Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
Juvenile Close up
Adria Ehart – Gold
Junior Stage
Jack Schwartz – Gold
Junior Close up
Jack Schwartz – Gold
Close Up
David Shao – Gold
Kelvin Ng – Silver
Comedy
David Shao – Gold
Sam Bennison – Silver
Platform
Yan and Rin – Gold
Children’s Entertainment
Cynthia Spurrier – Gold
Donald Dunphy – Silver
Most Novel
David Shao
Tony Eng People’s Choice Award
David Shao
Kevin Cardona “Comedy” Award
Ryan Pilling
Juvenile Stage
Layla (Xue Hui Wu) – Gold
Blake Aleong – Silver
Close-up Juvenile
Blake Aleong – Gold
Junior Stage
Mick Yuhao Chen – Gold
Close-up Junior
Liam Abner – Gold
Stage
Anthony Hernandez – Gold
Piotr Denisiuk – Silver
Close-up
Jeffrey Wang – Gold
Raven – Silver
Mentalism
Carl Christman – Gold
Alex Zander – Silver
Platform
Billy Hsueh – Gold
Jeff Thomson – Silver
Children’s Entertainment
Capt’n Trickster – Gold
Brett Bolich (Brettso the Great) – Silver
Comedy
Jeffrey Wang – Gold
Christian Manahl – Silver
Most Novel
Alex Zander
Best Assistant
Dawn Morgan
Tony Eng People’s Choice Award
Jeffrey Wang
Children’s Entertainment
Silver: Gary Savard
Gold: Brian Hoffman
Close-up
Silver: Kelvin NG
Gold: Tetro
Close-up Junior
Gold: Theo Chattra
Close-up Juvenile
Gold: Jonah Tarig
Platform
Silver: Rob Teska
Gold: Henry Tom
Mentalism
Silver: Tetro
Gold: Ryan Lackey
Stage
Silver: Paprika
Gold: Ryan Lackey
Best Assistant
Gold: Jonan Nouisser
Most Novel
Paprika
I had the privilege of facilitating the Joint Philippines International Magic Convention and 86th Pacific Coast Association of Magicians magic competitions at the SMX Convention Center, Taguig City, Philippines. During the two days of competition, we saw some exciting and talented magicians from South Korea, Japan, China, the United States, and the Philippines. According to the judges, it was a tough two days of scoring all the great presentations they saw. During the 3-day convention there were 18 competitors, with 2 also competing for Innovative in the following categories: Close-up Magic Juvenile – Category #2, 1 competitor Close-up Magic – Category #6, 1 competitor Platform Magic – Category #8, 1 competitor Stage Magic – Category #9, 12 competitors Children’s Entertainment – Category #12, 3 competitors Two Stage Magic applicants also have chosen the Innovative Category #7 Our judges were: Raul Fernandez, Past President PCAM Jeff Evans, Past President PCAM Alex Zander, active member (President-Elect IBM) Billy Hsueh, active member and awarding winning PCAM magician Dale Salwak, Professional Magician Our winners: Close-up Juvenile: Jouella Marie P. Sellado, Philippines Platform: Chris Herren, United States Stage: Min Wo Na, South Korea – 1st Place James Ting Pong Ng, China – 2nd Place Children Entertainment: James Cuevas, Philippines Innovative: Rosela Torres Rondez, Philippines Again, I was very honored to facilitate the 2019 competitions during the PCAM-PIMC joint convention and I know that all the judges also felt honored to be part of this event. Frank Padilla Jr.
August 13th, 2016 Category #1 Juvenile Stage Magic Gold Medal Miles Tresser Silver Medal Logan Graupmann Category #2 Juvenile Close Up Magic Gold Medal Miles Tresser Silver Medal Devin Graupmann Category #5 Mentalism Tied for Gold Medal Gold Medal Ron Saylor Gold Medal Will Zhang & Matt Stewart Category #6 Close Up Magic Gold Medal Leo Kanzelbereger Silver Medal Zac Daniels Category #8 Platform Magic Gold Medal Bob Bolivar Category #9 Stage Magic Gold Medal Jonathan Sywulka Silver Medal Dean Apple Category #10 Comedy Magic Gold Medal G Sparks Silver Chris Lopez Category #11 Best Assistant Gold Medal Debbie Apple Silver Medal Gwyn Auger Category #12 Children’s Entertainment Gold Medal Chris Lopez
PCAM 2015 Contest Winners November 28th, 2015 Category: Stage Magic – Juveniles (aged 13 and under) GOLD – Hannah & Haley Biane SILVER – Devin Graupmann Category: Close-Up Magic – Juveniles (aged 13 and under) GOLD – Theo Chattra SILVER – Devin Graupmann Category: Stage Magic – Juniors (aged 14 to 18) GOLD – Elliott Hofferth SILVER – Ben Eskenazi Category: Close-Up Magic – Juniors (aged 14 to 18) GOLD – Ben Eskenazi Category: Mentalism GOLD – Jeff Christensen SILVER – Ron Saylor Category: Close-Up Magic GOLD – Jim Vines SILVER – Junichi Tamura Category: Most Novel or Innovative GOLD – Not Awarded Category: Platform Magic GOLD – Jeff Christensen SILVER – Ron Saylor Category: Stage Magic GOLD – Steve Hamilton SILVER – Bruce Meyers Category: Comedy or Novelty Magic GOLD – Steve Hamilton SILVER – Chris Bange Category: Best Assistant GOLD – Gwyn Auger Category: Children’s Entertainment GOLD – Christopher Lopez SILVER – Mike Norden And of course, we can’t forget one of the crowd favorites, “Bag O Tricks” competition FIRST PLACE – Joe Turner and Glen LaBarre (tie) S.A.M. #95 One Hand Cut-A-Thon FIRST PLACE – Matthew Jones