How cool is it to get PAID to travel to places like St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos (look it up, it's a fantastic island!), Puerto Rico and Jamaica (ya, mon!) and perform shows where people literally drop over seemingly out cold at a touch and who then get to discover just how creative and funny they really are - without being embarrassed by it?

How cool is it to get PAID to do magic for Oprah at her private New Year's party, or for the pre-game shows for the Bulls & Blackhawks or as the strolling sorcerer at Medieval Times?  Or even to Hypnotize a supermodel like Carol Alt or to do a radio promotion stunt on the air for the Woody Allen movie "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion?"

That's how cool my job is!

And, to be honest, I'm right here in the Chi and always looking for new people to entrance and amaze!

How cool is my job?

Contact me and find out!

As I sat there, prepping for my meeting, my phone rang - at 8AM, no less.  With a call from the Denver area.

"Hello, you have reached the offices of Lee Darrow Enterprises," I said, "how may I help you.

The voice on the other end asked if I was Lee Darrow.  Being cautious (we've had some odd drama around here, lately, strange phone calls and such), so I asked who it was.  "This is Janet Macy's brother, Robert.  I'm calling about the entry on Mr. Darrow's Livejournal page.  The family and I wanted to thank him for his kind words about my sister."

I was flabbergasted.

Janet Macy was a dear friend and colleague in the hypnosis profession.  We'd known each other for about ten years, via telephone and internet and had met only about three times in real life, she lived in California you see and I live here in the Windy City, at the National Guild of Hypnotists conventions in New Hampshire and, most recently, just outside of Boston.

We'd been part of several on-line groups, had shared ideas, techniques and confidences about the field and she had even helped me when I had injured my knee during someone else's show at the convention a few years back.

Janet passed away on June 18 after losing her battle with cancer.

It had been a long and hard fight, with all of us pulling for her, but, in the end, the inoperable mass had spread and she passed in her inimitable way - with dignity and grace, as I knew she would.

And I miss her, as do all of us who knew her.

And here was her brother calling me to thank me for a few words, published on a blog that I thought no one read....

Sometimes, you never know how far your words travel, or who they will touch...

I just hope these words reach Janet.

Somehow, I think they will.

Sleep well.

Lee Darrow, C.H.

I'm Lee Darrow, Chicago's favorite stage hypnotist and close up magician.  You may have seen me at  one of the many events I've worked around town over the years - Medieval Times, the Bulls & Blackhawks pre-game festivities, Dennis Rodman's New Year's party or maybe at any of the litrally hundreds of post proms, grad nights,sweet-16's or corporate events I've done, or maybe you heard me on Mack's show not too long ago when I hypnotized some of his posse' on the air!

On the 28th, I'll be doing a FREE  HYPNOSIS SHOW as part of the Grayslake, IL  Relay For Life, Sponsored by the American Cancer Society.  It's a midnight show, for all ages and the event is to honor those who have lost their battle with cancer and to honor those who have survived as well.

I am donating my show, as I have done every year for the past three years, as a way of giving back something.

You see, I am a cancer survivor, though sheer, dumb luck.

So please, join me and the people who will be walking throughout the night at the Grayslake Aquatic Park, 250 Library Lane, Grayslake, IL.  The event starts at 6PM and I'll be going on stage at midnight.

Join me for the trance of a lifetime.

Literally.

Lee Darrow, C.H.

http://www.leedarrow.com