"You have a way cooler name (Doktor Strange) than I do."
~ Michael Buble'
Hi Stephen – thank you for doing such a fantastic job at Dippi & Michael’s wedding. You were so entertaining, so kind, and very easy to get along with. It makes such a difference having a professional MC!
~Hasti Maloufi
Hasti Maloufi BBA, WPICC Owner & Principal Planner La Vista Events
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Over these last 2 years you have been such a great asset to this team as we have always been able to rely on you to execute our promotions in a FUN way to entertain our guests. I very much appreciate all of your enthusiasm and have always made that apparent to the team. Our guests love your vibrancy and you are fantastic working the crowd!
~Amanda McGregor
Specialist, Casino Marketing, River Rock Casino/Resort
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Thank you thank you thank you! Our 2014 Company Christmas Party is very important to us as it is when we are able to show our utmost appreciation to our employees, clients and special friends. Your brilliant Master of Ceremony skills kept the max capacity crowd focused and under control ...your enthusiasm and magic entertained beyond...and you are one great Game Show Host. Your input and ideas to ensure a very successful party were greatly appreciated...you really know what works! Thank you again for making it FUN! PS...they all want you again next year!
~Franco & Melanie Balletta
British Hydraulics
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We invited Doktor Strange to attend an annual employee recognition event on December 2, 2014 that we hold at our Hotel each year. Doktor Strange performed some magic for our employees at their tables during dinner then hosted the “Wicked Bingo” game for us afterwards, it was awesome! Our employees were engaged, participated and had fun throughout the show. It really made this year’s event special and most of all fun. I would highly recommend Doktor Strange!
~Peter Enders
Director of Human Resources, Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
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(Summer 2014)
Doktor Strange thrilled the children with his magic at the White Rock Princess Party. His entertaining style is interactive and so funny. The children were captured by him. Thank you Doktor Strange for bringing the belief in magic back to all of us.
~Myra Merkel
White Rock Princess Party Founder
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We wanted to personally thank you for taking the time to come out yesterday for our Ice Cream Picnic. We had a lot of very special kids in attendance who were clearly mesmerized by your magic! Special days like these aren’t possible without people like yourself, so thank you again for your support!
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
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River Rock Casino Resort has used the services of Doktor Strange for a year now! We use him for our Casino promotional draws as well MC’ing our various VIP parties! The guests love him & his Magic. He’s entertaining, personable and can certainly read a crowd and keep them fully engaged!
~Colette Bennett
Director of Marketing, River Rock Casino/Resort
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We had Doktor Strange at our annual Welcome Expo at WinterPRIDE in Whistler. He performed roaming magic and his magic was something that was tangible for our guests, including myself, and there is nothing more memorable than being a part of a trick. Everyone who watched his magic was amazed and those that got to be a part of the trick left with a sense of awe that you can only experience to appreciate. Would highly recommend him and look at having him back again
~Ken Coolen
WhistlerPRIDE organizer
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We hired Doktor Strange for the celebration of my wife's 50th birthday and our son's 18th birthday. All of our guests were left in awe and true surprise from the show. Incredibly talented and a comedian-at-heart, Doktor Strange made our celebration one we will never forget!
P.S.: Radu is still asking where is his cigarette!
~Christinel Gheorghe
Regency Fire
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Many thanks from PNAA's Board and Staff for your fabulous MC'ing and "magical" entertaining Thursday evening. It was a great show filled with many laughs and we all enjoyed watching and being involved with your antics. With over 85 attendees, good food, great aerospace camaraderie and smiling faces on all………you helped make PNAA's 4th Annual Holiday Party on 12/05/12 a great success.
~Melanie S. Jordan
Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, Business Development
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You did an amazing job of ensuring that the event was fun, entertaining, energetic, flowed and was enjoyable for all. Thank You for playing such an important role! You were the perfect person for the role of BIG KAHUNA (our MC)
~Alexandra Eady Children's Wish Foundation, Exile Island Survivor Challenge 2012
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Doktor Strange cracking up Ronnie Negus of The Real Housewives of Vancouve
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WOW! How did he do that? Thank you Doktor Strange for making our fund-raiser a magical event. Your ability to dialogue with the crowd while keeping them enthralled with a slight of hand was truly magical and a sight you have to see to believe. We absolutely will be calling upon your services again in the future and I would have no hesitation recommending you to anyone who needs to add fun to their party!!
~Harry Tubbs Chair, Lobsterfest 2012 - Rotary Club of Coquitlam
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We hired Dr. Strange to perform at a party of adults and it's all everybody said it was "the highlight of the night!" Extremely entertaining, his show puts a child-like wonder into people of any age.
~Tyler Smith
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Just want to let you know how AMAZING your show was on Friday and how much everyone-campers and counselors- enjoyed it! Thank you so much for coming in and making it so awesome.
~Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Rosenfeld; Directors - Camp Gan Israel
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Doktor Strange with Carola Bun (Bun Jewelry) Adrian R. Holmes (TV Series 19-2, Elysium) & Ronnie Negus
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Just wanted to say Thank you for a great show on Friday. Everyone really enjoyed it and thought it was excellent! I was so pleased – I have never seen the staff have such a good time! Thanks for making my Staff Christmas Luncheon a huge success!
~ Wendy Willoughby PRA Group Xmas 2011
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Wow! What energy and organization. Stephen (Doktor Strange) Kaplan made our event run smoothly with the kind of enthusiasm that added to the electricity of the evening. Everyone was amazed at his talent as an auctioneer, which also gave the final part of our event the professional touch we were looking for as a last impression. Thank you so much, Stephen, for acting as MC, ante-caller and auctioneer for the second time for the 2nd Annual CHW Hearts Are Wild Poker Evening.
-Michelle Dodek, committee member for Hearts Are Wild 2011
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Stephen (Doktor Strange) conducted the event in a professional and entertaining manner, with just the right amount of humour, and ended off the afternoon with some magic which entertained all the participants and left them on a happy, satisfied and high note. We would certainly recommend him for any similar functions.
~ Karon Shear Program and Membership Coordinator. Jewish Seniors Alliance - "Sex and the City" event 2011
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"Thank you so much for your professionalism and expertise in making the MOTHER'S DAY AROUND THE WORLD event a success... you were so FANTASTIC to work with!!"
~ Carmelina Cupo Organizer/Founder of The Mothers Day Around The World Event
With actors Chad Rook(Weather Wizard on the Flash, the Perfect Pickup movie) and Adrian R. Holmes (TV Series 19-2, Elysium)
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"Doktor Strange raised the roof at our annual City of Vancouver United Way thank you luncheon celebration. His comedic delivery and amazing magic found the funny bone and truly turned our event into something special. You'll not only laugh through lunch, you'll be laughing for days afterwards. A true professional !"
~ Mike Knapp 2008 Campaign Chair City of Vancouver Employees' United Way Campaign
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"Dear Doktor Strange, I would like to thank you for the fabulous show you put on for our Scouting group at our Christmas Banquet in early December. We have had several magicians in the previous years and your show was the best by far. It was very engaging for everyone present from the younger siblings (3 year olds) to the very seasoned Scouter! People are still talking about the show and wondering how you did all those things! Thanks again!"
~ John Nomellini 9th Richmond Scouting group.
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"Magical, hilarious and outrageous!
Doktor Strange made our staff appreciation party so much more fun, two years in a row! He is a gifted magician, a fantastic Emcee, and an execellent entertainer!"
~ Jackie Ing Human Resources and Labour Relations BC Place
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"Doktor Strange’s ability
to engage any size crowd is incredible… he had everyone both amazed
and hysterical”
~ Jodi Smith JLS Entertainment (First Night, Dragonboat festival)
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“I cannot believe he can do some
of the stuff he does… truly amazing and what an incredible and
funny MC - We are going to have him MC our WHOLE next Diversity
Festival”
~ Dr. Godwin Eni, President Multicultural Society
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“Doktor Strange’s ‘School of Magic’
& ‘Club Magic’ ‘were big hits at Science World, there were
line-ups all day to see them”
~ Tanya Bennet Program coordinator Science World BC
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" - your sense of humour was fabulous! ... we presented you with a long agenda of tasks to be handled through the evening you kept everyone engaged and laughing through the night. Your skills with magic truly impressed the crowd"
~ Pam Best Executive Director, Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
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"We thoroughly enjoyed our Laugh Thru Lunch performance by Doktor Strange. His show was totally entertaining and left our office in a “buzz”. We like to think of ourselves as clever people… but we were completely mystified and perplexed by his routine."
~ Gary Mix, General Manager, Synergy Marketing Group Inc.
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Doktor Strange was able to weave between our guests and highlight our corporate sponsors in such away that is was engaging, informative and most of all entertaining! His quick wit, smooth slight of hand tricks and natural charm was a memorable component to our program. He added versatility and comic relief during our live auction, thus resulting in fantastic bids. It was a pleasure to work with Doktor Strange and our calendars are marked for next year.
~ The Jazz In the Park 2006 Committee in support of the Adoptive Families Association of BC www.bcadoption.com
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Testimonials from the Doktor's work presenting for Classroom Expeditions
"Just wanted to let you know that we had the government workshop today by Doktor Strange at Corpus Christi Elementary School (gr. 5B Class) and it was outstanding and excellent and fantastic!
I can't say enough good about the program and the presenter.
He was funny and engaging and the kids learned so much.
Best of all it was right on point with the curriculum!
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~S. Perotta- Corpus Christi Elementary
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"Doktor Strange has excellent
control of the students... Very clearly LOVES doing this presentation...
the tricks he did at the end were AWESOME!”
~ L. Albrecher- St. Bernadette Elementary
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"Our presenter (Doktor Strange)
did a FANTASTIC job, he works really well with kids..”
~ M. D'Amici - Holy Cross Elementary
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“Thank you Doktor Strange for making
this such a fun and educational experience”
~ Doreen Brady, Cloverdale Catholic School
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“What a wonderful experience the
students LOVED IT!”
~ K. Ledoux, Vedder Elementary
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“I thought it was fabulous... very
interactive and a fabulous way to teach the curriculum, the students
remember it all”
~ K. Irwin, Ray Shepard Elementary
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“It was fast paced and very exciting
for the students, a lot of knowledge was givenl”
~ J. Graham, Ray Shepard Elementary
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“It was great... Doktor Strange
did a great job with an extra large crowd... great crowd control...
good demonstration of co-operation and communicationl”
~M. Lane, Brooke Elementary
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“It was EXCELLENT... Lots of Student
involvement, Lots of Humor... If only all of history could be
taught this way.. The kids LOVED the Bonus card tricks at the
end”
~T. Aukema, John Knox Elementary
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“Very well thought out and presented...
(Doktor Strange) kept the students involved and excitedl”
~ J. Porteous, Simon Cunningham Elementary