For a writer, the opening of a new library is always a happy occasion. Especially when it does so with a magic touch, as presented by prestidigitator Timothy James, a tall, slim man with a distinctive sculptured face that instantly draws you to him as a confident man who knows exactly what he is doing. So you settle back expectantly from the instant he walks in the room where he makes the impossible possible.

Possessing a great sense of humor and in full command of his audience, it is no wonder that he has become so popular.  The room for his Saturday Jan.29th show was quickly jam-packed with both adults and kids. The seats quiclky filled up. Those who didn’t get a chair lined up across the entire back wall and sides

James has built quite a following in Northern California with his library shows, kids shows, trade shows, corporate events, comedy clubs, shipboard cruises. He is also involved in the California Magic Dinner Theatre in Martinez, California. He will be performing there the first week in March. To say he is a top notch entertainer does not do him justice. He is far more than that.

For example, using just a piece of rope, he held the audience spellbound for over 15 minutes with incredible effects that left audience members with dropped jaws. While this performance was billed for kids, the adults including this one, were every bit as flabbergasted, amazed, dumbfounded and even laughing out loud no matter what had been on their mind when they came in. This of course defines a true entertainer.

There was no big buildup or fanfare. The two young girls simply got behind the news desk and the camera recorded their first appearance delivering news items that had caught their eyes that day, At the beginning of their debut, Amari Chambers, who is a teen-ager, fluffed a word and they both got the giggles, which accidently stayed in when it was posted on YouTube and Tangle.

Audience reaction was immediate. The fluff & giggles moment connected with viewers. The kids were a hit. Amari had never been on camera or in front of an audience. She was shy and was surprised that she had been asked to be on the newscast.  Her father, Charles, who drove her to the studio decided to stay and watch, which made her so nervous that she asked if he could come and pick her up later. Interesting, she will be seen by 10 million people but is nervous for her dad to be there in the studio as she does it.

Camilla Spangler is 11 years old and is a natural born performer. Last weekend she won a dance competition in California, an event that went on for two days, and danced off with the first-place Gold Award.

The MVCC Newscast,which already has gained a wide circulation, will soon go to streaming news, then to Christian TV networks. Here's the latest from our Newscast Kids. Click on this link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWE9DjgLMFw