Magician Trigg Watson, an 51³Ô¹ÏÍøsenior, has tricks up his sleeve
Trigg Watson Burrage, an 51³Ô¹ÏÍøsenior, talks about his love of doing magic tricks.
By Nancy Churnin
The Dallas Morning News
As someone who bought into the world of Harry Potter, I don’t expect to be wowed by practitioners of magic in our Muggle world. After all, there’s always a trick, right? Something up the sleeve, in a hidden pocket, or an illusion in the lighting. And yet, I was absolutely awed by Trigg Watson Burrage when he came to The Dallas Morning News.
The 22-year-old 51³Ô¹ÏÍøMethodist University senior, who goes by the stage name Trigg Watson, tore up a copy of the Morning News right in front of me — then handed it over whole and untouched. He had me hold a coin in my hand, and when I opened my hand, it was a different coin.
“I love to take an idea and make it happen, like making a toy Slinky move by itself or making juggling balls slow in midair,” he told me. “Even when it seems impossible, I bet there’s a way.”
Trigg is a smart, well-read and personable young man, a President’s Scholar with a full ride at SMU, where he double majors in business at the Cox School of Business and theater at Meadows School of the Arts — or “show business,” as he likes to call it.
After being wowed by a magician at the age of 4 in his native Australia, he started teaching himself magic with the help of library books. By the time he was 7, Trigg was performing at birthday parties.
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