Birdman from Belton Kyle is 13 years old and lives in Belton Mo. And is one of Kansas City's rising young magicaians. Having just recently joined the International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 129 this past year , he has alredy won one of their competitions for stage magician of the year for 2002. Kyle says his first interest in magic came from watching a video tape of a magician performing whe he was 6 years old. It wasn't till Kyle was 8 , when he went to a magic shop and he met some of the members from I. B. M ring 129 and S. A. M. 38 , that he realized he too could do magic. They introduced him to the youth program (the S.Y.M. )of S.A.M.38 . He now is activly booking performaces , for birthday parties, school events, corporate functions, and special events. Kyle prefers stage magic to close up , however is quite comfortable in all aspects of magic. Kyle's strongest influence has been all of the local members of IBM ring 129 and SAM 38. He also states that Tony Clark has had a huge influence in his magic as well



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