Best Illusionist - World Magic Awards 2008

Branson MO ~ Wednesday, October 15, 2008) Kirby VanBurch, internationally renowned entertainer and illusionist, was honored with another special award, “Best Illusionist”, at the World Magic Awards 2008 in Santa Monica, California. The annual event was held on October 11 and was filmed for an upcoming TV special on MyNetworkTV.



Kirby says that “the World Magic Awards was also a benefit for Feed The Children, which makes this an even more special event.”

The World Magic Awards 2008 will air on Wednesday, November 26 from 7:00 to 9:00pm. Check www.WorldMagicAwards.com for stations airing it in your viewing area. In the Branson Missouri area, viewers will be able to watch the show on My31 (KWMB 31). The World Magic Awards 2008, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, has a variety of guests and performers including Lance Burton, Dan Sperry, The Amazing Johnathan, Ed Alonzo, Kyle Eschen, Greg Gleason, Franz Harary, Hans Klok, Mark Kalin & Jinger, Topas, Sos & Victoria, Jeff McBride, Roxanne, and Florian Zimmer.

Kirby VanBurch is known as the Prince of Magic and has received many awards including Entertainer of the Year from the International Magicians Society as well as Magician of the Year. Kirby VanBurch performs live at his theater in Branson, Missouri. The show has been voted Best Branson Show, Best Magic Show, and received numerous other awards and accolades from fans and critics alike. The show features exotic animals including white tigers, amazing disappearing acts, a helicopter appearing in 3 seconds flat, assistants cut in half, up close and personal illusions, and much more. For the Branson theater show schedule visit http://www.kirbyvanburch.com/.

Missouri House of Representatives Resolution

Missouri House of Representatives
Resolution

Whereas, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives pause to recognize Kirby and Bambi VanBurch owners of the Kirby VanBurch Theatre in Branson, Missouri, who each received an International Magicians Society Merlin Award during a special presentation and awards ceremony held March 24, 2007, in Branson Missouri; and

Whereas, named the Society’s 2007 Entertainer of the Year, Kirby VanBurch performed in Las Vegas and toured throughout Europe and Asia before bringing his world-renowned magic show to Branson in 1992; and

Whereas, dubbed “the Prince of Magic”, Kirby VanBurch truly entertains his audience with death-defying escapes, astonishing disappearing acts, and large-scale illusions, which captivate both the young and young-at-heart, and

Whereas, after four years of producing The Kirby VanBurch Show, Bambi VanBurch is living her magical dream on stage, performing alongside her talented husband and their cast array of beautiful animals including White Bengal tigers, panthers, lions and even a boa constrictor; and

Whereas, the youngest female producer in show business whose many talent include dancing, riding horse and taming tigers, Bambi VanBurch was selected as the International Magicians Society 2007 Female Magician of the Year ; and

Whereas, often referred to as Branson’s premier couple and the prince and princess of the town’s entertainment scene, Kirby and Bambi VanBurch have made the City of Branson and the entire Show-Me State a magical experience for visitors while enriching Missouri tourism with quality entertainment that is fun for the entire family;

Now, therefore, be it resolved that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety fourth General Assembly, join in extending our most hearty congratulations to Kirby and Bambi VanBurch at this proud moment of well-deserved distinction; and

Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for Kirby and Bambi VanBurch, as a mark of our esteem for them.

Missouri House of Representatives

Offered by Representative Dennis Wood
District No. 62.

I, Rod Jetton, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ninety fourth General Assembly, First Regular Session, do certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the House Resolution No. 2724 adopted April 26, 2007

Entertainer of the Year - 2007 - International Magicians Society

International Magicians Society presents
Merlin Awards to Kirby VanBurch

Westbury, New York – Saturday, March 24, 2007) Kirby VanBurch is awarded the coveted Merlin Award as The Entertainer of the Year 2007 by the International Magicians Society, the Largest Magic Organization in the World, as recorded in the Guinness World Records, with over 37,000 members worldwide.

Kirby VanBurch join previous winners Penn and Teller, David Copperfield, Siegfried & Roy, Doug Henning, and Harry Blackstone as recipients of the most prestigious award given in the World of Magic.

Kirby VanBurch is no stranger to receiving awards. He has received the coveted Merlin Award as The Magician of the Year 2001 at the International Magicians Society’s Gala Merlin Award Presentation at the Venetian in Las Vegas.

In the profession of magic, the Merlin Award is the equivalent of the Oscar for film, the Emmy for television, and the Tony for theater. It is presented only to those entertainers who have achieved the highest level in their craft on an International Global Consideration. The voting members begin with approximately one hundred names and narrow the list down to a select few. The criteria considered for a winner include talent, showmanship, originality, skills, and above all, the rare ability to entertain under any conditions. “All these attributes describe Kirby VanBurch right down to the charisma and stage presence that makes him the world class entertainer that he is,” said Tony Hassini, Chairman/CEO of the International Magicians Society.
Kirby VanBurch received his Merlin Award on Saturday evening, March 24 in Branson, Missouri at his own theater. The Merlin Award was presented by Mr. Hassini, who flew in from Las Vegas for the presentation.

For more information about the International Magicians Society, please go to www.magicims.com. For more information about Kirby VanBurch call 417-337-7140 and visit www.kirbyvanburch.com

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