DRUGS STEAL THE MAGIC!

"I have been the D.A.R.E. Activities Coordinator, for the Little Falls program for the past 12 years. We have had a number of magicians, story tellers, musical look-a-likes, but never have I been so impressed, as to when we had Brian Richards as a magical educator. His “Drugs Steal the MAGIC” program, fits in very well, with the message we are trying to get through to the audience, as well as, the D.A.R.E. graduates. D.A.R.E. which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, is taught in our schools, consequences physically, and legally in regards to drugs.

Brian’s program keeps the audience captivated, amused interactive, and on track, with keeping ourselves drug free. Our audience response is “When is he coming back?”. We plan to keep him coming for our annual D.A.R.E. Graduation, indefinitely.

He puts on a tremendous show, and young and old totally enjoy his performance!!

GREAT JOB TO BRIAN!!"
-Jan Weidenbach, Little Falls D.A.R.E. Program

THE 3 MAIN POINTS THAT THE KIDS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT!

1. We all have MAGIC inside us!
2. Drugs STEAL the Magic.
3. Believe in your own Magic and share it with others!
SOME OF WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE SHOW.....


*I talk with the kids about how drugs steal the magic from inside. I explain that one of the factors is the drugs change how we perceive the world. With out drugs we see things as they really are. Displaying two large playing cards I say this is the face of the card and this is the back of the card (I fold each card in half one the long way and one the short way). I place one card inside the other and say with the cards folded the outside of the card is on the outside and the inside is on the inside. But drugs mess with your perception (I push one card through the other and it turns inside out)!! Words can’t describe this weird effect, but it has on many occasions been met with audible gasps. A person who takes drugs alters their reality and may do something dangerous thinking they are seeing reality but they aren’t. And if a person uses drugs long enough their mind may never be the same.

*Another important point we discuss is the importance of teamwork. Especially when
it comes to saying NO to drugs. At this point we discuss the concept of peer pressure
and the fact that their best friends are their parents. I invite two friends up onstage with me and ask them to work together. They destroy a piece of paper and put it back together to make a gift but inside the hat is another gift. So both friends walkaway with a special gift. Of course I point out the real gift is a friend who will back you
when someone approaches you with drugs.

*Towards the end of the program we chat about using your imagination and
the importance of controlling your attitude. I explain that it is important to imagine what they would do if someone asked them to use drugs. I continue by telling them that great athletes use their imagination to picture making the perfect shot in their mind. They do it over and over again so that when the time comes and they need to make that shot, it’s a no brainer. They have an attitude of success. Same thing with drugs if you
imagine how you will deal with a person offering you drugs and you think about what your going to say and how you’ll say it, when it happens you’ll be ready. I follow this up with an illusion where it appears that I fail. I then reiterate the importance of attitude and I turn around the outcome of the trick to be positive thanks to my imagination and attitude.


We always use magic words or phrases in our programs, for this program we use the following: Drug FREE that’s ME, Drug FREE you and me, & Believe in Yourself and NOT Drugs.

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