Rick Gerber, left, and the Honorable Everett Fields, grandson of WC Fields, right, present Doc Eason with the 2004 Bar Magician of the Year Award at the 36th Annual Academy of Magical Arts/Magic Castle awards ceremony in Hollywood, California, on March 6, 2005.

Doc Eason Named 2004 Bar Magician of the Year

The 37th Annual Academy of Magical Arts awards show celebrates the incredible talent performing within The Magic Castle located in Hollywood CA. The Academy's yearly awards show features the best of the best in the magic business for their performances in a venue known for demanding perfect skills, new effects, cutting-edge execution, and the polish expected from the top acts of any performing arts.

Doc Eason's win in the category of Best Bar Magician (a new category) put him up against several significant competitors who perform regularly in the historic WC Fields Magic Bar downstairs at the Magic Castle.

Mr. Eason was instrumental in establishing the WC Fields bar located in the Inner Circle of the Magic Castle as a performing venue, mostly on the strength of his formidable credential of being the resident magician at the Tower Magic Bar in Snowmass Village, CO since 1977.

Doc quips, "I am honored and humbled by this award. It is always nice when your peers give you a pat on the back."