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Meet Julien Meunier, New Canaan’s 13-Year Old Professional Magician

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While most middle schoolers spend their weekends doing homework, playing video games or hanging out with friends, one New Canaan youth has dedicated that time to honing a skill few adults have mastered; the art of magic. Julien Meunier’s journey began on his sixth birthday, after being gifted a magic set from FAO Schwarz in New York City, he said. “Straightaway I was captivated by everything you can do,” Meunier told the New Canaanite. “Once I learned and showed my parents, they were amazed.”
Several years later, Meunier would perform his first live magic trick during a fourth grade talent show at Greens Farms Academy, which unbeknownst to him, would be the first of many. Realizing her son’s talent, Cecile Meunier began reaching out to her connections around town, kicking off Julien’s professional magic career.