the Year - also a two time winner! *********************************************************** *********************************************************** NICHOLAS CHOW – YOUNGEST VANCOUVER MAGIC CHAMPION At only Age 6 – Nicholas wins 4th Magic Championship Ming Pao Newspaper - February 4, 2007, P. A9 Competing against others twice his age, Nicholas Chow, 6, last week, won the Vancouver Magic Circle coveted Percy Poole trophy for Junior Stage Magic. With a spectacular, colourful and amazing Latin themed magic act, Nicholas again stole the hearts of the audience to win his second Vancouver Magic Circle Trophy. Nicholas is by far the youngest to ever win in the 65 year history of the Vancouver Magic Circle. Just last fall, Nicholas won his second Pacific Coast magic trophy. He was the youngest to ever win in the over 70 year history of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians when he won his first trophy at only age 5. This makes for 4 magic trophies for Nicholas to date which puts him on the tail of his brother Jack, 9, who has already won 8 magic trophies. Father Rod Chow says of his two sons magic accomplishments., “With Jack and Nicholas’ successes at such a young age, we think they already have the best start ever to become the next stars of magic.” The brothers are chips off the block as Rod himself has won over 25 magic trophies culminating to his winning 1st place Internationally at the Society of American Magicians 2006 conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Not wanting to being left out, mom, Sylvia has won trophies for Best Assistant twice. The Magical International Champion Chow family will be performing next on Chinese New Year’s Day, Sunday, February 18, 2007 at International Village, 88 W. Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver as part of the New Year’s fair. Showtime is 3:00pm, right after the Chinatown Parade. The public is invited to experience the amazing magic of these young protégés first hand at center stage. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** NOW YOU SEE THEM... Vancouver Sun Daily - December 30, 2006 - Page G1 With three champion magicians in the family, dinner with the Chows could be fun: "Hey, where'd the turnips go?" Nicholas Chow, six, Jack Chow, nine, and their father Rod Chow perform their gold-medal magic tricks at Science World (1455 Quebec), Sunday and Monday at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on both days. The shows are free with paid admission and are part of the Society of American Magicians' Winter Magic series, which runs until Wednesday. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** THE STORY OF THE CHOW CHAMPIONS Mandarin Magazine- Channel M (Shaw Cable - Channel 8) - Airing October 14, 15 & 20, 2006 Magazine style story of 2006 International Magic Champion Rod Chow and sons, Four-time Pacific Coast Champion Jack Chow, 9, and the Youngest Pacific Coast Two-Time Champion Nicholas Chow, 6, with their lovely assistants Juliana Chow, 6, and 2006 S.A.M. #95 Best Assistant, Melody Choi, 5. Rod speaks with reporter Kay Huang about his family's magical life, and amazes with some stunning magic demonstrations. Air Times: Saturday October 14, 2006 - 6pm; Sunday October 15, 2006 - 11pm; and Friday October 20, 2006 - 9:00am (in Mandarin) *********************************************************** *********************************************************** VANCOUVER BROKER MAKES ROAD SAFETY MAGIC AT UNIQUE EVENT Autoplan Road Safety Website - September 24, 2006 You don’t need hocus pocus to tell people about road safety but as international champion magician and Autoplan broker Rod Chow knows, it certainly helps draw a crowd. Rod and members of his magically talented family put their performance skills to work recently, doing free magic shows as part of a road safety day at Jack Chow Insurance in Vancouver’s Chinatown..... Full story: Road Safety On-Line Article *********************************************************** *********************************************************** CHAMPION MAGICIANS PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY IN B.C. Sing Tao Newspaper - September 24, 2006, P. A3 Colour action photo of all the Chow's and a great review of their special performance to promote Road Safety in B.C. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** JACK CHOW INSURANCE MAGIC EVENT World Journal Newspaper - September 24, 2006, P. A17 Report with colour photo of the Magical Chow Family's special outdoor magical day to promote Road Safety in B.C., held in front of the Chow's Guinness World Record Narrowest Building in the World in Vancouver, Chinatown. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** CHOW FAMILY OF MAGIC CHAMPIONS Channel M TV Cantonese and Mandarin News - September 18, 2006 Highlights of performances by the Chow's and an insightful interview with Rod Chow International Champion Magician. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** STRIKING GOLD Insurance West Magazine (Western Canada) - September, 2006 An update on the blossoming careers of Vancouver's incredible Chow clan of magicians. Jack, 9, and brother Nicholas, 6, both won Gold at the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians convention held in Victoria in August, which features sorcerers from as far away as Hawaii and Japan. In July, father Rod, V.P. at Jack Chow Insurance, took top spot at an international magic meet in Louisville, Kentucky. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** CHOW’S MAGIC STRIKE GOLD Youngest Pacific Coast Magic Champions Champs Again Asian Pacific Post (Print)- September 6, 2006 On-Line Article Nicholas Chow, 6, who at only 5 years old last year, was the youngest ever to win in the 73 year history of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians (PCAM) Magic competitions, again brings back home the Gold Medal in the 2006 competition held this year in Victoria, BC, August 9th to 13, 2006. Not to be outdone, brother Jack Chow, 9, also achieved Gold in the highly sought after Stage Magic category. With this win, Jack successfully defends his title and is now a four time Pacific Coast Champion. The PCAM encompasses magicians from the entire Pacific Rim, as far away as Japan, Hawaii, Southern California and Arizona. Both brothers performed very unique and creatively themed magical acts, demonstrating their skill, innovation and natural entertainment ability to wow the panel of professional judges and magician audience to capture the top awards. It helps to have a dad who is an international magic champion. With over two dozen magic awards under his belt, Rod Chow, was just awarded the coveted 1st Place title in the Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.) International Contest of Close-Up Magic, held in July, 2006 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. S.A.M. is the oldest and most prestigious magical society in the world, with over 250 Assemblies world-wide in over 50 countries. Chow says: “We are extremely proud of our two sons who at their young ages are already well known and respected in the magic community, and are well on their way to become the next generation of magic superstars. With their wins, this makes for three major magic championships for our family within the last month and an amazing one dozen magic awards within the last year.” The Chow family can be found practicing their magic in their family owned Skinniest Building in the World located in Vancouver Chinatown. Indeed an unusual place for an unusual craft. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** RICK'S PICKS - CHOW CHAMPIONS Rick Forchuk - CKNW 980 - September 3, 2006 (10:00am - 11:00am) Rick talks about the Champion Chow Magicians on his Sunday syndicated morning program airing weekly across the Corus network from Vancouver to Montreal. Transcript follows: "Now, I’ve always had interest in the art of legerdemain, but like most people I know it’s all a trick until I ran up with what might be the real thing in insurance broker, Rod Chow, who lives in Vancouver, and now it’s all becoming kind of genetic. Now, Chow has worked for years in his family’s Chinatown insurance business, and he’s always practiced magic on the side. A few years back he took a $20. bill from me and he turned it into a $50. bill. And I don’t mean inside a closed fist or behind his back, I mean right in front of my eyes. I was amazed then and I still am as I follow the careers of Las Vegas magicians and view the buzz around the Illusionist movie, and I think more and more about Rod Chow and news recently just cements that. He has two sons, Jack and Nicholas who are ages 9 & 6 respectfully. They both walked away with gold medals in the stage magic category of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians competition which is held in Victoria, BC earlier this month. Note that it is platform magic, not illusion, and with Nicholas being the youngest person ever to win that award, along with dad, Rod’s international 1st place win in Kentucky earlier this year; well, put it this way, if something’s missing around their house, I think you’d forget about finding it. Now when you watch the movie the Illusionist, same thing, the character there, the main character who starts off doing magic as a child, begins at a very early age and eventually becomes a very very special magician. So congratulations to Rod Chow and his two boys. I think that’s great news, and if you like magic, watch out for these guys right across the country because they’ll show up and they’ll do some interesting things." *********************************************************** *********************************************************** THE MAGICAL CHOW FAMILY The Express - SHAW TV Cable 4 - Airing August 23-28, 2006 2006 International Magic Champion Rod Chow and sons, Four-Time Pacific Coast Champion Jack Chow, 9, and the Youngest Pacific Coast Two-Time Champion Nicholas Chow, 6, with their lovely assistants Juliana Chow, 6, and 2006 S.A.M. #95 Best Assistant, Melody Choi, 5, with colourful highlights of their magic performances and an interview with reporter Corey Baird. Air Times: Wednesday August 23, 2006 - 6pm, 8pm and 10:30pm; Thursday August 24, 2006 - 3am, 6am, 6:30am, 8am, 8:30am, 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am, 2pm and 3pm; Sunday August 27, 2006 - 2:30am and 6:30pm; and Monday August 28, 2006 - 2:30am *********************************************************** *********************************************************** MAGIC RUNS IN THE FAMILY 24 Hours News Magazine Vancouver - August 17, 2006 There's something magical about Vancouver's Chow family. Nicholas Chow, 6, recently brought home a second gold medal from the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians in Victoria. Brother Jack, 9, clinched the gold in the Stage Magic category. Magic must be in the genes because father Rod is the International Champion of Magic, a title that appeared for him after the Society of American Magicians International Close-Up Magic Competition held in July. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** THE MAGICAL CHOW FAMILY CBC Early Edition Radio- August 17, 2006, 7:45 AM Host Katherine Gresinger interviewed both Jack and Rod on their start into magic and enjoyed some startling magic effects during this live prime time early morning broadcast. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** ROD CHOW - THE MAGICIAN - THE CHAMPION FAMILY Translation of Ming Pao Newspaper Article – August 16, 2006, P. A7 The two sons of the very famous magician, Rod Chow, of Vancouver have won the 2006 Championship for the Juniors at the Competition hosted by the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians in Victoria, BC on Aug 13. Nicholas Chow, only 6 & Jack Chow, aged 9 each received the Gold Medal. A family of 3 are all Champion Magicians – What a Legend! Participating candidates came from different countries like Japan, USA and included magicians from Hawaii, Arizona & California. It was a very keen competition. Jack (the Senior) is Rod’s father & has been operating an insurance agency in Chinatown for years. He is very well-known in Chinatown. According to Rod, this is the second time that Nick has won the Championship. Last year he was crowned the Champion when he was only 5. This is the 4th time that the 9-year old Jack got the Gold Medal for Stage Magic. The whole family is thrilled about it. Rod has confidence that his 2 sons might become the world famous Super Magicians one day. In the past one month, Rod & his 2 sons have become the champion magicians at different international competitions. They have accumulated 12 medals altogether in the past 1 year. Rod just won the Championship at the International Competition held by American Association of Magicians in Kentucky last month. *********************************************************** *********************************************************** MAGIC RUNS IN CHOW FAMILY ILLUSIONISTS: Brothers Jack, 8, and Nicholas, 5, learned from their dad The Province Newspaper - December 26, 2005, Vancouver, Canada At a time when most kids just want to play with their new toys, magicians Nicholas and Jack Chow spent yesterday preparing for their performances today at Science World. And while Nicholas is only five years old and Jack is eight, the two already have plenty of credentials to command the limelight and wow the crowds. It helps too, that father Rod Chow is an internationally recognized magician and has plenty of props and illusions for his two young boys to use in their routine. Nicholas is the youngest person ever to take top spot in an annual competition run by the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians. The kindergarten student says he’s had a captive audience since preschool where he was honing his talent each week during show and tell. For a show at Thanksgiving, he pulled a live chicken out of a hat. “They clapped,” Nicholas beamed yesterday, recalling the feat. But like any good magician, he refused to reveal how he dazzled his schoolmates. “I keep the secrets to myself,” he said. For brother Jack, a two time Vancouver Magic Circle and three-time Pacific Coast Junior Champion, there is no easy way to win the spotlight on stage. “You have to have dedication, you have to practise a lot,” he said. “Some tricks are harder than others and you need lots of practice.” Both admitted it’s nervewracking but exciting to be performing difficult tricks before a live audience. The two have assistants: Melody Choi, 4, and Juliana Chow, 6. The kids do have an edge having a dad who can show them the tricks. Like magicians of old, Rod points out that difficult illusions and tricks come with help from someone who is an expert. “That’s how magic has been passed on from generation to generation,” he said. “Magicians teach their apprentices like the way I’m teaching my children.” But rule No. 1, he said, is don’t give out any clues on how the tricks are performed. “As a magician, you keep the secrets to yourself,” said Rod. “I taught them they can’t reveal the secrets — that’s part of the code.” Proud mother Sylvia said having three magicians in the family means they’re always up to something. “All the props are in my living room and people ask if they are the kids toys and I say ‘No, they’re my husband’s toys,’” she said, laughing. And when they’re up on stage, Sylvia keeps thinking how young her two boys are. “What impresses me is they remember the whole show,” she said. “They are up there all alone doing tricks without any prompting.” *********************************************************** *********************************************************** 5-YEAR-OLD BC KID IS PACIFIC COAST'S HARRY POTTER Asian Pacific Post - December 22, 2005 Just a toddler, he got his start by assisting his father Rod, a Canadian National Close-Up Magic Champion, and older brother Jack who was also dabbling in magic at an early age. Before long, Nicholas was doing magic tricks on his own. At age four, he was performing before other children in his preschool..... Full story: On-Line Article