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Sidney Magician Ed Swanson’s 34 Years On Stage
The article profiles Ed Swanson, a Pine Bluffs native turned professional magician. Beginning in 1930, he has spent decades performing for churches, service clubs, and other groups, selling a forthcoming trick to National Magic and hoping to train a successor. He notes high costs of props, mutual practice with family, and a wish to mentor a young protégée. Also covered are the Midland A Cappella Choir European tour and a Sidney resident’s Safeway executive training, with noting of two Girls State selections from Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Ed Swanson
First Methodist Church
Bruce Wakeman
Swanson
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Rose
Winnie
Rosalie
Europe
Midland A Cappella
Cheyenne County
Vaughn Meier
Galen Kriesel
Gurley
Dick Harr
Potter
Eugene Nelson
Fremont College
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
Belgium
France
Omaha
New York
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Midwest
Ron Baumgartner
Carl Hutchison Sr
Safeway
San Francisco
Calif
Baumgartner
U.S. Navy
California
S. F
Sidneyite
Lorraine
Oakland
Ronald
Gary
Carolyn
Hutchisons
Mr. Baumgartner