PCAM

The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians (PCAM) is an organization for professional, semi-professional and amateur magicians, that incorporates chapters around the entire Pacific Rim, including Japan, Hawaii, California, and western Canada. Founded in 1933, they host a well-known annual magic convention, which is limited to a few hundred registrants and gives out awards in an annual competition.

Upcoming Convention

The next PCAM Convention will be held from September 21 to 26, 2009. President Shawn Farquhar welcomes attendees on board the NCL Cruise Ship "Norwegian Pearl".

Past Presidents & Locations

*2008 - Kevin Cardona - Monterey, California
*2007 - Donovan Deschner - Calgary, Alberta
*2006 - Tony Eng - Victoria, British Columbia
*2005 - Shawn Farquhar - Norweigan Star Cruise Ship
*2004 - Brian Cook - Seattle, Washington
*2003 - Shawn Farquhar - Coquitlam, British Columbia

AWARDS - Professional

* "Pacific Rim Professional Magic Challenge"
First contested in 1989 in Santa Barbara, CA. A creation of Bill Adams which was originally titled the Pro 2000 contest to denote the value of the moentary prize.
In 1994 the award was re-titled the "Pacific Rim Professional Magic Challenge by President Shawn Farquhar at the national assembly meeting in Ontario, California.
This list has been verified by the PCAM Historian to be an accurate record.

Pacific Rim Professional Magic Champions:
1989 Mike Giles (Majestics) - Santa Barbara, CA
1990 Nicholas Knight - Ventura, CA
1991 Not held this year
1992 Shawn Farquhar - Asilomar, CA
1993 Raphael & Elena - Vancouver, BC
1994 Danny Cole - Ontario, CA
1995 Sylvester the Jester - Santa Rosa, CA
1996 Jason Byrne - Reno, Nevada
1997 Damien James - Calgary, AB
1998 Steffen Soule - Seattle, WA
1999 Murray Sawchuk - Anaheim, CA
2000 Matt Singleton - Portland, OR
2001 Dave Womach - Palm Springs, CA
2002 Jeff Mcleod - Page, Arizona
2003 Paul Romhany - Burnaby, BC
2004 Darcey Oake - Seattle, WA
2005 Master Payne - Norwegian Star Cruise Ship
2006 Shane King - Victoria, BC
2008 Chin-Chin - Monterey, CA

* "Grand Prix du Honneur" Award for Highest Achievement in the Magical ArtsThe award has been presented just FIVE times:
Patrick Martin - 1978 Double Grand Prix - Close up and Stage
Michi Hasegawa - 1980
Kevin James - 1983
Roy Shank - 1988
Shawn Farquhar - 2000

AWARDS - Amateur Stage

* "Stage Magic" - Adult1967 Joe Fleming (aka Joe Wiseman)

1975 Joe Fleming

1983 James Dimmer (Dimmare)
1984 Shawn Farquhar
1991 Shawn Farquhar
1999 Jeff Evans
2000 Kelvin YS Chun
2001 Rod Chow
2002 Jeff Evans
2006 Trevor Watters and Lorena Paradon
2007 Damien Carriere

* "Stage Magic" - Junior2006 Lucas Kavanagh
2007 Micheal Machek

* "Stage Magic" - Juvenile2005 Jack Chow
2006 Jack Chow
2007 Owen Tinney

* "Platform Magic" - Adult1981 Joe Fleming

1982 Scott Cervine
2000 Rod Chow
2006 Henry Tom

* "Platform Magic" - Junior2005 Lucas Kavanagh

* "Comedy Magic" - Adult2004 Eric Bedard
2005 Trevor Watters and Lorena Paradon
2006 Damien Carriere

* "Comedy Magic" - Juvenile2005 Jack Chow
2006 Nicholas Chow

AWARDS - Amateur Close Up

* "Close Up Magic" - Adult1982 Michael Webber
1998 Eric Bedard
2007 Scott Baird

* "Close Up Magic" - Junior2004 Cameron Fisk
2005 Lucas Kavanagh
2006 Lucas Kavanagh
2008 Zach Daniel

* "Close Up Magic" - Juvenile2006 Micheal Machek

AWARDS - Amateur Children's Entertainers

* "Children's Magic" - All Ages2000 Jeff Evans
2001 Jeff Evans
2002 Jeff Evans
2004 Kyle Key
2005 Rick Mearns
2006 Cameron Fisk
2007 Mike Norden

* "K9 Balloon Olympics" - All Ages2003 Kelvin YS Chun,

AWARDS - Additional

* "Best Assistant" - All Ages1991 Lori (Felicity) Farquhar
2004 Lorena Paradon
2005 Lorena Paradon
2006 Lorena Paradon
2007 Zdravka Krezic-Maria

* "Sorcerer's Safari Scholarship"2005 Lucas Kavanagh

* "Most Novel or Innovative" - All Ages2005 Henry Tom
2006 Henry Tom
2007 Zoran & Zdravka Krezic-Zorini & Maria

References

* [http://www.pcam2007.com PCAM Official Site]
* [http://www.magiczoom.com/news/en/2001/magiczoom-magic-magician-news-pcam-2006-victoria-canada.htm PCAM 2006 Article]
* [http://www.magicwest.org Magic West - Host of the 2007 Convention]

External links

* [http://www.magicatsea.com] - PCAM 2009 Convention information
* [http://www.PatrickMartinMagic.com Patrick Martin] - PCAM Grand Prix Winner
* [http://magichampion.com Shawn Farquhar] - Past President/Member of Board of Directors, PCAM Grand Prix Winner, PCAM ProChallenge Champion
* [http://www.jasonbyrne.com Jason Byrne] - PCAM ProChallenge Champion
* [http://www.kjmagic.com Kevin James] - PCAM Grand Prix Winner
* [http://www.masterpaynemagic.com Master Payne] - PCAM ProChallenge Champion
* [http://www.chin-chin.com Chin-Chin] - PCAM ProChallenge Champion