Welcome everyone to my video blog. My name is Jackson Rayne and these are my stories. I'm a professional illusionist and escape artist. I'm a Guinness World Record holder, the most recent addition to "Spellbound-The Greatest Magic Show on Earth," and I've performed nationally on MTV among other television credits. My passion for entertaining has inspired me to create a blog that will share the art of magic through teaching, performing, and good times! Stay in touch!

Monday, June 28, 2010

Accepting My Guinness World Record Certification From Mayor Oscar Goodman 1-3

It's been a busy month! This last week I got to meet Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman! He presented me with my world record certificate. I performed a little bit of magic for him. He was very cool and genuinely amazed with the magic. We got some great photos of him. Keep an eye out for those on facebook. This week is a double feature. Here's the video footage documenting the visit.

Jackson Rayne With Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman from Bob Cummings on Vimeo.



I also had my personal camera there that day and caught a fun candid moment. The Mayor handed out poker chips with his face on them. It's tough to tell what happens cause it happens quick but I made the chip float up to my top hand. (For the magicians...not my best muscle pass by any means...haha...but effective in the moment.) Here's the video.




The coolest compliment the mayor gave me was when he offered his full endorsement on the stage production that we're discussing with some of the properties in Vegas right now. He said on two occasions that if he could serve as a reference he would absolutely be happy to help. Pretty cool. =)

Monday, June 21, 2010

Golfing for Charity with Olympic Medalist Dave Johnson 1-2


This past week I spent some time in the northwest. It was an amazing trip! 1992 Olympic bronze medalist, Dave Johnson, flew me up to Portland, Oregon to be part of a charity golf tournament. My job was to hang out with the tourney participants throughout the day and perform a 10 minute show after dinner. If you don't remember who Dave Johnson is just think back to the 1992 ads that asked, "Who's it gonna be? Dave or Dan?" Very popular commercials that aired before Dave's rockin bronze medal effort in the Decathlon...on a broken foot nonetheless! Unfortunately I didn't get a lot of video footage with Dave cause that night we were both busy with the presentation. The picture above shows me with Dave Johnson(middle) and Tim Bright(left). Tim is a national champion decathlete with 3 Olympic appearances. We are holding the Olympic torch that was used in the 1996 Atlanta games. It was pretty cool to be touching a piece of history. The show that night went great! The golf that day was a lot of fun too. They placed me on a team in a best ball scramble format. I pretty much embarrassed myself all day with my golfing skills but I did have an amazing hole at #4. It's a par 5 and I eagled it! Yeah buddy...a killer drive and fairway shot just off the green. I chipped it in from 15 feet out! I'm so bummed we didn't get that on tape! My team got 3rd place though! Check out this weeks video below where I perform magic for my teammates by turning a real deck of blue cards into a red deck of cards. Hope all is well!

-JAckSON

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Backstage at Spellbound 1-1

Alright...let's get this blog going! Ladies and gentlemen below you will find my very first video post! Every week will likely feature a performance or teaching of some type of magic trick. You never know what I might put on this thing! Episode 1 of Chronicles of Jackson Rayne is actually very special for me. This is the first time that many of my close friends and even family will get an opportunity to see some of my experiences from touring with Spellbound. Enjoy!...And don't forget to join my mailing list to stay updated on my future performances and internet adventures. Stay in touch!

JAckSON

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Jackson Rayne Promo Teaser

Welcome everyone to the Chronicles of JAckSON Rayne. I'm excited about starting this blog. The first season of Chronicles will be kicking off in the upcoming weeks so stay tuned! Here's a little teaser from some of my performances around the world.

-JAckSON