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International Brotherhood of Magicians
Formation	February 10, 1922; 102 years ago
Type	Non-profit
Headquarters	St. Charles, Missouri, US
President	Billy Hsueh
Website	www.magician.org

International Brotherhood of Magicians (I.B.M.) is an organization for both professional and amateur close-up and stage magicians, with approximately 15,000 members worldwide. The headquarters is in St. Charles, Missouri. There are over 300 local groups, called Rings, in more than 88 countries, largely concentrated in cities of the United States and Canada. The organization publishes a monthly periodical entitled The Linking Ring, which features tricks, coverage of shows and events in the magic community, and interviews with magicians.

History

The organization was founded February 10, 1922^[1] in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Len Vintus (stage name of Melvin Justus Given McMullen) of Transcona, Manitoba, which would later amalgamate with Winnipeg.^[2]^[3] Gene Gordon (a.k.a. Gordon Avery) of Buffalo, New York, and Don Rogers (a.k.a. Ernest Schieldge). Unlike earlier magic clubs, such as the Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.) in the United States and The Magic Circle in England, the I.B.M. was begun by magicians living outside the major cities, who were unable to attend magic club meetings, and who kept in contact by post.^[4]

Gene Gordon established the first local group, Ring 1, in Rochester, New York. The original Ring 1 eventually disbanded,^[5] and St. Louis, Missouri later assumed the vacated title of Ring 1, which it continues to hold today. Since then, a new club, Ring 4, formed in Rochester.

The I.B.M. holds an annual convention, usually in June or July. Although the S.A.M. and the Magic Circle held banquets as early as 1905, the I.B.M. was the first to hold a magic convention, in Kenton, Ohio, on June 9–10, 1926.^[4] The 66th annual convention was held in Orlando, Florida.^[6]

Organization

Each international territory has a Territorial Vice President who coordinates with the Rings in that country and other Territorial Vice Presidents.

The International Brotherhood of Magicians has a number of local clubs, located throughout the world, known as Rings.^[7] Each Ring was originally numbered in sequence, based on when it received its charter from the I.B.M. Since then, some clubs have dissolved, and newer clubs have assumed some of the vacated ring numbers.

Membership

Membership is open to amateur and professional magicians, as well as those who collect magic apparatus and effects. Active members must be at least 18 years old, and youth members must be 7–17 years of age. Active members must have had an interest in magic for at least two years, or one year for youth members.

Leadership

Since 1937, a new International President is elected to the I.B.M. each year.^[8]
Past presidents include:

Len Vintus 1922–1926
W.W. Durbin 1926–1937
John H. Davidson 1937–1938
T. J. Crawford 1938–1939
John Snyder Jr. 1939–1941
Robert C. Anderson 1941–1942
Eugene Bernstein 1942–1946
John Braun 1946–1947
A. Renerick Clark 1947–1948
H. Adrian Smith 1948–1949
William R Walsh 1949–1950
Walter Coleman 1950–1951
James B. Lake 1951–1952
Arthur D. Reichenbach 1952–1953
Forrest P. Hendricks 1953–1954
C. James McLemore 1954–1955
Charles A. RossKam 1955–1956
Chauncey Sheridan 1956–1957
L.A. Waterman 1957–1958
Verne W. Uker 1958–1959
Reeder C. Hutchinson 1959–1960
Harris Solomon 1960–1961
C.L. Schmitt 1961–1962
Irving Lewis 1962–1963
Arnold Drennen 1963–1964
Thorton Poole 1964–1965
Dr. Richard O. Mossey 1965–1966
Howard Bamman 1966–1967
Sydney S. Bergson 1967–1968
J. Ronald Haines 1968–1969
Royal Brin Jr. 1969–1970
William G. Stickland 1970–1971
Austin C. Gorham 1971–1972
Robert B. Hurt 1972–1973
Earle J. Christenberry Jr. 1973–1974
Charles Lantz 1974–1975
William Preston Slusher 1975–1976
Walter F. Williams 1976–1977
Jeffery Atkins 1977–1978
Bill Pitts 1978–1979
Ray Mangel 1979–1980
Bruce Posgate 1980–1981
Roger Crabtree 1981–1982
John Makar 1982–1983
William A. Wells 1983–1984
Donald E. Wiberg 1984–1985^[9]^[10]
William E. Spooner 1985–1986
Karrell Fox 1986–1987
June Horowitz 1987–1988
Edward A. Morris 1988–1989
Anthony Shelley 1989–1990
Michael Ellis 1990–1991
Michael J. Gorman 1991–1992
James L. Nagel 1992–1993
R.J. Obie O'Brien 1993–1994
Jep Hostetler 1994–1995
Kenneth Klosterman 1995–1996
Bev Bergeron 1996–1997
Abb Dickson 1997–1998
John R. Browne 1998–1999
Jerry Schnepp 1999–2000^[11]
Jack Greenberg 2000–2001
Robert A. Escher 2001–2002
Michael Stratman 2002–2003
David Sandy 2003–2004
Tony Wilson 2004–2005
Roger Miller 2005–2006
Fred Casto 2006–2007
Phil Willmarth 2007–2008
Joan Caesar 2008–2009
Jack White 2009–2010
Rolando Santos 2010–2011
Vanni Pulé 2011–2012
John Pye 2012–2013
Bill Evans 2013–2014
Shawn Farquhar 2014–2015
Joe M. Turner 2015–2016
Oscar Muñoz 2016–2017
Bob Patterson 2017–2018
Michael Finney 2018–2019
Alex Zander 2019–2020
Stephen Bargatze 2020–2021
Ken Scott 2021–2022
Billy Hsueh 2022 - 2023
Charles Arkin 2023-2024

Conventions

The International Brotherhood of Magicians holds annual conventions, usually in July. In 2008, 2014, and 2017, the I.B.M. and the Society of American Magicians hosted a combined convention. More than 1,900+ amateur and professional magicians from around the world attended the gatherings in Louisville, Kentucky, in July 2008,^[12] in St. Louis, Missouri, in July 2014, and again in Louisville, Kentucky, in July 2017.

Contest Awards

The International Brotherhood of Magicians held the world's first magic convention in 1926. Contests are held, and awards are given in several categories. Below is a listing of the First Place winners as noted in the I.B.M. Official publication, The Linking Ring. The Gold Cups and Gold Medal Awards are highly coveted and not awarded every year. Additional data for years not listed are available online and were published in the 2019 I.B.M. 91st Annual Convention souvenir program.

+ The 2021 I.B.M. Convention was held virtually due to Covid concerns. Contests entries were selected from pre-recorded performance submissions.

Year	1st Place Stage Adult	1st Place Close-Up Adult	1st Place Stage Youth	1st Place Close-Up Youth	People's Choice Stage	People's Choice Close-Up	Gold Cups Award	Gold Medal Award
2023	Danny King	Farren Poage	Olivier Henning	Not Awarded	Olivier Henning	Jeffrey Wang	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2022	Artem Shchukin	Michael Bloemeke	Anja Steyn	Anja Steyn	Artem Shchukin	Michael Bloemeke	Not Awarded	Artem Shchukin
2021+	Ding Yang	Andy Deemer	Leonardo Panetti	Not Awarded	Ding Yang	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2019^[13]	Maysayo Sato	Josep Vidal	Colin Eleazer	Geno Ploeger	Maysayo Sato	Josep Vidal	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2018^[14]	Red Star Seong	Erik Tait	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Red Star Seong	Erik Tait	Not Awarded	Zhou-Zhou & Yuanyuan
2017^[15]	Stuart MacDonald	Omar Ferret	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Stuart MacDonald	Jim Vines	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2016^[16]	Jordan K.	Jim Vines	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Jordan K.	Jim Vines	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2015^[17]	Chris Randall	Shin Lim	Daniel Hernandez	Jolie Dreiling	Hannah Kikuchi	Shin Lim	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2014^[18]	Hun Lee	Michael Dardant	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Hun Lee	Shin Lim	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2013^[19]	Ming Ya Liu	Alberto Lorenzo	Eli Portala	Drake Stanton	Ming Ya Liu	Alberto Lorenzo	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2012^[20]	Jean Paul Olhaberry	Michael Dardant	Sebastian Zara Guarano	Not Awarded	Jean Paul Olhaberry	Michael Dardant	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2011^[21]	Won Kuen Ha	Shin Lim	Reuben Moreland	Reuben Moreland	Won Keun Ha	Shin Lim	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2010^[22]	Jason Andrews	Ben Jackson	Yang Yang	John Accardo	Jason Andrews	Johan Stahl	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
2009^[23]	Richard Forget	David Pietras	David Mlakar	Micah Johnson	Jei Min and Hanna	Info Not Available	Not Awarded	Not Awarded

References

^ "The I.B.M." Retrieved April 11, 2006.
^ Posgate, Bruce. "Magic". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^ "MagicTimes News Archives Volume 18, Issue 538". 1999. Archived from the original on April 28, 2006. Retrieved April 11, 2006.
^ ^a ^b Maven, Max. "A History of FISM". Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques. Archived from the original on November 19, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2006.
^ Burden, Mindy. "IBM--A History". Retrieved April 11, 2006.
^ "66th Annual Convention--Evening Shows". The Linking Ring. 76 (7). The International Brotherhood of Magicians: 56–66. September 1994.
^ "Ring Awards Contests". The Linking Ring: 55–56. January 1985.
^ "Past Presidents of the I.B.M. | Magician.org". Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
^ Wiberg, Don (January 1985). "The President's Page". The Linking Ring: 35.
^ Wiberg, Don (April 1985). "The President's Page". The Linking Ring. 65 (4): 37.
^ "Pictures from the Past". The Linking Ring. 93 (4): 20, 95. April 2013.
^ "IBM/SAM Convention Review | Magician.org". www.magician.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2019). p. 34
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2018).
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2017). p. 34
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2016). p. 41
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2015). p. 26
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2014). p. 32
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2013). p. 34
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2012). p. 2
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2011). p. 43
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2010). p. 35
^ The Linking Ring. (August 2009). p. 35

External links

International Brotherhood of Magicians (I.B.M.) - official site

[1] "The I.B.M." Retrieved April 11, 2006.

[2] Posgate, Bruce. "Magic". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2015.

[3] "MagicTimes News Archives Volume 18, Issue 538". 1999. Archived from the original on April 28, 2006. Retrieved April 11, 2006.

[Magicians1-4] Maven, Max. "A History of FISM". Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques. Archived from the original on November 19, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2006.

[5] Burden, Mindy. "IBM--A History". Retrieved April 11, 2006.

[6] "66th Annual Convention--Evening Shows". The Linking Ring. 76 (7). The International Brotherhood of Magicians: 56–66. September 1994.

[7] "Ring Awards Contests". The Linking Ring: 55–56. January 1985.

[8] "Past Presidents of the I.B.M. | Magician.org". Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.

[9] Wiberg, Don (January 1985). "The President's Page". The Linking Ring: 35.

[10] Wiberg, Don (April 1985). "The President's Page". The Linking Ring. 65 (4): 37.

[11] "Pictures from the Past". The Linking Ring. 93 (4): 20, 95. April 2013.

[12] "IBM/SAM Convention Review | Magician.org". www.magician.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

[13] The Linking Ring. (August 2019). p. 34

[14] The Linking Ring. (August 2018).

[15] The Linking Ring. (August 2017). p. 34

[16] The Linking Ring. (August 2016). p. 41

[17] The Linking Ring. (August 2015). p. 26

[18] The Linking Ring. (August 2014). p. 32

[19] The Linking Ring. (August 2013). p. 34

[20] The Linking Ring. (August 2012). p. 2

[21] The Linking Ring. (August 2011). p. 43

[22] The Linking Ring. (August 2010). p. 35

[23] The Linking Ring. (August 2009). p. 35

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PROFILPELAJAR.COM

International Brotherhood of Magicians

History

Organization

Membership

Leadership

Conventions

Contest Awards

See also

References

External links

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