About the Covington Royal Academy of Prestidigitators
Shawn Says:
April 10, 2009 at 3:38 pm | edit
Here you will find CRAP reports and photos of our meetings.
The Covington Royal Academy of Prestidigitators was formed by Colonel Artie Kidwell in 1995. That’s when the Colonel opened The Magic Shop in MainStrasse Village, Covington Kentucky.Originally it was an informal group that would gather haphazardly after hours to discuss all things magic related. After a few years the shop moved, within the same building, to a larger space. This larger space allowed CRAP to have a regular meeting, Tuesday at 7pm. After another year or two, merchandise and more members forced us out of the Magic Shops’s backroom. Fortunately, Wertheim’s German Restaurant next door to the shop in the Mainestrausse Village, allowed us to meet in a backroom of the restaurant. That is where we meet now, every Tuesday at 7pm ish. We don’t have rules, dues, or organization. It’s just a group of folks meeting to discuss/share their interest in magic. We do occasionally have lectures. Often have visitors and invite you to stop by any Tuesday your in the area. You can call the shop at 859 491-1313 to confirm but it’s not required.
Stop by Wertheim’s on a Tuesday night and you’ll find a group (size varies) of magicians sitting in the backroom sharing all things magic related. Of course, here on our blog you can find out what happened at a meeting you missed or what happened on the other side of the room during a meeting you did attend. The meeting reports will be posted on the Wednesday following the meeting. So if you check on Thursday you can be confident it will have been updated. All comments about this blog are welcome. Announcements/Special Reports are updated infrequently but all CRAPpers can be notified by text or you can subscribe to this blog. To subscribe simply click on the entries rss link on this page. Then you’ll be notified of updates to this page when they happen.
Please remember, most of the CRAP contained within these pages is made possible by the kindness and outreach of Colonel Kidwell and The Magic Shop aka ArtiesMagic.Com.
May 9, 2009 at 7:00 am
It is very nice to read that there is a special place to share our beloved magic.
Tom Wolf
Creator of the Blink Shift and other original sleights.
May 9, 2009 at 10:45 am
Mr Wolf it’s a pleasure to see you stopped by to check this out. As you can see, we just got this blog thing started. Hopefully it will turn into something worth checking out every week.
May 9, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Hi Shawn,
Thanks for the nice welcome!
Looking forward to meeting you all soon.
Tom Wolf
May 17, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Hey, Shawn . so the site is lookin good cant wait to meet up again for crap
May 18, 2009 at 10:56 am
Thanks Sonny
August 12, 2009 at 1:23 am
This site looks great.
August 12, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Thanks Todd, great to see you again and we look forward to seeing you a lot more often.
September 2, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Hi shawn sorry not been around, iv been busy still or just sick (mostly sick all the time ) hope to be back soon
September 4, 2009 at 12:20 am
We miss you Josh (and Amanda), get feeling better so you CRAP along with the rest of us!
October 1, 2009 at 11:53 am
Hey…
You guys finally got a website. That’s pretty cool. I give it an 8 out of 10 Clubs.
March 10, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Holy CRAP
April 12, 2010 at 5:34 pm
You is taking care of all this CRAP.
April 12, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Who keeps up with the CRAP around here.
April 12, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Hey Ron, when you gonna CRAP with us? we miss you!
January 20, 2011 at 2:49 am
Hey this is great !
It’s good to see someone like Artie continuing in the tradition of
Haines, Brewe, Pryor and the like, as far as doing something to
keep interest alive in our area. I have never known Artie to be
anything other than polite, cordial and helpful to anyone who
shares the interest we all have in magic. Keep up the good work !
Denny