{"id":7788,"date":"2009-12-08T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=7788"},"modified":"2009-12-08T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T17:09:21","slug":"frewin-part-two-magician-can-make-crowds-appear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/08\/frewin-part-two-magician-can-make-crowds-appear\/","title":{"rendered":"FREWIN PART TWO: Magician can make crowds appear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2207997\">Niagara Falls Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The whiff of free magic and being on TV has them lining up early.<\/p>\n<p>The show doesn&#8217;t start until 6:30 p. m., but by 5 p. m. the lobby is already starting to fill up at the Greg Frewin Theatre. Before they enter, they&#8217;re greeted by a sign telling them they will be filmed tonight: &#8220;If you attend this event, your image may appear in the production and you hereby give consent to the use of your image.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For many, that&#8217;s the reason they&#8217;re here. Two kids decked out in Greg Frewin T-shirts have already seen the show. But mention being on TV, and their eyes light up.<\/p>\n<p>Frewin&#8217;s CBC special will take three weeks to film, and this is one of the biggest nights. A good crowd is crucial. A good-looking crowd is equally important. Organizers seat some of the more &#8216;camera friendly&#8217; patrons near the stage, where they&#8217;re more likely to be filmed.<\/p>\n<p>Hats and shirts with corporate logos are a no-no. A greeter asks everyone to smile. A lot.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and don&#8217;t look at the cameras.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Niagara Falls Review: The whiff of free magic and being on TV has them lining up early. The show doesn&#8217;t start until 6:30 p. m., but by 5 p. m. the lobby is already starting to fill up at the Greg Frewin Theatre. Before they enter, they&#8217;re greeted by a sign telling them&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[2632,869,902,102,454,2545,870,2459,2631,2630],"class_list":["post-7788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-niagara-falls-attractions","category-niagara-falls-news","tag-cameras","tag-cbc","tag-crowds","tag-greg-frewin","tag-greg-frewin-theatre","tag-home-for-the-holidays","tag-magic","tag-magician","tag-organizers","tag-patrons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7789,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7788\/revisions\/7789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}