The Leon Mandrake Assembly #95 of the Society of American Magicians, orginally founded as the Carl Hemeon Assembly in 1987, meets the first Tuesday of every month with the exceptions of July and August. We meet at the homes of various members who risk their marriages to invite us in for an evening of magic and fun. Out of town SAM members are always welcome.
Meetings
Meetings of the SAM #95 are held the first Tuesday of the month at members homes.
Here’s the list for 2024
January 2, 2024 – Michael Likey
February 6, 2024 – Rod Chow
March 5, 2024 – Jens Henriksen
April 2, 2024 – Jens Henriksen
May 7, 2024 – Juan Garcia
June 4, 2024 – HIDDEN WONDERS – Shawn Farquhar
September 3, 2024 – Trevor Watters
October 1, 2024 – Michael Glenister
November 5, 2024 – Lon Mandrake
December 3, 2024 – Dave Watters
January 7, 2025 – Mike Likey
February 4, 2025 – Rod Chow
Membership Roster
SAM #95 MEMBERSHIP
EXECUTIVE 2023
President – Chris Yuill
Vice President – Dave Watters
Secretary Rod Chow
Treasurer – Jens Henrikson
Dean of SAM #95 – Shawn Farquhar (Installed to office in 2011)
Immediate Past President – Lon Mandrake
Awards
In an effort to document the history of the Leon Mandrake Assembly of the Society of American Magicians, formerly the Carl Hemeon Assembly, we are listing the previous recipients of our three awards offered to the magic community.
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Carl Hemeon Award of Excellence
(Chosen by President and Past 2 recipients) Survey of members to assist in choosing. Performing excellence and service to the club including regular attendance and hosting a meeting within the past 2 years.
Past Recipients:
1988 Ray Roch 1989 Shawn Farquhar 1990 Lon Mandrake 1991 Julianna Chen 1992 Anthony Young 1993 Ed Silva-White 1994 Rod Chow 1995 Craig Peloquin 1996 Juan Garcia 1997 Lon Mandrake 1998 Ambrose 1999 Not Awarded 2000 Reg Donnelly 2001 Rod Chow 2002 Lon Mandrake 2003 Michael Glenister 2004 Ray Roch 2005 Trevor Watters 2006 Shawn Farquhar 2007 Henry Tom 2008 Jens Henriksen 2009 Shawn Farquhar 2010 Ray Roch 2011 Steve Dickson 2012 Rod Chow 2013 Dennis Hewson 2014 Tony Chris Kazoleas 2015 Rod Chow 2016 Jeff Christensen 2017 Lon Mandrake 2018 Dave Watters 2019 Anthony Young 2020 Chris Yuill 2021 Rod Chow 2022 Glen LaBarre 2023 Lon Mandrake |
Lottie Hemeon Award for Best Assistant
(Chosen by President and past 2 recipients) Nominated by club members and can be an assistant or partner to someone outside the club.
Past Recipients:
1989 Julie Peloquin 1990 Linda Mandrake 1991 Shannon Purcell 1992 Carol Roy 1993 Not awarded 1994 Lori Farquhar 1995 Sylvia Chow 1996 Not awarded 1997 JoAnne Medway 1998 Not awarded 1999 Not awarded 2000 Ann Eng 2001 Teresa Midbo 2002 Linda Mandrake 2003 Hannah Farquhar 2004 Lorena Paradon 2005 Melody Choi 2006 Sylvia Chow 2007 Teresa Midbo 2008 Lorena Paradon 2009 JoAnne Medway 2010 Lorena Paradon 2011 Linda Mandrake 2012 Lorena Watters 2013 Not Awarded 2014 Chloe Crawford 2015 Not Awarded 2016 Teresa Midbo 2017 Linda Mandrake 2018 Hannah Christensen 2019 Ann Eng 2020 Not Awarded 2021 Not Awarded 2022 Lorena Watters 2023 Linda Mandrake |
Leon Mandrake Award for Magical Entertainment
(Chosen by Mandrake family in consultation with executive and past two recipients) Recipient must display excellence in showmanship and creativity in performance. It is helpful if they have had some national or international recognition as well.
Past Recipients:
1993 Shawn Farquhar 1994 Julianna Chen 1995 Ray Roch 1996 Lon & Linda Mandrake 1997 Julianna Chen 1998 Shawn & Lori Farquhar 1999 Rod Chow 2000 Shawn Farquhar 2001 Gary Savard 2002 Murray Sawchuk 2003 Shawn Farquhar 2004 David Wilson 2005 Ray & Joanne Medway 2006 Rod Chow 2007 Lon & Linda Mandrake 2008 Trevor Watters 2009 Shawn Farquhar 2010 Trevor Watters 2011 Henry Tom 2012 Ray Roch 2013 Tony Chris 2014 Trevor & Lorena Watters 2015 Jeff Christensen 2016 Shawn Farquhar 2017 Rod Chow 2018 Chris Yuill 2019 Rick Mearns 2020 Kelvin Ng 2021 Henry Tom 2022 Rod Chow 2023 Shawn Farquhar |
