{"id":50319,"date":"2019-11-25T11:40:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T17:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=50319"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:32","slug":"new-local-magician-in-searcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=50319","title":{"rendered":"New Local Magician In Searcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Searcy, AR. (LP) &#8211; It\u2019s not every day that the people of Searcy hear of a new local magician in their very own hometown. Matthew Seibert has been making big moves with his magic skills within Searcy and Little Rock. He has obtained gigs from the Dacq Shack, Christmas 4 Kids, and even Rock House. He has been rescheduled every other Saturday by Dacq Shacq and is currently setting up a schedule with Rock House. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seibert started getting recognition after posting numerous videos of him doing magic tricks in all\u00a0sorts of places such as Walmart, JC Penneys, and even church. Although, what really got him out there was him posting videos of himself doing magic on his Facebook page and his own Facebook group, \u201cSearcy News You Should Know (SNYSK)\u201d. Seibert\u2019s son, Tristan Seibert stated, \u201cIt\u2019s been great seeing all the positive feedback of my dad finally getting the recognition he deserved after many long years. It is awesome getting to see the joy it puts on my dad\u2019s face.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50321\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-50321\" src=\"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7998-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7998-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7998-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7998-135x135.jpg 135w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7998.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Seibert performing a magic trick at Rock House.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seibert has been partaking in magic since he was around seven years old. Seibert\u2019s childhood wasn\u2019t the easiest. As a distraction from the hard times, him and his brother would do magic. \u201cMy brother and I did lots of magic as kids to help us escape from all the bad things happening in my family. I still do a card trick we made up in honor of my brother who passed away,\u201d says Seibert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although he has been doing magic on and off throughout his life, he has recently picked it back up and is much more serious about it. Seibert makes time in his busy schedule to practice his tricks or come up with new ones every day. The tricks he his able to perform range from card tricks, mind reading tricks, levitating tricks, and many more impressive ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is always room for improvement,\u201d explains Seibert. \u201cThat is why I have my son record me performing my own tricks. I can go back and watch them and see what I need to work on. I also walk around doing magic in public places to see how people will react to my tricks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a magician may seem fun and easy to most people, but people often<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> don\u2019t see the challenging side to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50322\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-50322\" src=\"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7999-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7999-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7999-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7999-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7999-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7999-135x135.jpg 135w, https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_7999.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New local magician, Matthew Seibert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlthough my dad already does a great job at it, I think he could always work on being better at talking with the audience. The most challenging part of being a magician for my dad is not the magic itself but being able to keep the audience hooked and not have them bored,\u201d says Tristan Seibert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The magician himself believes the most challenging part is the exact opposite. \u201cEverywhere I go, everybody wants me to do magic tricks. There are some days where I get \u2018magiced\u2019 out. There are times where I need to step back from magic and just relax.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While his side job in magic is just launching off, Seibert already has big dreams that his magic career will take him far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searcy, AR. (LP) &#8211; It\u2019s not every day that the people of Searcy hear of a new local magician in their very own hometown. Matthew Seibert has been making big moves with his magic skills within Searcy and Little Rock. 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