Christian & Katalina, #1 Husband and Wife Comedy Mind Reading Act

We have thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent in Maine.

Christian with Heidi, Jasmin, and Carlton at UMPI. A very fun group.

A great crowd at HC. Thanks to Ben for the great pictures.

We learned that Maine is a big potatoes producing state. McDonald's french fries come from Maine. Katalina purchased some seed potatoes that she will plant in her garden this spring. These came from Bradbury Brothers in Bridgewater, Maine.

We also stopped by the Bradbury Barrel Company also in Bridgewater, Maine. This is only 1 of 3 companies in the United States that make barrels. They have unique display barrels whose use is only limited by your imagination! You can find them on the web at www.bradburybarrel.com. Here Christian is with Carolyn inside the company headquarters.

Whenever we are in Maine, Katalina makes her pilgrimage to Stonewall Kitchen. This is her favorite store for jams, sauces, and salad dressings. Very delicious. The store headquarters is located in York, Maine, but you can also check them out online at www.stonewallkitchen.com.

And last, but not least…the frost heaves. These are essentially speed-bumps in the middle of highways and roads due to the weather. A section of pavement ruptures caused by the expansion of freezing water immediately under the road. Watch out for the frost heave signs and whatever you do, do not go fast or you will go airborne.

We wanted to share with you a wonderful email we received from a lady who recently saw our show. She was kind enough to take the time and email us her thoughts. We appreciate it!

Hello Christian and Katalina,

I just wanted to say thank you to you both for the entertainment you provided last evening.
I am not one to laugh easily, especially at comedy but the 2 of you had me happy, smiling and laughing aloud throughout your performance.
I hadn’t been to a magic show since I was a kid at the worlds fair, which was held in New York in 1964.
Thank you again, so very much, you are truly a talented couple.

Sincerely,
Susan

Many times people ask us if anything ever goes wrong in a performance and if it does, what do we do. Here is a great story told by Christian for all the people that wonder about this question.

We were performing at a corporate event and enjoying a delicious meal with our clients before the show. We were to go on in about 10 minutes and Katalina excused herself to make a few last minute adjustments to her costume. This usually means slipping the wireless microphone in her dress and connecting it. Five minutes before we were to go on, I went to check on her and found we were in code red. There was a wardrobe malfunction. The zipper on her dress had exploded.

I stood behind her trying a variety of methods to coax the zipper back into doing its job. Nothing worked. Katalina could only give me ideas since the zipper is on the back of the dress. I could feel the hopelessness of the situation creeping up on us. Then it hit me. Men have no idea how to fix a zipper on a woman’s dress. I told Katalina to wait there . . . I have an idea. I ran out and asked one of our gracious hosts for help. Sharla came to the rescue.

Since it was time for the show, I went on without Katalina. I explained to the audience why Katalina was not on stage with me and that she was being “worked on”. I performed some impromptu miracles while we all waited. Even though the audience was very nice and we were having fun, I was sweating. I could not think of anyway that anyone could save that dress. Just when I was wondering how we were going to get through the night, Katalina and Sharla entered the room and gave me a thumbs up.

The show started and things looked great. About 10 minutes into the show, I got to see the back of Katalina’s dress for the first time. I burst out laughing. Katalina stopped the show and told the audience about our crazy situation and turned to show the audience the “quick fix”; it was duct tape. The audience roared with laughter and the show went great.

After the show many in the audience came up to marvel at this miracle fix that Sharla had engineered in 10 minutes. We had a fantastic time talking with many of audience after the show. Of course we had to get a picture of this miracle fix with the miracle maker, Sharla. Too bad Sharla was not around for Janet just before the Superbowl.

Sharla and her beautiful handiwork.

Here are a few of the wonderful audience members. We always have fun with the AG community.

From Iowa to Kansas to Maryland to Virginia, we have been on the road these past few weeks. Luckily for us we seem to have missed all the bad weather. It was dry and sunny in Iowa and warm and sunny in Maryland. We missed all the ice and snow. Trust us we are not complaining!

But I am sure that many of you are asking why we do this?! Well because we love to entertain and you can’t beat the strong and fun reactions people have to our show. We finished our 60 minute show, but the students did not want to leave, so we entertained them for another 30 minutes!

The weather has been bitterly cold but our audiences have been warm and friendly. At one location, we performed when the temperature was less than 10 degrees. We did not expect many people to show up, but we were pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be standing room only. We were so excited that everyone came out in the freezing temperature that we ended up performing an additional thirty minutes because everyone was having a great time and did not want to go back out into the harsh weather.

You can see Katalina here performing a little impromptu mystery while she made Christian pack up the show for a change. The audience loved her easy going style as she demonstrated the power of friendship.

2008 has been a fantastic year for us!

We want to thank you for continuing to make our performing dreams come true. We look forward to seeing you again.

One of the best parts of our job is that we get to learn about all the interesting jobs that people are doing from farming to candle wick making to truck insurance.

We are excited about what 2009 has in store.

Have a wonderful holiday season and a fantastic 2009!

We get such a fascinating array of reactions during our shows that I decided to try to capture some of them on camera. On the one hand we see jaws open, wide eyes, and moving around, ie getting up from their chairs, as people visibly react to their brains not being able to process what just happened. On the other hand, we also get laughter and joking which is another way for people to deal with being in strange and unknown territory.

Here are some reactions caught on camera:

She looks scared and then stunned.

One girl is totally stunned and the other two are laughing.

This group is just having a good time.

She is not sure what to think – it looks like she is thinking “This is not possible!”

College students have their own way of expressing themselves. We love to get comments from them because 1) they are honest and will give you honest feedback, 2) you just never know what they are going to say, and 3) they are fun to read. Here are some comments:

“7 kinds of awesome! The awesomeness is exceeded only the the dudeasity.” Student, AUM

“Wow, I’m still shaking. The best show I’ve ever seen in my entire life! You guys blew my mind away!!” Daniella

“Dude! You so mind tripped me! That was so awesome man…I was like whoa! Come back next year.”

“Really jaw dropping experience!” Jesse J.

Trade show entertainment is fast and furious and we love it. Wera Tools brought us out to “wow” some of their current clients and bring in some new ones. Wera’s tools are innovative and high quality and this made our job easy. We constructed a very playful and entertaining method to entice potential customers to make a special effort to stop by our trade show booth. It worked great!! Once they arrived they enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere we created and this allowed our clients to connect with their new customers in a friendly and enjoyable way.

This is a picture of us at the end of the day. Our clients commented that they always keep their booth neat, but with all the new customers we were bringing in, they had trouble keeping their booth as orderly as they like. We were all a little tired, but happy that the trade show went so well.

Here we are at The Epicurean Hungarian Restaurant – Csilla, Christian, Mrs. Bosze, and Katalina

I can’t help but go to a Hungarian Restaurant if we are in an area that has one. We were near Chicago and I said to Christian that we have to go eat Hungarian Food.

If you have never had Hungarian food, you are missing out. It is so delicious. Christian likes the chicken paprikas or the fried cutlets and he loves the homemade noodles. I like a dish with peppers called lecso and this time I tried the stuffed cabbage that I haven’t had for a long time. I had my glass of Egri Bikaver, Hungarian red wine.

It reminded me of my family and my times in Hungary with my grandparents and uncles. It is good to get nostaglic once in a while.

If you are ever in Chicago, go to The Epicurean Hungarian Restaurant. 4431 W. Roosevelt, Hillside, IL 60162. Visit them on the website at www.TheHungarianRestaurant.com.

One of the things that is so important for an event is location. For Colleges, this is particularly critical. In our experience, an event must be held in a location where students naturally gather: student center, cafeteria, or lounge. Students do not want to make any extra effort to get to an event.

Here are some pictures of locations where we performed this month to give you a feel for the different types of environments where we perform. Each location has a different feel and different dimensions.

Here we are at a large university in the center of the student center.

Here we are performing in a cafeteria on a stage.

Here we are on corner stage in a room in a student center.

The fact that our Mind Tripping show can play in both large settings and small lounges is a great strength. This makes us versatile and not limited to a particular type of venue.

Christian & Katalina mystify and amuse the audience.

Psychological Illusions for the Mind that will give you a Mental Shock.

Picture the radiant lights of a glowing sunset shining through the windows of the Madam Carroll as it moves through the still waters of Lake Freeman.

What a sensational place to perform! We thoroughly enjoyed performing our Married 2 Magic show at a private corporate event while cruising around the lake.

The cruise ship Madam Carroll, located in Monticello, Indiana holds about 200 people for dinner. The journey was from 6-9 pm giving ample time for dinner, entertainment, and a walk on deck to enjoy the beautiful night.

We recommend the Madam Carroll for corporate events, weddings, and any special occasions. Visit their website www.madamcarroll.com for more information.

We have been working over the summer on a new Mind Tripping show and we are happy to report that it is a great success:

“Unbelievable show.” Hes

“No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t figure it out! But I had so much fun tonight, thank-you!!!” Clarisss

And there were 2 french students at our show and this is what they said: “Felicitations pour votre show, c’est tres sympa!” Antoine & Alie

Cassady, the UP President and our POC, said our show was “Fantabulous”! She did a fantastic job of promoting the event and getting students to the show.

We were also fortunate to be able to perform at MCAS New River. A big thanks to Richard and Beth for putting on such a fantastic event! We enjoyed our time in the military and whenever we get a chance to be on a base or post we love it. The military is such a great family.

We had a great time performing at Abbott’s 71st Get Together. What an honor to be on that famous stage!

It was an even more special event for Katalina as her family was able to come to Colon to see their performance. Her uncle Ivan came all the way from New Zealand (yes the country) to see her perform.

Left to right: sister Klara, mom Klara, dad Tibor, Christian, Uncle Ivan, and Katalina

Not only was the magic terrific, but it was great to catch up with old friends and meet new people. We enjoyed it very much and we can see why the Abbott’s Get Together is a place people want to return year after year.