At thirty four years of age, Bob White resigned his executive position with the oldest and one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Dallas to begin a new vocation as a professional performer.

     The seeds to his new career were planted in nineteen forty five with a simple ten minute magic act his father taught him.  At age five, he presented the act at the Mercantile National Bank Building in downtown Dallas.  By the time he was fifteen, he had learned card tricks that baffled not only his audiences, but duped his father and other magicians as well.

     Before entering college, the young Mr. White went to Honolulu to work for the summer.  His tricks with cards and coins made him a popular figure at the hotels and night spots on Waikiki.  While there, he met and entertained celebrities like Tab Hunter, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Conrad, Connie Stevens, The Kingston Trio, Dorothy Malone, David Niven, Loreatta Young and Peter Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bergen and thirteen year old daughter Candace.

     On the return trip from Honolulu to Dallas, Mr. White visited friends in Las Vegas.  A chance meeting with a local, of some questionable character, changed the young man's magical life.  The stranger told him he knew secret manipulations with cards that were unfamiliar to magicians and offered to give him a demonstration in private.  He dazzled the young man with incredible skill at card cheating techniques.

     The overwhelming "card sharping" demonstration convinced the teenager to cultivate the skill and demeanor of a card sharp to create apparent miracles with cards.  Incessant practice became the order of the day.  Within a year, he learned to manipulate cards in a manner the most critical observer could not detect.  He developed a natural style of presenting magical effects that eluded suspicion and appeared to be real magic.

     The monetary value of his efforts came during his college years when most other magicians were not performing in close quarters.  His reputation quickly spread and he began working for Neiman Marcus party consultants and a select group of Dallas theatrical booking agents.  He performed at debutante parties, exclusive engagements in homes, country clubs, and hotels.  Corporations like General Motors, IBM, Texas Instruments, AT&T, The Centex Corporation, and The Acme Brick Company used his service at hospitality suites, cocktail parties, and company banquets.  He was also the opening act for singers Billy Daniels and June Vali when they appeared in Dallas.

     In nineteen sixty eight, he vacationed in Los Angles and appeared as a guest performer in the famous Card Room at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California.  He fooled the magicians in attendance with tricks employing some his original card techniques.

     In nineteen ninety eight, Mr. White released some original card techniques in a book called It's A Matter Of Style.  Additionally, he consented to lecture before over two hundred magicians from all over the United States in Las Vegas.  The subject addressed advanced principals of deception and presenting magic in a perfectly natural manner.  The interest of that group was so demanding, his scheduled lecture went two hours overtime.

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