The Crew!

Mom Crosewl's Magic Shop is owned and operated by professional magicians Mike Rose and Tom Crowl. However, when Mike & Tom are away (performing shows or doing whatever it is that they do when they are shirking their duties and not in the shop), Mom's top notch crew of crackerjack trick monkeys run the show. Over the last five hundred and thirty-nine (roughly) years that Mom's has been in business, a number of people have been employed to demonstrate the tricks to the masses. Some of Mom's illustrious past crew members were, "One-Armed Sconce," "Two-Ton Jack," "Pink-Eye," Bej ( who moved away to the edge of the world), and "What's His Face, The Guy With The Hat."

As of this writing (12:06 AM) Mom employs three full-timers who really know the inside of a magic shop. The three full timers (in no particular order, well, actually, they are in a particular order, but not an order of any consequence) are:

Renaissance Magic Shop Manager

Jim

(Rebooting his hat.)

Queen of the Magic Wands

Lorena

(Just before flinging a wand at an unsuspecting magic shop manager)

Croaker administering a trick demo

Jim, a.k.a. "The Manager" as been with the shop the longest, at best estimate about 200 years. Lorena (a.k.a. “The New One” or "Wand Flinger") has been with the shop not quite as long, oh I’d say about an hour (I’m not good with numbers). And Croaker has been employed by Mom for about, oh I'd say since well before I started typing this page (okay, 87 years, three months, nineteen days, and twenty-seven minutes... twenty-eight minutes... twenty-nine minutes...). Get off my back! Contrary to their appearance in these photos, our fully reliable and minty fresh staff has actually been known to wear real clothes on occasion, but you didn't hear it from me.

For no particular reason, Here’s a shot of the mystery creature that occasionally flies through our shop. We call him, “Jerry.” Please don't get Jerry angry, we have to live with him (the easiest way to keep Jerry happy is to feed him cheese sandwiches or by buying something from our web site).

All of Mom’s staff are fully trained in the art of the trick demo. So when you visit Mom Crosewl’s Magic Shop you are guaranteed to be shown some magic in a crisp and efficient manner, assuming we don’t accidentally ignore you. Just kidding, we will ignore you on purpose. Just kidding again, only one of us will ignore you and only if you wear those weird shoes again, you know the ones I mean. So whether you’re in the market for a cool trick to show your friends or just in the mood to put on some weird shoes and be ignored, we hope you’ll stop by (and buy). Bye.

Jim performs a puppet show!

What will the new season bring? Some new tricks? Some weird shoes? Probably. But who knows, who cares? (I can't believe you are still reading this far! What's the matter? No Star Trek reruns on right now?) Let's just say there will be some new stuff, some old stuff, and some in between stuff and leave it at that! We hope that if you are in the area, you will bring your face into the shop. Faces are good, and we’ve heard nice things about yours. The Maryland Renaissance Festival runs for NINE CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS starting in late August, and ending in late October. The crew would be happy if you would visit, and you don't want to get the crew angry… they might show you their weird shoes.