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Contributed by: Laura Mayo/mayol@yourhub.com on 8/3/2007

Most have a dream they never bring to reality. But some live their dream.

For Adam Trent, he's living his dream.

"I used to lie awake at night and think about what would make me happy," Trent said. "Fortunately, that is starting to happen already."

Trent is a 22-year-old magician and Boulder native that has been making headlines nationwide the past couple of years.

It all started at the age of nine when Trent's aunt bought him a magic book. This magic book changed his life, Trent said. "I became obsessed."

Trent started to perform magic at birthday parties at age 11 which progressed to corporate events and finally he started performing his own shows at age 15. Trent said it was an amazing feeling to put on his own show because he spent years preparing for it. He was surprised at the amount of people who showed up at his first opening night, he said.

Event information

Trent is back touring in Colorado for the summer and will be performing at the Night Cap at 9 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. The cost is $15 for general admission and $5 for Summer Toast attendees.

Summer Toast, Denver's largest marketing and business professionals networking event, will run from 5-8:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door.

Creative Expressions is Summer Toast's 2007-highlighted charity. Creative Expressions Center's mission is to provide opportunities for youth to explore, utilize and celebrate their talents, creativity and culture while developing healthy relationships with family, peers and community.

Summer Toast 2007 is also going green. "Under the management of Victoria Stephens of Green Convene Strategies, and in cooperation with the event Executive Committee, venue, sponsors, exhibitors and attendees, we are making every effort to incorporate environmental considerations to minimize our negative impact on the environment."

For more information, call 303-399-6603.

Trent realized that his life was different from his friends. During the summer when his friends were mowing lawns to make some extra cash, Trent was performing magic at private parties and shows.

"I loved what I was doing and my friends hated what they were doing," he said. Trent was living his dream.

Before ever graduating high school, Trent became the youngest and only person ever to win two consecutive medals in an international competition for professional magicians -- the equivalent of the "Oscars" for magicians.

Trent isn't like old-school magicians and that's what makes his shows unique. Trent grew up idolizing magicians such as Lance Burton and tried impersonating them.

"As I kept going (on with magic), it wasn't me. It wasn't natural," he said.

Trent started adding hip-hop and pop music to his shows, along with dance, comedy and singing skits in between. Instead of wearing tuxedos, Trent wears a shirt and tie with some Chucks (Converse shoes).

"It was successful," he said. "There's something for everyone in this show."

The young magician said he learned a valuable lesson.

"If you try to impersonate someone else, you can never be better than they are," he said.

Trent doesn't bank all of his profits from his shows either. He has been donating most of the profits from the shows for the past eight years to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

In November of 1999, the very aunt that bought Trent his first magic book was diagnosed with breast cancer. She later died from the disease.

"She's my biggest inspiration," Trent said. "I credit her to my whole performing career."

Trent said the reason why he supports the Komen Foundation is because he believes the foundation celebrates life.

"It's about living life to the fullest just as my aunt did," he said.

Trent is living in Los Angeles and attending Loyola Marymount University. Most would assume he is getting a degree in performance, but instead he chose accounting and finance.

"I want to be a performer the rest of my life," Trent said, "But entertainment is 95 percent business and 5 percent performance." He said is learning how to finance his career with money for shows, props, salaries etc.

"You can really lose your wallet," he said.

Performance is an escape for Trent.

"If I go long periods of time without performing, I go mentally insane," he laughed. But Trent said that magic is an escape for his audience. People can escape their nine to five jobs and let themselves be fooled for a while, he added.

"I'm like their tour guide and the experience can be really enjoyable."

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