The Society of American Magicians Magic Endowment Fund is proud to announce that this year we are able to provide four full tuition plus travel expense scholarships to very special and deserving youngsters from Canada and the United States. There are two scholarships to attend Sorcerer's Summer Safari located near Toronto, Canada, and two scholarships to attend Tannen's Magic Camp located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. The competition was extremely keen this year with many deserving and highly qualified applicants. It was a difficult decision to decide on the deserving youngsters.

Jennifer Antonio receives an award for a camp scholarship to Sorcerer's Safari in Toronto, Canada. Jennifer is 12 years old, and attends Ecole Marie Anne Gabourg, in Winnipeg, Canada. Jennifer often performs magic with her brother Zachary and has been performing since she was 7 years old. Jennifer has excelled in her presentations and received several awards, such as The Young Humanitarian Award for outstanding contribution to her community by the Manitoba Teachers Society and The Philip Hornan Scholarship of Magic which is a scholarship awarded to young magicians in Canada between the ages of 7 and 18. She also won first place at the Manitoba's 11th annual SYM Close-up competition, She performs magic at parties, malls, festivals and school, and has been invited to talk about magic and teach some simple magic tricks at the local Children's Museum. She also is active in her church, plays the piano and trumpet, and loves to make people smile.

Luke David Murray, age 13, is awarded a scholarship to Sorcerer's Safari Magic Camp. He is in grade 8 at Our Lady of Sorrows School, in Toronto. Luke hopes to be a professional working magician one day and works hard to improve his magical skills. He performs at conferences and parties, and although he has only been performing magic for two years, Luke has impressed other magicians in his area.

Reece Ristau, age 14, is awarded a scholarship to attend Tannen's Magic Camp in Philadelphia. Reece is in the 8th grade and attends Millard North Middle School in Omaha, Nebraska. He performs at birthday parties and talent shows, and has been totally consumed with magic. He is dedicated in his desire to have a good presentation and practices each new trick again and again, sometimes even for weeks, until he feels he has it mastered.

Vincent Lester is awarded a scholarship to attend Tannen's Magic Camp in Philadelphia. Vincent is 14 years old and attends BayPoint Middle School in Saint Petersburg, Florida. He has been a member of the SYM Assembly 4 for about five years. One seasoned magician has been so impressed with Vincent's talents that he was reminded of a young David Copperfield. High praise, indeed. Vincent is also an accomplished juggler and ventriloquist.

We are happy to be able to present these four talented young people with scholarships to magic camp where they can expand and grow their talents.