{"id":3198,"date":"2021-11-03T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/?page_id=3198"},"modified":"2023-02-26T13:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T18:25:47","slug":"michael-messing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/about\/members\/michael-messing\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Messing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\"><b>Name:<\/b>\u00a0Michael Messing<br \/>\n<b>E-mail Address:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mmessing@greatmagicshows.com\">MMessing@GreatMagicShows.com<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Website:<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Favorite Magic Trick:<\/b><br \/>\nClose-up &#8211; Multiplying Bunnies<br \/>\nStage for Children &#8211; My Coloring Book Routine<br \/>\nStage for Adults &#8211; torn &amp; restored newspaper<br \/>\n<b>Favorite Magic Book:<\/b>\u00a0Amateur Magicians Handbook<br \/>\n<b>Prop Preference:<\/b>\u00a0Silk<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"bio\">\n<p><b>Awards \/ Accomplishments<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Received Order of Merlin Shield from I.B.M.<\/li>\n<li>performing at half-time of the 1989 Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament in front of 20,000 fans<\/li>\n<li>staff entertainer for Carnival Cruise Lines 1991 &#8211; 1992<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How Did you first become interested in Magic?<\/b><br \/>\nI always had an interest in entertainment and magic became my vehicle when I was 12 years old.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background:<\/b><br \/>\nMichael has been a full-time performer since 1986. He specializes in magic for children and family audiences, although he performs regularly for adults. Michael has been featured by the Knox County Library for 13 years as a performer during their Summer Library Club and has been featured annually at the Secret City Festival since 2003. He is married to Joyce York and has two sons: andrew and Jacob.<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3629&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=&#8221;View All Members&#8221; color=&#8221;primary&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-magic&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibmring58.com%2Findex.php%2Fabout%2Fmembers%2F|title:Members&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Name:\u00a0Michael Messing E-mail Address:\u00a0MMessing@GreatMagicShows.com Website: Favorite Magic Trick: Close-up &#8211; Multiplying Bunnies Stage for Children &#8211; My Coloring Book Routine Stage for Adults &#8211; torn &amp; restored newspaper Favorite Magic Book:\u00a0Amateur Magicians Handbook Prop Preference:\u00a0Silk &nbsp; Awards \/ Accomplishments Received Order of Merlin Shield from I.B.M. performing at half-time of the 1989 Southeastern&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3015,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3630,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3198\/revisions\/3630"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmring58.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}