Helping the Planet Through Vegas Magic: Environmental Magician Learns the Water Secret that Fooled Penn & Teller   Master Magician Jeff McB...

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Helping the Planet Through Vegas Magic: Environmental Magician Learns the Water Secret that Fooled Penn & Teller   Master Magician Jeff McBride bested Penn & Teller on their Fool Us TV Show with his most recent version of "Rainmaker", his water bowls routine. He has shared his secrets with Cyril May to aid him in greening the planet one magic show at a time. November 15, 2017   Environmental magician and Resourcerer, CJ May recently returned from a residency at the Vegas “House of Mystery” where he studied the secrets of the Water Bowls with Jeff McBride, the master magician who bested Penn & Teller on their network TV show “Fool Us”. May seeks to use this groundbreaking magic routine to help the planet by teaching his audiences about the wonder of water. Before his appearance on the Penn & Teller hit series “Fool Us”, Jeff McBride had experimented and refined his water bowls routine over more than 30 years. Having welcomed Connecticut native CJ May to his House of Mystery, and the Magic & Mystery School for which it serves as home, McBride invited May to learn the water bowls. McBride loved May’s use of magic for environmental education in his shows on recycling, energy and, of course, water.  McBride and May began preparations for this sharing of secrets long before McBride took his beloved water bowls routine, named “Rainmaker”, to national television. May now has the training for the routine as well as two gleaming “magic bowls”. Anyone is welcome to examine them, however, for as May says “the magic is not in the bowls, it is in water.  That is the most vital lesson and magic I can ever share.” Master Magician Jeff McBride schools environmental Magician Cyril May in The Water Bowls. - McBride's Magic & Mystery School, Las Vegas In addition to the McBride Magic & Mystery School, Cyril John “CJ” May has studied at another venerable institution key to his role as “spokeswizard” for the planet. May graduated with a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.  May performs his environmental magic around the country as well as internationally. When performing environmental magic shows for children he assumes the role of “Cyril the Sorcerer”. When giving his TED Talk style presentations and training programs, with magic included, to professionals and other adults he is “Cyril John May – The Resourcerer.” Supporting May in taking his magic to “The Vegas Level” has been TOMRA, North America. TOMRA is a manufacturer of recycling sorting equipment. May met representatives of TOMRA in 2016 when they shared the podium in presenting at a professional development event for classroom teachers. In partnership, TOMRA funded May’s water bowl studies in exchange for environmental magic and related work.   Keywords: Environmental Penn Teller water magic Las Vegas McBride recycling Yale   Cyril John May cyril.may@aya.yale.edu 203-737-0475

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