Welcome to Illusions Magic Bar and Lounge's website.
Bio and History
Spencer Horsman was born in the entertainment business. Both of his parents, Ken & Mary Horsman, were both former Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus clowns as well as Ronald McDonald for 20 years. Spencer was introduced to magic when he was 4 years old when his father opened his magic shop.
While performing with dad, Spencer started learning ventriloquism at age 8 and at that point started traveling & performing nationwide. A child prodigy at 15, Spencer had already made feature appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Jerry Springer Show, Talk Soup, The Statler Brothers Show as well as performing with David Copperfield & Lance Burton in Las Vegas.
Now at 24, Spencer continues to entertain audiences all over the world with his extremely witty and engaging stage show including a tour of Japan. He has performed for high profile stars including Ray Lewis, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Dan Aykroyd, Neal Patrick Harris, Jason Alexander, Chazz Palminteri, Kenny Ortega & Steve Forbes.
Ken Horsman At the age of 18 he traveled with Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Baily Circus for 5 years where he performed as a professional clown. During his last two years he served as the “Boss Clown” of the Clown Alley. On the show he also served as the “Advance Clown”, traveling ahead of the show handling public relations serving as the “Good Will Ambassador” to Ringling, he promoted the show town to town on radio, TV,
and newspaper.
Upon leaving the Circus in '81, he was hired by McDonalds to replace Willard Scott as Ronald McDonald. For over 20 years he represented the McDonalds corporation for over 500 restaurants across the Washing D.C, Virginia & West Virginia region as one of the worlds most recognized cultural icons. He is an expert in marketing and public relations having worked on multiple occasions along side presidents & movie stars. Upon working for McDonalds, at the age of 24, Ken purchased property in South Baltimore/ Federal Hill. He opened up his first magic shop on the 1300 block of Light Street, known as Ken-Zo’s.
With the business growing, he then purchased 1025 South Charles Street and moved the store over to that location where Illusions has currently been operating for 3 years. The magic shop, Ken-Zo's, was one of the largest magic shops in the country.
Other Featured Performers
Jerry Rowan, probably the most popular performer ever to wow Harborplace crowds, intrigues audiences with his daring physical feats and hip, funny banter. Rowan has unicycled away from small kids parties and street performances (aside from the occasional foray back to the harbor) and advanced to nightclubs and corporate groups.
Jerry has appeared on David Letterman as well as voted as a "Best of Baltimore - Top Entertainer" in Baltimore by Baltimore Magazine.