Fantastic Magic Camp
summer day camp for children in Austin, Texas
Fantastic Magic Camp is a summer day camp for children located in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1993 by two Austin-area magicians, The Fantastic Kent Cummins, and Peter the Adequate, the camp teaches magic, juggling, puppetry, and other variety arts.
History
Magic Camp was founded in 1993 by both professional magicians in the Austin area at the time, as Kent's "Magic Hotline" personal business. In January 2007, Kent relinquished direct personal control to a board of directors and "The Kent Cummins Magic Camp" incorporated as a Texas Non-Profit Organization, receiving IRS 501(c)(3) status later that year. Magic Camp continued as a non-profit for four years until the end of 2010, when it gave up its 501(c)(3) status and re-incorporated with a new board of directors as "Magic Camp USA, LLC" and "The Kent Cummins Magic Camp" was renamed as "Fantastic Magic Camp."
Local involvement
The Fantastic Magic Camp maintains an active presence in the Austin magic scene. Recently, the camp provided a "day care" camp for attendees of the Texas Association of Magicians' 2010 convention, held in Austin, a booth at the first annual Austin Street Magic Festival, in addition to providing volunteers to assist with both events. Volunteers from the magic camp regularly assist with the Society of American Magicians' Ring 206's annual magic auction. In 2011, the magic camp assisted with the inaugural production of Doc Seaton's Magic Sideshow, a part of Austin's Pecan Street Festival. Additionally, the magic camp can be found at a variety of family-friendly events in the Austin area, such as Waterloo Park's 5th annual Ice Cream Festival. The Fantastic Magic Camp has been praised widely throughout the Austin area, being recognized in news networks such as CBS, and being listed in many summer camp travel guides for Austin.
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